INTRODUCTION.

TuE present volume, the first of the Coleoptera of the ‘ Biologia Centrali-Americana,’

completes the first two families—Cicindelide and Carabide—of this great order of

insects. Thanks chiefly to the four years’ researches of Mr. Champion in Guatemala <

and the State of Panama; the collections formed by M. Sallé and Herr Hoge, supple-

mented by M. Boucard, M. Flohr, and others, in Mexico; the labours of Mr. Belt in

Nicaragua, and of Mr. Rogers and Van Patten in Costa Rica, material has been furnished

to enable us to present an approximately complete fauna of the region embraced by our

work in these two important families. Some parts of the region undoubtedly have not

yet been sufficiently explored, and many additional ‘species may be expected, as indeed

is the case with other much better known parts of the world of similar extent; but

enough is perhaps known to enable us to form some idea of the relations of the fauna

in this department to those of other parts of America and other tropical countries.

The few remarks which it seems necessary here to make on this subject must, however,

be of a very general nature, a complete review being impossible from the circumstance

that the Coleopterous fauna of no other tropical area of similar extent, at least in

respect of the two families in question, has ever yet been worked out.

The number of the species of the two families recorded in this volume is 1086,

belonging to 154 genera. This is less than a tenth of the total number at present

described from the whole world, which cannot be much less than 12,000. It is larger,

however, than the apparent poverty of tropical regions in Carabide would have led us

to expect. The tolerably well-worked valley of the Amazons, although rich in species

of genera confined to alluvial plains, and in arboreal forms, contains only 576 species

belonging to 124 genera; and the fauna of such tropical regions as the Malay archi-

pelago is evidently still poorer. On the other hand the European fauna contains

1750 species belonging to 114 genera (Stein’s Cat. 1877), and temperate North America

1211 species belonging to about 130 genera, a total which has been largely increased

iv INTRODUCTION.

by recent discoveries. The reason of the comparative paucity of Carabide in the Tropics

has been supposed, apparently on good grounds, to be that their place, as predaceous

terrestrial insects, is to a great extent occupied by the ubiquitous ants. The undoubted

fact that purely epigeeous Carabidee, except marsh species, are scarce in the Tropics,

especially near the Equator and in the low-lands, and that arboreal or climbing forms

alone are numerous and varied, affords support to the hypothesis.

The essentially Neotropical character of the Central-American fauna is generally

admitted, and is strikingly confirmed by the Cicindelide and Carabide, no fewer than

62 out of the 154 genera being purely tropical American forms, besides 31 others which

are chiefly Neotropical, although extending a smaller or greater distance into the tem-

perate zone north or south, chiefly north. A further series of 15 genera belonging to the’

Tropics of both hemispheres ought also to be included, as they appear to have spread.

north from the Neotropical zone; thus making a total of 108 tropical genera in the

fauna. This leading feature may be considered therefore well established; but with

regard to the northern limits of the fauna, and especially the extent to which Nearctic

and North-temperate forms have penetrated the region from north to south, these

are points not yet settled. Wallace, in his ‘Geographical Distribution of Animals’

(vol. i. p. 79, and Map, vol. ii. p. 115), included, or seemed inclined to include, the

whole of the central highlands of Mexico and Guatemala in the Nearctic province,

which must mean that North-temperate American forms are there in the majority.

Our two families of Coleoptera do not support this conclusion. It is true that a consi-

derable number of northern genera occur in Central America, and not in the tropical

region further south; but the purely Nearctic forms are comparatively very few, and at.

least in the middle zones of altitude (the “ tierras templadas”) are far out-numbered by

tropical genera. The total number of northern genera in the fauna is 26, of which only

10 are purely Nearctic, 16 being North-temperate. 22 out of the 26 do not pass south

of Guatemala, and 15 not south of Mexico, the remaining 4 extending to Nicaragua,

Costa Rica, or Panama. Of Neotropical genera (excluding such as pass into temperate

North America) Mexico possesses 37. A few genera, three in number, viz. Pelecium,

Trichopselaphus, and Huchroa, belonging to Mexico, occur elsewhere only in the hilly

regions of South Brazil. If we analyze the species the result is still more conclusive as

to the distinctness of the Mexico-Guatemalan fauna from that of the Nearctic province,

the number common to the two regions being exceedingly restricted.

The northern limit of the Central-American fauna appears to be—on the central

highlands if not also on the maritime lowlands east and west—a little south of the poli-

tical frontier of Mexico, This is indicated pretty clearly by two collections acquired for

INTRODUCTION. Vv

the purposes of this work, one made by Forrer near the north-western frontier, and the

other by Morrison at a locality sixteen miles south of the Arizona border-line; both

were remarkable for the predominance of purely North-American species, very few of

which were contained in other collections made by Forrer further south, near Ciudad

in Durango, and Hepburn in Coahuila, and were still more strikingly dissimilar from

collections made in Central Mexico. We know, however, very little at present of the

Coleoptera of Northern Mexico.

One more question with regard to the relations of the fauna may be, in conclusion,

briefly touched upon. Does the Central-American fauna constitute one homogeneous

province or isit divisible into two subprovinces, as Mr. Salvin has shown to be probably

the case with regard to the birds, many genera of which are represented by distinct

species on each side of a line which he is inclined to place north of the Nicaragua

lakes and their outfall the Rio San Juan? The distribution of the Coleopterous families

treated of in this volume would seem to justify this subdivision. I have just now

stated that only 4 out of the 26 northern genera pass to the south of Guatemala; the

tropical genera of the fauna are not similarly limited in range, for out of the 108 genera

included in this category only about 30 are not spread over both the great divisions of

the region ; but if we analyze the species, taking as good cases some of the largest genera,

the difference between north and south is strongly marked. Thus out of 145 species of

Colpodes, 101 are peculiar to Mexico and Guatemala, and 32 to the States further south,

12 only being common to the two subfaunas. In another genus, relatively equally well

represented in the fauna, viz. Cicindela, represented by 62 species, 47 do not range

further south than Guatemala, 7 only are peculiar to the southern section, and 9 are

common to both subfaunas. Neither of these genera is exclusively Neotropical or

even tropical, and they differ remarkably in the range of their species outside Central

America, for whilst none of the Central-American species of Colpodes appears to cross

the northern boundary of Mexico, no fewer than 12 of the species of Cicindela are

common to the two regions, being mostly Nearctic species which extend their range to

the northern parts of Mexico. Lebia is a genus of similar general range to Cicindela,

and yields similar results ; for, of its 86 Central-American species, 54 are restricted to

Mexico and Guatemala (4 of them only being also North-American), 20 to the southern

subprovince (of which 10 are also South-American), and 12 being common to both

subprovinces. Calosoma, a genus also of nearly world-wide distribution, has 20 Central-

American species, of which no fewer than 17 are peculiar to Mexico alone, and form

one of the most distinctive features of its Coleopterous fauna: two only are common to

Mexico and North America, and one is a West-Indian species. Another genus may

be cited of different character, 7. e. purely Neotropical, viz. Agra: of the 31 Central-

vi INTRODUCTION.

American species, 19 are peculiar to the northern subprovince, and 12 to the southern,

not one passing the dividing line. The last genus that need serve for illustration is

Pasimachus, a Nearctic and Central-American form: of its 17 Central-American

species 15 are confined to the northern (of which 2 are North-American), and 2 to the

southern subprovince, and none are common to the two. The division of the region

into two subprovinces, as indicated by Mr. Salvin, is thus confirmed, as far as the species

are concerned, by our two families of Coleoptera; and the analysis proves at the same

time that the northern subprovince is not a southern extension of the Nearctic province,

even on its highlands, but rather, seeing the large proportion of peculiar species it con-

tains, a remarkably distinct subprovince of the Neotropical fauna.

December 1884.

LIST OF PLATES.

Plate. | Fig. | Page Plate. | Fig. | Page

Tetracha angustata .......... I. 1 3 | Pachyteles seriatoporus ........ II. | 22 | 26

Pseudoxycheila tarsalis ........ I. 2 4 | cyanipennis ............ TI. | 17 | 27

Oxycheila polita .........-.. I. 3 4 longicornis ...........- XIII.|; 7 | 263

Oxygonia boucardi .......... I. | 25 4 inflatus ...........5006- XIII.|; 8 | 264

Cicindela viatica ............ I. 4 5 || Physea hirta ............08.. IT. 4 | 27

euthales................ XIII.| 3 | 256 | Pasimachus mexicanus ........ II. | 138] 28

hogei..........-...000- I. 5 6 salloi....... ee ee eee eee II. | 15 | 28

semicircularis .......... I. 19 6 subangulatus............ II. | 18} 29

chrysippe .............. XIII.| 2 | 257 rodriguezi ............4- II | 14); 29

—— hydrophoba ............ I. 6 8 rotundipennis .......... II. | 19 | 29

——mellyi ................ I. 7 8 | Clivina distigma.............. TI. | 24 | 32

flohri.............0000- I. | 10 9 | Ardistomis convexa .......... TI. | 25| 34

roseiventTis ..........-. I. 8 9 || Aspidoglossa distincta ........ TI. | 21} 36

carthagena ............ I. 9 9 | Schizogenius tristriatus ........ TI, | 23} 37

—— klugi.......... 2.22... I. 11 9 || Pelecium aterrimumy.......... Kil. 1| 39

flavo-punctata .......... I, | 12] 10 || Panageeus sallei.............-, III. 2) 41

ponderosa ...........+.4. I. | 18 | 10 | Chlenius forreri.............. XIII. | 10 | 266

pallifera............00.. I, | 22} 11 || —— menevillei.............. ITT. 3 | 42

—— macrocnema ............ I. | 17, 12 aberranst ...........005 TIT. | 4 | 42

castissima ............05 XIII.| 1 | 260 || —— planulatus.............. XIII.| 9 | 266

aurora, Var. ......-..2-- I. 15 | 12 sallei...... ee eee ee eee ITI. 5 | 42

papillosa .............. I | 14] 18 ruficauda ...........005 ‘III. 7 | 43 {|

—— eneicollis .............. I. | 138); 18 guatemalenus .......... ITT. 6°| 43 |

nebulosa ...........45 I. | 16 | 14 || ——planipennis ............ TI. | 8 | 44 |}

viridisticta.............. I. | 20| 14 obscuripennis............ II. 9 | 45

Odontocheila leptalis .......... I. | 28 | 15 || Stenous tibialis .............. III. | 10 | 46

eXilis.. 2. .... eee ee eee XIII.| 4 | 260 || Stenocrepis chalcas............ III. | 12 | 47

Salvini .............66. I. | 24 | 16 || Anatrichis piceus ............ II. | 11 | 47

Ctenostoma maculicorne........ I. | 21 18 | Anisotarsus cyanippus ........ TI. | 13 | 51

Omophron oblongiusculus ...... II. 19 | Anisodactylus rotundangulus....| III. | 14 | 52 }

Notiophilus specularis ........ II. 2 | 19 || Notiobia chiriquensis.......... XITI. | 11 | 270 |

Carabus forreri .............. XIII.| 5 | 261 cupreola..............4- TIL | 16) 54}

Calosoma aurocinctum ........ IT. | 10); 20 disparilisQ ............ iI. | 15 | 56}

angulatum ............ II. | 12 | 21 | Selenophorus pyritosus ........ III. | 18 | “58 }

peregrinator ............ II. | 11] 21 multiporus............+- XIII. | 13 | 272

leve oo... eee eee ee eee IT. 8 | 22 | ——tarsalis ..............4. Til. | 23] 61

striatipenne ...........- II. 9} 238 0 XITI.'| 12°) 273 }

blaptoides .............. II. 7 | 23 splendidus .............. Ti. |.19') 61 |

doleng ..........eeeeee Il. | 20 | 23 || Discoderus distortus .......... Til. | 21° | 63 |

depressicolle ............ II. 6 | 23 |) Stenomorphus rufipes.......... TIT, | 22 | 65 |

Scaphinotus mexicanus* ...... XIII. | 6 | 268 || Athrostictus sericatus....... ...| TIL | 25 | 66 |

Loricera rotundicollis.......... II. 3 | 24 || Barysomus metallicus......... | IIT. | 24 | 67 |

Pachyteles funcki ............ II. 5 | 25 || Pelmatellus nitescens... .....- Til. | 17} 68 |

verticalis ..........006- II. | 16 | 25 || Polpochila capitata............ Ill. | 20 | 74}

* Cychrus meacanus on the Plate.

+ Pelectum nitidum on the Plate.

+ Chlenius martinezi on the Plate.

Vill LIST OF PLATES.

Plate. | Fig. | Page. Plate. | Fig. | Page.

Curtonotus putzeysi .......... IV. 1 | 76 || Onypterygia quadrispinosa...... V. | 24 | 130

Celia tenebrionella ............ IV. 2| 78 longispinis.........-.06+ V. | 25 | 132

Amara azteca ..........0.005 IV. | 3 | 79 || Diploharpus perpolitus ........ VI. 1 | 134

Evarthrus constrictus.......... IV. 4 | 80 || Mizotrechus novemstriatus VI. 2 | 134

Percolaus championi .......... IV. 5 | 80 | Perigona levigata ...........- VI. 4 | 185

Allotriopus serratipes.......... IV. 7 | 81 || Trechus coarctatus............ VI. 3 | 186

Hypherpes brachypterus ...... IV. 8 | 81 || Tachyta cucujoides............ VI. 7 | 188

longissimus ............ IV. 6 | 81 | Tachys diploharpinus.......... VI. | 11 | 188

Platysma tropicalis............ IV. 9] 83 pericallis .............. VI. | 10 | 141

Ithytolus anomalus .......... XIII. | 15 | 278 || Mioptachys trechoides ........ VI. 6 | 144

Euchroa dimidiata ...........- IV. | 11 | 85 | Anillus integripennis.......... VI. 5 | 145

nitidipennis ............ IV. | 10] 85 || Pericompsus longulus.......... VI. 9 | 146

Abaris degenera .............. IV. | 12] 86 histrionellus ............ XIII. | 20 | 290

Loxandrus tetrastigma ........ IV. | 18 | 87 | Xystosomus belti ............ VI. 8 | 147

seulptilis ...........04. XIII. | 14 | 278 | Bembidium spheroderum ...... VI. | 12 | 147

Adrimus olivaceus .........-.. Iv. | 14] 87 mexicanum ............ VI. | 18 | 148

Stolonis intercepta............ IV. | 15 | 88 || Lachnophorus humeralis ...... VI. | 14 | 1538

Morio lafertel................ Iv. | 16} 89 semirufus ............4- VI. | 16 | 154

Moriosomus sylvestris ........ Iv. | 19 | 89 sculptifrons ............ VI. | 17 | 155

Catapiesis mexicana .......... IV. | 17 | 90 || Ega sallei .................. VI. | 15 | 157

Cratocerus sulcatus............ IV. | 18] 91 || Leptotrachelus puncticollis ....} VI. | 18 | 159

Calathus ovipennis............ IV. | 20 | 91 | Casnonia marginestriata........ VI. | 19 | 161

Platynus montezume.......... IV. | 24] 92 tubulifera .............. VI. | 25 | 162

leptodes* ...........60- IV. | 25} 92 lineolata ............-- XIII. | 23 | 294

Anchomenus scutifer .......... IV. | 22 | 94 subdistincta, var.f ...... VI. | 20} 161

decempunctatus.......... IV. | 23 | 96 | Calophena cruciata .......... VI. | 22 | 163

Elliptoleus flavipes...........- IV. | 21] 97 bicincta, var.f .......... VI. | 21 | 168

Glyptolenus rugicollis ........ V. 1 | 98 || Galerita nigra, var. .......... VI. | 23 | 165

latitarsis ...........4.. XIII. | 19 | 282 forreri 12... ee eee eee VII. | 2 | 165

Cyrtolaus spinicauda .......... Vv. 2 | 100 || Diaphorus hégei.............. VI. | 24 | 166

Colpodes stricticollis .......... Vv. 3 | 102 elegans ...........-0005 XIII. | 21 | 295

pterostichoides .......... V. 4 | 102 || Ancistroglossus dimidiaticornis ..| VII. | 1 | 167

—— minimus .............. XIII. | 17 | 283 | Helluomorpha longicollis ...... VII. | 3 | 167

eudemus ...........-.4. XIII. | 16 | 284 || Pheropsophus biplagiatus ...... Vil. | 5 | 167

gratuS 2... .. cece ee ee V. 8 | 103 || Brachinus sallei.............. VII. | 6 | 171

——procephalus ............ Vv. 6 | 106 cinctipennis ............ VIL. | 4] 171

—— championi.............. V. | 10] 107 | Tetragonoderus peecilus........ VIL. | 7 | 172

—— incultus.............-.. V. 5 | 108 || Nemotarsus rhombifer ........ VII. | 8 | 173

—— evanescens.............. V. 7 | 108 || Stenognathus quadricollis ...... VII. | 9 | 175

forrerl ..........20000- V. 9 | 109 || Ochropisus caudalis .......... VII. | 10 | 176

lyrophorus.............. V. | 13 | 110 || Phlcooxena megalops.......... Vil. | 11 | 177

—— chiriquinus ............ Vv. | 11] 111 HOGEL 2. eee eee eee VIL. | 12 | 178

—— aphedrus .............. V. | 12 | 112 || Catascopus guatemalensis § VII. | 18 | 178

—— agilis ...... eee eee Vv. | 14} 118 angulicollis ............ VII. | 14 | 179

— melanocnemis .......... V. | 19 | 116 || Coptodera elongata............ VII. | 15 | 180

—— spinifer ................ Vv. | 15 | 116 flavodisca .............- VII. | 16 | 182

—— lamprotus .............. V. | 18 | 118 || ——peoecila ................ VII. | 18 | 188

femoralis .............. Vv. | 16/ 119 cupreotincta ............ VII. | 17 | 183

lactipes ...... eee eee eee V. | 17 | 121 || Stenoglossa lineata,........ ...{ VIL. | 21 | 184

rufulus .............04- XIII. | 18 | 286 || Lelis insculpta ......... tees VIL. | 22 | 185

hemicyclicus ............ V. | 22 | 127 || Eurycoleus belti.............. VII. | 19 | 186

—— dyschirioides............ V. | 23 | 128 ornatus .............06. VII. | 20 | 186

ignicauda ............6. V. | 20 | 129 | Pinacodera atrata||............ VIII. | 3 | 187

lebioides .......... 2.05 V. | 21 | 129 chalcea .............2.. VII. | 23 | 187

* Platynus leptomorphus on the Plate.

+ Casnonia transparens on the Plate.

£ Calophena ligata on the Plate.

§ Catascopus guatemalenus on the Plate.

|| Pinacodera amblygona on the Plate.

| Plate

Pinacodera cribrata .......... VIII.

Apenes pallidipes ............ VIL.

circumcincta ..........-. VII

obscura ...........0000- VIL.

peryphoides ............ VIII

calligramma ............ XIII

Apristus longulus ..........:. Vill

Axinopalpis mexicanus ........ VIII

jucundus .............. VIIl

Dromius guatemalenus ........ VIII

Euproctus fenestrellus ........ VIII

quadrinus .............. VIII

ornatellus .............. Vill

deliciolus ............-. VIII

subdeletus .............-. Vil

sigillatus ............5. Vill

abjects .......... 0.005. VII

Menidius incultus ............ VIII

circumseptus ............ VIII

formosuS ...........05: Vill

Onota.angulicollis ............ Vil

fulvella ...... 0... ..005 XIII

Otoglossa marginella .......... Vill

Micragra enea .............. Vill

Hyboptera tuberculata ........ Vill

Aspasiola lemoides ............ VIII

Cryptobatis chontalensis ...... VIII.

Philopheuga brachinoides ...... IX.

Calleida sericinitens .......... IX.

aUurescenS ...........00% IX.

-——lampra ................ IX.

—— pulcherrima ............ IX.

aureola ........ 0... .0 0 IX.

tetrapora .......... 000. IX.

jamsoni .........-..000. IX.

variolosa ..........000- IX.

sumpttosa ...........065 IX.

TEQIN® 1... eee ee eee TX.

—— metallescens ............ IX.

onypterygioides.......... IX.

tropicalis .............. IX.

—— chryseis................ TX.

championi.............- IX.

semicincta .............. IX.

tinctipes .............. XIII.

flohri...... eee ee eee IX.

circumcincta ............ IX.

bella ...... 0.0... eae IX.

Gallerucidia championi ........ IX.

Pentagonica bifasciata ........ IX.

gonostigma ............ IX.

omostigma* ............ IX.

picticornis .............. IX.

Loxopeza hégel .............. X.

urania 1.6... . eee eee X.

LIST OF PLATES. 1x

Fig. | Page. Plate. | Fig. | Page

1 | 188 | Loxopeza translucens.......... X. 4 | 219

24) 189 | ——cyane...............00. X. 3 | 220

4} 189 | —— exarata ............0005 X. 5 | 221

25 | 189 | eburata ............000- X. 6 | 221

2 | 190 | Lebia quadricolor ............ X. 7 | 222

22 | 297 brachinoides ............ X. 8 | 222

7 | 192 | ——charilla ................ X. 9 | 223

6 | 193 | —— ignita............ 0.004. X. | 10 | 224

2| 193 | —— celina ................ X. | 11 | 224

5 | 194 | —— croceicollis.............. X. | 13 | 225

10 | 194 | —— goniessa................ X. | 12 | 225

11 | 195 | —— fimbriolata.............. X. | 14 | 226

15 | 195 | —— retusa ................ X. | 15 | 227

13 | 195 | —— pecilura .............. X. | 16 | 227

9 | 196 | ——callizona .............. X. | 17 | 227

14 | 196 | —— charina ................ X. | 18 | 228

12 | 196 | —— clio ...............0.. X. | 19 | 229

17 | 197 | —— anchora................ X. | 20 | 229

16 | 197 | —— scalpta ................ X. | 21 | 230

18 | 197 | —— duillia ................ XI. 1 | 230

19 | 198 | —— rhodope................ X, | 24 | 231

25 | 297 | ——rofilia ................ X, | 25 | 231

24 | 199 || —— neanthe................ X. | 22 | 231

22 | 199 | ——calliope ................ X. | 23 | 231

23 | 200 | —— soror ..........-..-.00- XI. 2 | 232

21 | 201 | ——centromaculata .......... XI. 3 | 232

20 | 202 | -—arietis ................ XI. 4 | 232

1 | 202 | —— chelostigma ............ XI. 5 | 2382

3 | 203 | —— chlorotica .............. XI. 6 | 233

4 | 204 | —-— latifasciaf.............. XI. 7 | 233

2 | 204 NI“ricepS .......... eee XI. 8 | 233

7 | 204 xanthopleura............ XI, 9 | 233

6 | 204 bivitticollis ............ XI. | 10 | 233

13 | 205 chiriquensis ............ XI. | 11 | 234

15 | 206 | --—— biannulata.............. XI. | 18 | 234

14 | 207 biforis .. 2... 2... ee eee XI. | 12 | 234

20 | 207 tolteca .. 2... eee eee eee XI. | 14 | 235

16 | 207 | —— maya...............0.0. XI. | 15 | 235

10 | 208 | —— inconstans.............. XI. | 16 | 285

18 | 209 | —— coreula ................ XI. | 17 | 236

5 | 209 | —— cordelia................ XI. | 18 | 236

17 | 209 | —— zeta ................5. XI. | 19 | 237

8 | 210 | —— discopicta, var. .......... XI. | 20 | 237

9 | 211 | ——sinanja ................ XI. | 21 | 238

24 | 298 | —— mirabilis .............. XI. | 22 | 238

19 | 211 | —— melantho .............. XI. | 23 | 288

12 | 212 | —— rugatifrons ............ XI. | 24 | 2389

11 | 214 VICINA fe ee ee ee XI. | 25 | 239

21 | 216 calliparis ...........6.. XII. | 1 | 240

24 | 216 || —— histrionica, var. ........ XII. | 2,3) 240

22 | 216 | ——hilaris ................ XII. | 6 | 241

23 | 217 coptoderina ............ XII. | 4 | 242

25 | 217 mesostigma ............ XII. | 5 | 242

1 | 218 | Lia melanocrepis ............ XII. | 10 | 244

2 | 219 quadrinotata ............ XII. | 7 | 244

* Pentagonica homostigma on the Plate.

+ Lebia latifasciata on the Plate.

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x LIST OF PLATES.

| Lia ocelligera ................ XII. | 8 | 244 || Agra semifulva ........ ..... XII. | 18 | 249

quadriannulata .......... XII. | 9 | 244 multisetosa ............ XII. | 19 | 250

Agra eurypelma.............. XII. | 11 | 245 elaina..... ee eee ee ee XII. | 20 | 250

castanelpeSs ............ XII. | 12 | 246 chrysopteryX ............ XII. | 22 | 251

——enedla .......... 00 eee XII. | 18 | 246 || —— purpurea .............. XII. | 21 | 251

—— oblongo-punctata ........ XII. | 14 | 247 dimidiata .............. XII. | 23 | 253

—— resplendens ............ XII. | 15 | 248 virgata wo... eee ee eee ee XII. | 24 | 254

—— regularis .............. XIT. | 16 | 248 || Pseudomorpha pilatei.......... XII. | 25 | 255

——fada ...............0.. XII. | 17 | 248

BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA.

ZOOLOGIA.

Class INSECTA.

Order COLEOPTERA.

Tribe ADEPHAGA.

Fam. CICINDELIDZ.

TETRACHA.

Tetracha, Hope, Col. Manual, 11. p. 7.

Forty-five species of this brilliantly metallic-coloured genus of tiger beetles have been

described. The majority are Tropical-American, one species occurring in temperate

latitudes in the northern part of the continent, and others passing beyond the tropics in

the south, though no species is found in Chili, as might be erroneously inferred from

the specific name chilensis borne by a species found on the Pacific coast of Peru. Next

to Tropical America, Australia is the richest in species. In other parts of the world the

genus occurs only in a small number of species of large size in Africa and on the borders

of the Mediterranean and Caspian, one (7. euphratica) extending to the southern littoral

of Spain.

1. Tetracha carolina.

Cicindela carolina, Linn. Systema Nature, ed. 12, i. 2, p. 657.

Megacephala carolina, Dej. Spec. Gén. Col. 1. p. 8.

Tetracha carolina, Hope, Col. Manual, ii. p. 7.

Megacephala mexicana, Gray, Griffith’s An. Kingd., Ins. i. p. 263, t. 29. f. 1.

Hab. Nortn America, Atlantic States—Muxico, Michoacan, Chiapas, Putla (Sad/é),

Oaxaca (Hoge); GuateMata, Rio Naranjo (Champion).

Var. cyanides.

Thorax et elytra lateribus late subviolaceo-ceruleis, his postice levioribus virgylaque flava angustiore angulum

suturalem vix attingente.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge).

When a long series of Mexican and United States’ examples of the type form are

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2 ADEPHAGA.

compared, no difference of the slightest importance or constancy can be discovered

between them; there can therefore be no utility in retaining mezicana even as a variety

of the North-American species. In all, the colour of the sides of the thorax and elytra

is a brilliant brassy green, tending sometimes to bluish, with the pale apical virgule

broad, dilated, and rounded at its upper extremity, deeply sinuated on its inner edge,

and extending broadly to the suture; and the punctuation of the elytra is obsolete a

little beyond the middle, leaving the apical part smooth and almost without traces of

punctures or granules.

The var. cyanides is remarkable for the rich violet-blue colour of the sides of the

thorax and elytra and the much narrowed virgule, which ends in a point generally just

before the sutural angle. It appears not to have been met with by M. Sallé, and would

almost merit specific distinction if there did not occur specimens somewhat intermediate

in other parts of Mexico. |

2. Tetracha chevrolati.

Tetracha Chevrolatii, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1860, iv. p. 384°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Merida in Yucatan (Salié).

According to a verbal communication from M. Sallé, this species is met with only in

the neighbourhood of Merida, Yucatan. It is a decidedly broader insect than 7. caro-

lina, with elytra finely and sparsely punctured and granulated towards the apex, and the

apical virgule more dilated and rounded at its upper end. ‘The unique example in the

Sallé collection, a female, is nearly black above, with the sides narrowly brassy green.

3. Tetracha sobrina.

Megacephala sobrina, De}. Spec. Gén. Col. v. p. 202.

Var. Megacephala geniculata, Chevrol. Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834).

Var. Tetracha ignea, Bates, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 587.

Hab. Costa Rica (Rogers); Panama, Obispo (Salvin), Matachin (Schunke); Sourn

AMERICA, Colombia, Venezuela.

Var. geniculata. Mexico, Rio Papaloapan, Tuxtla, Playa Vicente (Sadlé).

Var. ignea. Costa Rica (Rogers) ; Panama, Chiriqui (27b0é).

Distinguished from T. carolina and T. mexicana by the elytra being punctured and

asperate, with imbricated, though scattered, granules to the apex. The var. geniculata

resembles 7’. carolina the most in form and colours and in the width of the apical

virgules. ‘The typical sobrina from Colombia and Panama is generally rather narrower

in form, and the posterior black triangular spot of the disk of the elytra ascends further

towards the base. The var. ignea is of a much richer red-copper hue on its dorsal

surface, the posterior black spot ascends much further towards the shoulder, and the

apical virgule is always much narrower. A variety connecting ¢gnea with sobrina was met

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with by Rogers in Costa Rica. With regard to the black colouring of the apex of the

hinder femora, this exists to a far greater extent in the var. zgnea than in geniculata ;

in the sobrina type there is generally little or no trace of it.

4, Tetracha affinis.

Megacephala affinis, Dej. Spec. Gén. 1. p. 12°.

Megacephala Lebasii, De}. loc. cit. v. p. 2037.

Megacephala violacea, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 239’.

Megacephala impressa, Chevrol. Mag. Zool. 1841, t. 56%

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz? (Sallé); Panama, Chiriqui (Champion).—Soutu AMERICA,

Colombia”, Venezuela, Cayenne!.

Belongs to a group in which the thorax is longer (more gradually narrowed behind)

and the elytra more dilated behind the middle than in the carolina series of species.

The elytra in all the examples of 7. affinis which I have seen are very thickly sculp-

tured, the basal half being covered with punctures running partly into transverse

ruge, and the apical half rather closely and uniformly roughened with imbricated

granula.

5. Tetracha angustata. (Tab. I. fig. 1.)

Megacephala angustata, Chevrol. Mag. Zool. 1841, t. 55°.

Tetracha fuliginosa, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. x. 1874, p. 261°.

Hab. Muxtco!, Vera Cruz (Sallé); Guatemaua (Sallé); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt ?).

Very similar to 7. affinis, but effectively distinguished by the much fainter and sparser

sculpture of the elytra. The colour of the upper surface is sooty black with an oily

lustre, the sides of head, thorax, and elytra being grassy green or bluish green. The

apical virgule is of similar form, gradually narrowed behind, with scarcely perceptible

sinuation.

6. Tetracha virginica.

Cicindela virginica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 657.

Megacephala virginica, Dej. Spec. Gén. 1. p. 10.

Hab. Nortn America, Eastern States.— Mexico (Sallé).

PSEUDOXYCHEILA.

Pseudoxycheila, Guér. Dict. Pitt. vi. p. 573. .

Oxycheila, Dej. Spec. Gén. v. p. 205.

Peculiar to Tropical America, but more restricted than the following genus in its

range, occurring only on the Andes and its continuations, at considerable elevations.

Five species, feebly differentiated from each other, are known.

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1. Pseudoxycheila tarsalis. (Tab. I. fig. 2.)

Pseudoxycheila tarsalis, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. v. p. 290 (1869).

Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion).

The tarsi of the hindmost legs in the male have the two basal joints perceptibly

thickened, a feature not noticeable in the other species of the genus.

OXYCHEILA.

Oxycheila, Dej. Spec. Gén. i. p. 15.

Also peculiar to Tropical America, ranging from South Brazil to Nicaragua, but

occurring only in hilly or mountainous districts. Seventeen species have been

described.

1. Oxycheila polita. (Tab. I. fig. 3.)

Oxycheila polita, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. viii. p. 264 (18727).

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt!); Panama (Boucard).

OXYGONIA.

Oxygonia, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 18387, ii. p. 17.

Fourteen species of this beautiful genus have been described, all Tropical-American,

and chiefly from the Andean regions of Ecuador and Colombia. One species occurs as

far south as the province of Rio Janeiro, and one at Panama.

1. Oxygonia boucardi. (Tab. I. fig. 25.)

Oxygonia Boucardi, Chevrol. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881, Bull. p. 7.

Hab. Panama (Boucard).

CICINDELA.

Cicindela, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 657; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. i. p. 17.

Of this well-known and cosmopolitan genus nearly 500 species have now been

described. The attempts which have been made by various authors to subdivide the

host have not been successful, owing to the inconstancy of the structural modifications,

at first sight apparently of generic value. The species, however, fall partly into vaguely-

defined natural groups, one or two of which, found on the sandy shores of the sea and

rivers, are represented by similar species in all the warmer regions of the earth.

1. Cicindela latesignata.

Cicindela latesignata, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, v. p. 172°.

Hab, Nortu America, California 1:—Mexico, N.W. boundary (forrer).

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2. Cicindela lugens.

Cicindela lugens, Klug, Jahrb. Ins. p. 84 (1834) ’.

Cicindela carbonaria, Chevr. Col. Mex. ii. no. 128 (1835) *.

Var. Cicindela aterrima, Klug, Jahrb. Ins. p. 35°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Las Vigas? (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

All the Jalapa specimens are of deep black colour, with scarcely any trace of blue

tinge on the under surface, and rarely exhibiting more than one humeral and one

discoidal pale spot.

3. Cicindela craveri.

Cicindela Craverii, Thomson, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 528°.

Hab. Mexico 1.

4, Cicindela luteolineata.

Cicindela luteolineata, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 351°.

Cicindela flammula, Thoms. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1856, p. 326, t. 8. f. 5.

Hab. Mexico 1, Michoacan (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

5. Cicindela viatica. (Tab. I. fig. 4.)

Cicindela viatica, Chevr. Col. Mex. ii. no. 180 (1835) *.

Hab. Mextco!, Jalapa, Huanchinango (Sa/l/é).

6. Cicindela smaragdina.

Cicindela smaragdina, Chevr. Col. Mex. ii. no. 179 (1835) *.

Hab. Mexico 1, Las Vigas (Sallé, Hoge).

7. Cicindela ioessa.

C. smaragdine affinis; gracilior, supra viridis unicolor opaca (lateribus paullulum nitidis), subtus pedibusque

violaceis ; thorace minus transverso, pronoti margine haud piloso; labro( ¢ ) medio valde producto, margine

recte truncato obtuse tridentato, (2 ) minus producto, dente mediano unico valido; pectore nudo. Variat

colore tota violacea.

Tong. 4-5 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Huanchinango (Truqui, coll. Sailé).

The numerous examples in the Sallé collection differ constantly from the description

and type specimen of C. smaragdina, not only in the colour of the legs, but in

the elytra being uniform in colour and wanting the dark velvety clothing of the

disk. The form of the thorax is also different, and the labrum much more produced in

the middle.

