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EPECTINASPIS (p. 250). 

 5 (a). Epectinaspis chalconota. 



Oblonga, viridi- vel cupreo-senea interdum aenescenti-rufa, supra polita, glabra, elytris nigro-seneis, senescenti- 

 castaneis vel flavo-testaceis aeneo-nitentibus interdum fusco- vel rufo-plagiatis ; caput medio depressum, 

 densissime minute scabrosum ; thorax convexus, discrete punctatus ; elytra fortiter punctato-striata, striis 

 2 a et 7 a basin versus diffusis, multipunctatis, margine laterali medio ( <$ $ ) paullo incrassato. Pygidium 

 densissime confuse strigulosum, longe griseo-pubescens. 



<S . Clypeus magnus angulis rotundatis, margine alte elevato. Tarsi antici ungue majore deflexo, lato, dente 

 superiore tenuissimo paullo breviore ; articulo unguiculari subtus valde sinuato. 



2 . Clypeus minor et minus quadratus, margine vix elevato. Tarsi antici ungue majore gracili fisso. 



Long. 8-10 millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Chimaitenango 6000 feet (Conradt). 

 A good series of examples. 



STRIGODERMA (p. 252). 



Strigoderma sallsei (p. 255). 



To the Mexican localities given, add: — Chilpancingo 4000 feet, and Xncumanatlan 

 7000 feet, in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 



Strigoderma teapensis (p. 258). 



Several examples were taken by Mr. H. H. Smith, also at Teapa, among them a 

 colour-variety, in which the head and thorax are testaceous-red tinged with green, the 

 lateral pale thoracic vitta margined with a brassy-green line, the elytra wholly pale 

 testaceous with a slight brassy lustre, and the femora and tibiae rufo-testaceous tinged 

 with coppery. 



15 (a). Strigoderma presidii. 



S. teapensi similis, sat breviter quadrato-ovata, fusco-aenea, iiitida, elytris pallide fuscis margine laterali 

 apicalique strigaque submarginali nigricantibus ; fronte, thorace et pygidio erecte griseo-pilosis, corpore 

 subtus pedibusque sparsius griseo-pilosis; caput densissime eonnuenter punctulatum, clypeo subsemi- 

 circulari, lateribus fere parallelis ; thorax dense sed discrete pun ctulatus, sequaliter convexus, basi margina- 

 tus, paullo ante medium dilatatus ; scutellum punctatum ; elytra dorso paullo planata, conspicue et 

 regulariter punctato-striata, inter suturam et humerum striis septem, interstitiis angustis haud elevatis. 

 Pygidium politum, sparse punctatum. Mesosternum tuberculo valido minime porrecto. Epimera meso- 

 sternalia margine acuto vix elevato. 



Long. 8 millim. J . 



Hab. Mexico, Presidio near Mazatlan (Forrer). 



The mesosternal epimera do not rise nearly to the level of the elytral humeri. S. 

 presidii according to this character would be an Anomala, but it has so close an affinity 

 with S. teapensis that its natural place must be next to that species. 