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8. Cicindela hogei. (Tab. I. fig. 5.)

Elongata, parallelogrammica, subdepressa, viridis vel fusco-cuprea, opaca, elytris epipleuris verticalibus politis

vittaque submarginali paullo flexuosa alba; corpore subtus cyaneo; episternis cupreis, alutaceis, nudis ;

femoribus cupreo-auratis, tibiis tarsisque rufis cupreo tinctis; labro magno, albo, antice producto, medio

late truncato, dente mediano (¢ et ) conspicuo; palpis testaceo-rufis, articulo terminali saturatiore ;

capite supra late depresso, confluenter strigoso, fronte verticali media tumida; thorace rotundato, postice

angustato, supra subtiliter ruguloso; elytris apice rotundatis, sutura ante apicem subhiante, dorso sub-

tilissime striguloso foveis punctiferis nonnullis notato.

Long. 33 lin. 6 Q.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, Juquila (Hoge).

This beautiful little species agrees with C. viatica and allies in the absence of pubes-

cence from the under surface; but it is distinguished from all Cictndele yet known by

the peculiarity of its elytral markings, the lateral margins being polished and the polished

portion separated from the opake disk by a white vitta, commencing at the shoulder

and extending to the middle of the apical margin. ‘The vitta recedes from the margin

towards the middle, and is there narrowed or subinterrupted in two places.

9. Cicindela phosphora.

Cicindela phosphora, Bates, Cistula Entomologica, ii. p. 329 (1878).

Hab. Mexico (coll. Bates ex coll. J. Thomson).

Neither M. Sallé nor Herr Hége appears to have met with this species, a specimen of

which was obtained by the late Mr. Edwin Brown from the collection of M. Thomson

of Paris. Although resembling C. hégei in the submarginal vitta of the elytra and the

naked under surface of the body, with very short hairs on the femora, it differs entirely

in form, being convex and subcylindrical, with much narrower head and less convex

eyes. The labrum (in the male) is arcuated in front, with three obtuse teeth on

the front margin. The minute sculpture of the elytra is very similar in the two

species.

10. Cicindela semicircularis. (Tab. I. fig. 19.)

Cicindela semicircularis, Klug, Jahrb. p. 337.

Hab. Mexico}, Toluca (Sallé).

11. Cicindela catharine. |

Cicindela Catharine, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 1781.

Hab. Muxico', Huanchinango, Mexico city (Sallé, Hoge), Jalapa (Hége).

12. Cicindela clarina.

Oblongo-subovata, modice convexa, supra viridi-opaca, pectore viridi-aurato, episternis pedibusque cupreis,

abdomine rufo; labro (9) medio arcuato-prominulo, unidentato; palpis maxillaribus totis, labialibus

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articulo terminali, viridi-wneis; capite fronte et vertice strigoso; thorace brevi, lateribus rotundatis,

vermiculato-rugato; elytris postice late rotundatis, haud profunde indistincte punctatis, maculis albis

prima humerali, 2da paullo posteriore versus discum, 3tia majore transverso subobliqua discoidali, 4ta

parva discoidali posteriore, 5ta et 6ta marginalibus versus apicem.

Long. 5lin. Q.

Hab. Mrxtco (Sal/é).

In form and colours much resembling C. ismenia (Gory), but belonging to a different

group. The disposition of the elytral spots approaches that of C. mellyi; but their form

is different, and the apical sutural spot is wanting. The insect connects the group

semicircularis with the group hydrophoba.

13. Cicindela dysenterica.

Cicindela dyssenterica, Chaud. Cat. Coll. Cicind. p. 29. no. 145.

Gracilis, oblonga subcylindrica, abdomine rufo; supra colore et signaturis variabilissima, opaca, cuprea viridi

vel aureo tincta, lete vel obscure viridis, ceerulea aut violacea ; elytris vitta laterali ab humero usque ultra

medium (medio a margine remota et fasciam versus discum emittente) lunulaque apicali albis ; interdum

vitta interrupta et in maculas humerales marginalesque dissoluta, vel elytris fere immaculatis; labro 9

arcuatim porrecto unidentato, ¢ minus porrecto plurisinuato; thorace parvo, fere cylindrico, confuse

rugato ; elytris sparsim punctatis versus basin foveatis; corpore subtus lateribus (femoribusque) sparsim

albo-pubescentibus, prothoracis episterno nitido, interdum cupreo.

Long. 33-5 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Muxico, Oaxaca (Boucard, coll. Sallé, Hoge), Huanchinango (Truqui, coll.

Sallé).

According to the Sallé collection, this variable little species is the C. dyssenterica of

Chaudoir’s Catalogue. In well-preserved examples the borders of the pronotum are

clothed with white laid hairs, like the middle plates of the breast, the coxe, and the

sides of the basal segment of the abdomen.

14. Cicindela rufiventris.

Cicindela rufiventris, Dejean, Spec. Gén. Col. i. p. 102 (1825)?; Chaud. Cat. Coll. Cicind. p. 29.

no. 159.

Var. Cicindela 16-punctata, Klug, Jahrb. p. 32 (1834) ”.

Cicindela rubriventris, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 101 (1835) ’.

Cicindela Sallei, Chevy. loc. cit. no. 126 (1885) *. Dyes

Hab. Mexico?: var. 16-punctata, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé); var. sallei, Palo

Verde, Vera Cruz (Sallé)—West Inpizs, St. Domingo’, __

M. de Chaudoir, whose synonymy is here followed, and who was the possessor of the

type of C. rufiventris of Dejean, queries the locality given by this author. I have seen

no Mexican example which exactly agrees in the markings of the elytra with Dejean’s

description ; but all the species of this group vary greatly in markings and to a less

extent in colour.

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15. Cicindela hydrophoba, (Tab. I. fig. 6.)

Cicindela hydrophoba, Chevr. Col. Mex. ii. no. 125°.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Tuxtla, Catemaco (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

Var. signaturis tenuibus ; colore obscuriore fere nigro.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Boucard).

Var. signaturis dilatatis (C. quingue-notata, Sturm, MSS.).

Hab. Mexico, Istapan, Santecomapan (Sallé); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

Var. signaturis dilatatis, lunula apicali interrupta, guttaque marginali fere semper deficiente.

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hége).

This species is not only inconstant in markings (particularly in the shape and

degree of continuity of the median angular fascia) and to less extent in colour in

one and the same locality, but tends to the development of distinct local forms in

different localities. Comparing together the long series taken by Herr Hoge at Jalapa

and at Cerro de Plumas, one might be justified in treating the two local forms as good

species, were it not for intermediate varieties in other localities which bridge over the

difference. One example from Jalapa is destitute of markings, the elytra being of an

opaque greenish-black colour. Some of the specimens from Jalapa approach very nearly

the var. sallei of C. rufiventris; and I fail to discover any valid distinction between the

two species. In all the varieties the labrum is advanced in a broad curve, with a strong

median tooth in the female, and in the male a slight median sinuation. The form of

the labrum distinguishes the species well from C. mellyi.

16. Cicindela mellyi. (Tab. I. fig. 7.)

Cicindela Mellyi, Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1852, i. p. 19°.

Cicindela calochroides, Motschulsky, Etudes Entom. 1857 (6° année), p. 109°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca! (Boucard, coll. Sallé, Hoge), Juquila (Boucard, coll. Sallé),

Jalapa, Cerro de Plumas (Hége); Guatemata (Salvin), Cubulco, San Gerénimo (Cham-

pion); Nicaracua? (Sallé), Chontales (Belt, Janson).

A larger insect than C. rufiventris and C. hydrophoba. There is no constant differ-

ence between the three in their elytral markings; but C. mellyi is always recognizable

by the short labrum, the coarsely punctured prothoracic episterna, and the brassy-

piceous posterior trochanters, the last-mentioned organs in the other species being clear

red like the abdomen.

In his description of C. mellyi Chaudoir describes the head and thorax as brilliantly

metallic. None of the numerous examples from various localities that I have been able

to examine answer to this description, although some of them in the Sallé collection

were named medlyi by Chaudoir himself, as I am informed by M. Sallé. In all the

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head and thorax are obscurely coloured, the brightest being of coppery hue, scarcely

shining, with the depressed parts and margins green.

17. Cicindela hemorrhagica.

Cicindela hemorrhagica, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. v. p. 171".

Hab. Norra America, California 1.—Mexico, N.W. frontier (Yorrer).

18. Cicindela flohri, (Tab. I. fig. 10.)

Cicindela flohri, Bates, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 588°.

Hab. Muxtco, near the capital (Flohr), Guanajuato, Huanchinango (Sad/é), Jalapa

(Hoge).

19. Cicindela mexicana.

Cicindela mexicana, Kiug, Jahrb. Ins. p. 31 (1834) *.

Cicindela decostigma, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 8 (1884) *.

Cicindela belti, Bates, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 588°.

Hab. Mexico! *, Vera Cruz (Sallé); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt °).

Var. signaturis dilatatis fasciaque mediana magis transversa.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuantepec (Sadlé).

20. Cicindela roseiventris. (Tab. I. fig. 8.)

Cicindela roseiventris, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. 1. fasc. 2 (1834).

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Playa Vicente (Sal/é); Guatemata, San Joaquin (Champion).

21. Cicindela sommeri.

Cicindela sommeri, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1837, ii. p. 12.

Cicindela ferrugata, Putzeys, Prémices Entom., Mém. Liége, ii. p. 8366 (1846).

Hab. Muxico, Oaxaca (Sallé, Hoge).

22. Cicindela carthagena. (Tab. I. fig. 9.)

Cicindela carthagena, Dej. Spec. Gén. Col. v. p. 229%,

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Champerico (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).—Sovru

AMERICA, Colombia}.

23. Cicindela klugi. (Tab. I. fig. 11.)

Cicindela Klugit, De}. Spec. Gén. Col. v. p. 2637.

Hab. Mexico! (Sallé, Hoge), near the capital (Flohr).

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24, Cicindela rectilatera.

Cicindela rectilatera, Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1848, iv. p. 693°.

Cicindela decostigma (nec Chevrol.), Leconte, Revis. Cic. U.S. p. 54 (1856) *.

Hab. Norra America, Texas ?.—Mexicol.

25. Cicindela flavopunctata. (Tab. I. fig. 12.)

Cicindela flavopunctata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834).

Var. Cicindela ocellata, Klug, Jahrb. Ins. p. 33 (1834).

Var. Cicindela incerta, Chevrol. Col. Mex. ii. no. 127 (1835).

Var. Cicindela humeralis, Chevrol. Mag. Zool. 1841, t. 59.

Hab. “Mextwo, Cordova, Tuxtla, Chinantla, Cosamaloapam, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Yolos,

Oaxaca (Sallé), Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Misantla, Oaxaca (Hoge), Hacienda de Bleados

(Dr. Palmer), Merida, Tehuantepec (Salle); Honduras (Sallé); GUATEMALA, near the

city (Salvin), Panzos, Chacoj, Cubulco, Duefias, San Isidro (Champion), Coban (Sal/é) ;

Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers).

A common and widely-distributed Central-American species, as yet unrecorded from

any region south of Costa Rica or north of Mexico. C. ocellata and C. incerta are insig-

nificant aberrations, in which the yellow spots are either feeble and encircled by a dark

ring, or totally obsolete; they occur with the type form in most localities in Mexico ;

but C. humeralis diverges considerably from the type, being rather larger and having, in

well-developed examples, the basal spots united as a humeral lunule, and the two

discoidal spots joined to form an oblique fascia, which is sometimes connected on the

sides with a white marginal streak as in C. klugi. All the varieties seem to be confined

to Mexico, where also the largest and more metallic-coloured examples occur ; further

south the species degenerates in size and is obscurer in colour, with the elytral markings

forming widely separated small spots, as in the type.

26. Cicindela fera.

Cicindela fera, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834)*.

Cicindela tenuilineata, Audouin et Brullé, Arch. Mus. i. p. 128 (1838)’.

Hab. Mexico12, Itlacotalpan (Sallé); Guatemata, Teleman (Champion).

27. Cicindela ponderosa. (Tab. I. fig. 18.)

Cicindela ponderosa, Thomson, Arc. Nat. p. 89.

Cicindela hirticollis (Say), var., Chaud. Cat. Coll. Cic. p. 34. no. 248.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge).

Distinguished from the common and widely-distributed C. hirticollis of the United

States only by its larger size and the broader markings of the elytra.

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28. Cicindela tortuosa.

Cicindela tortuosa, De}. Spec. Gén. Col. i. p. 87'; Duval in Sagra’s Hist. de Cuba, Ins. Col. p. 5’.

Cicindela serpens, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. v. p. 173°.

Cicindela sigmoidea, id. ibid. p. 172*.

Cicindela trifasciata, Faby. Syst. El. i. p. 242?

Hab. Norra America}, Louisiana ®, California 4—Muxico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge)

near the capital (Dr. Palmer, Flohr), N.W. frontier (Forrer).—West Inpres1, Cuba ?,

Jamaica, St. Thomas.

Chaudoir adds to the synonymy of this species, as varieties, the C. inca and peruviana

of Peru; but these seem to me sufficiently distinct in form and markings to warrant

their specific separation. Mexican examples are darker and less metallic than those of

California,

29, Cicindela hamata.

Cicindela hamata, Audouin et Brullé, Arch. Mus. i. p. 182, t. 8. f. 9 (gf) (1838).

Cicindela cristoforii, Chevrolat, Mag. Zool. 1841, p.15 (2).

Cicindela apicalis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, iv. p. 691 (2).

Cicindela reichei, Chandoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, iv. p. 689, i. p. 115 (1854) (¢).

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge).

30. Cicindela pallifera. (Tab. I. fig. 22.)

Cicindela pallifera, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, 1. p. 17°.

Hab. Muxico !, Progreso in Yucatan (Sallé, Hoge).

31. Cicindela gabbi.

Cicindela Gabbii, Horn, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 395°.

Hab. Nortu America, California \—Mexico, N.W. frontier (Yorrer).

32. Cicindela curvata.

Cicindela curvata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. 1. fase. 2 (1834).

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge).

33. Cicindela graphiptera.

Cicindela graphiptera, Dej. Spec. Gén. Col. v. p. 257°.

Var. Habroscelis obliquata, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1857, p. 108”.

Cicindela obliquans, Chaudoir, Cat. Coll. Cic. p. 33. no. 232.

Hab. Nitcaracua, Chontales (Belt); Costa Rica ?.—Soutn America, Colombia!.

All the specimens taken by Belt have slender elytral markings, and show no tendency

to the diffusion of the pale colouring over the elytral surface, as is seen in Colombian

examples; this, however, is a common aberration in Cicindele of this and other groups.

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34, Cicindela chlorocephala.

Cicindela chlorocephala, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (1834).

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sal/é).

35. Cicindela macrocnema. (Tab. I. fig. 17.)

Cicindela macrocnema, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 15°.

Hab. Mexico, Mazatlan (Forrer, Sallé), Acapulco!; GuatemaLa, Champerico, Paraiso

(Champion); Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur (Salvin).

36. Cicindela panamensis.

Cicindela panamensis, Boucard, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1881, p. 3°.

Var. signaturis maxime dilatatis.

Cicindela chevrolatii, Boucard, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1881, p. 4°.

Hab. Panama (Boucard!, Champion).

Both forms of this insect, described by Boucard as distinct species, occur together ;

but the white variety appears less abundant than the type. The species differs from

C. macrocnema constantly in the much more prolonged and tapering apex and the angular

dilatation of the middle of the elytra. The white lateral border is in many examples

twice interrupted, as it generally is in Guatemalan and Nicaraguan specimens of

C. macrocnema; in more northerly localities the latter has always a continuous white

border.

87. Cicindela auraria.

Cicindela auraria, Klug, Jahrb. Ins. p. 27 (1834)’.

Cicindela palhata, Putzeys, Prém. Ent., Mém. Liége, 11. p. 866 (1846) ’.

Hab. Panama, Matachin (Schunke).—-Sourn America, Colombia!, Venezuela?.

38. Cicindela severa.

Cicindela severa, Laferté, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 41°; Leconte, Revis. Cic. U.S. p. 58”.

Hab. Nortu America, Texas!.—Mexico, Tampico?.

39. Cicindela togata.

Cicindela togata, Laferté, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 40°; Leconte, Revis. Cic. U.S. p. 58 (1856).

Hab. Nortu America, Texas!.—Mexico, Tampico?.

40. Cicindela aurora.

Cicindela aurora, Thomson, Arc. Nat. p. 90.

Hab. Mexico, Panistlahuca, Juquila (Sa//é).

CICINDELA. 13

Var. Capite thoraceque minus politis, hoc plagis cupreis majoribus. (Tab. I. fig. 15.)

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hége).

The variety was taken in considerable numbers by Hoge, and is very constant.

41. Cicindela radians.

Cicindela radians, Chevrolat, Mag. Zool. 1841, t. 57.

Hab. Muxtco, Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); Britise Honpuras, Belize

(Blancaneaux) ; Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

42. Cicindela vasseleti.

Cicindela Vasseletii, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834); Audouin et Brullé, Arch. Mus. i. p. 138,

t.9. f. 7.

Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Sallé); GuaTemata, Teleman, San

Geronimo (Champion).

43. Cicindela papillosa. (Tab. I. fig. 14.)

Cicindela papillosa, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1854, i. p. 123.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, Tuxtla, Catemarco (Sallé), Coatepec, Jalapa (Hoge); Guats-

MALA, San Gerénimo (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

44, Cicindela chontalensis.

Cicindela chontalensis, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. x. p. 264 (1874) '.

Cicindela Walkeriana, Thomson, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1856, p. 331?’

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt 1); Costa Rica??

This may possibly be the C. walkeriana of Thomson, being black, with sometimes an

oblique discoidal streak and subapical spot white; but Thomson compares his insect

with C. marginalis, to which C. chontalensis bears no resemblance, and describes the

labrum as having two teeth, which is also inapplicable to our species.

45. Cicindela cyaniventris.

Cicindela cyaniventris, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834) *.

Cicindela corvina, Leconte, Revis. Cic. U. 8. p. 53 (1856) *.

Hab. Mexico!, Northern Mexico?, Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge) ; GUATE-

MALA, Zapote, Panzos, Teleman (Champion).

46. Cicindela eneicollis. (Tab. I. fig. 13.)

Cicindela eneicollis, Chaud. Cat. Coll. Cic. p. 29. no. 149 (non descript.).

C. cyaniventri proxime affinis, minor et multo gracilior, sericea subopaca, viridi-anea vel fusco-cuprea, capite

et thorace leetius coloratis; capite angustiore, prope oculos striato, postice et media fronte granulato; labro

albo, antice producto, g apice truncato unidentato, utrinque fortiter sinuato; thorace fere cylindrico,

subtilissime alutaceo; elytris oblongis, apice (¢ @) singulatim rotundatis, sutura spinosa, dorso vage

14 ADEPHAGA.

punctato foveisque viridibus longitudinaliter seriatis, guttis albis (seepe obsoletis) quatuor, prima post

humerum, secunda et tertia discoidalibus (fasciam brevem obliquam interruptam simulantibus) quartaque

exteriore versus apicem ; corpore subtus lete violaceo, prosterni et mesosterni episternis splendide cupreis ;

femoribus viridi-eneis.

Long. 43 lin. ¢ @.

Hab. Mexico, Panistlahuca, Tehuantepec (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge).

Var. longior, obscure purpureo-fusca, capitis thoracisque lateribus cupreis et viridibus, elytris sepius immaculatis,

Long. 5 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hége).

The variety approaches in colours C. cyaniventris, but it has the narrower head and

thorax of C. eneicollis.

47. Cicindela nebulosa. (Tab. I. fig. 16.)

Cicindela nebulosa, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. x. p. 263 (1874)’.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1, Janson).

Chaudoir labelled a specimen of this species in the Sallé collection C. paludosa, De}.

Cat., which is said to be C. guerini, Gory, a species from Cayenne. It does not, how-

ever, agree with Gory’s description.

48, Cicindela argentata.

Cicindela argentata, Fabr. Syst. 1. p. 242; Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 147°.

Cicindela misella, Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1854, i. p. 121”.

Hab. Panama (MacLeannan).—Sovutn America, Colombia? and Cayenne! to South

Brazil.

49, Cicindela hemichrysea.

Cicindela hemichrysea, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 129 (1885) *.

Cicindela inspersa, id. ibid. no. 180°.

Cicindela cyanosparsa, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 23°.

Hab. Muxico!?, Tuxpan, Cordova, Tuxtla, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge),

Yucatan’; Honpuras (Sallé); GuateMaLa, Zapote, Panzos, San Gerénimo (Champion) ;

Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

50. Cicindela viridisticta. (Tab. I. fig. 20.)

Cicindela viridisticta, Chaudoir, Cat. Coll. Cic. p. 23. no. 29 (non descript.).

C. hemichrysee similis, at differt elytris dorso punctis et foveis magnis haud profundis cribratis margineque

laterali medio late impunctato polito ; subcylindrica, opaca, fusco-cuprea, impressionibus viridibus vel letius

cupreis; capite angusto, collo crasso, subtiliter strigoso et vermiculato-rugoso ; labro albo, angusto, antice

producto, margine truncato tridentato; thorace cylindrico, basi paullo angustiore, supra subtiliter strigoso ;

elytris oblongis, apice rotundatis, sutura simplici, macula mediana submarginali lunulaque apicali angustis-

sima albis; corpore subtus chalybeo, polito, glabro ; pedibus aurato-viridibus.

Long. 3 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Mexico, Yolotepec, Tehuantepec (Sallé), Villa Alta (Hoge).

CICINDELA.—ODONTOCHEILA. 15

51. Cicindela unicolor.

Cicindela unicolor (Dej.), Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 177 (1835)’.

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (SaJlé) }.

A doubtful species; not in the Sallé collection. C. unicolor, Dej., is a well-known

variety of C. scutellaris, Say, common in the Atlantic States of North America.

ODONTOCHEILA.

Odontocheila, Castelnau, Silberm. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 84 (1834); Lacordaire, Gen. Col. i. p. 22;

Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1860, iv. p. 269.

Cicindela (1° div.), De}. Spec. Gén. Col. i. p. 21.

About seventy species of this genus have been described, all Tropical-American, with

the exception of a species from Java and Sumatra and another from the Philippines,

which agree in form and markings as well as structure with the Tropical-American

forms. Baron Chaudoir, however, united the Huryode of Tropical Africa and India

with the genus, from which they appear to differ sufficiently in form of body, style of

marking, and some minor points of structure to be regarded as generically distinct.

Odontocheila differs from the true Cicindele by no one constant structural character, but

by the combination of three characters, not found in conjunction in any species of the

typical genus ; these are :—1, the greatly elongated and toothed labrum ; 2, the existence

of a long spine-like bristle at the end of the palpiform lobe of the maxille; and 3, the

grooved tarsi. Of these the second appears the most constant differential character, the.

terminal bristle being either absent or present only as a short slender hair in Cicindela ;

grooved tarsi are present in many species of the section of Cicindela named Thopeutica

by some authors; and the long-spined labrum is a chief feature of the section Calochroa.

I therefore propose to revert to the extension of the genus indicated by Lacordaire, and

to include in Odontocheila all those Cicindele of similar elongate form of body and por-

rected labrum which exhibit this peculiarity of armature of the palpiform lobe, although

destitute of tarsal grooves; this will bring within the genus such species as C. ventralis,

Dej., C. punctum, Klug, and the following new species from Central America.

§ 1. Tarsis simplicibus.

1. Odontocheila leptalis. (Tab. I. fig. 23.)

Gracillima, viridi- vel cupreo-snea, sublevis; capite post oculos valde angustato, oculis maxime extantibus,

vertice late concavo, subtiliter longitudinaliter, collo transversim, strigosis ; labro flavo, basi fusco, elongato,

longitudinaliter convexo, margine antico( 9 ) valde producto, dente mediano valido, alteris utrinque tribus

parvis, obtusis, (g) margine haud producto, edentato ; thorace elongato cylindrico, antice et postice argute

constricto, dorso subtiliter sparsim strigoso; elytris subcylindricis, apice conjunctim rotundatis, dorso

subsparsim, antice magis, postice minus profunde punctatis ; corpore subtus glabro, impunctato ; antennis,

palpis pedibusque (gracillimis) fulvis.

Long. 33-4 lin. dQ.

Hab. Mextco, Cerro de Plumas (Hége), Juquila (Boucard, coll. Satlé).

16 ADEPHAGA.

2. Odontocheila championi.

Gracilis, subfusco-senea, crebre sculpturata ; capite magno, postice valde elongato et angustato, oculis maxime

extantibus, vertice late concavo, omnino subtiliter striguloso; labro flavo, basi fusco-eneo, elongato,

longitudinaliter convexo, margine antico g 2 medio tridentato, dentibus alteris utrinque lateralibus duobus

obtusis; thorace angusto, cylindrico, crebre striguloso ; elytris apice conjunctim rotundatis, dorso valde

inequalibus crebre et fortiter punctatis, nitidis; corpore subtus viridi-cyaneis, coxis albo-hirtis; palpis,

antennis (apice obscurioribus) pedibusque (gracilibus) testaceo-rufis.

Long. 33 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

§ 2. Tarsis sulcatis.

3. Odontocheila mexicana.

Odontocheila mexicana, Castelnau, Etudes Ent. p. 38 (1835).

Odontocheila nietii, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 258.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Toxpam (SaJ/é).

4, Odontocheila quadrina.

Cicindela quadrina, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 176 (1835).

Hab. Mexico, Tutepec!, Chinantla, Tuxtla (Sallé), Playa Vicente (Hoge); Brivisu

Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneauz).

5. Odontocheila iodopleura.

Odontocheila iodopleura, Bates, Ent. Month. Mag. viii. (1872) p. 2857.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt +).

6. Odontocheila cinctula.

O. codopleure proxime affinis, paullo gracilior elytrisque angustius aureo et violaceo marginatis. Gracilis, supra

rubro-cuprea subupaca, palpis (articulis apicalibus nigris exceptis) femoribusque (medio infuscatis) flavo-

testaceis, trochanteribus posticis nigris, tibiis tarsisque piceis ; capite juxta oculos argute et recte, medio et

postice granulatim ac confuse striguloso ; labro nigro, antice et lateribus flavo-marginato, 7-dentato, dente

mediano ¢ fere obsoleto, 2 maxime elongato; thorace quam in O. zodopleura et mexicana longiore

magisque cylindrico, crebre granulatim ruguloso; elytris crebre ruguloso-punctatis, utrinque maculis duabus

marginalibus albis, dorso rubro-cupreis, lateribus vitta angusta violacea anguste viridi et aureo marginata ;

corpore subtus nigro-cyaneo, pectore medio viridi-sneo.

Long. 5-53 lin. § Q.

Hab. Guatemaa, Zapote (Champion).

7. Odontocheila salvini. (Tab. I. fig. 24.)

Odontocheila Salvin, Bates, Ent. Month. Mag. x. p. 267.

Hab. Panama, Obispo (Salvin).

8. Odontocheila nicaraguensis.

Odontocheila nicaraguensis, Bates, Ent. Month. Mag. x. p. 269.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt).

ODONTOCHEILA.—CTENOSTOMA. 17

9. Odontocheila chiriquina.

O. nicaraguensi quam maxime affinis, differt tantum labri marginibus et dentibus rufis, thorace graciliore multo

subtilius granulato haud striguloso, elytris dorso magis infuscatis femoribusque posticis omnino chalybeo-

nigris. Elongata, fusco-cuprea, capite rubro-cupreo et aurato, vitta angusta marginali ab oculo usque ad

elytrorum apices aurato-viridi extus violacea; thorace anguste cylindrico, dorso opaco crebre vermiculato-

striguloso subgranulato ; elytris gutta alba marginali; corpore subtus pedibusque chalybeis nitidis, femoribus

quatuor anticis versus basin rufo-piceis.

Long. 7-74 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

This and O. nicaraguensis belong to the cayennensis type of Odontocheila, which is

quite remarkable for its tendency to develop well-defined local races in comparatively

small geographical areas throughout the northern region of South America. Eight or

ten such races, subspecies, or species have already been described.

IRESIA.

Iresia, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 206.

Fourteen species of this genus have been described, ranging from South Brazil to

Mexico, though apparently rare everywhere. The genus is allied to Therates of the

Malayan region in the Old World, with which it has in common the bisuleate forehead

and large vaulted labrum. ‘The species are found on the trunks of forest trees, around

which they run nimbly in search of prey.

1. Iresia boucardi.

Iresia boucardit, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 351; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. Atlas, t.1. f. 3.

Hab. Mzuxico, Cordova (Boucard).

2. Iresia pulchra.

I. bowcardi affinis, sed differt abdomine nigro nitido haud rufo. Subcylindrica, nigra, nitida, elytris viridi-cyaneis

fascia mediana violacea; palpis flavis, maxillarium articulis 2, labialium articulo 1, terminalibus nigris ;

fronte (inter antennas) Jabroque flavis hoc basi fusco; antennis nigris, articulis 1° et 6°-9™ albo-testaceis,

10°-11™ fuscis; elytris basi et apice discrete punctatis medio grosse transversim rugatis; corpore subtus

nigro, pedibus rufo-testaceis, tarsis fuscis.

Long. 4 lin. oC.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt).

The single example taken by Mr. Belt is a male; and the specimen of J. boucardi in

the Sallé collection is a female. I cannot, however, think that they are sexes of one

and the same species, the colouring of the abdomen and palpi being so widely different.

CTENOSTOMA.

Ctenostoma, Klug, Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. x. 2, p. 804 (1821) ; Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 152.

Procephalus, Castelnau, Rev. Ent. Silberm. ii. p. 85 (1834).

Myrmecilla, Lacordaire, Mém. Soc. Sci. Liége, 1. p. 120 (1840).

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt.1, December 1881. dd

18 ADEPHAGA.

Of this peculiar and highly characteristic Tropical-American genus thirty-five species

have been described. It is doubtful whether any species occurs beyond the tropics

north or south, the locality “‘ Buenos Ayres” given by Klug for his C. macilentum

being not well authenticated. Its nearest ally is the genus Pogonostoma, peculiar to

Madagascar.

1. Ctenostoma sallzi.

Ctenostoma sallei, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1860, ii. p. 275°.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion).—SovtH AMERIca,

Venezuela }. |

I refer Central-American examples of this remarkable insect to C. salle@i of Chaudoir,

relying chiefly on the scantier punctuation of the elytra mentioned in the description.

In this character all the specimens differ from C. insigne of the Amazons, and inferentially

from C. metallicum of Cayenne. In colour they are purplish coppery brown (rarely

with a greenish tinge) ; but they greatly exceed the size (14 millim.) given by Chaudoir,

varying from 16 to 20 millim. |

2. Ctenostoma maculicorne. (Tab. I. fig. 21.)

Procephalus maculicornis, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 352°.

Ctenostoma sigma, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 588°.

Hab. Mexico1, Toxpam (Sallé); Guatemana, San Juan (Champion); NIicaraeua,

Chontales (Belt?) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion).

C. sigma is identical with C. maculicorne, according to the type specimen in the Sallé

collection ; but there is nothing in the coloration of the antennz to warrant the specific

name given. Chiriqui examples differ slightly in the more strongly flexuose S-like pale

fascia of the elytra. |

3. Ctenostoma leticolor.

Ctenostoma leticolor, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 588.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

4, Ctenostoma ibidion.

Ctenostoma ibidion, Dohrn, Stettin. ent. Zeit. 1880, p. 372°.

Hab. Costa Rica 1.

Evidently distinct from the preceding, by the dense punctuation of the elytra, its

small size (10 millim.), and colours.

OMOPHRON.—NOTIOPHILUS. | 19

‘ Fam. CARABIDA.

Division I. Mesothoracie epimera reaching the middle haunch-sockets.

Subfam. OMOPHRONINE.

OMOPHRON.

Omophron, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. viii. p. 270.

This curious genus, isolated in its morphological relations and showing some approxi-

mation to the water-beetles of the family Haliplide, has a wide distribution. It is

spread over the warmer temperate and tropical zones of both hemispheres, but chiefly

north of the equator, passing to the south only in Africa, where species occur in the

tropical and south temperate parts as well as in the island of Madagascar. As far as

known at present, the genus is absent from the Malayan region, Australia, and the

whole of South America. Thirty-four species have been described.

1. Omophron gratus.

Omophron gratus, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 3.

Hab. Mexico, Izucar, Tuxtla, Etla, Durasnil, Oaxaca (Sallé), Vera Cruz, Oaxaca

(Hoge).

2. Omophron sphericus.

Omophron sphericum, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 167.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge).

3. Omophron oblongiusculus. (Tab. II. fig. 1.)

Omophron oblongiusculum, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 166°.

Hab. Muxico, Las Vigas!, Orizaba (Sallé); GuaTeMALa, near the city (Champion).

Subfam. VOTIOPHILINA.

NOTIOPHILUS.

Notiophilus, Duméril, Zool. Analyt. p. 194; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1860, iv. p. 270.

Also an isolated genus, but restricted apparently to the northern hemisphere. ‘The

species are amongst the commonest coleopterous insects in high northern latitudes, and

become rarer in the warmer temperate zone. ‘The following is the first to be recorded

from Tropical America. |

1. Notiophilus specularis. (Tab. II. fig. 2.)

Elongato-oblongus, fusco-cupreus, antennis basi tibiisque rufescentibus; labro nigro, opaco; fronte utrinque

prope oculum profunde sulcata medio sexcostulata, costulis supra convergentibus exteriore furcata ; thorace

dd 2

20 | ADEPHAGA.

valde transverso, postice fortiter sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis acutis, punctato, disco levi; elytris

vitta suturali politissima, stria suturali obsoleta, vitta laterali latiore, opaca, striatospunctata, unifoveolata,

striis vix impressis equaliter inter se approximatis, punctis interdum obsoletis, interstitiis transversim

multiimpressis.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (Hoge); GuaTEMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion).

The first (inner) elytral stria is obsolete, except near the base; but it reappears as a

very faint curved line near the apex, where it nearly joins the sutural stria. The

species is allied to WV. semiopacus (Eschsch.), but is larger, differently sculptured on the

forehead and along the opake vitta of the elytra.

Subfam. CARABINA.

CALOSOMA.

Calosoma, Weber, Obs. Entom. i. p. 20 (1801); Fabr. Syst. El. 1. p. 211 (1801).

Upwards of 100 species of this almost universally distributed and conspicuous genus

have been described. A large proportion of these are peculiar to Mexico; but the

genus seems extremely rare in the countries of Central America further south.

1. Calosoma scrutator.

Carabus scrutator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. i. p. 149; Oliv. Ent. no. 35, p. 41, t. 3. f. 32a, 5.

Hab. Muxico, Toxpam (Sallé), Playa Vicente (Hége).—Nortn AMERICA.

A large series of this beautiful species, taken by Herr Hoge, differ in no essential

particular from specimens found in the Eastern United States.

2. Calosoma aurocinctum. (Tab. II. fig. 10.)

Calosoma aurocinctum, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1850, 1. p. 420.

Calosoma splendidum, Perbosc, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 261 (nom. preocc.).

Hab. Mexico, Campeche (Salié), Yucatan (Boucard).

8. Calosoma armatum.

Calosoma armatum, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 156°.

Hab. Mexico!, Toxpam, Cordova, Chiapas (Sadlé), Jalapa, Plan del Rio (Hége).—

West Inp1es, Jamaica.

Leconte considers this species to be the alternans of Fabr., described as from the

West-Indian Islands. But the description of Fabricius, “ striis (interstitiis) alternis

latioribus,” does not at all fit the Mexican and Jamaican insect, in which strie and

interstices are of uniform width, and suits better an allied species from Venezuela,

CALOSOMA. 21

which apparently occurs also in Cuba, or the C. covale (Motschulsky) from Venezuela

and the Amazons.

4, Calosoma viridisulcatum.

Calosoma viridisulcatum, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1863, p. 114.

Hab. Mexico.

A species unknown to me, and the position of which in the genus is not indicated by

its describer.

5. Calosoma angulatum. (Tab. II. fig. 12.)

Calosoma angulatum, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (1834).

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, Palo Verde, Tehuantepec (Sallé), Esperanza, Plan del Rio

(Hoge).

A closely allied but sufficiently distinct species (C. angulicolle, Chaud.) occurs near

Santa Marta, Colombia.

6. Calosoma peregrinator. (Tab. II. fig. 11.)

Calosoma peregrinator, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 255°.

Hab. Mexico!, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Sierra de S. Miguelito, Valle del Mais

(Dr. Palmer), Plan del Rio, Jalapa (Hoge).

Having been able to examine a large series of this species, including the type speci-

men of Guérin, I am able to state with certainty that it is quite distinct from C. promi-

nens, Leconte, with which Dr. Leconte himself proposes to unite it. The thorax is

relatively to the trunk very much larger and broader, and the elytra much less sculp-

tured, the transverse imbricated rugule of the elytral interstices being confined toa

small space near the shoulders, instead of extending over the whole basal portion of the

elytra. In Guérin’s type these rugule are reduced to a minimum, being confined to a

few marginal marks behind the shoulder; this is the character of all the Jalapa speci-

mens, those from Guanajuato having rather more sculpture in the basal and humeral

region of the elytra. In general form and outline C. peregrinator resembles more closely

the Texan C. lugubre (Leconte) than C. prominens.

7. Calosoma affine.

Calosoma affine, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, iv. p. 746}.

Hab. Mexico}.

Differs from the shorter examples of C. peregrinator only by its more highly polished

surface; some of Mr. Hoge’s specimens of the latter, from Plan del Rio, approach it

very nearly in form and sculpture. Chaudoir very aptly compares his species to

22 — ADEPHAGA.,

C. glabratum of Colombia, which is of nearly the same form and still more polished.

By some unexplained error this species is labelled in the Sallé collection C. deve, Dej.,

with the description of which it does not in the least accord.

8. Calosoma leave. (Tab. II. fig. 8.)

Calosoma leve, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. ii. p. 210 (1826) 1; Chevrolat, Col. Mex. li. no. 164 (1835),

Calosoma Chevrolatii, Dejean, Cat. 8™° éd. p. 25 (1837).

Hab. Merxico!, near the city, Perote? (Salle, Flohr), Esperanza, Jalapa (Hoge),

Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

The common Mexican insect which I refer to C. leve, Dejean, is the only species

which agrees with the description of this author as to size, peculiar rounded form of

thorax, and especially the general outline or habit, which he happily hits off by his

expression “il s’éloigne un peu par sa forme des espéces précédentes, et il a quelques

-rapports avec quelques grandes espéces de Zabrus, mais c’est un véritable Calosoma.”

Its resemblance to large species of Zabrus, such as Z. femoratus, can escape no one; and

it is the only species of Mexican Calosoma of which this could be said. Chevyolat’s

description, though not so satisfactory, also fits the species; I cannot, therefore, under-

stand why Dejean himself considered Chevrolat’s insect distinct and gave it a new

name. ‘This view is adopted in the Munich Catalogue (vol. i. p. 79) and by M. Sallé,

who has labelled his specimens of what are incontestably the C. leve of Dejean as

chevrolatii, Dej.,=leve, Chevr. It is possible that Dejean had before him a variety of

his deve or an allied species named as the /eve of Chevrolat. At Guanajuato C. lave

exhibits numerous varieties both in form and sculpture, but all preserving the character-

istic form of thorax.

9. Calosoma anthracinum.

Calosoma anthracinum, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 569.

Hab. MExico.

Very closely allied to C. deve, but differing in the thorax being much less rounded

and narrowed behind, and with distinct though obtuse hind angles. A specimen which

I received many years ago under this name from M. Henri Deyrolle measures 124 lines

and has smooth elytra. Dejean gives 104 lines as the length, and describes the elytra

as being more distinctly punctate-striate than in C. /eve; but the sculpture is exceed-

ingly variable in this group.

10. Calosoma levigatum.

Calosoma levigatum, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 374.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé).

CALOSOMA. 23

11. Calosoma politum.

Calosoma politum, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 373.

Hab. Mexico, Toluca (Boucard), near the city (Flohr).

12. Calosoma striatulum.

Calosoma striatulum, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 165°.

Hab. Mexico, Perote!, Orizaba (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hége).

13. Calosoma striatipenne. (Tab. II. fig. 9.)

Calosoma striatipenne, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 373.

flab. Mexico, Puebla (Boucard).

14, Calosoma cicatricosum.

Calosoma cicatricosum, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 874’.

Hab. Mexico1, near the city (Mohr, Hoge).

This and the four preceding species are very closely related, and may be only local

varieties of one stock.

15. Calosoma costipenne.

Calosoma costipenne, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 375.

Hab. Mexico (coll. Sallé).

16. Calosoma blaptoides. (Tab. II. fig. 7.)

Calosoma blaptoides, Putzeys, Mém. Ac. Sc. Liége, i. p. 400; Géhin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881,

Bull. p. 178.

Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam (Sad/é), Cerro de Plumas (Hége).

17. Calosoma atrovirens.

Calosoma atrovirens, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 3727.

Hab. Mxxico, interior },

18. Calosoma dolens. (Tab. II. fig. 20.)

Calosoma dolens, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 376°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca1, Capulalpam (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dujés, coll. Sallé).

19. Calosoma depressicolle. (Tab. II. fig. 6.)

Calosoma depressicolle, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1869, p. 375°.

Hab. Muxico1, Toluca (Boucard), near the city (Flohr, Hoge, Dr. Palmer).

24 ADEPHAGA.

CALOPACHYS.

Calopachys, Haury, Le Naturaliste, Feb. 1, 1880, p. 164.

The following is the only species described of this genus, and is unknown to me :—

1. Calopachys viridissimus.

Calopachys viridissimus, Haury, loc. cit. p. 164.

Hab. Mexico.

The author apparently is not quite sure of the locality of this remarkable insect,

which must resemble in form the species of Callisthenes; he says “elle doit provenir

du Mexique.”

Subfam. LORICHERINA.

LORICERA.

Loricera, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. viii. p. 273.

A north-temperate and boreal genus, extending in the New World further south than

in the Old, one species being found in Mexico and Guatemala. Hight species altogether

have been described.

1. Loricera rotundicollis. (Tab. II. fig. 3.)

Loricera rotundicollis, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 18638, p. 115.

Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam, Parada, Toluca (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge); GUATEMALA,

Quiche Mountains (Champion).

Subfam. OZAININA*.,

SCYTHROPASUS.

Scythropasus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i. p. 293.

Two species only are known, both Tropical-American.

1. Scythropasus elongatus.

Scythropasus elongatus, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 295°.

Hab. Mexico, interior!; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

* As this sheet is passing through the press a very important and original paper on the structure and classi-

fication of the Carabide has reached me, by favour of the author, Dr. G. H. Horn, of Philadelphia. In this

work the Ozeenine (with the exception of the Australian genus Mystropomus) are removed from the first to the

second division of the family, Dr. Horn having made the discovery that in Pachyteles and Physea the mesotho-

racic epimera do not reach the middle haunch-sockets. There can be no doubt of the accuracy of Dr. Horn’s

observations as far as the species examined by him are concerned; but I doubt whether it holds good with

all the species. At any rate, the structure of the mesosternum, if not quite agreeing with that of other sub-

families of Division I., is quite different from that which characterizes Division II.

OZANA.—PACHYTELES, 25

OZAENA.

Ozena, Olivier, Encycl. Méth. viii. pt. 2, p. 617 (1791) ; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 50

(1818).

Ictinus, Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 53 (1835).

Also peculiar to Tropical America; three species have been described.

1. Ozena brevicornis.

Ozena brevicornis, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 24°.

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt).—Soutn America, Peru 1?

PACHYTELES.

Pachyteles, Perty, Del. An. Art. Brasil. p. 3, t. i. £.10 (1830).

Ozena (partim), Dejean, Sp. Gén. i. p. 433.

Ictinus (partim), Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 145 (1835).

Goniotropis, Gray, Griffith’s An. King. 1. p. 2783 (1882).

' Tropopsis, Solier, Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. iv. p. 179 (1849).

Upwards of sixty species of this genus are known by descriptions. Two of the

number are from West Tropical Africa, and one from Madagascar; the rest are

exclusively American, ranging from Arizona in the north to Monte Video and Chili

in the south.

1. Pachyteles porrectus.

Pachyteles porrectus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 54* (1868).

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Boucard'), Playa Vicente (Sallé); Bririse Honpuras (Blan-

caneaux); GUATEMALA, Izabal (Sadlé), Panzos, San Isidro, Pantaleon (Champion) ;

Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt). |

2. Pachyteles funcki. (Tab. II. fig. 5.)

Pachyteles Funcki, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x1. p. 55 (1868)".

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).—Soutu America, Venezuela}.

8. Pachyteles verticalis. (Tab. II. fig. 16.)

Ozena verticalis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 104°.

Pachyteles verticalis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 56 (1868) ’.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé?), Jalapa, Las Vigas (Hoge); GuatmmaLa, Zapote, Pan-

taleon, Las Mercedes (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

In some examples, chiefly those of Nicaragua and Guatemala, the anterior and

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, December 1881. ee

26 ADEPHAGA.

posterior angles of the thorax are less advanced and acute than in typical Mexican

specimens in the Sallé collection.

4. Pachyteles fuliginellus.

Pachyteles fuliginellus, Bates, Ent. Month. Mag. xi. p. 28.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

Closely allied to P. verticalis, but the thorax narrower and more quadrate and with

angles still less advanced than the variety of P. verticalis above mentioned.

5. Pachyteles filiformis.

Ozena filiformis, Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 55°.

Pachyteles filiformis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 56 (1868) *.

Hab. Nicaraaua, Chontales (Janson).—Sovuta America, Cayenne’, Amazons2.

6. Pachyteles excisus.

Pachyteles excisus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 577.

_ Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt)—Sovutn America, Cayenne!.

An individual taken by Belt is evidently referable to this species, having the greatest

possible similarity to P. filiformis, as the author states, with the exception that the

sides of the thorax are more broadly margined and sinuated immediately behind the

anterior angle.

7. Pachyteles bacillus.

P. filiformi minor, adhuc angustior, colore obscurior, nigro-castaneus, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque rufo-

castaneis ; capite conspicue punctato, fronte media levi; thorace subcordato, ruguloso et postice punctato,

angulis anticis prominulis acutis, lateribus mox pone angulos profunde excisis, deinde abrupte obtuse dila-

tatis et usque ad angulos posticos subrectis sed margine irregulariter flexuoso ; elytris linearibus, parallelis,

punctulato-striatis, interstitiis convexis, 3° et 5° punctis setiferis 2-3,

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Nicaraaua, Chontales (Belt).

8. Pachyteles punctulatus.

Pachyteles punctulatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 59 (1868)'.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard!), Misantla (fHége), Yucatan (Pilate); Britisu

Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux).

9. Pachyteles seriatoporus. (Tab. II. fig. 22.)

Pachyteles seriatoporus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 61".

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt)—Sourn America, Venezuela }.

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10. Pachyteles mexicanus.

Ozena mexicana, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 106.

Pachyteles mexicana, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 65°.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz!, Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége); GuaTEMALA,

Cerro Zunil, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

11. Pachyteles cyanipennis. (Tab. II. fig. 17.)

Ozena cyanipennis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 40°.

Pachyteles cyanipennis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 65.

Ozena cyanoptera, Thomson, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1856, p. 3380, t. 8. f. 7%.

Hab. Mexico’, Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé); GuatemMaLa, Senahu (Champion); Nica-

RAGUA, Chontales.

12. Pachyteles oxyomus.

Pachyteles oxyomus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 71’.

Hab. Mexico, Teapa (Pilate +).

PHYSEA.

Physea, Brullé, Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. p. 473 (1834).

Trachelizus, Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 598.

Four species of this singular genus have been described, all Tropical-American.

1, Physea hirta. (Tab. II. fig. 4.)

Physea hirta, Leconte, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. x. p. 393+.

Physea latipes, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1864, p. 117°.

Hab. Mexico! 2, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); GuaTEMALA, Zapote (Champion).

Subfam. SCARITINA.

PASIMACHUS.

Pasimachus, Bonelli, Mém. Acad. Turin, 1813, p. 476.

Molobrus, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. des Sci. Liége, 1846, i. p. 362.

Emydopterus, Lacordaire, Gen. Col. i. p. 191 (1854).

Twenty-five species of this exclusively North-American genus have been described.

The more typical species, constituting the majority, are found chiefly in the temperate

zone; the ill-defined section Volodrus, in which the hind angles of the thorax tend to

disappear, have a more southern range, being confined to Mexico and the Central-

American countries further south. The genus is not known in South America; and

its nearest allies are the Carenwm group of Australia and Mouwhotia of the Indo-Chinese

peninsula.

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28 ADEPHAGA.

_1. Pasimachus californicus.

Pasimachus californicus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1850, i. p. 437°. |

Pasimachus punctulatus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 146, t. 7. f. 3 (nec Haldem.) ; Bull.

Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1874, p. 273°.

Pasimachus validus, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. iv. p. 14, t. 4. £. 10°.

Hab. Nortu America, California!, Texas northwards to Colorado and Utah ?,—

Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

9. Pasimachus mexicanus. (Tab. II. fig. 13.) _

Pasimachus mexicanus, Gray, Griffith, An. Kingd. Ins. i. p. 274, t. 12. f. 1.

Hab. MExico.

3. Pasimachus viridans.

Pasimachus viridans, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 61.

Pasimachus meaicanus (Gray), Leconte, Bull. Buffalo Acad. Nat. Sci. 1874, p. 270°.

Hab. Nortu America, Arizona ?!.—Mexico, Sonora (coll. Bates).

Differs from P. meaicanus in its smaller size and narrower form, and in the thorax

being much more rounded and narrower behind, with the angles less produced.

4. Pasimachus tolucanus.

Pasimachus tolucanus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxv’.

Hab. Mexico, Toluca (Sallé").

5. Pasimachus quadricollis.

Pasimachus quadricollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxvi’.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé 1).

6. Pasimachus sallei. (Tab. II. fig. 15.)

Pasimachus Sallei, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1862, p. 488°.

Hab. Muxico, Vera Cruz (Sallé1); Cordova (Sallé), Minas Viejas (Dr. Palmer),

Jalapa (Hége).

7. Pasimachus cardioderus.

Pasimachus (Molobrus) cardioderus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxvi’.

Hab. British Honypuras, river Sarstoon (Llancaneaux); GuatTema.a (Sallé +), Capetillo,

Kscuintla, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

8. Pasimachus cordicollis.

Pasimachus (Molobrus) cordicoilis, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1862, p. 487°.

Hab. CenrraL AmeRica!; Costa Rica (Sal/é).

PASIMACHUS. 29

9. Pasimachus subangulatus. (Tab. II. fig. 18.)

Pasimachus (Molobrus) subangulatus, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1862, p. 487%.

Hab. Mexico 1.

10. Pasimachus intermedius.

Pasimachus (Molobrus) intermedius, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxvii’.

Hab. Costa Rica (Sallé1, Rogers).

11. Pasimachus aurocinctus.

Pasimachus aurocinctus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxvii’*.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuantepec '.

12. Pasimachus metallicus. |

Pasimachus (Molobrus) metallicus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, Bull. p. Ixxxviii’.

Hab. Mexico, Uruapam (Sallé').

13. Pasimachus rodriguezi. (Tab. II. fig. 14.)

Molobrus Rodriguezi, Putzeys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x. p. 4 (1867)’.

Hab. British Honpvuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux); GuateMata (Rodriguez '),

Escuintla (Champion).

14. Pasimachus purpuratus.

Molobrus purpuratus, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. d. Sc. Liége, 11. p. 362.

Hab. Muxico, Yucatan (Sallé), Tehuantepec (Sumichrast); British Honpuras, river

Sarstoon (Llancaneaua).

_ 15. Pasimachus splendidus.

Molobrus splendidus, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. d. Sc. Liége, i. p. 363%.

Hab. Muxico, Oaxaca, Villa Alta+, Cosamaloapam, Campeche (Sa//é).

16. Pasimachus rotundipennis. (Tab. II. fig. 19.)

Pasimachus rotundipennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. 1. fase. 2 (1833).

Var. elytrorum marginibus igneo-purpureis vel aureis.

Emydopterus rotundipennis, Lacordaire, Gen. Col. Atlas, t. 8. f. 1.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); var., Cordova (Sal/é).

DISTICHUS.

Distichus, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1857, p. 96 ; Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Scaritides, i. p. 44 (1880).

Teniolobus (partim), Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1855, 1. p. 30.

Scarites, Fabr., Dejean.

30 ADEPHAGA.

Eighteen species of this division of the old genus Scarites are known, found chiefly

in Tropical and Subtropical South America, the minority occurring in the warmer

parts of Africa and in Southern Asia. The following is the only species yet known

from Central America. Of the allied genera Teniolobus and Glyptogrus, Bates (= Hole

gaster and Glyptogaster, Chaud.), which are still richer in Tropical South-American

species, none has yet been recorded from the regions northward of Panama.

1. Distichus septentrionalis.

D. triviali et lacordaire affinis, sed differt epistomate quadridenticulato. Niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis et

pedibus rufo-piceis ; mandibulis elongatis medio intus subito angustatis, supra (preecipue basi) fortiter

bicarinatis, inter carinas levibus; epistomate 4-denticulato; sulcis frontalibus latis parce strigulatis,

verticis lateribus punctulatis ; oculis cum orbitis posterioribus modice extantibus ; thorace brevi, postice

fere ut in D. lacordairer rotundato, denticulo utrinque parvo ad angulum; elytris subconvexis, quam in

D. gagatino latioribus, modice striatis interstitiis leviter convexis, tertio quadripunctato ; tibiis interme-

dius extus unispinosis ; segmento anali medio haud punctato ; mento leviter ruguloso, paragenis basi latis,

planis, levibus, extus recte carinatis, intus medio angulatis sed haud dentatis.

Long. 63 lin.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt).

SCARITES.

Scarites, Fabr. Syst. El. 1. p. 123; Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Scaritides, p. 68 (1880).

Similar in range to the preceding genus ; but more abundant in species in the Old

World than in the New. About eighty species are known, only one of which seems

to occur in the Central-American region.

1. Scarites texanus.

Scarites texanus, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Scaritides, p. 947.

Hab. Nortu America, Texas!.—Mexico, Yucatan 12, Vera Cruz (Hoge).

Taken in large numbers by Mr. Hoge, but apparently not met with by M. Sallé.

CAMPTODONTUS.

Cumptodontus, Dej. Spec. Gén. il. p. 476.

A genus peculiar to the New World. With the exception of one species from the

La Plata and the following, all the described species (thirteen in number) are from

the tropical zone of South America.

1. Camptodontus isthmius.

C. cayennensi differt statura minore, capite sparsim grosse punctato etc. Niger, palpis, antennis et tarsis fulvo-

testaceis ; capite ante oculos rotundato, margine incrassato curvato, post oculos orbitu brevi valde pro-

minulo subconico, fronte grosse irregulariter punctato ; thorace postice versus angulos haud angustato,

CAMPTODONTUS.—OXYDREPANUS. 31

sulcis lateralibus angustis, punctatis, postice haud conjunctis; elytris equaliter punctato-sulcatis, inter-

stitiis 1° et 2° planis, ceteris convexis sed haud cariniformibus.

Long. 432 lin.

Hab. Panama (coll. Bates).

DYSCHIRIUS.

Dyschirius, Bonelli, Mém. Acad. Turin, 1813, p. 483; Putzeys, Révis. Gén. des Clivinides, p. 32

(1867).

A genus of almost universal distribution, but much more numerous in species in

temperate than in tropical latitudes, and met with as far north as Lapland in Europe

and Sitka in North America. It occurs in Australia and in many suboceanic islands,

but apparently not in New Zealand or in islands truly oceanic like St. Helena; and

very few have been found in South America. More than 150 species have been

described, only one of which is recorded from the Mexican and Central-American

region.

1. Dyschirius planiusculus.

Dyschirius planiusculus, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. des Clivinides, p. 50°.

Hab. Mexico (fieht").

2. Dyschirius guatemalenus.

Letius subaurato-eneus, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque testaceo-fulvis, femoribus anticis obscurioribus ;

sulcis frontalibus latis profundis et sulculo utrinque angustiore juxta oculum; thorace quadrato subglo-

puloso, marginibus lateralibus antice distinctis; elytris usque ad apicem et margines striatis, striis apud

dimidium basale grosse punctatis.

Long. 1 lin.

Hab. Guatemaua, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Similar in form to the common European D. globosus, but the elytra narrower,

more oblong, and less convex. It differs from D. planiusculus by its much smaller

size, bright golden-brassy colour, and the striation of the elytra, which is sharply

marked to the apex and on the margins except over a narrow space along the posterior

part of the latter.

OXYDREPANUS.

Oxydrepanus, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. des Clivinides, p. 103 (1867).

Seven species of this genus are enumerated by M. Putzeys, all Tropical-American.

1. Oxydrepanus mexicanus.

Oxydrepanus mexicanus, Putz. loc. cit. p. 106.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Bobo (Hoge); Guatemata (Sallé), San Gerdénimo,

Torola, Paraiso, Paso Antonio (Champion).

32 ADEPHAGA.

CLIVINA.

Clivina, Latreille, Considérations Générales s. 1. Crust. Arachn. et Ins. p. 156 (1810) ; Putzeys,

Mém. Ac. R. Liége, 11. 1846, p. 59.

Similar in its wide distribution to Dyschirius, and even more numerous in species; a

larger proportion, however, have been described from the tropical zone, and it is well

represented in Central and other parts of Tropical America. About 220 species are

known.

1. Clivina planulata.

Clivina planulata, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 140°.

Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle?).

2. Clivina planicollis.

Clivina planicollis, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1857, p. 81‘; Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 142 >,

Hab. Nortn America, United States '.\—Mexico2, Vera Cruz, Cordova, La Soledad

(Sallé).

8. Clivina lucida.

Clivina lucida, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 150°.

Hab. Mexico (fieh/).

4, Clivina distigma. (Tab. II. fig. 24.)

Clivina distigma, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 151°.

Hab. Mexico1, Cordova (Sallé), Valle del Maiz (Dr. Palmer), Jalapa (Hoge) ;

GvuATEMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion).

5. Clivina cruciata.

Clivina cruciata, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 152.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion).

6. Clivina brunneipennis.

Clivina brunnipennis, Putz. Monogr. Clivinides, p. 107°.

Clivina brunneipennis, id. Révis. Gén. p. 159.

Hab. Muxtco!, San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), Oaxaca (Hége); GuaTEMALA, San

Gerénimo (Champion).

7. Clivina bituberculata.

Clivina tuberculata, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 161°.

Hab. Mexico }.

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8. Clivina fasciata.

Clivina fasciata, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 106'; id. Révis. Gén. p. 162.

Hab. Mexico, Merida, Yucatan (Pilate) 1.

There are examples of a Clivina in the Sallé collection (besides a typical one from

Yucatan), from Guanajuato and Cordova in Mexico, and from Nicaragua, which,

although unnamed by M. Sallé, appear to me to belong to this species; as, however,

they differ somewhat among themselves and from the Yucatan specimen in form and

size, their determination is doubtful. Other examples from Oaxaca (Hoge) and Guate-

mala (Champion) are similarly doubtful.

9. Clivina dilutipennis.

Clivina dilutipennis, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 163°.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé +).

10. Clivina dentifemorata.

Clivina dentifemorata, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 90; id. Révis. Gén. p. 171".

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé)1, Cosamoapam, Tuxtla (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége) ;

GUATEMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

11. Clivina adstricta.

Clivina adstricta, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 171°. .

Hab. Mexico }.

12. Clivina spinipes.

Clivina spinipes, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 174".

Hab. Guaremata ! (Sallé) ; Nicaracua (Sallé).

18. Clivina parvidens.

Clivina parvidens, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 175°.

Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente ! (Sad/é).

14. Clivina brunnea.

Clivina brunnea, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 87; id. Révis. Gén. p. 175°.

Hab. Mexico (Truqui'), city of Mexico (Sallé).

ARDISTOMIS.

Ardistomis, Putzeys, Mém. Ac. Liége, ii. 1846, p. 6836 (Monogr. des Clivinides, p. 118).

A genus peculiar to America, with the exception of one species from Siam, doubt-

fully referred to it by Putzeys. The great majority are confined to the tropical zone,

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including the West Indies; but some occur in temperate latitudes ; both north and

south. Forty-five species have been described.

1. Ardistomis convexa. (Tab. II. fig. 25.)

Ardistomis convexa, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. des Clivinides, p. 202’.

Hab. Muxtco, Cordova ' (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Guatemata, Torola (Champion).

2. Ardistomis rotundipennis.

Ardistomis rotundipennis, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 206°.

Hab. Centrau AMERICA },

8. Ardistomis striga.

Ardistomis striga, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 211°.

Hab. Panama},

4. Ardistomis soror.

Ardistomis soror, Putzeys, Monogr. des Clivinides, p. 124°.

Ardistomis seriepunctata, Brullé, Putzeys*, var. ?

Hab. PanamMa.—SoutH AMERicA, Colombia !, Brazil 2.

A. soror differs from the widely distributed South-American A. seriepunctata only by

its rather smaller size and slightly narrower thorax, and cannot be considered more

than a feebly differentiated local variety. A. batesit (Putz.), from the Amazons, is

another local form having rather shorter and broader elytra. The A. constricta of the

same group is distinguished by its much more convex thorax; the following is another

member of the group, differing from the rest by its elongate form.

5. Ardistomis educta.

A, seriepunctate affinis, sed multo longior. . Elongata, nigro-snea, partibus oris, antennis pedibusque rufo-

testaceis ; capite angusto, oculis minus prominentibus, thorace oblongo antice perparum postice oblique

angustato, dorso antico minus convexo; elytris elongatis integre et argute striatis, stria suturali haud

validiore apud basin cum 2* fere conjuncta ; interstitiis subplanis, 3° conspicue 5-punctato.

Long. 24 lin. (53 millim.).

Hab. GuatEMALA, Paso Antonio (Champion).

6. Ardistomis dyschirioides.

Ardisiomis dyschirioides, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 126°?

Hab. Panama (coll. Bates).—Souta America, Colombia !.

I refer a single example of a small insect with broad thorax and Dyschirius-like

aspect to this species, the description of which is too vague to enable one to fix it with

certainty.

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7. Ardistomis labialis.

Clivina labialis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, iii. p. 18°.

Ardistomis labialis, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 648.

Hab. Muxico!, Toxpam, Cordova, Juquila (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); GuaTEMALA,

San Gerénimo, Guatemala city (Champion); Honpuras (Sallé) ;. Nicaragua, Chontales

(Janson).

Var. picipes: antennis, partibus oris pedibusque piceo-fuscis; thorace minus globoso, elytrisque striis minus

impressis.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, near the city (Champion).

Var. nanus: multo minor (vix 2 lin.), thorace cordato.

Hab. Guatemata, Torolo (Champion).

Var. dilatatus: minor (2 lin.), thorace dilatato, valde transverso.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

8. Ardistomis tuspanensis.

Ardistomis Tuspanensis, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 131”.

Hab. Mexico, Tuspan', Cordova (Sallé), Vera Cruz, Oaxaca (Hoge).

Typical specimens of the two preceding species, 7. ¢. those which conform best with

the descriptions of their authors, seem specifically well defined. Those belonging to

A. labialis are larger (2% lines), have a broadish subglobose thorax and (on the disk of

elytra) feebly impressed punctured strie; whilst those referable to A. tuspanensis are

decidedly smaller (24 lines), have a rather narrow cordiform thorax, and more coarsely

punctured and deeply-impressed elytral strie. Between these extremes, however, there

is, either in the same or in other localities, every grade of variation; and I doubt if it is

possible to rigorously define the two species. This applies to examples having similarly

elongate oblong-ovate elytra ; but varieties occur in which the elytra are much shorter

and relatively broader. These have a primd facie appearance of distinct species ; but

as all details of their structure, and the characteristic arrangement of the striz near the

base of the elytra, offer no differences, I prefer to consider them as varieties. The

dark-legged variety (A. picipes) from the neighbourhood of Guatemala city has a form

of thorax intermediate between that of A. labialis and A. tuspanensis, and the punctures

and strie of the elytra are less deeply impressed even than in the former of the two

species.

With such evidence of the variability of A. labialis I doubt whether the following

can be retained as distinct.

9, Ardistomis propinqua.

Ardistomis propinqua, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 214".

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca'!, Cuernavaca, Puebla (Saélé), Mexico city (flohr).

ff 2

56 ADEPHAGA.

Although Herr Hoge collected industriously at Oaxaca, he did not meet with this

species there. It appears to be common near the city of Mexico. Its essential charac-

ters are the great number of piliferous punctures on the elytra and the abdomen, the

terminal segment of the latter having five on each side.

ASPIDOGLOSSA.

Aspidoglossa, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 108.

Like the preceding genus, peculiar to America. Twenty-two species have been

described.

1. Aspidoglossa torrida.

Aspidoglossa torrida, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 113 ; id. Révis. Gén. p. 216.

Hab. Mexico.

Not in the Sallé collection.

2. Aspidoglossa mexicana.

Clivina mexicana, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, iii. p. 18°; Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 217’.

Hab. Mexico !, Tlacotalpam ? (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége).

The majority of Herr Hége’s Oaxaca specimens are 3 lines in length, and agree

therefore in size with the mexicana originally described by Chaudoir. With them,

however, are a few others only 24 lines long. The character given by Putzeys, “ inter-

stitio 3° 9-punctato,” is not to be detected in any of the scores of examples I have

examined; the setiferous punctuation of the interstice does not differ from that of

A. curta and allies.

3. Aspidoglossa distincta, (Tab. I. fig. 21.)

Aspidoglossa distincta, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 217°.

Aspidoglossa mexicana (Chaud.), id. Monogr. Clivinides, p. 217.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan *, Teapa (Sa//é).

I fail to detect any valid difference between this species and A. meaicana, either in

M. Sallé’s specimen or in M. Putzeys’ description.

4. Aspidoglossa curta.

Aspidoglossa curta, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 220°.

Hab. Guaremata, San Gerénimo, Guatemala city (Champion); Nicaragua * (Sallé),

Chontales (Janson).

Except the smaller average size (24 lines), there is very little perceptible difference

between this species and A. meaicana; the interstices appear to be more convex,

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especially towards the apex, and the marginal groove of the pronotum a little more

distinctly crenulated.

5. Aspidoglossa brachydera.

Aspidoglossa brachyderus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589.

“‘In hoc genere brevis ; thorace brevi et lato. Nigro-snea, palpis antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, elytris

apicem versus diffuse rufescentibus; clypei margine haud emarginato, fovea frontali parva, simplici;

thorace lato, convexo, antice angustato, lateribus fere ut in A. subangulata angulatis; elytris oblongo-

ovatis, versus basin paullo angustatis, fortiter striatis, striis passim crenatis, interstitio tertio tripunctato.

“* Long. 24 lin.”

Hab. Panama (coll. Bates).

Distinguished from all other species by the very short and broad thorax. The fore-

head is smooth in the centre, and the antero-lateral angles of the epistome only slightly

produced and rounded.

SCHIZOGENIUS.

Schizogenius, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 181; id. Révis. Gén. p. 222.

Peculiar, like the two preceding genera, to America, and extending like them to the

temperate regions north and south. About thirty species have been described.

1. Schizogenius optimus.

S. dyschirroidi proxime affinis, sed multo major. Convexus, fusco-cupreus, thorace viridi-aureo nitenti,

elytrisque marginibus viridibus; fronte octocarinulata carinulis 2 medianis late separatis antice paullo

convergentibus, ante oculum utrinque carinulis duabus brevibus ; epistomate medio carina semicirculare

tribusque anticis rectis; thorace quadrato antice haud angustato, supra convexo, sulculis lateralibus

nullis ; elytris fortiter striatis, striis basin versus punctatis, interstitiis interioribus usque ad apicem

planatis absque punctis setiferis ; antennis pedibus elytrorumque margine deflexo piceo-rufis.

Long. 22-34 lin.

Hab. GuateMaLa, Rio Naranjo (Champion).

2. Schizogenius truquii.

Schizogenius Truquii, Putzeys, Révis. Gén. p. 224°.

Hab. Mexico (Truqui).

3. Schizogenius tristriatus. (Tab. Il. fig. 23.)

Schizogenius tristriatus, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 133°.

Var. Schizogenius longipennis, id. Révis. Gén. p. 227°.

Long. 13-23 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Guanajuato, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Jalapa, Bobo, Oaxaca

(Hoge); GUATEMALA, near the city (Salvin, Champion), San Gerénimo, Rio Naranjo,

Panajachel, Paraiso, Pantaleon, Rio Maria Linda (Champion).

The variety longipennis occurs in company with the type form at Cordova, San

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Gerénimo, and other localities; but at Oaxaca all the examples taken by Herr Hoge

are longipennis. Besides size and colour, the species varies greatly in convexity and in

the size and position of the setiferous interstitial punctures. In the flattened examples

(tristriatus sensu strictiori) these latter are generally near the middle of the interstice

and very conspicuous; but in the more convex longipennis they are frequently, but not

always, on the sides, and are with difficulty distinguished from the punctures of the

strie. There are, however, all gradations between the two forms.

4. Schizogenius strigicollis.

Schizogenius strigicollis, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 182°; id. Postscript ad Mon. t. 1. fig. 38.

Hab. Mexico 1.—Soutn America, Colombia}.

5. Schizogenius auripennis.

S. strigicolli affinis, sed differt elytris totis viridi-auratis, carinulisque centralibus epistomatis cum spina

mediana haud conjunctis. Cylindrica, castaneo-fusca (interdum subtus pallidior), elytris lete viridi-

aureis, antennis, partibus oris, pedibus, elytrorumque marginibus testaceo-fulvis ; fronte carinis duabus

medianis validis, parallelis, alterisque 2 vel 3 utrinque angustioribus; epistomatis carinulis medianis

duabus valde abbreviatis, spina centrali disjunctis; thorace quadrato, antice nullo modo angustato, supra

convexo, sulculo utrinque unico subcurvato ; elytris convexis, integre striatis, striis versus basin punctu-

latis, interstitiis 3°, 5° et 7° pluripunctatis.

Long 12 lin. (34-4 millim.).

Hab. Guatemata, Teleman (Champion).

6. Schizogenius tenuis.

Angustus, modice convexus, niger viridi tinctus, postice interdum rufescens ; antennis, palpis et pedibus fulvis ;

fronte carinulis medianis late separatis (postice modice divergentibus), alteris utrinque tribus extus

gradatim brevioribus; epistomatis carinulis medianis antice (longe ante spinam) conjunctis, semicirculum

efficientibus ; thorace subelongato convexo, sulculo utrinque angulatim curvato; elytris fortiter punctato-

striatis, punctis versus apicem minoribus, interstitio 3° tripunctato, 5° prope basin unipunctato.

Long. 13 lin.

Hab. GuateMALA, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Differs from all the species described by M. Putzeys in the number of setiferous

punctures on the elytral interstices.

Division II. Epimera of the mesothorax not reaching the middle haunch-sockets.

Subdivision A. Diversimani.

This new subdivision is here proposed for the reception of the Broscide group of

authors, which differs from all other aggregates of genera in the Carabide by the great

diversity in the form and number of the dilated joints of the male tarsi, the palms of

the same being invariably clothed with a smooth brush of hairs. Not only are the

tarsi of the middle, as well as of the front, pair of legs sometimes dilated (gen.

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Cascelius, Cerotalis, and others), but the number of dilated joints varies from species

to species, and in some members of the typical genus (Broscus) is reduced to two, on

the anterior tarsi only ; and, again, species occur in which the male tarsi are simple

like the female. This peculiarity sufficiently distinguishes the subdivision from the

equivalent groups of the same rank named Patellimani, Simplicimani, Quadrimani, &c.

by the old authors; and the position of the subdivision at the commencement of the

second great section of the Carabide, which I now adopt, is sufficiently indicated by the

occurrence in one or other of the genera of minor characters distinctive of the first

great section—for instance, the glabrous surface of the four basal joints of the antenne,

a character which does not reappear henceforward in the long series of forms belonging

to the second division of this great family. The genus Cnemalobus, hitherto included

in the group Broscidx, must be excluded both from the subdivision and the subfamily,

as it possesses cartilaginous scales in pairs on the palms of the dilated joints.

No member of the family Broscide* has hitherto been detected in Central America ;

but I refer, though not without much hesitation, to the same subdivision the subfamily

Peleciinz, of which, many representatives occur in Mexico, and to which the African

genus Disphwricus also belongs. The form of the head and palpi are in this family

quite different from any thing known in the Broscidee; but the tarsal structure approxi-

mates closely to that exhibited in the males of the Broscid genus Cerotalis, with the

important difference that in Peleciine the structure is the same in both sexes.

Subfamily PELECIINA.

PELECIUM.

Pelecium, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 377 (1817) ; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i. p. 333.

Eriphus, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 8 (1829).

Augasmosomus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1846, iv. p. 527.

Twenty-four species of this remarkable genus are known, peculiar to South Brazil,

the northern parts of South America, and Mexico.

1. Pelecium aterrimum. (Tab. III. fig. 1.)

Pelecium aterrimum, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii. p. 336°.

Pelecium nitidum, Chaudoir, Berl. entom. Zeitschr, 1861, p. 129 *,

Hab. Mexico 1, Orizaba?, Jacale (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge).

From M. Sallé’s specimens and the fine series taken by Herr Hoge it is clear that

the slight differences on which Chaudoir separated this species into two are not

of specific importance. The size varies from 34 to 54 lines.

* Broscus basalis (Newman, Ent. Mag. v. 388) is recorded from Mexico; but Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, who

has examined the type specimen in the British Museum, informs me it is identical with B. glaber, Brullé, from

the Canaries.

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2. Pelecium scydmenoides.

Eripus scydmenoides, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 10°.

Pelecium scydmenoides, Chaudoir, Berl. entom. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 129.

Hab. Mexico 1.

8. Pelecium suturale.

Pelecium suturale, Chaudoir, Berl. entom. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 129°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sal/é).

4. Pelecium microphthalmum.

Pelecium microphthalmum, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, p. 108°.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sal/é).

5. Pelecium globipenne.

Pelecium globipenne, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, p. 109'.

Hab. Mexico 1, Orizaba (Sal/é).

6. Pelecium subdentatum.

Pelecium subdentatum, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, p. 109°.

Hab. Mexico}.

7. Pelecium subcecum.

Pelecium subcecum, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, p. 1107.

Hab. Mexico }.

Subdivision B. Patellimani (Latreille, Dejean).

Subfamily PANAG AINA.

PANAG AUS.

Panageus, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. viii. p. 291 (1804) ; Chaudoir, Essai Monogr. sur les

Panagéides, p. 92 (1878).

As restricted by Chaudoir this genus contains only nine known species, and is con-

fined to the northern hemisphere in both the new and old worlds.

1. Panageus panamensis.

Panageus panamensis, Laferté, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 223; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1861, iv.

p- 8521; id. Essai Monogr. sur les Panagéides, p. 96.

Hab. Panama},

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2. Panageus quadrisignatus.

Panageus quadrisignatus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 187 (1835)*; Chaudoir, Essai Monogr. s. I.

Panagéides, p. 97’.

Panageus Thome, Schaum, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. 441°.

Panageus mexicanus, Putzeys, Mém. Soe. Se. Liége, ii. 1846, p. 401.

Hab. Mexico *, Vera Cruz (Sal/é) 1.—West Inpizs, St. Thomas 2°.

3. Panageus sallei. (Tab. III. fig. 2.)

Panageus Sallei, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1861, i. p. 353; id. Essai Monogr. p. 99.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Yolos, Aculsingo (Sallé), Jalapa, Tehuacan (Hége).

Subfam. CHLANITN A.

CHLANIUS.

Chlenius, Bonelli, Observations Entomologiques, i. tabl. synopt. (1809) ; Chaudoir, Monographie

des Chléniens, p. 10 (1876). .

In his recent monograph of this numerous and beautiful genus, the late Baron

Chaudoir enumerated 404 species as belonging to it. It is nearly restricted to

continental lands and islands, the few species found in suboceanic islands, such as the

Canaries, New Caledonia, and New Guinea, being common insects in the nearest large

tract of land. In America the genus is well represented on the northern continent and

in the basin of the La Plata; but the number of species which occur in the equatorial

parts of the continent is very limited.

1. Chlenius soginoides.

Chlenius soginoides, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 74°.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato 4, city of Mexico (flohr, Dr. Palmer).

2. Chlenius validus.

Omaseus validus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 174°.

Chlenius (Glyptoderus) validus, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 75 ?.

Hab. Mexico !?, Mirador (Sal/é), Jalapa (Hoge).

3. Chlenius chrysopleurus.

Chlenius chrysopleurus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1856, 1. p. 276.

Chlenius (Glyptoderus) chrysopleurus, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 78°.

Glyptoderus aurolimbatus, Laferté, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 261.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan 1, Campeche (Sailé); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

Var. cerulea, Chaud. Monogr. p. 78! (amabilis, Dugés in coll. Sallé”).

Hab. Guanajuato? (Dugés), Puebla! (Saldé).

Var. thoracis plerumque ut in typo disco cupreo, sed elytris marginibus anguste viridi-ceruleis,

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Hoge); Guatemaa (Sallé), near the city (Salvin).

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4. Chlenius menevillei. (Tab. III. fig. 3.)

Chlenius (Glyptoderus) Menevillei, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 777.

Glyptoderus Guerini, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 261 (nom. preocc.).

Ch. chrysopleuro proxime affinis, sed differt elytris grossius et sparsius punctulatis striisque valde crenato-

punctatis. Nitidior, niger, capite, thorace elytrisque marginibus lete viridi-sneis, thoracis disco nigro-

cupreo nitido, latera versus splendide cupreo; elytris fortiter striatis, striis grosse transversim punctatis,

interstitiis convexis nitidis subsparsim setifero-punctatis.

Long. 8 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Panama (Boucard), Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovutu America, Bolivia?.

A specimen communicated by M. René Oberthiir, doubtless compared with Chaudoir’s

type, was labelled as from Panama. The locality Bolivia is probably erroneous. The

specimen figured is from Chiriqui.

5. Chlenius czruleicollis.

Chlenius ceruleicollis, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 781.

Hab. Mexico, Las Peras!, Capulalpam, Puebla, Toluca (Sal/é), Jalapa, La Parada

(Hoge).

6. Chlenius aberrans. (Chlenius martinezi, Tab. III. fig. 4.)

Ch. cerulecolli multo major et magis elongatus, elytris elongato-ovatis, thorace relative parvo, cordato-quadrato,

antice valde rotundato, postice sinuatim modice angustato angulis posticis rectis ; elytris sulculo marginali

apud humeros angulato ; episternis prothoracis rugulosis, metathoracis grosse punctatis extus haud sulcatis ;

capite viridi-seneo, medio levi, lateribus punctatis, collo depresso violaceo ; thorace grosse discrete sub-

rugulose punctato, violaceo, lateribus viridi-eneis; elytris acute sed haud profunde striatis, interstitiis

subtiliter sparsim punctulatis, opacis, violaceis, limbo laterali viridi opaco; antennis orisque partibus piceo-

rufis, pedibus nigro-piceis.

Long. 83 in. 6.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé).

I have adopted the MS. name given to this species in the Chaudoir collection, now

in the possession of M. René Oberthiir. Chaudoir gave the name Martinezi to the

same species in the Sallé collection.

7. Chlenius scabricollis.

Chlenius scabricollis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1838) ; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 96.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Saldé).

8. Chlenius sallei. (Tab. III. fig. 5.)

Chlenius sallei, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 149.

fab. Mexico, Cordova (Sailé).

9. Chlenius rodriguezi.

Chlenius rodriguezi, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 152’.

Hab. GuatTEMALA, Coban ! (Sallé), Capetillo (Champion).

10. Chlznius leucoscelis.

Chlenius leucoscelis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 4 (1834)'; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 190.

Hab. Mexico’, Cordova, Izucar, Etla, Capulalpam, Guanajuato (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge) ;

GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion).

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11. Chlznius chlorochrous.

Chlenius chlorochrous, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 190°.

Hab. Mexico’, Playa Vicente (Sallé); Guaremaua, Rio Maria Linda, Panajachel

(Champion).

12. Chlenius ruficauda. (Tab. III. fig. 7.)

Chlenius ruficauda, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1856, i. p. 194".

Chlenius apicalis, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 179 (1851)*, nom. preoce.

Chlenius posticus, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Phil. iv. 1858, t. 1. f. 8°.

Chlenius dimidiatus, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1858, p. 157.

Hab. Norra America, California ?.—Mexico!, Puebla (Sallé), Juquila, Oaxaca

(Hoge).

13. Chlenius herbaceus.

Chlenius herbaceus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. il. no. 188 (1835)*; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 212°.

Chlenius patruelis, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 4385 (1848)’.

Hab. Nort Amurica, Georgia ?.—Mexico 1, Guanajuato (Sallé).

14. Chlenius guatemalenus. (Tab. III. fig. 6.)

Ch. cursori affinissimus, sed differt elytrorum interstitiis subgrosse punctatis. Supra viridi-sneus vel violaceus,

thorace medio elytrisque versus suturam nigricantibus; antennis, partibus oris pedibusque flavo-testaccis ;

capite (media fronte excepta) et thorace grosse sparsim punctatis, hoc quadrato-cordato, prope angulos

anticos angustato, versus basin sinuato, angulis posticis oblique truncatis; elytris elongato-ovalibus

margine basali flexuoso, humeris angulatis, mox pone humeros ampliatis, profunde striatis striis subtiliter

punctulatis, interstitiis grosse sparsim punctatis ; abdomine utrinque modice punctulato.

Long. 7% lin.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Differs from C. cursor too widely in the punctuation of the elytral interstices to be

referred to that species as a variety. C. cursor varies much in the convexity of the

interstices of the elytra, M. Sallé’s named examples and all those taken by Hoge at

Jalapa and Oaxaca having them distinctly convex. The species is also allied to

C. rodriquezi, which is placed by Chaudoir in a different primary division of the genus,

according to his complicated classification.

15. Chleznius cursor.

Chlenius cursor, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 168 (1835)*; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 2127.

Chlenius sparsus, Leconte, List of Col. New Species, 1863, p. 12°.

Hab. Norra America, Lower California ?.—Mexico, Orizaba!, Cordova, Tuxtla,

Panistlahuca (Sad/é), Guanajuato °, Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége).

16. Chlenius orbus.

Chlenius orbus, Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 826.';Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 216.

Hab. Nortu America, Texas .—Mexico, Oaxaca (/ége).

gg 2

44 ADEPHAGA.

17. Chlenius azurescens.

Chlenius azurescens, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 220°.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba}, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Almolonga (Hége).

18. Chlenius planipennis. (Tab. III. fig. 8.)

Chlenius planipennis, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 220.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sadié).

19. Chlenius tricolor.

Chlenius tricolor, Dejean, Spec. Gén. Col. ii. p. 334? ; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 241.

Var. Chlenius vigilans, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 419 (1834).

Chlenius chalybeipennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 4 (1834)°*.

Hab. Norra Americal, northwards to Canada.—Mexico1?, Guanajuato (Dugés,

coll. Sallé), Oaxaca (Sallé, Hoge), Almolonga (Hége); Guaremaa (Sallé), Panajachel

(Champion).

The species occurs in Mexico and Guatemala under two distinct colour varieties.

In one, which prevails at Oaxaca and in Guatemala, the head and thorax are green ;

in the other, occurring chiefly near the capital and at Jalapa and Puebla, the same

parts are of a rich coppery hue: some Jalapa specimens are intermediate in colour.

The green variety is that described by Say as Chlenius vigilans.

20. Chlenius melanarius.

Chlenius melanarius, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 658 (1831)'; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 242.

Chlenius soccatus, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. iv. p. 419 (1834)’.

Chlenius Chevrolati, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. no. 171 (1885).

Var. Chlenius violaceus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 170 (1835); Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén.

p- 242.

Hab. Mnuxico 12, Guanajuato, Puebla, Toluca (Sallé), Hacienda de los Bleados

(Dr. Palmer), Mexico city (Sallé, Dr. Palmer, Hoge), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge).

The two forms (pale legs and black legs) occur together in the same localities.

21, Chlenius obsoletus.

Chlenius obsoletus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 180*; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 244”.

Hab. Norrn America, California 1.—Mextico2, Oaxaca (Hége); Guatemata (Sailé),

Guatemala city (Champion); Nicaracua (Sallé).

22. Chlenius viridicollis.

Chlenius viridicollis, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 371; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 244”.

Hab. Mextco?, Etla (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége).—Sourn America, Colombia ',

Amazons”.

CHLANIUS.—OODES. 45

23. Chlenius obscuripennis. (Tab. III. fig. 9.)

Chlenius obscuripennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 169 (1835) ; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 245.

Chlenius pauper, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1856, i. p. 267.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova, Tuxtla, Peras (Sallé), Jalapa (Hodge); GUATEMALA

(Sallé), San Joaquin, Balheu, Duefias, Paso Antonio, Paraiso (Champion); Nicaragua,

Managua (Sai/é).

24, Chlenius purpureus.

Chlenius purpureus, Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 246.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Actopan (Fohr); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

25. Chlenius perplexus.

Chlenius perplexus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 655 * (1831) ; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlén. p. 237.

Chlenius circumcinctus, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 418 (1834)*.

Chlenius virens, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 753°.

Chienius poeyi, Chevrolat, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 194°.

Hab. Norra America, Louisiana ?.—Mexico, Vera Cruz (Héye).—West INDIES,

Cuba*; SeNea@at (by error).

Relying on the type specimen, Chaudoir restored Dejean’s name to this species,

although his description, made from an immature individual and accompanied by an

erroneous locality, is quite unrecognizable.

Subfam. OODINA.

OODES.

Oodes, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. i. tabl. synopt. (1809) ; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, ii. p. 25.

This well-known genus is widely distributed over temperate and tropical regions;

but it is doubtful whether any species really belonging to it occurs in South America.

About sixty species have been described ; the following, although female examples only

are at present known, is apparently a true Oodes, and the only one yet recorded from

Mexico or Central America.

1. Oodes mexicanus.

Oodes mexicanus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 102 (1834).

Stenocrepis mexicanus, Chevrolat, Munich Catalogus, Coleop. i. p. 234.

O. americano simillimus, sed magis convexus elytrisque profundius striatis. Oblongus, in hoc genere valde

convexus, niger, antennis, palpis tarsisque rufescentibus; thorace medio rotundato, dorso convexo; elytris

oblongis, fortiter striatis, striola scutellari fortiter punctata, stria septima integra distincte punctulata,

_ interstitiis convexis.

Long. 53 lin. @.

Hab. Mexico (Salié).

46 | ADEPHAGA.

STENOUS.

Stenous, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, iii. p. 39.

Oodes, Dejean (partim), Sp. Gén. i. p. 379.

The group dismembered from the old genus Oodes under the above name by

Chaudoir is exclusively American, temperate and tropical. Thirteen species have ©

been described.

1. Stenous duodecimstriatus.

Oodes duodecimstriatus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 173 (18385)’.

Oodes humilis, Laferté, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 270? :

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam!, Cordova (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge) ; GUATEMALA, Paso |

Antonio (Champion); Nicaragua (Salié).

2. Stenous tibialis. (Tab. III. fig. 10.)

Amara tibialis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (1834).

Oodes tibialis, id. ibid. i. tabl.

Stenous tibialis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, iii. p. 40°.

Oodes femoralis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 444.

Oodes chlorophanus, Erichson, Wiegm. Archiv, 1847, i. p. 72°.

Hab. Mexico4, Cordova (Sallé); GuatemaLa, Paso Antonio (Champion).—SovutH

America, Peru 2, Amazons; West Inpies, Cuba?.

Fast-Peruvian examples differ in no respect from those of Mexico, except in the

brighter and rather green metallic hue of the dorsal surface.

3. Stenous gratiosus.

8. tbiali quam maxime affinis et similis, differt precipue thorace manifeste longiore, post medium leviter sed

distincte sinuato-angustato ; pedibus ut in S. tibiali albis, femoribus piceis.

Long. 43-42 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam, Tuxtla (Sai/é).

Very closely allied to S. tibialis, and difficult to distinguish from it by description.

It is a longer insect, S. tibialis not exceeding 4 lines; and the thorax is distinctly

different in shape, the sides having a long sinuation behind the middle, so that the

hinder part appears a little narrower, and a slight appearance of dilatation is perceptible

in the middle. In colours and in the striation of the elytra there is no difference. The

surface is coppery brown, with the sides of thorax and elytra green; the tibie and tarsi

are white, the femora pitchy black; the antenne reddish, with the three basal joints

paler. On the elytra the strie 1-6 are strongly impressed and punctulated, 3-6 not

reaching the base, and 2-6 obliterated before the apex; stria 7 is present, but very

faint.

I have adopted the specific name which the insect bears in the Sallé collection.

STENOUS.—ANATRICHIS. AT

4. Stenous olivaceus.

Stenous olivaceus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589".

Hab. Muxtco', Cordova (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Hoge); Guatemaua, Paso Antonio

(Champion).

Distinguished from the preceding by the partial disappearance of the 6th and the

total obliteration of the 7th striz of the elytra. The legs are wholly pitchy black. In

the male the basal joint of the anterior tarsi is shorter and broader than in S. tediales

and S. gratiosus.

5. Stenous elegans.

Oodes elegans, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 180°.

Hab. Norta America, California !.—Mexico, Puebla (Salié).

STENOCREPIS.

Stenocrepis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, ii. p. 45.

Restricted, as far as at present known, to Tropical America. About a dozen species

have been described.

1. Stenocrepis chaleas. (Tab. III. fig. 12.)

Elongato-oblongus, niger, supra olivaceo-sneus, antennis, palpis tarsisque rufescentibus; thorace paullo ante

basin leviter dilatato ibique quam elytra vix latiore, antice gradatim angustato; elytris parallelis, acute

striatis, striis punctulatis, sexta recta, septima obsoleta.

Tong. 5lin. oo.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sal/é).

Differs from S. lepriewri in the sixth stria being nearly straight and not strongly

flexuous *.

ANATRICHIS.

Anatrichis, Leconte, Trans. ‘Amer. Phil. Soc. x. p. 391 (1853) ; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, iii.

p. 21.

Oodinus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iv. p. 352.

Oodes (partim), Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 677. .

This curious little genus appears to have its headquarters in Central America,

extending northwards to Louisiana and southwards to the Amazons. Five or six

species are known; but only two have been described.

1. Anatrichis piceus. (Tab. III. fig. 11.)

Oodinus piceus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iv. p. 353°.

* Tn the Munich Catalogue, i. p. 234, two other Mexican species of this genus are mentioned, S. humilis and

S. striatella, Laferté, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, pp. 270 & 272. These species, however, are not described, but

merely enumerated with insufficient characters, in a synoptical table; they are wholly unrecognizable.

48 ADEPHAGA.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé); Guaremata, Torola, Paso Antonio (Champion) ;

Panama, Obispo 1.—SoutH America, Santarem Amazons (Bates).

Motschulsky’s description is remarkably clear and accurate, with the exception that he

seems to have mistaken the female for the male, and has consequently given an erroneous

account of the dilatation of the anterior tarsi in the latter sex. The dilatation of the

joints in the male resembles that of Oodes, the first joint being of the same length and

nearly the same breadth as the second, but narrowed at the base. ‘The species varies

in size from 2 to 23 lines. The surface is impunctate and slightly shining in both

SEXES.

2. Anatrichis alutaceus.

Ovatus, piceo-niger, supra opacus, elytris subtilissime ac densissime punctulatis, antennis basi, partibus oris .

pedibusque fulvo-testaceis ; thoracis marginibus (precipue posticis) elytrorumque epipleuris piceo-rufis.

Long. 23 lin. @.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saldé).

Similar in form and colours to A. piceus, but the thorax decidedly longer and more

narrowed towards the head, and the elytra with interstices minutely punctulate or

shagreened ; the striz are also more sharply incised. In A. picews the Ist and 2nd

elytral strie terminate at the base in a single large rounded ocellated foveola. In

A. alutaceus there is only a vague depression in the same situation.

3. Anatrichis longulus.

Angustus, oblongus, nigro-piceus, nitidus, antennis, palpis pedibus piceo-rufis ; thorace transversim quadrato,

antice paullo magis quam postice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, supra foveola utrinque basali brevi

profunda; elytris oblongis, convexis, acute striatis, striis basin vix attingentibus, foveola rotunda prope

basin striarum primee et secunde.

Long. 27 lin. 9.

Hab. Guatemas, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Although this species departs from the short oval form of most of its congeners, and

is founded on the female only, there can be no doubt of its belonging to the genus,

judging from the relative shortness of the 3rd antennal joint, the great length of the

terminal joint of the maxillary palpi, and the prominent eyes.

Subfam. LICININA.

DICGELUS.

Dicelus, Bonelli, Mém. Acad. Turin, 1813, p. 446.

This fine genus is one of the characteristic forms of the Coleopterous fauna of

temperate North America; twenty-two species have been recorded, all from the

United States. The following Mexican species is the first known to occur beyond the

southern boundary of the States :—

DICGLUS.—ANISOTARSUS. 49

1. Dicelus flohri.

“ D. flohri oblongo-cllipticus, niger vix nitidus; capite minus robusto, collo angustiore; thorace antice

paullulum angustato, lateribus vix rotundatis, omnino levi; elytris striis omnibus obsoletis, seriebus

punctorum suturali et marginali tantum exstantibus, carina humerali brevi, valde elevata

“ Long. 93-10 lin. §$ Q.

“* Hab. Muxico, San Angel (Flohr).”

Subdivision C. Quadripalmati*.

Subfam. ANJISODACTY LIN A.

ANISOTARSUS.

Anisotarsus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vi. p. 41.

Eurytrichus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 287 (1846).

As far as at present known, this genus is peculiar to America, North and South. The

series of species allied to Harpalus cupripennis of the La-Plata basin and H. equilatus

of Chili belong to it; and the total number of species is very large.

1. Anisotarsus brevicollis.

Anisotarsus brevicollis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1887, vii. p. 42.

Anisotarsus leviusculus, id. ibid. p. 48.

Hab. Meuxtco, Alvarez Mountains, San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), near the city (Flohr),

Guanajuato, Puebla, Toluca, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge).

A very common and widely distributed Mexican species, of elongate, moderately

robust shape and black (generally dull silky-opake) colour; the antenne and legs are

black or pitchy brown, with tarsi and extremities of the antennal joints sometimes

dull tawny. The elytra are long relatively to the thorax, and rather strongly sinuated

towards the apex, which latter is somewhat prolonged at the suture. From typical

examples of both species cited above from the Chaudoir collection kindly communicated

to me by M. René Oberthiir, I find that they offer no difference, except a very slight

one in the outline of the thorax. This part, as is usual in Anisotarsus, Selenophorus,

and other genera of Harpalide, varies considerably in the degree of curvature of the

sides: in some specimens the thorax is strongly rounded a little before the middle, with

no sinuation near the obtuse hind angles ; and in others it is nearly straight and sinuated

before the angles. The elytra also vary a little in relative length. Most examples are

dull coal-black ; but others shine with a strong silky lustre, with the thorax glossy.

An extreme variety, apparently rare, found by Sallé at Orizaba and Jacalé, is more

convex than the type, with relatively larger thorax and obsolete hind angles. One

example has raised interstices ; in the other they are flat as in the type.

* Bates, “ Geodephagous Fauna of Japan,” Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 258,

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt.1, February 1882. hh

50 ADEPHAGA.

2. Anisotarsus virescens.

Harpalus virescens, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 839.

Hab. Mexico.

Dejean’s type specimen, communicated to me by M. René Oberthiir, is a male.

3. Anisotarsus chloroderus.

Subtus rufo-piceus, supra sericeo-nitens, capite thoraceque viridi-eneis, elytris cupreo-fuscis seneo tinctis ;

antennis (articulis 1°-5™ plus minusve nigro maculatis), partibus oris pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; thorace

quam elytra distincte angustiore, transversim quadrato, paullo ante medium leviter rotundato-dilatato,

deinde antice plusquam postice modice angustato, angulis posticis valde. obtusis sed distinctis, supra

impunctato, foveis basalibus elongatis, profundis; elytris oblongo-ovatis, apice paullulum oblique sinuatis,

acute striatis, interstitiis subplanatis apud apicem multo angustioribus, sub lente subtilissime strigulosis,

3° versus aplcem unipunctato.

Long. 43-5 lin. ¢ Q. .

Hab. Muxico, Puebla, Cuernavaca (Sal/é).

Distinguishable from A. ocreatus (besides its brighter metallic colours) by the form

of the thorax, which is relatively much larger, more convex, more strongly rounded a

little before the middle, and more narrowed towards the base, with the surface not

perceptibly flattened towards the hind angles, which latter character is distinctive of

A. ocreatus and its allied North-American species. It is so closely allied to A. virescens,

Dej., that I have some doubt of its being distinct. The different colour of the elytra is

almost its only distinction.

4, Anisotarsus purpurascens. ;

A, ocreato affinissimus, sed brevior, colore utriusque sexus purpurascenti-nigro-fusco, marginibusque concoloribus

etc. Brevius oblongo-ovatus, piceo- vel nigro-fuscus, supra (precipue elytris) purpurascens; antennis

(articulis 2°-6" plus minusve nigro maculatis), palpis pedibusque melleo-flavis ; thorace breviter transversim

quadrato, medio paullulum rotundato dilatato, postice gradatim, antice citius sed paullo angustato, angulis

obtusis, supra impunctato, marginibus posticis minus quam in A. ocreato explanatis, haud rufescentibus,

foveolis basalibus paullo depressis ; elytris haud sericeis, paullo fortius striatis, apice minus prolongatis,

purpurascenti-fuscis subnitidis.

Long. 4-43 lin. @¢.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge).

Separated, not without some hesitation, from the variable A. ocreatus; but it seems

constantly distinct by its shorter elytra, the absence of pale margins, the more rounded

thorax, and the purplish pitchy-black colour in both sexes. The female also has not

the strong sericeous lustre and the very feeble striation of A. ocreatus. The species

bears the name A. peciloides, Chevrolat, in the Sallé collection, which I have not

adopted on account of its having been used in the very closely allied genus Aniso-

dactylus.

5. Anisotarsus ocreatus.

Harpalus ocreatus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1834, iv. p. 433".

ANISOTARSUS. 51

Hab. Mexico !, Guanajuato, Puebla, Cordova, Peras (Sallé), San Luis Potosi, Valle

del Maiz (Dr. Palmer), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége); British Honpuras, river Sarstoon

(Blancaneaux) ; GUATEMALA, Duefias, Capetillo, Quezaltenango (Champion).

6. Anisotarsus cyanippus. (Tab. IIT. fig. 13.)

Robustior, convexior, nigro-piceus, supra violaceus, ¢ nitidus, 2 opaca, obscurior; palpis (interdum labro),

antennis (articulis basalibus plus minusve nigro maculatis) et tarsis testaceo-fulvis ; capite brevi, oculis

vix prominulis; thorace transverso, Jateribus subequaliter sat arcuatis, angulis posticis obtusis fere

rotundatis, supra levissimo, foveis basalibus latis fere bipartitis ; elytris breviter oblongis, convexis, apice

oblique sinuatis, simpliciter acute striatis, interstitiis planis, versus apicem angustis convexis, striisque

paullo latioribus, 3° post medium unipunctato.

Long. 54-6 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé).

Var. Cyaneus, elytrorum interstitiis usque ad apicem planissimis,

Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam (Sal/é).

Labelled Harpalus cyanellus, Chaud. (MS.), in the Sallé collection, but a true Aniso-

dactylid, with a tooth in the emargination of the mentum; and the name had already

been used in the same genus. The variety with flattened elytral interstices is named

Harpalus agonoderus, Chaud., in the Sallé collection. As other allied species (e. g.

A. mexicanus) vary considerably in the degree of convexity of the interstices, I think

this can only be an extreme form of A. cyanippus.

7. Anisotarsus mexicanus.

Harpalus Mexicanus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 288°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Toluca, Puebla, Orizaba, Cordova, Yolos, Chiapas (Sal/é), Guanajuato

(Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge), Alvarez Mountains (Dr. Palmer) ; GUATEMALA

(Sallé), Cerro Zunil, Panajachel (Champion), Duefias (Salvin) ; Costa Rica, Volcan de

Irazu (Rogers); Payama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

The violet tint of the upper surface is often very faint, especially in the specimens

from more southerly localities. In Mexico the elytral interstices are sometimes much

flatter than the ordinary form described by Dejean. It appears to be a very common

species in Mexico and Central America, and differs from the typical Anzsotarst in its

compact and convex form.

8. Anisotarsus lamprotus.

A. mexicano proxime affinis, at differt elytris splendide enescenti-cupreis. Convexus, capite thoraceque cyaneis,

hoc magis transverso vel breviore angulisque posticis distinctis sed haud extantibus ; elytris argute striatis,

interstitiis paullulum convexis, septimo prope apicem (ut in A. mewicano) pluripunctato, quinto apice

bipunctato ; antennis, palpis et tarsis rufescentibus.

Long. 63 lin. oC.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé).

bh 2

59 ADEPHAGA.

This and the two preceding species belong but imperfectly to the genus, receding

from the type in their more robust and convex form of body.

ANISODACTYLUS.

Anisodactylus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 182; Horn, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1880, p. 162.

As defined by the authors above cited this genus will prove to be one of great extent

and wide distribution. It abounds in species in Tropical Africa and the warmer parts

of Asia, and is well represented in temperate North America and Europe. More than

100 species are known; but they much require revision.

1. Anisodactylus rotundangulus. (Tab. III. fig. 14.)

Anisodactylus rotundangulus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589.

“ Elongatus, niger, modice nitidus, pedibus piceis, antennis palpisque piceo-rufis; thorace lateribus arcuatis,

angulis posticis late rotundatis, foveis posticis latis, modice impressis; elytris apice haud sinuatis, supra

simpliciter striatis, impunctatis.

“Long. 7-73 lin. $ 9.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr), Orizaba (Sallé), Oaxaca (H6ge).

The terminal spur of the anterior tibie is dilated interiorly near the base; and the

first joint of the posterior tarsi shorter than the second and third taken together.

2. Anisodactylus anthracinus.

Harpalus anthracinus, Dejean, Spec. Gén. Col. iv. p. 369* (1829).

Anisodactylus dilatatus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 431°.

Hab. Mexico 12, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Toluca (Sallé), Hacienda de Bleados,

San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), near the city (Mohr), Jalapa (Hdge).

This species, which resembles in form a large Oodes, varies much in the outline of

the thorax. The extreme forms are, on the one hand, those in which this part is

widest in front, before the middle, and, on the other, those in which it is curvilinearly

narrowed from the base to the anterior angles. Say described the intermediate state,

in which the sides are regularly but moderately arcuated. The anthracinus of Dejean,

of which I have examined the type, has the thorax anteriorly narrowed, but less so

than an extreme variety named amaroides (Sturm) in the Sallé collection. <A variety

narrower in all] its parts bears the MS. name of swbangustior in M. Oberthiir’s collection.

All forms were found together near Mexico by Mr. Flohr.

NOTIOBIA.

Notiobia, Perty, Del. An. Art. Bras. p. 14 (1830).

Rhagodactylus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 431.

A genus peculiar to Tropical America, distinguished from its allies by the great size

and prominence of its eyes. Most of the species are further distinguished by their

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short and anteriorly much rounded thorax and the peculiar sculpture of their elytra.

Fifteen species have previously been described.

1. Notiobia concolor.

Notiobia concolor, Putzeys, Mitth. Miinch. ent. Vereins, 1878, p. 72°.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).—SoutH AMERICA,

Colombia !.

2. Notiobia obscura.

N. concolori proxime affinis et similis. Piceo-fusca, supra plus minusve obscure viridi-enea, subcyanea vel

purpurea, pedibus elytrorumque epipleuris piceo-rufis, antennis fulvis basi fusco-maculatis ; oculis modice

prominentibus; thorace transversim quadrato, minime cordato, ante medium paullulum rotundato, angulis

posticis perparum salientibus, ante angulos lateribus leviter sinuatis, basi supra utrinque levi, planato ;

elytris oblongis, convexis, apice perparum sinuatis, striis subtilibus, interstitiis planis, exterioribus versus

apicem alutaceo-opacis.

Tong. 43 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova, Capulalpam, Toxpam, Playa Vicente (Sa//é).

Var. virens (Chaud. MS.). Corpore supra toto letius viridi-eneis, pedibusque pallidioribus, elytrorum interstitiis

exterioribus haud alutaceis.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sailé).

The variety named virens (Chaud.) in the Sallé collection has nearly the same-shaped

thorax as the type form, the hind angles being only a little more salient. According to

Putzey’s description, this is a character of the WV. s¢milis of Colombia ; and Iam not sure

whether the two species are really different. In one female example of V. obscura

from Playa Vicente the hind angles, though distinct, are scarcely prominent, and the

elytral interstices a little more convex ; this may be a sexual character.

8. Notiobia incerta.

N. obscure similis, at differt thoracis angulis posticis apice nullo modo prominentibus, subrotundatis. Supra

viridi-enea, nitida, palpis, pedibus antennisque piceo-fulvis, his basi nigro-maculatis ; oculis distincte

majoribus; thorace transverso, antice rotundato-dilatato, postice parum angustato, angulis subrotundatis,

margine basali postice versus angulum conspicue elevato; elytris grossius striatis, interstitiis convexis ;

epipleuris vel nigris vel fulvis (immaturis ?).

Long. 42 lin.

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

4. Notiobia pallipes.

Subgracilis, supra senea (capite thoraceque interdum viridi-zneis), nitida; antennis, palpis pedibusque flavo-

testaceis ; oculis modice prominentibus ; thorace transverso, antice sat rotundato-dilatato, postice recte

(nullo modo sinuatim) angustato, angulis posticis distinctis fere rectis sed haud productis; elytris grosse

striatis, interstitiis paullulum convexis, juxta apicem multo angustatis striisque dilatatis, apud dorsum

anterius area interstitia 4"-6™ tegente depressa.

Tong. 4-44 lin. of Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge).

Var. subaurata. Leetius aurato-znea, thoraceque angulis posticis paullulum magis acutis.

Hab. Guatumata, Capetillo (Champion).

In this species the finely alutaceous sculpture of the lateral interstices is scarcely

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perceptible and is variable in extent. The variety swbaurata rests at present on a single

male example.

5. Notiobia melzna.

Nigra, subtus interdum castanea (an immatura?), supra leviter cyaneo tincta; antennis tarsisque fulvis, his

basi nigro maculatis, foveis frontalibus profundis, oculis modice prominentibus ; thorace modice transverso,

antice rotundato-dilatato, postice fortiter angustato, ante angulos posticos rectos leviter sinuato, foveis

basalibus latis, profundis ; elytris apice oblique (Q magis profunde) sinuatis, grosse striatis, interstitiis

passim convexis, exterioribus Q sericeo-subopacis. ¢ tarsis quatuor anticis ut in LV. concolort minus

dilatatis.

Long. 5 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé).

6. Notiobia zquata.

N. melene coloribus simillima, differt tantum elytrorum interstitiis planissimis striis subtilibus, angulisque

thoracis posticis productis acutis ; ceteris ut in WV. melena.

Long. 5lin. @.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saillé).

The difference in the convexity of the elytral interstices is so great between this and

the preceding that, in the absence of connecting varieties, it is necessary to treat them

as distinct.

7. Notiobia cupreola. (Tab. III. fig. 16.)

Notiobia cupreola, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590.

* Angustior, polita, nigro-nea, elytris cupreo-violaceis ; antennis (articulis 1°-3™ nigris exceptis), labro, palpis

et tarsis fulvo-testaceis; thorace lateribus antice valde rotundatis, postice vix sinuatim angustato, angulis

posticis fere rectis, supra impunctato, foveis basalibus latis vagis; elytris( ¢ 2) apice oblique leviter

sinuatis, supra striatis, Q subtilissime alutaceis sed politis, interstitio 3° postice unipunctato.

“Long. 42 line § Q.

“ Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu, alt. 6000-7000 feet (Aogers).”

8. Notiobia championi.

Elongata, capite thoraceque viridi-eneis ; elytris purpureo-fuscis opacis, levibus, sutura splendide cuprea, sub-

tilissime striatis, interstitiis planissimis, apice oblique sinuatis ; oculis magnis modice prominentibus ;

thorace quam elytra vix angustiore, lateribus arcuatis, postice magis quam antice angustato, angulis

posticis obtusis nullo modo productis; pedibus nigris, tarsis fulvescentibus ; antennis fulvis, articulis

3 basalibus nigris.

Long. 63 lin. Q.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, alt. 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

This beautiful species is conspicuously different from all others previously known by

its smooth opake elytra; the male is doubtless differently sculptured.

9. Notiobia leiroides.

Notiobia leiroides, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590'.

Latior, supra sneo-olivacea, labro, antennis basi, palpis et pedibus rufis; thorace valde transverso, medio

rotundato-dilatato, postice angustato, angulis posticis rectangulis; elytris apice paullulum sinuatis,

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regulariter striatis, interstitiis equalibus, apicem versus angustioribus, marginalibus subopacis, tertio

postice unipunctato, margine apicali testaceo.

“Long 7 lin. 9.”

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Boucard 1), Cuernavaca (Sallé) ; Britis Honpuras, river

Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Zapote (Champion).

Var. thorace antice paullo minus angustato, angulisque anticis a collo magis remotis.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

Described originally from a single female Mexican example. A longer series from

various localities prove that the species varies in colour from olivaceous green to

coppery eneous. It is an elongate, rather parallel-sided species, with the apex of the

elytra very obliquely and slightly sinuated in both sexes and the interstices of the

elytra differing little in convexity, except near the apex, where they are narrowed in

the usual way. The legs and antenne are fulvous. The thorax is much narrowed

from the anterior dilatation to the neck, except in two examples described above as a

var., and which I can see little reason for separating specifically from the rest.

10. Notiobia parilis.

Notiobia parilis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590°.

“Glabra, capite thoraceque chalybeis, elytris cupreo-violaceis, subtus nigra, antennis, pedibus antennisque

interdum piceo-rufis ; thorace valde transverso, ante medium late rotundato, deinde sinuatim angustato,

angulis posticis rectis, anticis omnino rotundatis; elytris utroque sexu politis, sulcato-striatis, interstitiis

omnibus valde convexis, apice sinuatis (nec dentatis).

“Long. 63 lin. ¢ 2.”

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Playa Vicente, Tuxtla (Sallé) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belé 1).

Three examples of this distinct species in the Sallé collection bear severally the MS.

names of Notiodia rana and rufipalpis, Chevrolat.

11. Notiobia umbrata.

Latiuscula, brevis, minus convexa, nea, nitida, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, ventre

lateribus fulvescente ; capite brevi, lato, foveis frontalibus profundis, tubere laterali supra antennas fulvo ;

thorace brevi, valde transverso, paullo ante medium rotundato-dilatato, postice oblique modice angustato,

angulis posticis rectis, basi paullulum ruguloso-punctato ; elytris apice utroque sexu fortiter emarginatis,

sed angulo superiore nullo modo dentiformi, dorso versus basin late depresso, grosse striatis, interstitiis

convexis in depressione dorsali et prope apicem profundius striatis et interstitiis angustioribus, striola

scutellari longissima usque ultra mediam elytrorum longitudinem prolongata; g umbra posteriore

fulvescente interstitia 5"-9™ tegente; 2 toto disco obscuriore, opaco.

Long. +-43 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

Distinguished from all the allied species by the extraordinary length of the accessory

stria near the scutellum. ‘The male tarsi have the usual dilated joints of great width.

The opake fulvous patch is extended along the 9th (marginal) interstice to the shoulder,

and covers a large but diminishing portion of the 8th to the dth and the extreme apices

of the 4th—2nd interstices.

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12. Notiobia limbipennis.

Notiobia limbipennis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590.

“‘ Subcupreo-eenea, nitida; thorace valde transverso, medio rotundato-dilatato, postice modice angustato, angulis

posticis vix rectangulis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, apice fortiter sinuatis et extus dentatis, profunde striatis,

limbo laterali (apicem ‘versus latiore) alutaceo subtestaceo-opaco, fovea etiam lata antico-discoidali paullo

alutaceo-opaca, interstitio tertio postice unipunctato; antennis, palpis et pedibus rufo-piceis.

“Long. 53 lin. Cg. .

“‘ Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt).”

13. Notiobia sinuessa.

NV. limbipennt proxime affinis, paullo minor, saturatius fusco-cuprea elytrorumque apice ante sinum haud

dentatum. Brevis, dilatata, minus convexa, fusco-cuprea, eneo tincta, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufo-

Piceis ; capite brevi et lato, oculis magnis ; thorace valde transverso, angulis posticis distinctis fere rectis ;

elytris apice utroque sexu profunde sinuatis, angulo superiore fere rotundato, dorso antico utrinque late

depresso ibique et lateribus versus apicem leviter alutaceo-opacis, fortiter (apicem versus profundius) striatis,

striola scutellari elongata versus striam secundam curvata.

Long. 5-53 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. GuatEMALA, Zapote (Champion).

Very closely allied to WV. limbdipennis, but distinguished by its smaller size, darker

coppery or brassy-brown colour (which is not changed to tawny on the alutaceous

patches of the elytra), and by the upper end of the elytral sinuation not forming a

sharp angle.

14. Notiobia disparilis. (Tab. III. fig. 15, 2 .)

Notiobia disparilis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589.

‘“‘ Mneo-cuprea (elytris Q cupreo-fuscis), glabra; epistomate, labro, palpis, antennis et pedibus piceo-rufis; .

thorace valde transverso, ante medium late rotundato, deinde vix sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis

rectis, anticis omnino rotundatis, supra impunctato, fovea basali utrinque magna irregulari, subrugata ;

elytris thorace basi latioribus, apice profunde sinuatis, supra ( ¢ ) fortiter striatis, interstitiis dorso sub-

planis, duobus marginalibus alutaceo-opacis; 2 haud striatis, opacis, sutura costisque tribus elevatis

nitidis.

“Tong. 6-7 lin. § Q.

“ Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt).”

The upper edge of the elytral sinuation is sharply angulated, almost dentiform.

Subfam. HARPALIN.

HARPALUS.

Harpalus, Latreille, Hist. Nat. viii. p. 825 (1804).

About 400 species have been described of this well-known genus; it is beyond a

doubt, however, that many of these do not really belong to it, many authors having

followed the example of Dejean by describing species without any attempt to verify the

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generic characters. The genus will probably prove to be nearly confined to the

Palearctic and Nearctic Regions. A few species, apparently true Harpali, are found at

the Cape of Good Hope; but all those described as Harpali from tropical South

America or Australia that I have been able to examine belong to other genera. The

following species occur in Mexico.

1. Harpalus mexicanus.

Harpalus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 46.

Hab. Mexico.

Resembles H. faunus, Say, of the United States. The type specimen, obligingly

communicated by M. René Oberthiir, represents a species quite different from any in

the large collections of M. Sallé and Herr Hoge.

2. Harpalus platyderus. |

Elongato-oblongus, modice convexus, niger, palpis, antennis (basi excepta) tarsisque fulvescentibus; capite

ovato, levi, oculis vix prominentibus; thorace elongato, lateribus modice arcuatis antice paullo citius

quam postice curvatis, angulis rotundatis, dorso levi, foveis basalibus obsoletis; elytris apice oblique

‘paullo sinuatis, argute equaliter striatis, interstitiis subplanis absque punctis.

Long. 53 lin. SQ.

Hab. Mexico, San Antonio de Arriba, Orizaba (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge).

I have adopted the name given to this remarkable Ca/athus-like species by Chaudoir

in the Sallé collection.

8. Harpalus hebescens.

H. platydero quoad formam simillimus, sed dimidio minor, palporumque articulo ultimo apice haud attenuato,

elongato-ovato truncato. Niger, subnitidus, antennis, palpis et tarsis piceo-fulvis; capite foveis rotundatis,

oculis parum prominentibus ; thorace magno, lateribus arcuatis sed antice paulo magis quam postice angu-

stato, angulis anticis vix productis posticis rotundatis, supra levi, foveis basalibus distinctis sed haud

profundis ; elytris apice late rotundatis, subfortiter haud oblique sinuatis, margine basali utrinque arcuato,

dorso striatis, interstitiis paullulum elevatis impunctatis.

Long. 43 lin. SQ.

Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam (Sal/é).

4. Harpalus alienus.

Harpolus alienus, Bates, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 591°.

“‘ Oblongus, modice convexus, niger nitidus (2 elytris sericeo-opacis), pedibus piceis, antennis palpisque rufo-

piceis, illis articulis 2°-4™ basi nigris; thorace transversim quadrato, postice plusquam antice angustato,

lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis, impunctato, basi coriaceo, fovea utrinque late impressa ;

elytris apice (¢ 2) sinuatim subtruncatis, fortiter simpliciter striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis, 3° postice

unipunctato.

“Long. 54-6 lin. ¢ Q.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr'), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), San Antonio

de Arriba, Toluca (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége).

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5. Harpalus amputatus.

Harpalus amputatus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 482°.

Hab. Nortu America to North-western States! and Hudson’s Bay.—Mexico, near

the capital (Sallé, Flohr), Puebla (Saillé), Jalapa (Hoge).

6. Harpalus sneus.

Carabus eneus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 245.

Harpalus eneus, Latreille et auctor. omn.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sad/é).—Evrops and Nortuern Asia.

There is one example of this common European Harpalus in the Sallé collection ; it

was doubtless an importation.

7. Harpalus liolus.

Gracilis, niger nitidus leviter opalescens, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus; capite ovato, oculis minime

prominentibus, mandibulis elongatis acutis, foveis frontalibus vix impressis; thorace elongato-quadrato,

postice gradatim sat angustato, lateribus ante angulos posticos sinuatis, margine basali medio late sinuato,

versus angulos oblique curvato, angulis ipsis extantibus, supra levissimo; elytris minime convexis, quam

thorax anticus haud latioribus, apice oblique sinuatis, subpunctato-striatis, interstitiis planis absque

punctis, striola scutellari brevi; pedibus parum robustis, setosis, tibiis anticis extus haud spinosis. ¢

tarsis dilatatis normalibus.

Long. 33 lin. CO.

Hab. Mexico (coll. Oberthiir).

I have described this curious and interesting little species from a specimen in

M. Oberthiir’s collection, adopting the MS. name given to it by Chaudoir, who

erroneously considered it an Anisotarsus. In facies it resembles a small Pterostichus ;

but it has all the essential characters of a true Harpalus, having plurisetose penultimate

joint of the labial palpi, dentated mentum, and biseriately squamose dilated palms to

the four anterior tarsl.

SELENOPHORUS.

Selenophorus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 80; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. Jahrg. 39 (1878) p. 3.

A genus, as at present defined, peculiar to America. In a recent monograph

M. Putzeys described 111 species as belonging to it, one of which, however, more

properly belongs to Discoderus. The genus is most abundant in intertropical latitudes ;

but a few are found in the temperate zone, both north and south.

1. Selenophorus pyritosus. (Tab. III. fig. 18.)

Selenophorus pyritosus, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 84°; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 11°.

Hab. Mexico?, Cuernavaca, Playa Vicente, Yolos, Puebla, Tlacotalpam, Putla

(Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége); Honpuras (Sallé) ; Guaremata? (Sallé), San Gerénimo, Rio

Naranjo (Champion) ; Nicaracua (Sallé); Panama, Colon (Janson), Volcan de Chiriqui,

alt. 2000 to 8000 feet (Champion).— West Inpixs, Cuba ?.

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The Chiriqui examples have the elytral strie often more distinctly punctured than

those from more northern localities. |

2. Selenophorus xquinoctialis.

Selenophorus equinoctialis, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 85'; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 24”.

Hab. Mexico, Yolos (Sallé), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége); GUATEMALA, Paraiso

(Champion).—Sovutn America, Para}.

Mexican and Guatemalan examples agree precisely with Dejean’s description.

3. Selenophorus yucatanus.

Selenophorus yucatanus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 24.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan.

According to an example of this species sent to me by the author himself, this is a

form extremely near S. stigmosus of the United States and S. eguinoctialis, having, like

them, curiously abbreviated and shortened joints to the hind tarsi. In his synoptical

table, also, he places the species in the group having short hind tarsi; but in his

description he compares the elytra with those of S. seriatoporus; and an example

communicated to me by M. René Oberthiir from the Chaudoir ollection with the

name yucatanus, Chd., answers to this description. Chaudoir’s species is extremely

near Guatemalan specimens of S. seriatoporus, but has a much narrower thorax.

4, Selenophorus alternans.

Selenophorus alternans, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 86°; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 137.

Selenophorus lineatopunctatus, Dej. Sp. Gén. iv. p. 86°; Putzeys, Stett. ent. 1878, p. 18.

Hab. Mexico?.—West Inpizs, San Domingo ?.—Sourn America, Venezuela? and

Cayenne ® to Brazil ! 2 and Uruguay ”.

I do not find any example of this common South-American species in the large

Mexican collections either of M. Sallé or Herr Hoge.

5. Selenophorus sallei.

Selenophorus Sailei, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878 (May), p. 17°.

Selenophorus tenuistriatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (May) p. 591’.

Hab, Mexico, Cordova, Guanajuato, Capulalpam (Sal/é), near the city (Sallé, Flohr *),

Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége) ; GuaTEMALA, Paraiso (Champion).

6. Selenophorus rodriguezi.

Selenophorus Rodriguezi, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 22.

Hab. GUATEMALA.

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7. Selenophorus seriatoporus.

Selenophorus seriatoporus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 23%.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova 1, Yolos (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hége); Guatemaua, near the city,

San Gerénimo, El Reposo, Paso Antonio (Champion). |

Guatemalan examples are very generally shorter in form and more bronzed in colour

than those of Mexico. The difference is not sufficiently marked or constant for specific

distinction or for a well-defined race.

8. Selenophorus callistichus.

Selenophorus callistichus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 5917.

* Oblongo-ovatus, elongatus, minus convexus, cupreo-eeneus; antennis basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis; thorace

antice gradatim, versus basin citius, angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, basi tota haud profunde punc-

tulata ; elytris apice sinuatis, supra fortiter striatis, interstitiis alternis punctis numerosis rotundatis

seriatim impressis ; tarsis posticis gracilibus, elongatis; tibiis et tarsis absque spinis fortibus.

“Tong. 44 line ¢g 9.”

Hab. Panama, Obispo (Salvin1), Volcan de Chiriqui, alt. 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

Distinguished from 8. seriatoporus, particularly the typical Mexican form, by its

richer metallic colour and the larger and more conspicuous punctures of the elytra.

9. Selenophorus chiriquinus.

S. seriatoporo et callisticho affinis, sed multo minor, letius seneus, haud sericeo-nitens, thoraceque basi grossius

punctato. Aneus, antennis basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis; thorace lateribus modice equaliter arcuatis,

tota basi subgrosse et crebre punctata, angulis anticis haud productis, deflexis, posticis rotundatis; elytris

striatis, punctis seriatis grossis, interstitiis planis versus apicem multo angustioribus et convexioribus,

5° et 7° ante apicem conjunctis, 6° multum abbreviato; tarsis posticis elongatis. °

Long. 3 lin. § Q.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David, Caldera (Champion).

10. Selenophorus subsinuatus.

Selenophorus subsinuatus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 31’.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova!, Playa Vicente, Yolos (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége) ; Gua-

TEMALA, San Gerénimo, La Tinta, Duefias, Rio Naranjo, Paraiso (Champion); Nicaraaua,

Chinandega (Sallé); Costa Rica, Cache (fogers).

The form of the thorax varies greatly in the long series I have examined of this

species; the hind angles are sometimes very obtuse, especially in a few of the Guatemalan

examples ; but the same form occurs in Oaxaca specimens, and it is impossible to separate

them into species or local varieties.

11. Selenophorus striatopunctatus.

Selenophorus striatopunctatus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 33°.

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas +, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge).—West Inp1Es }.

SELENOPHORUS. 61

12. Selenophorus flavipes.

Selenophorus flavipes, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 39°.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé 1).

13. Selenophorus semirufus.

S. rufulo similis et affinis, sed multo major, sanguineus vel castaneo-rufus, abdomine, metathorace elytrisque

(epipleurisque solum exceptis) nigris; thorace convexo, medio quam elytra latiore, lateribus arcuatis,

angulis anticis productis, posticis subrotundatis, basi ruguloso-punctulata ; elytris apice vix sinuatis, apud

suturam obtuse conjunctim rotundatis, dorso sericeo-nitentibus, argute subtiliter striatis, interstitiis planis

30-5" et 7° (juxta strias) conspicue pluripunctatis, omnibus versus apicem angustioribus striisque

latioribus, striola scutellari elongata.

Long. 33-43. 3S 2.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé).

14. Selenophorus assimilis.

Selenophorus assimilis, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878 (January), p. 44°.

Selenophorus mitis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (May), p. 591?.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, Parada, Capulalpam (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge), Mexico

city (Flohr?) ; Guatemaua (Sal/é), near the city, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

Distinguished by M. Putzeys by very slight and uncertain characters from the United-

States S. gagatinus, De}.

15. Selenophorus tarsalis. (Tab. III. fig. 23.)

Selenophorus tarsalis, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 49°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova!, Jalapa (Sal/é), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Britisn Honpuras,

river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; GuatEMALA (Sallé), near the city, San Gerdénimo, Balheu,

San Isidro (Champion); Costa Rica, Ivazu (Rogers).

16. Selenophorus splendidus. (Tab. III. fig. 19.)

Selenophorus splendidus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 64°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova, Yolos (Sallé); Guatemaua —Soutn America, Colombia 1.

A specimen from Yolos, which I refer to this species, on account of the thorax

narrowing towards the head, differs from the type in colours, being brassy green with

opalescent lustre. It seems intermediate between S. splendidus and S. tarsalis.

17. Selenophorus quadricollis.

Selenophorus quadricollis, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 55°.

Hab. Mexico!; Guaremana, San Juan, Tamahu (Champion).

Varies in the depth of the elytral striz; in individuals with deep striee the punctures

are scarcely visible.

62 ADEPHAGA.

18. Selenophorus punctatulus.

Selenophorus punctatulus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 657.

Hab. Mrxico, Minas Viejas (Dr. Palmer), Yucatan (Pilate)'.

19. Selenophorus crassiusculus.

Selenophorus crassiusculus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 70°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé1, Hoge).

In form of thorax resembles Discoderus arcuatus ; but the male has the four anterior

tarsi normally dilated, and furnished with squammules in double series beneath.

20. Selenophorus curvipes.

Selenophorus curvipes, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 70°.

Hab. Mexico ?}.

This species, unknown to me, must approach the genus Déscoderus still more closely

than the foregoing. According to the description, both the hind and middle tibie are

arcuated.

21. Selenophorus valgus.

S. crassiusculo brevior et latior. Breviter oblongus, supra eneus nitidus, palpis, antennis et tarsis fulvis; thorace

relative magno, convexo, lateribus fortiter et regulariter arcuatis, angulis posticis fere rotundatis, supra

levi; elytris apice sinuatis, grosse striatis, striis subpunctulatis, interstitiis paullo convexis, 2° angusto,

punctis majoribus in striis 2*, 5* et 7* sitis, conspicuis. ¢. Tarsi anteriores quatuor modice dilatatis,

articulis brevibus triangularibus, plantis (1* excepta) squamatis; tibiis intermediis fortiter, posticis

paullulum arcuatis.

Long. 47 lin. g.

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers).

Apparently closely allied to S. curvipes ; without the scaly clothing of the soles of the

male tarsi (which appears to be scarcely so regular as in the typical Selenophori and in

Harpalus), I should have placed this species in Discoderus. I have seen one example

only.

DISCODERUS.

Discoderus, Leconte, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. x. (1853), p. 381; Horn, Proc. Am. Ent. Soe. ix. (1881)

pp. 177, 178.

Selenophorus (partim), Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 70.

This curious genus seems peculiar to North America, about half the described species

being found in the United States, and half in Mexico; but the genus Anisocnemus of

Venezuela is very closely allied to it. In the typical species, as Dr. Horn states, the

male has a few squammules on the soles of the dilated tarsi. But the Mexican species

appear to be destitute of squammules. The tarsal joints in the female are bordered

DISCODERUS. 63

(like the edge of the tibie) with short spinules without admixture of sete. The

middle tibie are curved, in some of the species to an extraordinary degree. The

elytra, as in Selenophorus, have three rows of punctures.

1. Discoderus arcuatus.

Selenophorus arcuatus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878 (Jan.), p. 71°.

Selenophorus amblyderus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (May), p. 591’.

Discoderus cyanellus et tristis, Chaudoir in coll.

Hab. Mexico}, near the city (Mohr ?, Sallé), Toluca, Guanajuato (Sal/é), San Luis

Potosi, Sierra de San Miguelito (Dr. Palmer), Jalapa, Las Vigas (fHége).

Having examined a large number of specimens apparently of both sexes, I find none

with anterior tarsi clothed with squammules beneath. The middle tibie are faintly

curved in what I take to be the male.

2. Discoderus piger.

Robustus, elongato-oblongus, convexus, niger nitidus, ceeruleo vel violaceo leviter tinctus, subtus thoracis

marginibus elytrorumque epipleuris sepe piceo-rufis, pedibus interdum piceo-rufis, labro, palpis et

antennis piceo-fulvis; thorace magno, convexo, ovato, subquadrato, elytris vix angustiore, lateribus

arcuatis, sed antice quam postice citius angustato, angulis anticis deflexis apice obtusis, posticis rotun-

datis, sulco marginali versus basin dilatato plus minusvye explanato; elytris versus apicem obliyue

sinuatis, dorso grosse et profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, punctis seriatis conspicuis in striis 2°, 5°

et 7’ sitis. ¢ 9 tarsis anticis nec dilatatis nec squamosis, tibiis intermediis fortiter arcuatis.

Long. 53-7 lin.

Hab. Muxico, Oaxaca (Sallé, Hoge).

Named by Chaudoir piger in the Sallé collection, and ¢enwimargo in his own.

8. Discoderus difformipes.

Paullo angustior, robustus, elongatus, convexs, niger cyaneo tinctus, palpis, antennis et tarsis piceo-rufis ;

thorace minus ovato, oblongo, lateribus parum arcuatis, angulis anticis conspicuis, rectis, lateribus versus

basin cyaneis; elytris postice paullo angustatis, ut in D. piyro grosse et profunde striatis, punctis seriatis

minus conspicuis; tibiis anticis apice extus paullo dilatatis, intermediis gracilibus fortissime angulatim

curvatis ; trochanteribus posticis valde elongatis, apice subacutis.

Tong. 63 lin. ¢.

Hab. Muxico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

Closely allied to D. piger, but effectively distinguished from it by the longer, thinner,

and much more strongly incurved middle tibie. In D. piger (male) these are strongly

bowed, but not abruptly curved or bent, except close to the apex; in D. difformipes

they are bent at almost an obtuse angle near the middle.

4. Discoderus distortus. (Tab. III. fig. 21.)

Elongato-oblongus, parallelogrammicus, convexus, supra eneus, capite thoraceque plus minusve cyaneis, labro,

palpis, antennis elytrorumque epipleuris fulvis, thoracisque margine corporeque szpe piceo-fulvis; thorace

quadrato antice dilatato, sed interdum ut in D. difformipede subovato lateribus regulariter modice arcuatis,

64 ADEPHAGA.

foveis basalibus magnis sat profundis ; elytris fortiter striatis, interstitiis (apice excepto) planatis; tibiis

intermediis fortiter arcuatis. (?) tibiis longioribus et (versus apicem) subangulatim curvatis.

Long. 43-63 lin.

Hab. Muxico, Cuernavaca, Yolos, Peras (Sal/é).

Differs from D. difformipes, when individuals are compared of equal development,

only by its bright metallic colour, the anterior dilatation of the thorax, and the flattened

summits of the elytral interstices. ‘The degree of curvature of the middle tibie varies

much; the largest individuals having this character the most strongly marked.

The species has been long known in collections as D. curvipes, but has apparently

not been described ; and the name has been applied by Putzeys to a different insect.

TRICHOPSELAPHUS.

Trichopselaphus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 18438, iii. p. 399.

Distinguished from Discoderus, to which and to Selenophorus it is closely allied, by

the dilatation of the femora and the strong curvature of the tibie of the hind legs in

the male, the middle tibie being normal. Owing to the more elongate body and

cordiform thorax, the facies is that of a Pterostichus rather than of a Harpalus. The

middle tarsi of the male are scarcely dilated ; and the squame of their soles are concealed

by long hairs. The penultimate joint of the labial palpi is plurisetose. In the form

and clothing of the palpi and in other characters the genus resembles Gynandropus.

Two species only are known—one from South Brazil, and the following from Mexico.

1. Trichopselaphus minor.

1. subiridescente minor et gracilior, subviridi-eeneus, antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; thorace convexo,

levi, subcordato, ante medium rotundato-dilatato, postice gradatim sat angustato, marginibus prope

angulos posticos explanatis; elytris apice modice sinuatis, profunde striatis, interstitiis planatis, striis

2*-5™ et 7* inconspicue seriatim punctatis. g femoribus posticis dilatatis, infra subdentatis; tibiis

modice arcuatis; trochanteribus apice oblique truncatis, extus acuminatis.

Long. 5 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sal/é).

STENOMORPHUS.

Stenomorphus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 696 (1831); Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. 1881,

p. 180.

Agaosoma, Ménétriés, Bull. Ac. Petrop. 1844, ii. p. 63.

The affinities of this, at first sight, apparently anomalous genus have been rightly

apprehended by Dr. Horn. Had he been acquainted, however, with the extreme

forms of Discoderus and with Trichopselaphus, he could not have failed to perceive

the affinity it has also with those genera, and thus avoided placing them in distinct

groups of his tribe Harpalini.

The genus is peculiar to America, but does not seem to occur north of California or

south of Colombia. Three feebly differentiated species have been described.

STENOMORPHUS.—ATHROSTICTUS. 65

1. Stenomorphus rufipes. (Tab. III. fig. 22.)

Stenomorphus rufipes, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1858, p. 59; id. Journ. Ac. Phil. iv. 1858, p. 29°,

t. 4. f. 5.

Hab. Nort America, Texas 1.—Muxico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

Named S. rufipes in the Sallé collection, and agreeing with Leconte’s description and

figure. The Mexican species, however, is different from a species collected in Texas by

Belfrage, and distributed by him to his correspondents, which has the hind tibie less

perceptibly dilated.

GYNANDROPUS.

Gynandropus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 817; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 289; Horn, Trans.

Am. Ent. Soc. ix. (1881) p. 180.

A dozen species of this well-marked genus are known, all American, ranging from

beyond the southern tropic to the temperate parts of North America, and including the

West Indies.

1. Gynandropus mexicanus.

Gynandropus mexicanus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 291°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sailé), Las Vigas, Jalapa (Hége); Guatemana, San Ger6nimo,

Coatepeque, Senahu (Champion).

The species varies in Guatemala in the form and ‘punctuation of the thorax; and I

doubt if the following, founded on similar differences, is really distinct.

2. Gynandropus intermedius.

Gynandropus intermedius, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 293°.

Hab. Muxtco, Oaxaca}, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

8. Gynandropus agonoides.

Gynandropus agonoides, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 294.

Hab. MExico.

Unknown to me.

ATHROSTICTUS.

Athrostictus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 592.

Hypolithus (partim), Dejean.

Selenophorus (partim), Putzeys.

“Corpus elongato-ovatum, supra (precipue elytris) dense minute punctatum. Caput ovatum, postice gradatim

paullo angustatum. Oculi magni sed non prominentes, postice orbitu inclusi. Antenne filiformes,

graciles. Mentum profunde emarginatum, sinu fundo haud dentatum. Ligula angusta, apice libera,

longe bisetosa; paraglossis latis ea longioribus. LElytra haud conspicue seriato-punctato. Cztera ut in

generibus Hypolitho et Harpalo.”

BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, February 1882. kk

66 ADEPHAGA.

As far as at present known, this genus is restricted to Tropical America. The species

much resemble the Hypolithi of the Old World in form and sculpture, and are distin-

cuishable almost solely by the edentate mentum.

1. Athrostictus sericatus. (Tab. III. fig. 25.)

Athrostictus sericatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 592°.

“ Latior, oblongus, niger, omnino punctulatus, breviter erecte fulvo-pubescens ; antennis, palpis et tarsis

obscure rufescentibus; thorace transversim quadrato, postice vix angustato, angulis anticis haud pro-

minulis, posticis fere rectangulis, lateribus paullulum arcuatis; elytris late aureo-sericeo relucentibus,

fortiter striatis, interstitiis densissime punctato-granulatis; corpore subtus nigro nitido, opalescente,

punctulato.

“Long. 64 lin. Q.”

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Boucard1, Hoge), Cordova, Playa Vicente (Sal/é), Las

Vigas, Jalapa (Hége), Tehuantepec (Sumichrast) ; Sarvapor (Sallé); Guatemaua, Yzabal

(Sallé), Senahu (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

Closely allied to A. chlenioides (Dejean) of Venezuela.

2. Athrostictus opalescens.

Athrostictus opalescens, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 592°.

“Oblongus, piceus, breviter erecte pubescens ; labro, palpis, antennis et pedibus rufo-fulvis; capite et thorace

nitidis, elytris opalescenti-micantibus; capite postice punctulato; thorace quadrato, lateribus fortiter

arcuatis, angulis posticis fere rotundatis, basi late subrugose punctulatis; elytris apice leviter sinuatis,

exarato-striatis, interstitiis minute crebre granulatis, 3° et 5° indistincte seriatim punctatis; corpore

subtus nigro, lete opalescente; metasterno punctulato.

“Long. 4 lin. ¢ 9.”

Hab. Panama (Salvin).

Apparently closely allied to A. paganus (Hypolithus paganus, Dejean); but the

absence of allusion to the strong iridescent gloss in Dejean’s description forbids

the conclusion that the species is really the same.

AMBLYGNATHUS.

Amblygnathus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col.-iv. p. 62.

A genus closely allied to Selenophorus, but sufficiently distinguished by its extremely

broad epistome, the anterior margin of which is arcuated, and by the mandibles being,

to an unusual extent, concealed by the labrum in repose. It is confined to Tropical

America; six species only have as yet been described.

1. Amblygnathus mexicanus.

Selenophoro flavipedi simillimus, at differt preter characteres genericos, thoracis angulis , posticis omnino

rotundatis, elytrorumque interstitiis planis et striola scutellari elongata. Niger, opalescens, antennis,

palpis pedibusque fulvis, labro fulvo vel fusco fulyo-marginato; thorace lateribus arcuatis, angulis posticis

BARYSOMUS. 67

rotundatis, basi crebre punctata, marginibus fulvis; elytris apice subfortiter sinuatis, striatis, striola scutel-

lari tenui, elongata, interstitiis planis versus apicem angustis et convexioribus, stria 2%, 54 et 74 seriato-

* —- punctatis.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé).

Specimens in the Sallé collection were labelled Selenophorus flavipes, Putz.

BARYSOMUS.

Barysomus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 56 (1829).

Oosoma, Nietner, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1857, p. 146. |

Common to the tropical regions of America and Asia, north of equator, but not

hitherto recorded from Africa. Nine species have been described.

1. Barysomus hopfneri.

Barysomus Hopfneri, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 57°.

Hab. Mexico }.

I have not seen any specimen agreeing with the description of Dejean. All the

examples under the name Aépfneri in the Sallé collection belong to the following.

2. Barysomus metallicus. (Tab. III. fig. 24.)

Barysomus metallicus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 141°; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. Atlas, t. 11. f. 1.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge); GuatemaLa, San Gerdnimo

(Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovutn AmERica, Venezuela 1.

Subfam. PELMATELLINA.

This new subfamily is here proposed for the reception of a number of genera of small

Quadripalmati, which agree with the Anisodactylinz in the brush-like clothing of the

dilated male tarsi, but differ from that group in having the penultimate joint of the

labial palpi bisetose. In the latter character they agree with Stenolophus, Bradycellus,

and allies, forming the next subfamily, in which the soles of the dilated male tarsi are

biseriately squamose as in Harpaline. But, notwithstanding this important differential

character, the two groups have a very close affinity with each other: they have a

similar facies, and the same curved prolongation of the frontal foveee; some species,

moreover, show a confused arrangement of the scaly hairs on the soles of the tarsi,

indicating a passage from one subfamily to the other. Besides Pelmatellus and

Thenarellus here described, the group’ includes the Australian genera Lecanomerus,

Thenarotes, and Syllectus, and the Chilian genus Nemaglossa.

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68 ADEPHAGA.

PELMATELLUS.

Parvus, facies Stenolophi. Oculi parum prominentes; fovece frontales curvate, utrinque usque ad oculum

continuate. Palpi versus apicem attenuati, acuti; labiales articulo penultimo bisetoso. Mentum in sinu

acute dentatum. Antenne graciles, articulo 3° sequenti subequali, subtiliter sed sparsius pubescente.

Thorax elytris angustior. Elytra oblongo-ovata, stria scutellari brevi basi striee 2® conjuncta, interstitio

tertio post medium unipunctato. Pedes graciles; tibiee intermedise et posticee spinulose, anteriores extus

tantum ad apicem pauce spinose. ‘Tarsi posteriores articulo 1° quam sequens longiore ; anteriores quatuor

6 articulis 2°-4™ dilatatis subcordatis (4° vix bilobato), plantis ut in Anisodactylis planis sequaliter

dense pubescentibus marginibus ciliatis, articulo primo pedum anteriorum triangulari subtus sparsim

pubescente, pedum intermediorum elongato subtus simplici.

The numerous small species of this genus found in Tropical America are liable to be

confounded with Stenolophus or Bradycellus, if attention is not paid to the clothing of

the soles of the dilated tarsi. They resemble also the smaller species of the Australian

genus Diaphoromerus, from which they differ in the curved frontal fovez, the bisetose

penultimate joint of the labial palpi, and the longer and less lobed shape of the dilated

tarsal joints of the male.

1. Pelmatellus nitescens. (Tab. III. fig. 17.)

Oblongus, niger, supra enescens politus, palpis, antennis basi (ceteris fuscis) pedibusque melleo-flavis; capite

levi, foveis frontalibus conspicuis linea curvata usque ad oculum profunde impressa; thorace quadrato,

antice modice rotundato, postice subrecte angustato (margine interdum rufescente) margine basali

utrinque versus angulum rotundato, sed angulis posticis distinctis, subdenticulatis, basi utrinque plus

minusye distincte punctato; elytris subpunctulato-striatis, interstitiis plus minusve (precipue juxta

apicem) convexiusculis.

Long, 22-3 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hodge); GuaTEMALA, Capetillo, Senahu,

Quesaltenango (Champion).

The hind angles of the thorax have a minute prominence (sometimes scarcely percep-

tible), formed by a projection of the basal rim.

2. Pelmatellus stenolophoides.

Rufescenti-piceus, supra senescens politus, antennis basi (vel totis), palpis pedibusque pallidius rufis; capite

levi, foveis frontalibus suturaque transversa subtilissime impressis ; thorace parum transverso, lateribus

fere squaliter arcuatis, angulis anticis distinctis, posticis omnino rotundatis, marginibus lateralibus

paullulum equaliter explanatis rufis, basi utrinque parcissime punctulato, foveis latis; elytris margine

basali utrinque fortiter arcuato, apice subprofunde sinuatis, supra acute subtiliter striatis, interstitiis

usque ad apicem planis, marginibus rufescentibus.

Long. 27-3 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Capulalpam (Sallé).

3. Pelmatellus obtusus.

P. nitescenti affinis, minor, thoracisque angulis posticis rotundatis ete. Nigro-piceus, supra snescens politus,

antennis basi (ceteris fuscis), palpis apice pedibusque piceo-rufis; capite levi, foveis frontalibus parvis

profundis, supra extus in linea subtili curvata usque ad oculum continuatis; thorace quadrato, late-

ribus perparum arcuatis (margine rufescente), postice gradatim angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis,

PELMATELLUS.—THENARELLUS. 69

margine basali utrinque leviter sinuato, supra levi, basi indistincte sparsim punctulato, foveis elongatis ;

elytris subtiliter acute striatis, interstitiis planis, apice sinuatis.

Long. 13-23 lin. gf 9.

Hab. Guatemata, Ostuncalco, Totonicapam (Champion).

4. Pelmatellus cyanescens.

Parvus, leetius coloratus, supra cyanescenti-viridis (interdum seneus), antennis basi (ceteris fuscis), palpis pedi-

busque melleo-flavis ; thorace quadrato, antice leviter rotundato-dilatato, postice subrecte longe angustato,

lateribus ante angulos posticos prominentes sinuatis, basi utrinque indistincte punctato; elytris convexis,

apice sinuatis et ante sinum paullo explanatis, marginibus suturaque (interdum) paullo rufescentibus,

interstitiis planis vel paullo convexis.

Long. 2-23 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. MExico, Cordova (Saldé).

5. Pelmatellus vexator.

Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, niger, supra leviter «neo tinctus, palpis, antennis pedibusque testaceo-rufis,

femoribus medio tibiisque apice obscurioribus; thorace modice transverso, lateribus fortiter arcuatis,

postice multo magis quam antice angustato, angulis posticis paullulum extantibus, basi sparsim punctato,

foveis linearibus conspicuis; elytris subpunctulato-striatis, stria prima prope basin curvata interdum

interrupta. |

Long. 24 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. GvuatemaLa, Totonicapam (Champion).

Differs from the preceding species in its greater convexity and the more ovate form

of the elytra. In facies it resembles Japanese species of Zachycellus, whilst the four

preceding species have the more elongate form of Stelenophus. ‘The middle tarsi of the

male appear also to be a trifle less dilated; and the brush-like palms of all four dilated

feet are rather Jess smooth, or formed of coarser hairs.

THENARELLUS.

Bradycello prima facie simillimus; at differt maris plantis dilatatis pilosis nec squamosis; a Pelmatello differt

maris tarsis intermediis haud dilatatis, elytrorumque interstitio tertio absque punctis. Convexus. Antenne

robuste, articulo tertio fere nudo; palpi acuminati. Mentum concavum, dentatum; palpi labiales pendentes.

Thorax transversus, cordato-quadratus, postice angustatus. lytra ovata, convexa, interstitio tertio

impunctato. o¢. Tarsi antici articulis quatuor modice, equaliter dilatatis (4° vix lobato), plantis 23-4™

pilis albis nitidis vestitis; tarsi intermedii haud dilatati, sed articulis 2°-4™ pilis nonnullis vestitis.

The absence of the solitary setiferous puncture of the third interstice, so characteristic

of this group and its allies, and the undilated intermediate tarsi of the male, effectively

distinguish this genus from Pelmatellus. ‘The hairs on the soles of the dilated male

tarsi are coarse, white, and glistening as in Bradycellus; but there is no trace of trans-

verse lamellar arrangement.

1. Thenarellus leucopus.

Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, niger, supra leviter seneo tinctus, palpis, antennis pedibusque flavis; capite levi,

polito; thorace cordato-quadrato, antice paullo rotundato (angulis anticis minime productis), postice

70 ADEPHAGA.

subrecte sat angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, foveis basalibus latis fere levibus; elytris elongato-ovatis,

apice oblique sinuatis, margine basali utrinque fortiter arcuato, dorso haud profunde punctulato-striatis,

striis duabus marginalibus ante basin haud conjunctis, stria 8° prope basin et apicem grosse ocellato-

punctata. ,

Long. 23 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers).

Subfam. STENOLOPHINA.

The genera Stenolophus, Acupalpus, Bradycellus, Tachycellus, and their allies, usually

associated with the Harpaline, are distinguished from that group, as Dr. Horn has

recently pointed out, by the penultimate joint of the labial palpi bearing two sete only.

With this character are associated many other points of difference, such as a relatively

smaller prothorax, curved frontal fovee, and the constant presence of a single puncture

on the third elytral interstice. They are insects of much smaller size than the great

majority of the true Harpaline, and readily distinguished from them by their facies. In

short, they form a natural group; and, the dilated tarsal joints of the male being

furnished beneath with squammules, they bear the same relation to the Harpaline proper

as the Pelmatelline do to the Anisodactyline. Some genera seem to be intermediate

in the nature of the clothing of the dilated tarsal soles of the male; and further micro-

scopic investigation, especially of the numerous undescribed exotic species, may show

the necessity of uniting into one subfamily all these small Harpalide with bisetose

penultimate joint of the labial palpi.

The genera Euthenarus (New Zealand) and Trachysarus (Chili) belong to this sub-

family. I propose also to include in it Agonoderus, placed by Dr. Horn in the Daptini.

The frontal fovee in this genus are continued as a curved line to the inner margin of

the eyes; and the penultimate joint of the labial palpi is bisetose, as in Stenolophus.

STENOLOPHUS.

Stenolophus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 405; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. 1881, p. 181,

gen. char. t. x. f. 136.

About eighty species of this well-known genus have been described ; but many of

them probably do not really belong to it, and the whole genus needs revision. The great

majority of the described species are from temperate latitudes of both hemispheres, the

minority being from Africa and Tropical Asia.

1. Stenolophus mexicanus.

S. flavipedi (Leconte) affinissimus, differt tantum statura minore, thorace lateribus minus arcuatis basique

minus punctato. Elongatus, eneo-piceus, antennis basi, palpis (articulis terminalibus basi piceis), thorace

et elytris marginibus lateralibus suturaque posteriore, pedibusque flavo-testaceis; thorace quam elytra

multo angustiore, subquadrato, antice paullulum rotundato-dilatato, postice subrecte sat angustato, angulis

STENOLOPHUS.—BRADYCELLUS. 71

posticis nullis, foveis basalibus latis punctatis, media basi levi; elytris magis wneis, argute striatis,

striola scutellari elongata omnino recta, 8 valde flexuosa, interstitiis planatis, 3° unipunctato.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Mzxico, Jalapa (Hége).

Distinguished from the Californian S. flavipes only by its somewhat smaller size, less

regularly arcuated sides of thorax, the widest part of which is much before the middle,

and by a few minor peculiarities. The differences are probably specific, and of similar

degree to those which separate the two Californian species, S. flavipes and S. limbalis.

2. Stenolophus conjunctus.

Trechus conjunctus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soe. ii. (1823) p. 90 *.

Stenolophus conjunctus, Leconte, Say, Ent. N. Amer. ii. p. 504 (1859).

Acupalpus misellus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 467 (1829) *.

Acupalpus rotundicollis, Haldeman, Proc. Acad. Phil. i. p. 302°.

Acupalpus lugubris, Haldeman, 1b. *.

Acupalpus obesus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593°.

Hab. Norta Amertca!?34, generally distributed.—Mexico, near the capital,

Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); GuatEMALA, Capetillo (Champion).

BRADYCELLUS.

Bradycellus, Erichson, Kafer d. Mark Brandenburg, i. p. 64 (1837) ; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.

ix. 1881, p. 182.

This genus also needs a thorough revision. About sixty species have been described,

many of which have been recently proved by Dr. Horn to belong to Tachycellus and

even to Harpalus. With four exceptions, all the published species are from temperate

latitudes of the northern hemisphere.

1. Bradycellus obsoletus.

Acupalpus obsoletus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. (1834) p. 436°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Orizaba, Capulalpam, Toluca (Sallé), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge), San

Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer), Mexico city (Mohr).

Var. subobsoletus (Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593), elytris plus minusve conspicue striato-punctatis.

Hab. Mexico, near the city (Flohr), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge), San Luis Potosi

(Dr. Palmer).

Var. lucidus (Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 592, = B. nigripennis, Chaudoir in coll.), capite thoraceque

rufo-sanguineis immaculatis, elytris nigris limbo plus minusve ferrugineo.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sal/é).

Var. melanochrous, Chaudoir in coll. Sallé, omnino nigro-fuscus, antennis pedibusque piceis.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Toluca (SaJ/é).

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An examination of a long series of examples from various localities shows this to be a

very variable species. In size it ranges from 24-4 lines. In colour it is normally ferru-

ginous tawny, with two fuscous spots on the disk of the thorax, and the elytra, excepting

the margins, fuscous with a brassy tinge ; but the fuscous colour sometimes spreads over

the whole surface, and, on the other hand, the thorax is sometimes clear ferruginous.

The normal sculpture of the elytra is confined to a deeply impressed sutural and two

marginal strie; but the disk is sometimes rather strongly punctate-striate, and all

intermediate variations occur. ‘The species is distinguished from the closely allied

B. nitidus (Dej.) of California only by its more elongate form and its narrower thorax.

2. Bradycellus circumdatus.

Acupalpus circumdatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593°.

«Elongato-oblongus, castaneo-fuscus; antennis basi, palpis, pedibus margineque angusto elytrorum flavo-

testaceis; thorace postice valde angustato, levi, basi utrinque haud foveato, parum punctato, lateribus

antice fortiter rotundatis, postice sinuatis, angulis posticis prominulis rectis ; elytris striis modice impressis;

haud punctatis, striola scutellari nulla.

“ Long. 22 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Loucard)1, Cordova, Toxpam (Sallé) ; GuatEMALa, Duefias,

Torola (Champion).

The pale yellowish border of the elytra very frequently widens behind. into an apical

patch ; and the apical portion of the suture is then pallid. ‘The base of the thorax on

each side varies much in its punctuation and is sometimes quite smooth. The third

elytral interstice bears the usual puncture near the second stria.

The species is named Lradycellus ingratus in the Sallé collection.

3. Bradycellus flohri.

Acupalpus flohri, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593°.

“« Klongato-oblongus, castaneo-rufus, capite supra, elytris utrinque disco, abdomineque castaneo-fuscis ; capite

fronte foveolata ; thorace lateribus usque angulos posticos obtusos rotundatis, basi utrinque grosse sparsim

punctato; elytris simpliciter striatis, striola scutellari nulla.

“Long. 2 lin.”

Hab. Muxico, near the capital (Flohr)', Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Oaxaca

(Hoge); GuateMaALa, Capetillo (Champion).

Var. longulus, paullo gracilior, thorace postice paullo magis angustato; supra nigro- vel castaneo-fuscus,

elytrorum humeris sutura et margine rufis exceptis.

Closely allied to B. circumdatus, but the thorax always much longer and more

narrowed behind, with hind angles almost effaced. In colour it varies much, from

tawny testaceous (immature?) to nearly black, with sutural and lateral margins (and

sometimes the humeral angles) of the elytra reddish; but the great majority of the

specimens examined are as described in the foregoing diagnosis.

The species is very closely allied to the North-American B. rupestris (Say); and

BRADYCELLUS. 73

although the thorax is narrower and generally much more narrowed behind, I doubt

whether it is specifically distinct.

4, Bradycellus limbicollis.

Oblongus, subdepressus, testaceo-fulvus vix nitidus, fronte, thoracis lateribus elytrorumque disco posteriore

lateribusque nigro-fuscis; palpis, antennis basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis; thorace cordato-quadrato,

postice modice rotundato-angustato, lateribus ante basin breviter sed fortiter sinuatis, angulis posticis

productis, foveis basalibus latis plus minusve punctatis; elytris apice obtusis perparum sinuatis, margine

basali utrinque fortiter arcuato, dorso argute striato, striola scutellari nulla, striis 84 et 9° ante basin

approximatis, interstitiis planatis, 3° unipunctato.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé); Guatemata, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Var. omnino testaceo-flava (tmmaturus ?).

Hab. Guatemata, Paso Antonio (Champion).

5. Bradycellus nigrellus.

B. circumdato colore similis, multo minor, piceo-niger (elytris interdum subzeneo tinctis), nitidus, collo interdum

rufo ;. palpis, labro, antennis basi, pedibusque flavo-testaceis, elytris margine suturaque (precipue postice)

rufo-testaceis ; thorace quadrato postice recte modice angustato, antice parum rotundato, angulis posticis

rectis, basi transversim depressa, fovea utrinque lata discrete fortiter punctata; elytris subparallelis, apice

obtuse rotundatis, striatis, striola scutellari nulla, interstitiis planatis, 3° unipunctato.

Long. 13 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sailé); GuaTeMaLa, near the city, Quiche Mountains, San

Gerénimo, Capetillo, Zapote, Panajachel (Champion).

6. Bradycellus angulifer.

B. nigrello quam maxime affinis, differt colore fulvo-castaneo, elytris utrinque disco, thoraceque dorso interdum,

infuscatis. Parvus ; thorace subcordato, antice sat rotundato-dilatato, postice magis angustato, margine ante

angulos productos acutos conspicue sed breviter sinuato, basi utrinque punctata; elytris absque striola

scutellari; antennis basi, palpis pedibusque testaceo-flavis.

Long. 11 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Oaxaca

(Hoge); Guaremata, Capetillo, San Gerénimo (Champion).

I adopt the name given to this species by Chaudoir in the Sallé collection. It is

scarcely distinct from B. nigrellus, differing only in colour and in the thorax being

a little more rounded anteriorly and more cordate. As all the Mexican specimens

I have seen are of this form, to the exclusion of the black B. nigrellus, it merits a

distinguishing name.

The following genus, in the present state of our knowledge, is difficult to place in

the Harpalide series. It has hitherto been associated with Acinopus, Daptus, and

other genera in a distinct subgroup; but, as Dr. Horn points out, the penultimate joint

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74 ADEPHAGA.

of the labial palpi is bisetose. The frontal fovee, although differing from those of the

Stenolophine by their great size, irregular form, and depth, curve in some species

distinctly towards the eyes. The tarsi of the male are scarcely dilated, and offer no

satisfactory guide; but the genus offers points of resemblance to Bradycellus, and

especially to species of Zachycellus with enlarged head ; and it is probably an abnormal

form of the present subfamily.

POLPOCHILA.

Polpochila, Solier in Gay, Hist. Fisica y Politica de Chile, Ins. iv. p. 217 (1849) ; Horn, Trans.

Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. 1881, p. 178 (gen. char.), t. 27. f. 127.

Melanotus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 698 (1831), nom. preoce.

Cratocara, Leconte, List Col. N. Amer. part 1, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. no. 140 (1863).

Phymatocephalus, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 125.

Cratognathus, Perty, Del. An. Art. Bras. p. 13 (1830), nec Cratognathus, De}. (1829).

The genus is peculiar to America, and has a wide range, from Chili to Lower

California. Seven or eight species are known.

1. Polpochila capitata. (Tab. III. fig. 20.)

Melanotus capitatus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 83°.

Melanotus erro, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1854, p. 221°; id. Cat. Col. of Boundary line between

U.S. and Mexico, p. 29, t. 4. fig. 6°.

Polpochila capitata, Leconte, List Col. N. Amer., Smithsonian Miscell. Coll. no. 140, p. 11.

Phymatocephalus Riehlii, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1864, p. 126°.

Hab. Norra America, Lower California ?, Arizona ?.—Mexico ! 4, Guanajuato, Peras

(Sallé), near the capital (Sallé, Flohr), Oaxaca (Hoge).

2. Polpochila rotundicollis.

Elongata, subgracilis, piceo-nigra, palpis, labro, antennis basi (ceteris articulis paullo obscurioribus) pedi-

busque flavo-testaceis ; capite (@) parvo, mandibulis haud conspicue productis, foveis frontalibus subro-

tundis, nec postice nec extus prolongatis; thorace parvo, parum transverso, fere rotundato, postice magis

quam antice angustato, angulis anticis rotundatis nullomodo productis, posticis nullis, fovea basali

utrinque transversa elongata paullulum punctata; elytris elongatis, apice oblique sinuatis, fortiter

simpliciter striatis, striola scutellari elongata, 8* et 9% ante basin conjunctis, interstitiis paullo convexis ;

epipleuris fulvis.

Long. 53 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico, Leon (Sallé).

Chaudoir named this species P. scaritides (Perty) in the Sallé collection; but it is

far from agreeing with Perty’s description or his figure, which represent a species with

strongly transverse thorax. P. scaritides is said to be from Piauhy, in the interior of

Brazil; but specimens which I took on the Upper Amazons perfectly agree with it,

and are very different from the present Mexican species.

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8. Polpochila mexicana.

Polpochila mexicana, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589".

“ Angusta, parva, castanea, palpis, antennis basi, pedibus margineque apicali elytrorum flavo-testaccis ;

foveis frontalibus usque ad oculorum marginem posticum fortiter impressis ; thorace late cordato, lateribus

ante basin fortiter sinuatis, angulis posticis exstantibus; elytris profunde striatis.

“Long. 3 lin. ¢.” |

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Boucard!, Hoge), Cordova, Tuxtla (Sadlé), Vera Cruz

(Hoge) ; Guatemata, Torola, Paso Antonio (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

The scutellar striole is absent in this species.

Subdivision D. Zripalmati*.

This subdivision includes the “ Féroniens” of Dejean’s ‘Species Général,’ minus the

genera which subsequent authors have removed to the Broscine.

Subfam. AMARINAL.

A character recently detected by Dr. Horn, viz. the plurisetose and relatively elon-

gated penultimate joint of the labial palpi, may be utilized (although its discoverer

neglected to do so) in separating the genus Amara and its allies from the Pterostichine,

from which the great majority of the Amare also differ conspicuously in facies and in

certain minor though not constant characters. It is true that the Pterostichine genus

Evarthrus, or at least the typical group of the genus, also presents the same character.

This group, however, evidently forms the transition between the two subfamilies, the

number of setz on the joint in question varying in the different species. Some of the

true Hvarthri, however, much resemble species of the Amarine genus Curtonotus, and

may well be included in the subfamily.

CURTONOTUS.

Curtonotus, Stephens, Illustr. Brit. Ent., Mandibulata, i. p. 188 (1828) ; Putzeys, Mém. Soe. Roy.

Sci. Liége, 1866, p. 231.

Leirus, Zimmermann, Gistl’s Faunus, i. p. 38 (1832).

Putzeys, in his ‘Etude sur les Amara,’ published in the Memoirs of the Royal

Academy of Sciences of Liége, the most important work on the group hitherto published,

enumerated forty-one species as belonging to this genus, which he considered, like all

the other subdivisions of the old genus Amara, a group only. The species are

almost exclusively boreal, reaching arctic latitudes both in the New and Old Worlds,

and diminishing in number towards the south.

* Bates, “‘ Geodephagous Col. of Japan,” Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 272.

76 ADEPHAGA.

* The following Mexican species, the most southerly yet recorded, are perfectly

typical.

1. Curtonotus deparcus.

Platysma deparca, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 426°.

Curtonotus substriatus, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liége, 1866, p. 242 *,

Hab. Mexico !2, near the city, Toluca (Sal/é).

Say’s description certainly refers to this species, and not to the following, although

he makes no mention of the toothed middle tibiz of the male. The feebly impressed

strie, obsolete towards the apex, and the size, “ nearly half an inch,” apply to C. sué-

striatus and not to C. putzeyst.

2. Curtonotus putzeysi. (Tab. IV. fig. 1.)

Curtonotus putzeysi, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 600°.

“ Elongato-oblongus, niger nitidus, subtus cum pedibus picescens, antennis et palpis piceo-rufis ; thorace late-

ribus valde rotundatis, juxta basin fortiter subito constricto, angulis posticis rectis, limbo antice et postice

grosse punctato; elytris thorace vix latioribus, parallelis, striis conspicue punctatis, omnibus acute

impressis. ¢ tibiis intermediis medio intus haud dentatis.

“Tong. 74 lin. ¢ 2.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Jalapa (Hége).

“ Differs from C. substriatus by its larger size and more robust proportions, and by

the stronger and more uniform striation of the elytra. The male is destitute of the

broad tooth on the inner side of the middle tibia. Immature individuals are reddish

piceous with pale margins.”

; CELIA.

Celia, Zimmermann, Gistl’s Faunus, i. p. 18 (1832) ; Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege, 1866,

p. 186.

About sixty species of this genus have been described. All are from the northern

hemisphere; but the genus has, upon the whole, a more southerly extension than

Curtonotus.

1. Celia mosrens.

Celia merens, Zimm. loc. cit. p. 25*; Putzeys, loc. cit. p. 189°.

Hab. Muxtco!?, Toluca (Sallé), near the city (Flohr), Las Vigas (Hoge).

2. Celia lugens.

Celia lugens, Zimm. loc. cit. p. 25°; Putzeys, loc. cit. p. 189°.

Hab. Mexico ! 2,

Putzeys was unable to determine Zimmermann’s species with any degree of certainty.

It is possibly one of the nnmerous varieties of C. mexicana.

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3. Celia hogei.

Subelongato-ovata, convexa, nigra, interdum cyaneo vel wneo leviter tincta, sat nitida, antennis articulis duobus

basalibus palpisque apice rufis; capite brevi, foveis frontalibus linearibus sat profundis; thorace valde

transverso, a basi ad apicem paullo arcuatim fortiter angustato, foveis basalibus parum impressis, interdum

(precipue exteriore) obsoletis; elytris (Q) sericeo-nitentibus, humeris dentatis, subpunctulato-striatis,

striis vix impressis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planis, striola scutellari antice abbreviata basi simplici.

Long. 33-43 lin. ¢ Q. .

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge), Jacale (Sallé), city of Mexico (Flohr).

Smaller and much less elongate than C. merens, but larger and broader than C. meai-

cana; the thorax especially much shorter, broader at the base, and more narrowed

anteriorly than in either species. The strie of the elytra vary in the distinctness of their

punctuation ; and the interstices are sometimes a little convex.

4, Celia championi.

C. hége affinis, sed differt thorace postice minus dilatato lateribus a medio usque ad basin fere rectis, colore

eeneo, striisque distinctius punctulatis. C. mexicana major, antennis piceis, articulis 1° et 2° rufis, 3° colore

variabili; thorace medio antice et postice grosse sed haud profunde punctato, fovea mediana brevi pro-

funde incisa, exteriore obliqua conspicua ; elytris acute striatis, striis plus minusve punctulatis, interstitiis

(3) convexis, (@) plerumque planis, striola scutellari apud basin absque foveola; pedibus piceis.

Long. 33-4 lin. ¢ @.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer); GUATEMALA,

Ostuncalco, Totonicapam, Quezaltenango (Champion).

Except in colour, not easily distinguishable from C. hégez; but if the shallow punc-

tuation of the thorax near the anterior and posterior margins were constant, this would

prove a good distinguishing character. The thorax, attentively examined, is always

much less widened from the front to the base; and the basal foveee are much more

strongly impressed.

Mr. Champion collected the species in great numbers, and has sent home no colour-

variety, all the individuals being of the clear brassy hue of the typical C. mexicana.

5. Celia costaricensis.

Celia costaricensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 600°.

‘‘ Oblongo-ovata, nigra, polita, plus minusve enescens vel fusco-eenea; antennis piceo-nigris, articulis 1° et 2°

vel 1°-3 rufis ; thorace convexo, mox pone angulos anticos rotundato-dilatato, deinde usque ad basin

leviter arcuato vel subrecto, basi utrinque foveolis duabus distantibus levibus, interiore recta, exteriore

versus angulum oblique ducta; elytris prope apicem angustatis et compressis, striatis, striis lateralibus

evanescentibus, striola scutellari ad basin secunde oriente suturam haud attingente, interstitiis paullo

conyvexis; pedibus piceis, tarsis pallidioribus; prosterni apice dilatato subtruncato.

* Long. 4 lin.

‘“ Variat: 1, elytrorum interstitiis planissimis ; 2, striis subtilissimis, subpunctulatis ; 3, forma abbreviata, ovata.”

Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu, alt. 6000-7000 feet (Rogers 1).

Of decidedly narrower form than either of the three preceding; narrower also than

C. merens, which it resembles in colour and in the feeble striation of the elytra,

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although much more glossy on the surface. I have not seen it from any other locality

than that above mentioned, where Rogers collected it in great abundance.

6. Celia tenebrionella. (Tab. IV. fig. 2.)

Minor, oblongo-ovata, nigra vix seneo tincta, antennis (articulo 1° vel 1° et 2° rufis exceptis), palpis pedibusque

piceo-nigris, tibiis interdum rufo-piceis; thorace transverso, apud basin elytris latitudine equali, deinde

usque ad apicem gradatim et leviter arcuatim angustato, fere levi, foveis basalibus vix impressis; elytris

subpunctulato-striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, striola scutellari absque foveola, stria 7° fere obsoleta.

Long. 3lin. ¢ @.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (Hége).

7. Celia xanthognatha.

C. tenebrionelle affinissima, forsan ejus varietas; differt colore late eneo, mandibulis (apice excepto) flavis,

striolaque scutellari obsoleta.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (Hége).

Probably an extraordinary colour-variety of C. tenebrionella. The form and sculpture

are exactly the same, with the exception of the obliteration of the scutellar striole,

which, however, in C. tenebrionella is sometimes very faint. It is a much smaller and

narrower insect than C. mexicana, which it resembles at first sight.

8. Celia mexicana.

Amara mexicana, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 792°.

Celia mexicana, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liége, 1866, p. 190’.

Hab. Mextco!, Orizaba?, Chiapas”, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Parada, Puebla,

Capulalpam, Toluca (Sal/é), Mexico city (Sallé, Flohr), Las Vigas, Jalapa, Oaxaca ?

(Hoge), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer); Guatemata, Totonicapam (Champion).

The antenne in the great majority of the specimens are tawny red, with the basal

joints a little brighter red.

9. Celia dolosa.

Amara dolosa, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 429 (1834) *.

Hab. Mexico}, Puebla (Sal/é).

Say describes a bluish-black species, three tenths of an inch long, with very fine

impunctate striz and flat interstices, strongly marked oblique fovea near thoracic angles,

and antenne dark with the three basal joints yellow. ‘These characters do not fit either

of the two black species (C’. héget and C. tenebrionella) above described, but agree fairly

well with a species in the Sallé collection labelled (I think erroneously) “ Celia sera,

Say;” the only difference is one of colour, the two Sallé examples being distinctly

tinged with bluish green.

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AMARA.

Amara, Bonelli, Obs. Entom. i. tabl. synopt. (1809) ; Zimmermann, Gistl’s Faunus, i.; Putzeys,

Mém. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liége, 1856, p. 174.

Putzeys enumerated forty-two species (including the section Triena) as belonging to

the restricted genus Amara. Like Celia, it is a group nearly confined to the north

temperate zone in both hemispheres, extending into the tropics, as far as at present

known, only on the North-American continent.

1. Amara sallzi.

Amara Sallei, Putzeys, loc. cit. p. 185°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Jacale, Orizaba (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hége).

Similar to Celia mexicana, being distinguishable in the female only by the thorax being

much more strongly rounded before the middle, the scutellar striole (which in most

Amare originates at the base in a conspicuous foveole) being here simple, as in all the

Mexican and Central-American Celie. The male, however, has the generic character

of the restricted Amare (pubescent inner edge of the hind tibie) well marked.

2. Amara sera.

Amara sera, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 429 (1834) °.

Hab. Mexico}, Parada (Sallé), Mexico city (£lohr).

Bears a strong general resemblance to Celia sall@i, with which it was confounded in

the Sallé collection; but it is readily distinguishable in both sexes by the scutellar striole

originating at the base in an umbilicated foveole, and by the elytral striz being more

deeply scored towards the apex, with corresponding narrower and more convex inter-

stices. The fringe of soft hairs on the inner side of thé male tibiz is sometimes very

scanty.

I think there can be little doubt that Say had this species before him in describing

A, sera; the “longer thorax” on which he insists is a character which distinguishes it

from all the Mexican Celiw. M. Flohr has met with it abundantly near the city of

Mexico.

3. Amara azteca. (Tab. IV. fig. 3.)

A. sere affinis, sed multo major. nea, palpis antennisque nigro-fuscis, his articulis 1o-3™ (et 4° basi) rufis,

pedibus rufescenti-piceis ; thorace lato, apud basin elytris latitudine eequali, deinde usque ad apicem sat

fortiter arcuatim angustato, ante medium haud dilatato, fovea mediana acute insculpta, exteriore obliqua

vage impressa; elytris argute, versus apicem vix profundius, striatis, interstitiis subplanis, striola

scutellari foveola umbilicata incipiente ; calcaribus omnibus simplicibus, fulvis.

Long. 44 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mrxico, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége).

A fine species, closely allied to the North-American A. tmpuncticollis, Say.

80 ADEPHAGA.

Subfam. PTEROSTICHINA..

EVARTHRUS.

Evarthrus, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1852, 1. p. 228.

All the species hitherto described, twenty-five in number, belong to temperate North

America. The following belongs to the section in which the penultimate joint of the

labial palpi has two sete only. According to Dr. Horn, this section should be merged

in Pterostichus; it is probable, however, that a new genus will eventually be formed

for its reception.

1. Evarthrus constrictus. (Tab. IV. fig. 4.)

Subgracilis, convexus, niger nitidus, antennis, palpis et pedibus piceo-rufis; capite mox pone oculos angustato,

foveis frontalibus linearibus fortiter impressis; thorace suborbiculari, ante angulos posticos subito sed

oblique angustato, angulis anticis distinctis, posticis obtusis, fovea basali utrinque profunda, linea dorsali

ante basin dilatata profundiusque exarata ; elytris ovatis, humeris nullis, striis fortiter (ante apicem et stria

7* subtilius) punctatis, interstitiis vix convexis, 3° post medium unipunctato.

Long. 53 lin. @.

Hab. Mextco (Sallé).

The single example bears the MS. name of Steropus convexus, Chevr., in the Sallé

collection ; but it is closely allied to a North-American species of Hvarthrus.

PERCOLAUS.

Gen. Perco affinis. Elongatus,convexus. Caput exsertum, elongatum, post oculos tumidum ; collum crassum ;

fovese frontales modice elongate, profunde ; suleulus intraocularis modice impressus ; oeuli parvi, vix pro-

minentes. Antenne filiformes, normales. Mandibule quam in Perco longiores et graciliores, haud striate.

Mentum medio convexum, utrinque profunde concavum ; epilobia acuta, dente lato valde emarginato.

Palpi elongati, articulis ultimis linearibus maxillarium apice truncatis, labialium articulo penultimo

bisetoso. Thorax elongatus, quadratus, postice angustatus. Elytra basi, juxta humeros excepta, immar-

ginata ; interstitia absque punctis. Prosternum apice obtusum. Metasterni episterna brevia. Ventris

segmenta simplicia. Tarsi ¢ nec dilatati nec subtus squamulati.

Resembles the European genus Percus in the obliteration of the basal fold of the

elytra, a small portion only remaining near the shoulders. It differs, however, in many

points, the chief of which is the simple anterior tarsi of the male. ‘The tumid posterior

orbit of the eyes is much more elongated than in any species of Percus known to me ;

and the mandibles are longer and more slender. The anterior tibie are not produced

externally at the apex. |

The genus is exceedingly interesting, as partly bridging over the difference between

the Pterostichine and the Morionine.

1. Percolaus championi. (Tab. IV. fig. 5.)

Niger, nitidus, thorace elytris multo angustiore, elongato quadrato, postice angustato, angulis posticis rectis

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dentatis, margine laterali reflexo intus sulculo a dorso separato, dorso transversim striolato, basi utrinque

fovea magna transversa; elytris postice subdilatatis, convexis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis convexis ;

segmento apicali ventrali utrinque ¢ uni-, 2 bipunctato.

Long. 8-10 line ¢ 9.

Hab. GuateMata, Totonicapam (Champion).

ALLOTRIOPUS.

Feronia, subg. Pristoscelis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. liii. 1878, p. 71 (nom. subgen. preocc.).

Among the characters which Chaudoir pointed out as distinguishing this subgenus,

the most important is the curved and inwardly serrated hind tibie of the male. The

hind legs are relatively long, and their femora thick, in addition to which the hind

trochanters are unusually long and pointed. The genus is allied in many respects

to Hypherpes; but the elytra have a large puncture (which fails in some individuals)

on the third interstice. The insect on which the genus is founded is not unlike a

miniature Hyperion schrotert, to which it is certainly allied.

1. Allotriopus serratipes. (Tab. IV. fig. 7.)

Feronia (Pristoscelis) serratipes, Chaudoi, loc. cit. p. 71°.

Hab. MExico 1.

HYPHERPES.

Hypherpes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1838, 1. pp. 8 et 18.

A group peculiar, as far as at present recorded, to North America, and regarded by

American entomologists as simply a section of Péerostichus. The species are nearly all

of elongate parallelogrammic shape, and distinguished by the absence of the usual

large punctures on the elytral interstices. Crotch, in his ‘ Check List of Col. Amer. N.

of Mexico,’ in 1874 enumerated twenty-one species as belonging to it; and many more

have been described since then. The following are the only members yet known from

south of the United-States boundary.

1. Hypherpes brachypterus. (Tab. IV. fig. 8.)

Feronia (Hypherpes) brachyptera, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. liii. 1878, p. 70°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Parada (Sallé).

2. Hypherpes longissimus. (Tab. IV. fig. 6.)

Valde elongatus, angustus, castaneus, nitidus; palpis apice gradatim subacuminatis; capite ut in H. angusto

angusto, oculis parvis haud prominentibus, genis tumidis post oculos elongatis ; thorace elongato-quadrato,

postice gradatim haud sinuatim et modice angustato, basi utrinque paullo sinuato angulisque posticis

retrorsum paullo productis, fovea utrinque basali valde elongata sed medio fere interrupta ; elytris anguste

oblongis, humeris fere rectis haud dentatis, fortiter striatis, interstitiis convexis.

Long. 5 lin. ¢.

Hab. GuateMaLa, Totonicapam (Champion).

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, April 1882. mm

82 ADEPHAGA.

A species still more elongated than H. angustus of California, and further distin-

guished by the remarkable incurvation of the hind margin of the thorax on each side,

by which the angles (obtuse at their apices) appear produced; the sides are very

slightly incurved before the angles, and very slowly but considerably rounded from the

middle forwards.

3. Hypherpes teniola.

H. angusto similis. Parvus, angustus, parallelogrammus, castaneus, nitidus ; capite angusto, foveis frontalibus

parum impressis; oculis parvis, vix prominentibus, genis post oculos minime tumidis elongatis ; palpis

apice gradatim angustatis, subacutis, maxillaribus compressis; thorace elongato-quadrato, ante medium

perparum rotundato-dilatato, angulis anticis a collo distantibus acutis, posticis rectis vel subacutis,

margine basali utrinque recto, fovea basali utrinque lineari levi; elytris humeris dentatis, acute

punctulato-striatis, striola scutellari obsoleta, interstitiis usque ad apicem planatis, puncto umbilicato

ad strie septime apicem, altero multo majore ad octave apicem.

Long. 34 lin. @.

Hab. Guatemata, Quiche Mountains (Champion).

Differs from H. angustus by the hind margin of the thorax being rectilinear on each

side to the posterior angle, and the anterior angles being distant from the sides of the

neck, by which the anterior curvature of the sides is not so strongly pronounced ; also

by the flattened interstices of the elytra, and much more pointed terminal joints of the

palpi. The large apical puncture or fovea of the eighth stria is of great size* and

open behind.

4. Hypherpes ampliatus.

In hoc genere brevis, elytris postice paullo dilatatis et convexis ; niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis et tarsis

piceo-rufis; capite ovato, genis circa oculos sat tumidis elongatis, oculis parvis haud prominentibus ;

thorace latius quadrato, fere sicut in H. amethystino, angulis posticis rectis haud extantibus, margine basali

utrinque paullulum obliquo, dorso levissimo, versus angulos posticos planato, fovea basali utrinque

elongata; elytris oblongis, postice paullo dilatatis, sed apud basin haud angustatis, humeris sat rectis

dentatis, argute et valde striatis, interstitiis modice convexis, stria marginali haud duplicata.

Long. 43 lin. @.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Flohr).

Of shorter and less parallelogrammic form than the rest of the genus; but the

elytra, although relatively short and gradually (but slightly) dilated behind ( ¢ ), have

not a subovate shape as in H. adowus, the base being relatively broad, and the lateral

meeting the basal margin at an angle only moderately obtuse.

PLATYSMA.

Platysma, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. i. 1809, tabl. synopt.

Pterostichus, § Platysma, Schaum, Naturgeschichte Ins. Deutschl. i. 1, p. 464 (1860); Crotch,

Check List N. Am. Col. p. 14 (1874).

Bothriopterus, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1838, i. p. 14.

A small group, to which modern authors refuse generic rank, consisting of a limited

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number of species characteristic of high northern latitudes, one species being a

member of the limited coleopterous fauna of Iceland. In facies they resemble many

species of the restricted genus Pterostichus, from which they are distinguishable by

the longer and narrower episterna of the metathorax. The following species has a

very great resemblance to the European P. oblongopunctata, from which it differs,

inter alia, in the metathoracic episterma being conspicuously longer and narrower.

1. Platysma tropicalis. (Tab. IV. fig. 9.)

P. oblongopunctate similis; senescenti-nigra, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufescenti-piceis; capite ut in illa

specie ; thorace transverso, lateribus fortius rotundatis ante basin valde sinuatis, angulis posticis acutis,

extantibus, anticis fortiter deflexis, basi punctatis, fovea lineari profunda; elytris tenuiter, plus minusve

punctulato, striatis, interstitiis planis, utrinque trifoveatis ; tarsis posticis articulis 1°-4™ utrinque sulcatis.

Long. 5 lin. $ @.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge).

The elytral fovezee have each in the centre, as in the allied species, an umbilicated

puncture. The first puncture is situated close to the third stria, the second and the

third near to the second stria, but all on the third interstice. As in P. oblongo-

punctata the lateral rim of the thorax is much elevated near the base, and the

projecting hind angle is formed by an extension of the rim, on which is the customary

setiferous puncture.

PIESMUS.

Piesmus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 8340 (1848) ; id. Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1878, p. 302.

A genus retained as distinct by Dr. Leconte in his latest revision of the Pterostichine

of the United States, on account of the simple tooth of the mentum. The following

is the only known species :—

1. Piesmus submarginatus.

Feronia submarginata, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. i. p. 45 (1823).

Piesmus submarginatus, Leconte, loc. cit. p. 303°.

Pecilus monedula, Germar, Ins. Sp. Nov. p. 18 (1824).

Hab. Norta America, Southern States 1—Mexico (Salcé).

There is one example of this species in the Sallé collection, named Platysma crenata,

Chevr. (MS.)

OPHRYOGASTER.

Feronia, subgen. Ophryogaster, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. lin. 1878, p. 60.

Two species of this genus have been described by Chaudoir—one from Mexico, and

the other from Ecuador. They are allied to Pachymorphus, a numerous genus peculiar

to extratropical South America, differing chiefly in the three terminal ventral segments

being grooved transversely.

mm 2

84 ADEPHAGA.

1. Ophryogaster anomalus.

Feronia (Ophryogaster) anomala, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 60’.

Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle*).

2. Ophryogaster flohri.

O. anomalo multo minor et gracilior; gracilis, niger, politus, antennis, palpis pedibusque piceis, illis articulis

duobus basalibus, palpis articulis apicalibus femoribusque castaneo-rufis ; mandibulis elongatis, minus

curvatis; capite levi, foveis frontalibus acutissime et profunde insculptis, leviter curvatis; thorace

elongato-cordato, antice modice rotundato-dilatato, versus apicem sat angustato, angulis anticis deflexis,

collo approximatis, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis acutis, supra levissimo, lineis

impressis fere obsoletis fovea utrinque basali lineari profunda excepta; elytris oblongis, convexis, acute

striatis, interstitiis subconvexis absque punctis, striola scutellari nulla, sed fovea umbilicata prope basin strie

secund conspicua.

Long. 43 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico (Flohr).

I have no record of the special locality in which Mr. Flohr took this species. It

formed part of the first collection sent, and was probably found near Mexico city.

PCECILUS.

Pecilus, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. tabl. synopt. (1809); Chaudoir, Monographie du g. Pecilus, Abeille,

1875.

Pterostichus, partim, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1878, pp. 802, 307.

A genus peculiar to the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Chaudoir

described forty-nine species as belonging to it; but since the date of his monograph

many others have been described. Like many other northern genera, it passes into

intratropical latitudes only in North America.

1. Pecilus mexicanus.

Pecilus mexicanus, Chaudoir, lAbeille, 1875, p. 44°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Oaxaca (Hiige).

2. Pecilus cyanicolor.

Pecilus cyanicolor, Chaudoir, l’Abeille, 1875, p. 43°.

Pecilus cyanicolor, var. connexus, id. ibid.

Pecilus cyaneus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 231’.

Hab. Nortu America, Rocky Mountains 12,—Mextco!, Valle del Maiz (Dr. Palmer),

near the city (Lohr), Jalapa (Hoge).

EUCHROA.

Euchroa, Brullé, Hist. Nat. Ins. iv. p. 835 (1834).

Dyschromus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 429.

Seven species of this well-marked genus are known, all Tropical American, one

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species extending to the banks of the Plata. The genus belongs to a group almost

entitled to the rank of a subfamily, the labial, and sometimes also the maxillary, palpi

being more or less securiform.

1. Huchroa dimidiata. (Tab. IV. fig. 11.)

Euchroa dimidiata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. xliv. 2, p. 279 (1874) '.

Hab. Muxico, Oaxaca (Sallé 1, Hoge), Parada, Istepec (Sal/é).

2. Kuchroa nitidipennis. (Tab. IV. fig. 10.)

Euchroa nitidipennis, Putzeys, Mém. Soe. Roy. Sci. de Liége, ii. 1846, p. 403°.

Hab. Mexico}, Orizaba, Jalapa, Maltrato (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge).

Nearly all the numerous examples taken by Hoge at Las Vigas present a form of

thorax slightly different from the Maltrato and Orizaba specimens of Sallé, the differ-

ence consisting in the stronger arcuation of the sides before and near the middle, by

which the posterior narrowing is rendered less gradual. A Jalapa example is inter-

mediate in this respect. The size varies greatly, from 43 to 64 lines (9-14 millim.). The

colour of the thorax in all is violet. Although the convexity of the elytral interstices

varies in degree, they are always more or less flattened towards the apex, a character

which distinguishes the species from LE. sallci.

3. Kuchroa flohri.

E. nitidipenni valde affinis, sed differt capite et thorace lete sneo-viridibus elytrisque splendide aurato-cupreis ;

capite sicut in Z. nitidipennz; thorace fere quadrato, ante apicem tantum leviter rotundato-dilatato ; elytris

profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, prope apicem haud angustioribus ; corpore subtus pedibusque cyaneis.

Long. 53 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Quecholac (Lohr).

In colours similar to EL. dimidiata, but in form much more slender and the prosternum

not margined between the anterior coxe.

4. Kuchroa sallzi.

Euchroa sallei, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. xliv. 2, p. 280°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Salié).

ABARIS.

Abaris, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 780 (1831).

Abarys, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. xlvii. p. 96 (1874).

As restricted by Chaudoir, this genus contains six species (two unknown to him—

A. picipes and A. striolata, Bates), all Tropical American. The claws of the tarsi are

finely pectinated. It is not closely allied to any of the preceding genera of the

subfamily.

86 ADEPHAGA.

1. Abaris equinoctialis.

Abarys equinoctialis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. xlvii. p. 98 (1874) *.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan!; Guatemata, Zapote, Cerro Zunil, El Tumbador ( Champion);

Nicaraaua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

2. Abaris bigenera, (Tab. IV. fig. 12.)

A, cequinoctiali multo major, Pseudabarydi substriato simillima, differt unguibus breviter denticulatis, thorace

postice angustato etc. Fusco-enea vel eenea, nitida; antennis rufescentibus, articulis plerumque apice

obscuris; pedibus rufo-piceis ; capite mox pone oculos fortiter angustato, oculis magnis prominentibus ;

thorace antice sat rotundato-dilatato, postice modice angustato, lateribus prope angulos posticos leviter

sinuatis, angulis extantibus sed obtusis, foveis utrinque duabus, interiore longiore et profundiore, inter-

spatio distincte punctato; elytris fortiter striatis, striola scutellari elongata profunda, interdum abbreviata,

interstitiis convexis, 2°-4™ versus apicem latioribus et planioribus, 3° et 7° versus basin angustioribus,

3° post medium unipunctato.

Long. 33 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca ([Hé6qe) ; GuaTemaLa, San Gerdénimo (Champion).

PSEUDABARYS.

Pseudabarys, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. xlvii. p. 99 (1874).

‘Six species were enumerated by Chaudoir as belonging to this genus, which is

similar in range to Abaris. Although very closely allied to Abaris, it differs in the

tarsal claws being simple. The lateral margin of the elytra is interrupted near the

apex, and a plica or sharp ridge extends for a short distance from the apical edge of

the breach along the under surface, a character which proves the genus to belong to

the Pterostichine rather than the Platynine. Its nearest ally in the New World is

probably Ophryogaster; but, as Chaudoir points out, it approximates more closely to

such genera as Orthomus of the Mediterranean, and Simodontus and Ceneus of the

Australian, faunas.

1. Pseudabarys mexicanus.

Pseudabarys mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. xlvii. p. 101 (1874)’.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé).

2. Pseudabarys substriatus.

Pseudabarys substriatus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. xlvii. p. 103 (1874)*.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Boucard'), Yolos (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge).

LOXANDRUS.

Loxandrus, Leconte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. n. s. ii. p. 252 (1852); Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag.

Zool. 1868, p. 842; Bates, Ent. M. Mag. viii. 1871, p. 104; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.

1881, p. 139.

About fifty species of this extensive genus have been described from America, north

LOXANDRUS.—ADRIMUS. 87

and south. It occurs in the temperate as well as tropical zones; and a few species are

known from Australia and Celebes.

1. Loxandrus tetrastigma. (Tab. IV. fig. 13.)

Loxandrus tetrastigma, Bates, Ent. M. Mag. viii. 1871, p. 181’.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).—Soutu AMERICA,

Upper Amazons }.

2. Loxandrus unistigma.

Parvus, nitidus, leviter iridescens, elytrorum sutura prope apicem macula communi ovali margineque apicali

fulvis ; antennis rufo-fuscis, articulis 3 basalibus, palpis et pedibus fulvo-testaceis, foveis frontalibus

brevibus subrotundatis; thorace subquadrato, lateribus modice arcuatis, antice citius quam postice

angustato, angulis anticis deflexis obtusis, posticis obtusis sed breviter denticulatis, supra leevi, lineis vix

impressis, fovea utrinque lineari acute insculpta excepta; elytris argute striatis, striis usque ultra medium

punctulatis, interstitiis planatis ; macula suturalis variat, interstitia utrinque 3, 2 vel 1 tegens.

Long. 3lin. fg Q.

Hab. GuatEMALA, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Differs from other species of Lovandrus having a similar tawny sutural spot by

the smaller and narrower thorax, the anterior angles of which are so much deflexed

that they are not visible from above. The lateral margin of the thorax is not

expanded or in the least sinuated towards the hind angle, which would be nearly

rounded if it were not for a slight projection of the rim; the latter is continued along

the base for some distance on each side.

3. Loxandrus infimus.

Angustus, niger, antennis et pedibus piceis, illis basi palpisque rufescentibus ; foveis frontalibus parvis subrotun-

datis; thorace paullo elongato, postice modice angustato, antice leviter rotundato-dilatato, angulis anticis

deflexis obtusis, posticis acutis, margine ante angulum paullulum sinuato, supra sulculo anteriore acute

insculpto tenui prope marginem sito, basi grosse sparsim punctato, fovea utrinque lata profunda ; ely tris

punctato-striatis (punctis versus apicem minus conspicuis), interstitiis planatis.

Long. 33-33 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé); GuaTEMALa, Cubilguitz (Champion).

The present species has a great general resemblance to Argutor strenuus.

ADRIMUS.

Adrimus, Bates, Ent. M. Mag. vii. 1871, p. 176.

Five species only of this very distinct genus have hitherto been recorded, all from

the Amazons.

1. Adrimus olivaceus. (Tab. IV. fig. 14.)

A. crepero proxime affinis ; differt thoracis angulis posticis extantibus elytrisque profundius striatis. Anchomeno

(Agono) viduo similis, parum convexus, olivaceo-zneus, nitidus; antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis ;

tarsis, palpis apice antennisque basi pallidioribus; thorace antice rotundato-angustato, postice subrecte

88 ADEPHAGA.

modice angustato, angulis posticis extantibus, anticis deflexis obtusis collum fere amplectentibus, sulculo

anteriore (ut in ceteris Adrimis) arcuato acute insculpto, basi sparsissime grosse punctata, fovea utrinque

lineari magna profunda, margine laterali postice paullulum explanato-elevato ; elytris profunde et acute

striatis, striis fundo haud conspicue punctulatis ; metasterno sulculo submarginali posteriore fere integro.

Long. 32 lin. .

Hab. Guatemata, Cubilguitz (Champion).

Mr. Champion sent home one example only; the species of Adrimus appear to be

everywhere rare insects.

STOLONIS.

Stolonis, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1865, ii. p. 2830; Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. viii. p. 148 (1871);

Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. xlvii. p. 85 (1874).

Anchomenus, partim, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. iti. p. 125.

Anchonoderus, partim, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 38.

Chaudoir enumerated eleven species as belonging to this genus, which is exclusively

Tropical American. Although resembling Anchomenus in its general slender figure, it

does not belong to the same subfamily as that genus, as shown by the interrupted

margin of the elytra. The penultimate joint of the labial palpi is bisetose.

1. Stolonis intercepta. (Tab. IV. fig. 15.)

Stolonis intercepta, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 87°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Yucatan (Pilate 1),

Subfam. ZORIONINA.

The position of this subfamily was strangely misunderstood by the older authors. It

has a close affinity with the Pterostichine, especially the genera Hypherpes, Percolaus,

and Percus, being distinguished chiefly by the fore tibie being much dilated at the

apex, with the exterior angle produced, and by the short tarsi and antenne. The

latter organs vary in the number of glabrous basal joints. Hyperion and Melisodera

have four; Platynodes, Morio, and Buderes also four, with the exception that the apex

of the fourth joint is more or less pubescent; but Stereostoma, Stereodema, and

Moriosomus have only three. The antenne, however, are abnormal both in the form

of the joints and in their pubescence; joints fourth to eleventh being more or less

compressed, and glabrous in the middle of both the flattened surfaces. This structure

is observable also in the Broscinee and many Scaritinee, and seems to be associated with

the confined abodes and sedentary habits of the species—the Morionine living concealed.

either in ants’ nests or under the loose bark of trees, where they are frequently found

associated with Passali, on the larvee of which they probably feed.

MORIO.—MORIOSOMUS. 89

MORIO.

Morio, Latreille, Consid. Génér. s. 1. Ins. 1810, tabl. méth. ; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i1. p. 323.

About thirty species have been described of this genus, which occurs in tropical and

subtropical latitudes in both hemispheres, including Australia.

1. Morio georgiz.

Scarites georgia, Palisot de Beauvois, Ins. Afr. et Amér. p. 107, t. 15. £. 5 (1805) *.

Harpalus monilicornis, Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. i. p. 206 (1806).

Morio monilicornis, Dej. Spec. Gén. Col. i. p. 4307.

Morio cordatus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1887, ii. p. 13°; id. ibid. 1854, ii. p. 325 ; Chevrolat, Mag.

Zool. 1841, Ins. 64-5. no. 209 *.

Morio equatorius, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 877°; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1854, ii. p. 325°.

Hab. Norra America! 2,—Mextco3?4, Cordova, Vera Cruz, Playa Vicente, Tuxtla,

Santecomapan (Sallé), Ventanas (Forrer); British Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blan-

caneaux); GuateMata, Lanquin, Mirandilla, near the city, El Tumbador, Chaco},

Teleman, Tamahu, El Reposo, Las Mercedes (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt,

Janson); Panama, Matachin (Schunke)—West Inpies?, Cuba; SourH AMERICA,

Colombia ®¢ to South Brazil 2. |

2. Morio simplex.

Morio simplex, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. ii. p. 481+, et v. p. 512°; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1854, p. 327°.

Hab. Muxico (Deyrolle), Yucatan (coll. Bates); Guatemaa, El Reposo, El Tumbador

(Champion).—Sovutn AMERICA !??,

Mexican and Central-American individuals are smaller than the average of those I

have seen from South America, and have the thorax considerably more narrowed before

the posterior angles; the differences, however, are not greater than those seen in

specimens of M. georgie taken in one and the same locality.

3. Morio lafertei. (Tab. IV. fig. 16.)

Morio lafertei, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 254°,

Morio spiniger, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1854, ii. p. 331”.

Hab. Muxtco }2, Sonora (coll. Bates), Cordova, Oaxaca (Sallé), Jalapa (Flohr).

Taken by Mr. Flohr in ants’ nests.

MORIOSOMUS.

Moriosomus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii. p. 198.

The following is the only known species of this genus :—

1. Moriosomus sylvestris. (Tab. IV. fig. 19.)

Moriosomus sylvestris, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1855, p. 19, t. 1. f. 2; id. Bull. Mose. 1864, iii. 199°.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Obispo 1.

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, June 1882. nn

90 ADEPHAGA.

Subfam. CATAPIESIN A.

I separate this subfamily from the Cratocerine (Cratocérides, Chaudoir) solely on

account of the truncate elytra. In both groups the subapical margin of the elytra is

uninterrupted and destitute of internal plica, a character which distinguishes them

from the Pterostichine and Morionine (to the latter of which they have otherwise a

near affinity). The subfamily consists of two genera only—Homolomorpha of South

America, and Catapiesis.

CATAPIESIS.

Catapiesis, Brullé, Hist. Nat. Ins. v. 'p. 42 (1835) ; Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 18386, p. 595.

Basoleia, Westwood in Guér. Mag. Zool. 1835.

Basolia, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii. p. 347.

Axinophorus, Gray, in Griffith’s An. King. Ins. i. p. 271 (1832) (nec Awinophorus, De}. 1822).

Hololissus, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1887, i. p. 43.

Five species of this remarkable genus have been described, all Tropical-American, ©

North and South.

1. Catapiesis mexicana. (Tab. IV. fig. 17.)

Basolia mexicana, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii. p. 349°.

Hab. Mexico1, Cordova (Sallé); Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama,

Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

2. Catapiesis sulcipennis.

Minor, oblonga, nigra, nitida, antennis rufo-fulvis, labro, palpis pedibusque picescenti-rufis; thorace brevi

valde transverso, antice mox pone angulos latissimo, deinde usque ad basin curvatim angustato, angulis

anticis nullo modo productis, rotundatis, posticis subrectis margine paullo ante basin breviter sinuato,

fovea utrinque basali profundissima ; elytris sulcato-striatis, stria 1* ad basin multo abbreviata, ceteris

basin fere attingentibus, interstitiis convexis.

Long. 63 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé).

Subfam. CRATOCERINA.

Two described genera only remain in this subfamily, as defined by Chaudoir, viz.

Brachidius from Tropical Asia and Cratocerus from Tropical America; but it is possible

many Old World species considered as Drimostomine may belong to it.

CRATOCERUS.

Cratocerus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 12; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. - Belg. xv. (Essai Mon. s. 1.

Drimostomides et Oratocérides), p. 17.

Two species only of this genus are at present known, both widely distributed in

Tropical America.

CRATOCERUS.—PLATYNUS. 91

1. Cratocerus sulcatus. (Tab. IV. fig. 18.)

Cratocerus sulcatus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 77°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Sallé)—Sovutn America to §. Brazil}.

Subfam. ANCHOMENINAE.

Dr. Horn, in his recent treatise on the Carabide, has made known a character which

seems effectually to distinguish this family (Platynini of American entomologists) from

the Pterostichine, thus supplying a desideratum which has been felt by systematists

from the days of Dejean and Erichson downwards. It is drawn from the subapical

margin of the elytra, which in the Anchomenine is continuous, and in the Pterostichine.

interrupted, the severed apical portion of the margin continuing as a sharp ridge along

the under surface of the elytra. It is true that there are indications of the ridge in the

Anchomenine ; but it is faintly elevated, and not distinctly continuous with the apical

part of the margin. Both subfamilies are well represented in the faunas of temperate

latitudes, and have been the subject of an immense amount of descriptive literature in

Europe and North America. |

CALATHUS.

Calathus, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. i. 1809, tabl. synopt.

M. Putzeys, in a recent monograph of Calathus and the allied genera, has described

82 species of true Calatht. With the exception of a few found in temperate North

America, and the following in Mexico, all belong to the Palearctic fauna. The Medi-

terranean subprovince seems to be their head quarters.

1. Calathus ovipennis. (Tab. IV. fig. 20.)

Calathus ovipennis, Putzeys, Monogr. d. Calathides, p. 71°.

Hab. Muxtco 1, Capulalpam, San Antonio de Arriba (Sad/é).

2. Calathus mexicanus.

Calathus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, no. 7, p. 20; Putzeys, Monogr. d. Calathides,

p- 61.

Hab. Muxtco, Jacale (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Las Vigas, Oaxaca

(Hoge).

PLATYNUS.

Platynus, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. i. 1809, tabl. syn.; Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. ii. p. 96.

Rhadine, Leconte, Geod. Col. U. States, p. 46.

Anchomenus, Bon. (partim), Schaum, Ins. Deutsch. Col. i. 1, p. 403.

To the definition of this genus given by Dejean may be added—metathoracic

. nn 2

92 ADEPHAGA.

episterna short and broad. Platynus has been generally treated by modern authors as

a section only of a much larger genus, for which many European entomologists have

adopted the name Anchomenus (Bonelli), and American entomologists that of Platynus

of the same author. The characters which distinguish it from the true Anchomeni seem

to me sufficiently important to warrant generic separation, although the limits of the

two genera may not be rigidly defined.

The more typical species of Platynus are limited in number and found in the south

of Europe; but others, receding in one or other points of structure, occur in North

America and in New Zealand ; one group, which presents peculiarities of its own, was

separated as a genus by Leconte under the name of Rhadine, which he has since with-

drawn.

1. Platynus montezume. (Tab. IV. fig. 24.)

Anchomenus montezume, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593".

“ Klongatus, gracilis, piceo-niger ; capite ovato ; oculis haud prominentibus, orbitu posteriore sensim angustato ;

thorace elongato, truncato-cordato, lateribus explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis rectis ; elytris convexis,

elongato-ovatis, punctulato-striatis, apice oblique sinuatis, marginibus basali et laterali explanato-reflexis ;

pedibus elongatis.

“Long. 44-54 lin.”

Hab. Mzxico, near the capital (Flohr) !, Cumbre del Pelado, San Antonio de Arriba

(Sallé), Esperanza (Hoge).

Named Pristonychus mexicanus, Chaudoir, MS., in the Sallé collection. The species,

in fact, resembles a small Pristonychus in its elongate slender form and long legs; but it

has none of the generic characters of that group: the claws are simple; and the elytra

are marked with the large punctures on the third interstice distinctive of the Ancho-

menid series, but wanting in Pristonychus and its allies. They are small and faintly

impressed, and likely to be overlooked, but nevertheless exist in all the examples, viz.

one (anterior) near the third stria, and two (posterior) near the second stria. The

species differs from European Platyni in its elongate, narrow, and somewhat convex

elytra. .

2. Platynus leptodes. (Platynus leptomorphus, Tab. IV. fig. 25.)

Gracillimus, castaneo-rufus, capite elytrisque fuscis (immaturo toto rufescente) ; capite longissimo et angustis-

simo, palpis articulo terminali setoso; antennis articulo tertio quam quartus distincte longiore ; thorace

valde angustato, angulis anticis haud prominentibus, posticis acutis, lateribus antice paullo rotundatis postice

gradatim ante angulum leviter sinuatis, margine laterali anguste reflexo, basali incurvato ; elytris elongato-

ovatis, subconvexis, sed margine explanato acuto, humeris nullis, apice oblique subtruncatis, angulis sutu-

ralibus acutis dehiscentibus, sericeo-opacis, striatis, interstitiis vix elevatis tertio punctis 5 inconspicuis ;

tarsis omnibus supra sulcatis.

Long. 43 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mzxico, Ciudad in Durango (forrer).

This singular species resembles, at first sight, the blind Cave-beetles (Anophthalmus).

PLATYNUS.—ANCHOMENUS. — 93

Together with the following it presents all the characters of Leconte’s genus Khadine

in a typical degree—the acuminate and dehiscent apices of the elytra, lengthened third

joint of the antenne, and grooved fore (as well as hinder) tarsi. In any revision of the

Anchomenine group of the whole world this genus would doubtless be reinstated.

3. Platynus euprepes.

Castaneo-rufus; P. larvali (Lec.) paullo minor et gracilior, capite angustiore postice gradatim attenuato ;

thorace anguste ovato, angulis anticis rotundatis haud prominentibus, posticis obtusis fere rotundatis,

margine basali medio sinuato, laterali modice equaliter explanato, minus quam in P. larvali reflexo ;

elytris elongato-ovatis, apice oblique vix sinuatim truncatis, angulis suturalibus subacuminatis dehiscen-

tibus, margine laterali explanato acuto, dorso fortiter striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis, tertio 4-punctato 5

tarsis omnibus supra sulcatis ; antennis articulo tertio quam sequens conspicue longiore.

Long. 6 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (orrer).

Distinguished from P. leptodes by its larger size and the form of the thorax,

which is elongate-oval, with explanated side margins and posterior angles blunt instead

of acute, the basal margin being emarginated only in the middle instead of being

incurved from angle to angle. The fore part of the thorax is strongly narrowed to the

obtuse anterior angles; the front edge is consequently very much less broad than in

P. larvalis. |

ANCHOMENUS.

Anchomenus, Bonelli, Obs. Ent, i. 1809, tabl. synopt.

Agonum, id. ibid.

Anchomenus (partim), Schaum, Ins. Deutsch. Col. i. 1, p. 404.

Platynus (partim), Leconte, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 1. 1879, p. 45.

Sericoda, Kirby, Fauna Boreali-Americana, iv. p. 14.

After the separation of Platynus and one or two other groups, which seem to be

sufficiently distinct, there still remain about 300 described species in this well-known

and widely-distributed genus. The great majority are confined to temperate latitudes,

in the southern as well as the northern hemisphere. Many species occur in South

Brazil and in Northern India and in Mexico; but extremely few are found in the

equatorial zone of either hemisphere.

1. Anchomenus extensicollis.

Feronia extensicollis, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. ii. 1828, p. 54°.

Anchomenus extensicollis, id. ibid. iv. 1834, p. 421; Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 113’.

Platynus extensicollis, Leconte, Complete Writings Th. Say, . p. 478.

Var. Anchomenus elongatulus, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 112°.

Hab. Norra America !23,—Mexico, Orizaba, Puebla (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

All the Mexican examples I have seen have dark legs and antenne, and dull bronzed

elytra, thus agreeing with Dejean’s description of his A. elongatulus.

94 ADEPHAGA.

2. Anchomenus cyanopis. |

Gracilis, niger, subopacus, plus minusve cyanescens, capite thoraceque interdum cyaneis, antennis palpis et

pedibus piceo-nigris ; capite ovali; thorace quam caput multo latiore, ovato, angulis posticis fere obsoletis,

lateribus leviter arcuatis postice magis quam antice angustato, margine laterali tenui, postice perparum

explanato vix elevato, supra toto levi, foveis basalibus fundo distincte impressis; elytris gracilibus, apice

oblique sinuatis, argute striatis, interstitiis planis vel paullo elevatis, tertio 5-punctato, punctis posteriori-

bus plerumque in medio interstitio sitis.

Long. 4 lin. of Q. .

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Mexico city (Flohr).

This species is confounded with A. alcyoneus in the Sallé collection ; and I received it

many years ago from Paris under the same name; but it is perfectly distinct, and more

nearly allied to A. extensicollis than to A. tristis, to which Chaudoir justly compared

his alyconeus. The form of the thorax is totally different, being a slender oval, with

lateral margins scarcely dilated or reflexed, and the surface nearly plane, the same

member in alcyoneus being transverse oval or suborbicular, with lateral margins behind

so much expanded and reflexed that the base of the thorax is rendered concave.

8. Anchomenus alcyoneus.

Agonum alcyoneum, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vil. p. 24°.

Anchomenus transpunctatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 593.

Hab. Mexico}, near the capital? (Flohr), San Antonio de Arriba (Sad/é), Las Vigas

(Hoge).

As stated above under A. cyanopis, two species have been mingled together by French

entomologists under A. alcyoneus. Unfortunately I redescribed Chaudoir's species,

misled by an erroneous determination.

4, Anchomenus anthracinus.

Agonum anthracinum, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 739°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cuernavaca, Peras, Guanajuato (Sallé), Las Vigas, Cordova (Hége).

5. Anchomenus scutifer. (Tab. IV. fig. 22.)

Anchomenus scutifer, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 594°.

“ Elongato-ovatus, niger, nitidus, supra leviter cyaneo-tinctus; antennis articulo basali rufo; capite levi,

oculis vix prominulis; thorace magno, ovato, levi; elytris thorace vix latioribus, acute et fortiter striatis,

interstitiis planis, tertio 4-5-punctato.

“Tong. 42-54 lin. g 2.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr) 1, Puebla, Toluca (Sallé), Las Vigas, Jalapa

(Hoge).

Closely allied to A. anthracinus, which is also often dark violet or black; but it differs

in the much greater relative size of the thorax, the sides of which are more broadly

explanated, especially near the hind angles.

ANCHOMENUS. 95

6. Anchomenus patinalis.

A, anthracino brevior, magis opacus, niger, antennis articulo basali rufo, tibiis tarsisque obscure fulvis ; thorace

breviter ovato vel suborbiculari, lateribus squaliter arcuatis, angulis anticis porrectis, posticis omnino

rotundatis, margine laterali squaliter explanato et versus basin reflexo, margine basali utrinque versus

angulum explanato-reflexo, supra striguloso, opaco; elytris fortiter striatis, striis fundo punctulatis,

interstitiis subconvexis, tertio punctis tribus in medio interstitio sitis.

Long. 4 lin,

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé); GuaTeMALA, Panzos (Champion).

The strongly reflexed or upturned edges of the thorax from the basal peduncle

(commencing abruptly) round the angle to the middle of the sides is a character which

distinguishes this species from A. anthracinus and A. scutifer. A similar structure is’

perceived in A. alcyoneus and the nearly allied A. placidus, Say, of the middle States of

North America.

7. Anchomenus punctiformis.

Feronia punctiformis, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ii. 1823, p. 58°.

Agonum orbicollis, id. ibid. iv. 1834, p. 4:23 *.

Agonum rufipes, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 173°.

Agonum foveicolle, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, iv. p. 764°.

Hab. Norru America 13 4,—MeExico, Alvares Mountains (Dr. Palmer)?, Guanajuato

(Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Chiapas (Sallé).

I fail to detect any difference of the slightest importance between Mexican specimens

and others from Texas and Missouri.

8. Anchomenus suturalis.

Agonum suturale, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 422°,

Hab. Mexico! (Sallé).

9, Anchomenus obsoletus.

Feronia obsoleta, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1828, ii. p. 57°.

Platynus obsoletus, Leconte, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. ii. 1879, p. 57.

Agonum luctuosum, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 172 (1828) *.

Agonum placidum, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. 227 (nec Say).

Anchomenus strigicollis, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 294°.

Hab. Norra America !2°,—Meaxico (Sallé); Guarmmaa, Tactic (Champion).

Except in being of rather smaller size, there is no apparent difference between

specimens of this species from Washington Territory and others from Central America,

10. Anchomenus cavatus.

Gracilis, piceo-niger, nitidus, antennis piceo-rufis; capite ovato, postice gradatim angustato, palpis apice flave-

scentibus; thorace angusto, quadrato, lateribus antice paullo rotundato-dilatatis, marginibus sat late

96 ADEPHAGA.

explanatis et ab angulis anticis usque ad pedunculum reflexis, rufescentibus, basi utrinque valde concava,

angulis anticis omnino rotundatis, posticis distinctis sed obtusis, lateribus paullo ante angulum sinuatis ;

elytris oblongis, humeris rotundatis, apice fortissime sinuatis, ad suturam productis, subpunctulato-striatis,

interstitiis planis, tertio foveis magnis tribus secunda et tertia totum interstitium occupantibus; tarsis

gracilibus, articulo penultimo triangulari, simplici.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Mextco, Juquila (Saldé).

In the strongly sinuated apex and the large fovee of the disk of the elytra

this species resembles the Sericoda section; but the explanated lateral margins of

the thorax and the elongated palpi are quite foreign to that section, pointing rather

towards Colpodes.

11. Anchomenus decempunctatus. (Tab. IV. fig. 23.)

Dromius decempunctatus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 310°.

Sericoda decempunctata, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii. p. 233.

Hab. Mexico, Jacale (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuateMa.a, Volcan de Agua, Ostuncalco,

Totonicapam (Champion).—Soutn America, Colombia !. |

I have not seen Colombian examples of this species. Mexican specimens were

named Sericoda corrosa(MS.) by Chaudoir in the Sallé collection. They differ slightly

from Guatemalan representatives in the less sharply-marked strigose sculpture of the

head and thorax. According to Reiche’s description, the sculpture is well marked.

The species is closely allied to Sericoda bembidioides, Kirby, from North-western

America and Canada. In all structural characters Sericoda agrees perfectly with

Anchomenus.

12. Anchomenus dominicensis.

Oblongus, castaneo-rufus, capite thoracisque disco plus minusve fuscis, elytris seneo tinctis, iridescentibus,

antennis, palpis, thoracis lateribus pedibusque fulvo-rufis; palpis subelongatis, articulo terminali quam

precedens paullo longiore ; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; thorace transverso, postice paullo magis quam

antice angustato, lateribus fortiter arcuatis, angulis anticis rotundatis, posticis distinctis sed obtusis, margine

laterali sublate reflexo-explanato, basali fere recto, foveis basalibus magnis subpunctulatis ; elytris apice

oblique parum sinuatis, ad suturam conjunctim rotundatis, fortiter striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, tertio

tripunctato puncto primo in striam tertiam impresso ; tarsis articulo quarto simplici, triangulari.

Long. 3-32 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. Mextco, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége); GUATEMALA,

Zapote, Capetillo, near the city, San Gerénimo, Cerro Zunil, Volcan de Atitlan (Cham-

pion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Cosra Rica; Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

The prominent eyes give this species an appearance different from that of the rest

of the genus; and the pale dilated margins of the thorax, as well as the iridescent

metallic colour of the elytra, give it the aspect of a Colpodes. The simple penultimate

joint in all the tarsi, however, removes it from Colpodes. The ligular structure and the

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mentum are the same as in Anchomenus. The species bears the name of Platynus

dominicensis, Mann., in the Sallé collection; but I cannot find that Mannerheiim ever

published a description of it under that name.

ELLIPTOLEUS.

Gen. Anchomeno affine; differt metathoracis episternis brevibus, transversis, epimerisque brevissimis anguste

parallelogrammicis. Caput parvum ; oculi magni, vix prominentes ; fovee frontales parum impresse.

Palpi subgraciles, articulis terminalibus versus apicem attenuatis. Mentum dente mediano simplici.

Thorax ovatus, postice omnino rotundatus; foveis basalibus obsoletis. Elytra ovata, versus humeros

angustata, ante apicem vix sinuata, margine basali utrinque valde arcuato, plica basali versus scutellum

obsoleta. Metathoracis episterna brevia, subquadrata ; epimera brevia, parallelogrammica. Pedes graciles ;

tarsi subtus parce et longe setosi, articulo penultimo simplici; antici ¢ articulis 1°-3" angustis, 2° et 3°

ovatis.

In general form the species of this genus nearest resemble Anchomenus variolatus ;

but the elytra are relatively shorter than in this or any other species of Anchomenus,,

and the facies is peculiar. The setiferous puncture, usually situated close to the hind

angle of the thorax, is, in this genus, placed on the lateral margins, some distance from

the angle.

1. Elliptoleus vixstriatus.

Anchomenus vixstriatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 594°.

“Parvus, gracilis, fusco-seneus politissimus ; palpis, antennis basi pedibusque fulvo-testaceis ; thorace sub-

cordato-ovato, angulis rotundatis; elytris ovatis, striis vix impressis, interstitiis paullulum convexis

2° bi- vel tripunctato ; metasterni episternis brevibus, latis, epimeris transversis.

“Long. 22 lin. g 2.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr)}, Las Vigas, Jalapa (Hége)..

2. Elliptoleus flavipes. (Tab. IV. fig. 21.)

Agonum flavipes, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 737°.

Longior et angustior, cupreo-fuscus nitidus, thoracis et elytrorum marginibus, labro, palpis, antennis et pedibus

melleo-flavis ; thorace ovato, postice minus angustato, marginibus (precipue versus basin) multo magis

reflexis ; elytris obsolete (versus apicem fortius) subpunctulato-striatis.

Long. 3 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico !, Las Vigas (Hage).

Dejean’s phrase “ Cétés du corselet assez fortement rebordés,” fits better the present

than the preceding species. It agrees better also in the strize being more distinct ; in

E. vixstriatus they are scarcely visible. In colours the two species are alike.

8. Elliptoleus curtulus.

Latior, thorace breviore et latiore, subrotundato, postice minime angustato, margine laterali et basali usque ad

pedunculum explanato-reflexo; cupreo-fuscus, nitidus, marginibus angustissime rufescentibus ; elytris

obsolete striatis, striis versus apicem haud profundioribus; antennis, palpis et pedibus fulvo-rufis.

Long. 37-34 lin.

Hab. Muxico, Cumbre de Pelado (Sal/é).

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER. Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, June 1882. 00

98 ADEPHAGA.

4, Elliptoleus crepericornis.

Minor, angustior, a ceteris differt antennis nigro-fuscis articulis 3 basalibus tantum pallidis; thorace fere ut

in EF. curtulo quadrato-ovato nec postice fortiter angustato (ut in #. wxstriato) nec valde elongato-

— ovato (ut in ZF, flavipede) ; palpis pedibusque marginibusque thoracis et elytrorum testaceo-fulvis; elytris

oblongo-ovatis, angustioribus, subparallelis, omnino obsolete striatis.

Long. 22-3 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Parada Capulalpam (SaJ/é).

5. Elliptoleus acutesculptus.

Paullo major, niger vix enescens, antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis; thorace breviter ovato, postice haud

angustato, marginibus reflexis; elytris subtiliter sed acute et integre striatis, interstitiis planissimis,

punctulis quatuor, tribus anterioribus juxta striam tertiam, quarto versus apicem in stria secunda

sitis.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Mxxico, near the city (Flohr in coll. Bates).

GLYPTOLENUS.

Glyptolenus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 595.

“Corpus gracile. Caput angustum, ovatum. Mentum sinu dente magno elongato. Palpi nudi, articulis termi-

nalibus cylindricis. Thorax angustus, ante medium angulatim dilatatus, dorso grosse transversim rugatus.

Elytra ampla, convexa, apice haud sinuata, supra fortiter sulcata. Prosternum apice marginatum, promi-

nulum. Metasterniepisterna elongata. Pedes graciles; tibie et tarsi fortiter sulcata; tarsorum articuli

w_4™ latitudine equales plantis pubescentibus, 4"* emarginatus.”

This genus was founded on a species remarkable for the strongly-sculptured trans-

verse rugee of the thorax. Since its publication I have found that Colpodes janthinus

(Dej.), C. ater (Chaud.), and C. nigrita (Chaud.), in which the ruge are much less pro-

nounced, or the thorax entirely smooth, belong to the same group. All are distinguished

by the linear but somewhat flattened and above deeply-grooved tarsi, the grooved sides

and outer edges of the tibie, the convex, apically rounded elytra, and the narrow

lateral margins of the thorax. It is difficult to say whether these characters are

sufficient to distinguish Glyptolenus as a genus from so polymorphic a group as Colpodes ;

but I prefer to maintain it for the present.

1. Glyptolenus rugicollis. (Tab. V. fig. 1.)

Glyptolenus rugicollis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 595°.

“ Niger, subnitidus ; thorace quam caput vix latiore, oblongo, postice sinuatim paulo angustato, angulis posticis

subrectis, supra grosse rugato; elytris latis, convexis, apice rotundatis, supra grosse profunde striatis

[striis crenatis], interstitiis convexis ; antennis, palpis, tibiis et tarsis piceo-fulvis. @.

“ Long. 37 lin.”

Hab. GuateMaLa, El Zumbador, Las Mercedes (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales

(Belt +). |

The third elytral interstice has the normal three punctures; but, being slightly

impressed, they are difficult to be distinguished from the transverse impressions or

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undulations which exist on the surface of the insect. The frontal fovea are very deeply

excavated, and the crown of the head (behind the eyes) convex. The thorax is long

and narrow, with narrow lateral veins, anterior angles distinct but not at all projecting,

and posterior angles rectangular or in some examples acute. The sides of the thorax,

at the part where it is rather broader than in the rest of the length, 7. ¢. a very little

before the middle, is more or less angulated. The transverse ruge are strongly sculp-

tured and very different from the strie noticeable in many species of Anchomenus, and

the basal fovea on each side is very long and narrow. |

2. Glyptolenus ater.

Colpodes ater, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 3581.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé*), Cordova (Sallé); Guatema.a, Cerro Zunil (Champion);

Panama 4, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Stated by Chaudoir, on M. Sallé’s authority, to be found under the bark of trees. |

3. Glyptolenus transformatus.

Preecedentibus similis, paullo angustior et thorace aliter formato; piceo-niger, subnitidus, antennis, palpis et

pedibus fulvis; thorace subcordato, convexo, antice sat fortiter rotundato (angulis rotundatis) postice

(post medium) modice angustato, margine laterali angusto, versus angulos posticos subobtusos solum

reflexo, fovea basali lata et brevi, rugulosa; elytris angustis, convexis, crenato-striatis, interstitiis subplanis,

tertio punctis tribus conspicuis.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

One example only.

CYRTOLAUS.

Corpus oblongum, convexum. Mandibule longissime, fere rect. Ligula antice angustata, setis sat

approximatis. Maxille angustz, subrecte, intus spinose et sparsim setose. Palpi (precipue maxillarium

Tarsi supra strigosi, articulo quarto anguste bilobato ; plantee dense

articulo penultimo) valde elongati.

pubescentes. Metathoracis episterna lata, brevissima.

The peculiar form of the ligula, narrowed near the apex almost as in Leptotrachelus,

induces me to separate this genus from Colpodes. The typical species have besides a

very distinct facies, due to their convex and strongly sculptured elytra, armed near the

sutural angle with a distinct spine; but the ligular structure brings within the same

genus a species in which the elytra are of normal striation. ‘The sculpture of the

surface of the tarsal joints, in which there are traces of numerous grooves or scratches,

is also agood generic character. But this irregular grooving, in the less typical species

just alluded to, is reduced on most of the joints to two short grooves placed close

together in the middle.

1. Cyrtolaus furculifer.

Elongato-oblongus, piceo-niger, subnitidus, palpis, antennis pedibusque plus minusve fulvo-piceis ; capite cum

mandibulis valde elongato, pone oculos transversim sulcato, foveis frontalibus magnis profundis; thorace

00 4

100 ADEPHAGA.

elongato, vix breviore quam latiore, lateribus fere sequaliter arcuatis, explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis

elevatis dentiformibus, fovea basali utrinque usque fere ad apicem curvatim extensa; elytris valde convexi s

humeris fortiter rotundatis, medio fere parallelis, angulo apicali suturali utrinque spina elongata armato,

dorso grosse punctato-sulcato, interstitiis costatis. .

Long. 73 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Guatemaa, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

2. Cyrtolaus spinicauda. (Tab. V. fig. 2.)

Brevius oblongo-ovatus, elytris ovatis subgibbosis, spina utrinque apicali ab angulo suturali paullo remota.

Niger nitidus, palpis antennisque fulvis, pedibus rufo-piceis; capite fere ut in C. furculifero; thorace

latiore, ovato, antice magis quam postice angustato, lateribus valde arcuatis, margine fortiter (postice

multo magis) explanato-reflexo, angulis posticis elevatis rotundatis nullo modo dentatis; elytris quam

in C. furculifero brevioribus et latioribus, ante apicem subgibbosis vel abrupte declivibus, grosse punctato-

sulcatis, interstitiis costiformibus sed minus elevatis et latioribus.

Long. 7 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Guatemaua, San Gerénimo, Purula (Champion).

The female is rather less ovate and gibbous than the male, and in this respect

approaches C. furculifer; but the species may readily be distinguished in both sexes by

the form of the hind angles of the thorax, which in C. spinicauda are completely rounded

off, and in C. furculifer form an abrupt, dentiform, salient angle.

3. Cyrtolaus lobipennis.

Oblongus, minus convexus, niger, nitidus, palpis antennisque basi piceo-rufis, femoribus castaneo-rufis; labro

angulatim emarginato; maxillis angustissimis, apice tenuiter hamatis; oculis haud prominentibus; thorace

elongato, prope apicem sat angustato, postice usque ad angulos lateribus parallelis, angulis anticis nullo

modo prominentibus, posticis rectis (sed apice obtusis) elevatis, foveis basalibus profundis linearibus, antice

versus apicem in linea minus profunda curvata continuatis; elytris versus apicem profundissime

sinuatis, apice ipso sublobiformi, humeris rotundatis, dorso valde striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis

modice convexis, tertio punctis setiferis duobus altero post medium altero prope apicem ; tarsis latis, supra

subdepressis, articulis plerumque supra bisulcatis, quarti lobis minus rotundatis.

Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, San Geronimo (Champion).

One example only, apparently a female. The deep and rather abrupt subapical

sinuation of the elytra is a remarkable feature of this species.

COLPODES.

Colpodes, Macleay, Annulosa Javanica, p. 17 (1825) ; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 289;

id. ibid. 1878, p. 278.

Loxocrepis, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, 11. p. 6 (1829).

Dyscolus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 487 (1831).

Stenocnemus, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 18387, ii. p. 29.

Ophryodactylus, Paranomus, Scaphiodactylus, Chaud. olim.

Pleurosoma, Guérin, Mag. Zool. 1844, pl. 136 (sec. Chaudoir).

Metallosomus, Omiastus, Abropus (sed non Guérin), Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864

COLPODES. 101

In his second monograph of this genus, published in 1878, Chaudoir enumerated 223

species as belonging to it; the number existing in collections, however, is far greater

than this large total. They are distributed over the warmer regions of the earth,

chiefly within the tropical zone, though they are very much less numerous in the

wooded plains near the equator than in the mountains or in latitudes further removed

north or south, Mexico, Central America, and the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador

being especially rich in species. In Southern and Eastern Asia and the neighbouring

islands the genus is also well represented; and many species occur in New Zealand,

Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands, although, singularly enough, none are yet

known from Australia or Africa. One species only is at present recorded from

temperate North America. |

Colpodes is distinguished from Anchomenus and Platynus chiefly by the form of the

penultimate joint of the tarsi, which is more or less bilobed, instead of triangular or

slightly emarginated. This peculiarity, however, is very far from being uniform ;

strongly marked in the more typical species in all the legs, the lobes being rounded

and the outer longer than the inner, it degenerates in others into a simple emargination

of the joint, the outer angle retaining its relatively greater length; but the anterior

tarsi are the least affected by the changes of form, being in all the species more or less

distinctly and equally bilobed. The soft hairy clothing of the soles of the tarsi, which

Chaudoir mentions as also a generic:character, is still less constant: in the more typical

species the hairs are numerous and soft; but in many others the tarsi present the same

scanty rows of bristles as in Platynus and Anchomenus.

A Colpodes is in most cases recognizable as an Anchomenid of long and slender form,

with legs, antenne, and palpi more elongated than in the allied genera. The colours,

though various, are seldom quite like those prevalent in Anchomenus, even when

metallic.

The species are nearly all arboreal in their mode of life; and this will reasonably

account for their tarsal structure, if, as may be supposed, they are Anchomeni and

Platyni modified to suit climbing habits.

§ 1. Episterna metathoracica brevia, postice vix angustata.

1. Colpodes prostomis.

Colpodes prostomis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 598".

“« Elongato-oblongus, niger, nitidus, elytris violaceo-tinctis, palpis gracilibus antennisque rufo-piceis ; capite

mox pone oculos angustato, collo cylindrico, supra depresso ; mandibulis valde elongatis; thorace elongato-

quadrato, supra levissimo, antice prope angulos angustato, postice longius et minus, vix sinuatim angus-

tato, angulis posticis subrectis apice obtusis, margine laterali subsequaliter explanato-reflexo; elytris

oblongis, valde convexis, apice sinuatis, fortiter (prope apicem profundius) striatis, interstitiis paullo

convexis, 3° tripunctato; metasterni episternis brevibus.

“ Tarsi articulo 4° bilobo, lobis valde inzequalibus.

“Long. 63-7 ln. ¢ 9.”

102 ADEPHAGA.

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers 1).—Panama, Volcan de

Chiriqui (Champion).

An aberrant species, much resembling Cyrtolaus lobipennis, but presenting the

generic characters of Colpodes. The mandibles are similar in their length and

straightness to Cyrtolaus, but the ligula is of the normal Anchomenid form, and the

four hind tarsi are slender, with the usual lateral groove (situated nearer the dorsal

surface than usual) on each side of the joints, the 4th joint having the usual long

narrow lobes (the exterior the longer) of Colpodes. The metathoracic episterna, though

short, have not the broad form characteristic of the first section, but are considerably

narrowed behind.

2. Colpodes stricticollis. (Tab. V. fig. 3.)

Colpodes stricticollis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 595.

“ Elongatus, niger, nitidus; palpis, antennarum articulis 4°-11™ tarsisque piceo-rufis; thorace fere orbiculari,

basi fortiter constricto, marginibus lateralibus rotundato-explanatis, supra levi, polito; elytris convexis,

marginibus lateralibus explanatis levibus, apice vix sinuatis, supra valde convexis, sulcato-striatis.

“Tarsi articulo 4° latiusculo, emarginato, subtus sublonge setoso, articulis 1°-3" quatuor posteriorum supra

bisulcatis.

“ Long. 6 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

This is another aberrant species, unlike any other member of the genus both in

general form and in the combination of structural characters. The metathoracic

episterna have nearly the same form as in C. prostomis; and the tarsi are similarly

grooved, but the fourth joint is simply emarginate, with moderately produced angles.

8. Colpodes marginicollis.

Colpodes marginicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 312; id. ibid. 1878, p. 295°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Jacale (Sallé).

4, Colpodes pterostichoides. (Tab. V. fig. 4.)

Oblongus, depressus, cupreo-piceus, antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-piceis; oculis parvis, collo crasso ; thorace

quadrato, ante medium modice angustato, angulis anticis productis, post medium fortiter sinuato sed

parum angustato, angulis posticis acutis productis, supra levi; elytris breviter oblongis, humeris subrectis,

apice sat fortiter sinuatis, subtiliter sed acute striatis, interstitiis planis tertio 3-punctato ; metathoracis

episternis brevibus; tarsis posticis utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° lato profunde emarginato; plantis omnibus

dense pubescentibus, articulo unguiculari nudo.

Tong. 53 lin. ¢ QO.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, Tehuacan, Oaxaca (ége).

Unlike any other Colpodes known to me, and in general form similar to the

Pterostichi allied to P. multipunctatus. The elytra are more metallic than the rest of

the surface, dark purplish coppery, with a slight opalescent lustre.

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5. Colpodes robustus.

Colpodes robustus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 296 '.

Hab. Mexico (Putzeys +).

This species was not met with either by M. Sallé or Herr Hoge.

6. Colpodes lugens.

Feronia lugens, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 771°.

Colpodes lugens, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 297”.

Dyscolus anchomenoides, id. ibid. 1845, p. 440,

Colpodes anchomenoides, id. ibid. 1859, p. 310.

Var. Colpodes brunnipennis, id. ibid. 1859, p. 312 ; 1878, p. 297°.

Hab. Mexico 123, near the capital (Lohr).

This species is confounded with the following (C. mestws) in the Sallé collection; and

a similar mistake was made by no less an authority than the late M. Putzeys, to whom

I sent a set of Colpode toname. There is no real difficulty, however, in distinguishing

the two, C. lugens having a much broader head, and resembling a Platysma, whilst

C. mestus has the oval head and general form of Anchomenus ) Agonum.

7. Colpodes mestus.

Feronia mesta, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 770°.

Feronia funesta, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 31°.

Colpodes tristis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 314.

Colpodes mestus, id. ibid. 1878, p. 297°.

Var. Feronia funesta, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vu. p. 31.

Var. Feronia opaca, id. ibid. p. 32. .

Hab. Mexico 123, Puebla, Toluca,. San Antonio de Arriba (Sad/é), Cuernavaca

(Boucard*), Las Vigas (Hoge), Mexico city (Flohr).

8. Colpodes transfuga.

Colpodes transfuga, Chaudoir, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 297°.

Hab. Mexico}, Parada (Sal/é).

A typical specimen, with label in M. de Chaudoir’s handwriting, is in the Sallé

collection.

9. Colpodes guatemalensis.

Colpodes guatemalensis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 298°.

Hab. Guatemata !, Quezaltenango (Champion).

I refer with some hesitation an example taken by Mr. Champion to this species, with

the description of which it agrees except in colour, being deep black with a silky gloss,

instead of “ brun foncé presque noir.”

104 - ADEPHAGA.

10. Colpodes nugax.

Anchomenus nugax, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (October), p. 594.

Colpodes neglectus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878 (November), p. 298.

‘“‘Castaneo-fuscus vel eeneo-fuscus, nitidus; palpis, antennis et pedibus piceis, raro fulvo-testaceis; thorace

quadrato, paulo ante medium subangulatim dilatato, deinde postice paulo angustato, angulis posticis

rectis, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo vix pallidiore; elytris minus rotundato-ovatis, apice

vix sinuatim oblique truncatis, supra acute striatis, interstitiis planis, 3° tripunctato, margine deflexo

interdum testaceo.

“Tong. 34 lin. § 9.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr, Sallé), Durasnil (Sadlé), Jalapa (Hoge).

M. René Oberthiir kindly compared specimens of A. nugax with M. de Chaudoir’s

types of C. neglectus, with which he found them to agree. The species is labelled

C. neglectus also in the Sallé collection. It isa small species of the mastus group,

resembling much an Anchomenus, from which genus it barely differs in tarsal structure ;

the penultimate joints, however, are a little enlarged and emarginated. The species

had been previously distributed (together with the following) by MM. Sallé and Boucard

as Anchomenus misellus (Chaud. MS.).

11. Colpodes concisus.

Anchomenus concisus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (October Ist), p. 594.

Colpodes angulosus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878 (November 27th), p. 299.

“ Fusco-eoneus, modice nitidus ; palpis, antennis, pedibus margineque deflexo elytrorum fulvo-testaceis ; capite

collo transversim depresso ; thorace subcordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis fere rectis,

margine laterali explanato-reflexo, fulvo; elytris ovatis, apice oblique sinuatis, supra acute striatis, inter-

stitiis planis, tertio tripunctato.

“ Long. 3-37 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr, Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Puebla

(Sallé), Las Vigas (Hége).

Similar to C. nugax, differing chiefly in the narrower thorax, the hind angles of which

are much produced.

12. Colpodes suffectus.

Anchomenus suffectus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 594".

“CO. conciso simillimus: differt elytris amplioribus, thorace angustiore marginibus lateralibus anguste reflexo-

marginatis, postice magis sinuatis, antice angulatim rotundatis. Castaneo-fuscus; palpis, antennis

pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, margine angusto thoracis epipleurisque elytrorum obscure testaceis ; elytris

acute striatis, apice oblique fortius sinuatis, interstitio 3° tripunctato.

“ Long. 33 lin.”

Hab. Mexico (Boucard +), Durasnil (Sallé), Mexico city (flohr).

13. Colpodes simplicior.

Anchomenus simplicior, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 595°.

“C, nugaci proxime affinis: differt tantum thorace paullulum angustiore, lateribus antice equaliter rotundatis

COLPODES. 105

nullomodo angulatis, postice vix conspicue sinuatim modice angustato, angulis fere rectis, margine laterali

angustissime explanato haud pallido: piceo-niger, vix eeneo tinctus, antennis palpis et pedibus piceo-rufis ;

elytris ovatis, subtiliter striatis etc. ut in preecedentibus.

Long. 3 lin.

_ Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr 1).

14. Colpodes gratus. (Tab. V. fig. 8.)

Colpodes gratus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596°.

“‘ Klongato-ovatus, convexior, subsneo-niger; palpis, antennis, tibiis et tarsis piceo-rufis; palpis articulo,

ultimo sublineari ; thorace ovato, lateribus equaliter rotundatis, paullo ante basin sinuatim citius angus-

tatis, angulis posticis subobtusis, margine equaliter anguste explanato; elytris apice leviter sinuatis,

interstitiis paullulum convexis, 3° puncto unico solum conspicuo.

“ Tarsi articulo 4° subtus longe setoso, quatuor anteriorum breviter bilobo, lobis inzequalibus.

“ Long. 42-5 lin. ¢ 9.”

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers 1).

M. René Oberthiir, to whom I sent examples for comparison with M. de Chaudoir’s

types, pronounced this to be unknown to the collection, but allied to C. morosus.

15. Colpodes duplex.

Colpodes duplex, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596°.

‘“¢ Klongato-ovatus, subseneo-niger, elytris purpureo-fuscis ; palpis, antennis (art. 5°-11™ dilutioribus) pedibusque

rufo-piceis; thorace quadrato, ante medium rotundato-dilatato, deinde paullo vix sinuatim angustato,

angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris apice oblique sinuatis, striatis, interstitiis planis (versus apicem convexis),

3° tripunctato, puncto anteriore interdum deficiente ; elytris raro eneo-fuscis.

‘‘ Tarsi, articulo 4° subtus sparsim longe setoso, quatuor anteriorum brevissimo bilobo.

“Tong. 33 lin. § 2.”

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers 1).

Allied to C. nugax and allies, the form of the thorax resembling nearest that of

C. simplicior ; but it is a larger insect than any member of that group, and is distin-

guished further by the strong purplish-copper tinge on the elytra.

16. Colpodes durangensis.

C. mesto affinis, sed multo major, thoracis angulis posticis rotundatis etc. Elongato-ovatus, parum convexus,

niger, subcyaneo tinctus, elytris sericeo-subopacis, palpis antennisque subrufo-piceis ; capite ovato, foveis

frontalibus vix impressis, oculis parum prominentibus; palpis apice truncatis; thorace ovato, postice

paulo magis quam antice angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, margine laterali reflexo; elytris apice

conjunctim subacuminatim rotundatis vix sinuatis, margine basali utrinque valde arcuato, dorso acute

striato, interstitiis planis tertio conspicue tripunctato; metathoracis episternis brevibus fere quadratis ;

tarsis subtus setosis, posticis quatuor utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato (anticis breviter bilobatis),

5° ciliato.

Long. 63 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (orrer).

Closely allied to C. semiopacus, but differing in the much less polished thorax (which

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is rugulose and towards the base and angles subopake), the truncated palpi, and the

scarce perceptibly sinuated elytra. Chaudoir places C. semiopacus in his second section

(‘“‘ episterna postica latitudine parum longiora”); but the episterna are very little longer

than in any of the ma@stus group, and I suspect this is a character which varies to some

extent in one and the same species.

17. Colpodes procephalus. (Tab. V. fig. 6.)

Colpodes procephalus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 597.

“ Hlongatus, vix convexus, niger; elytris purpurascentibus [vel cyaneis]; capite elongato, post oculos gradatim

angustato, collo supra haud transversim depresso, oculis haud prominulis; palpis et antennis piceis ;

thorace valde elongato, oblongo-ovato, postice paullo leviter angustato, angulis posticis obtusis vel

rotundatis, supra subtiliter transversim striato; elytris ellipticis, apice fortiter sinuatis, striatis, interstitio

3° tripunctato; metasterni episternis brevibus quadratis.

“Tarsi articulo 4° latiusculo, profunde emarginato.”

Long. 5-7 lin.

- Hab. GuaTEMALA, near the city (Salvin), Capetillo, Volcan de Agua, Totonicapam

(Champion).

Var. hondure, thorace postice fortius sed gradatim angustato, elongato-cordato, elytrisque nigris leviter

cupreo tinctis.

Hab. Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux).

Closely allied to C. semiopacus; head similarly prolonged and very gradually narrowed

behind the eyes, claw-joint of the tarsi ciliated, &c. The elytra, however, are more

sharply and strongly striated, and of a shining purple-coppery tinge. The palpi are

obtusely acuminated at the apex, and the hinder tarsi very faintly grooved on the sides.

The Honduras variety, in which the thorax is rather longer and more strongly

narrowed behind, is connected with the type form by intermediate gradations from

Capetillo.

The metathoracic episterna are much narrower and rather longer than in C. mestus,

but do not differ much in form from those of C. feronioides in the same section.

18. Colpodes semiopacus. -

Colpodes semiopacus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 822°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé +), Parada (coll. Sallé).

19. Colpodes biovatus.

Colpodes biovatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 822.

Hab. Mexico, Yolotepec (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge).

A specimen in the Sallé collection is labelled “ type,’ and bears the name in

M. de Chaudoir’s handwriting. The species is very closely allied to the three

preceding, and is (erroneously, as I think) referred by its author to his second section,

COLPODES. 107

the metathoracic episterna being short and rather broad. The basal margin of the

elytra is still more strongly curved than in the allied species, with the humeral angles

correspondingly more acute. The claw-joint of the tarsi is not ciliated.

20. Colpodes championi. (Tab. V. fig. 10.)

C. procephalo et semiopaco affinis, sed multo major, elytris convexioribus, eneis, nitidis. Valde elongatus,

politus, niger, elytris subviridi-eneis; palpis elongatis, apice obtuse acuminatis, piceo-rufis; capite longe

exserto, post oculos recte angustato, collo constricto; thorace oblongo-ovato, postice paululum magis quam

antice angustato, angulis posticis omnino rotundatis, margine reflexo; elytris elongato-ovatis, convexis,

margine basali subrecto, angulo humerali obtuso, apice sat sinuatis, dorso polito acute striato, interstitiis

planis, 3° tripunctato ; tarsis subtus dense breviter pubescentibus, posterioribus utrinque sulcatis, articulo

unguiculari ciliato; episternis posticis brevibus minus angustatis.

Long. 63-8 lin.

Hab. GuateMaa, Cerro Zunil, Las Mercedes (Champion).

21. Colpodes eueides.

0. championi similis, sed gracilior, elongato-ovatus, niger nitidus, elytris convexis cuprescentibus valde striatis,

interstitiis subconvexis tertio tripunctato, margine basali fere recto, humeris obtusis, apice sat sinuatis ;

palpis antennisque piceo-rufis, illis gracilibus apice obtuse acuminatis ; capite postice recte angustato ;

thorace ovato, postice paulo magis quam antice angustato, angulis anticis nullomodo productis, posticis

subrotundatis; tarsis subtus dense breviter pubescentibus, posterioribus utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° pro-

funde emarginato, 5° ciliato; episternis posticis brevibus sat angustis.

Long. 62 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Aceituno, Calderas (Champion).

Resembles C. severus, Chaud., with the type specimen of which I have compared. it,

and from which it differs in the non-produced anterior angles of the thorax and the

distinctly shorter metathoracic episterna.

22. Colpodes severus.

Colpodes severus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 321°.

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas (Putzeys +).

23. Colpodes teter,

Colpodes teter, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 321".

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas (Putzeys 1, Sallé).

24. Colpodes pristonychoides.

Colpodes pristonychoides, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 321°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Yolotepec (Sal/é).

The Sallé collection contains the type specimen of this distinct species.

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108 ADEPHAGA.

25. Colpodes castanipes.

Gracilis, castaneo-fuscus vel piceo-niger minus nitidus, antennis palpis et pedibus fulvo-castaneis ; capite post

oculos gradatim angustato (oculis vix prominentibus), occipite transversim depresso; thorace quadrato-

cordato postice sinuato-angustato, antice sat rotundato, angulis posticis rectis plus minusve productis et

cum margine laterali elevatis ; elytris elongatis, basi angustis margine recto, deinde gradatim usque ultra

medium modice ampliatis, prope apicem parum sinuatis, dorso acute striato, interstitiis subtiliter alutaceis,

planis, 3° tripunctato (puncto primo sepe deficiente); tarsis subtus minus dense setosis, posterioribus

utrinque sulcatis, articulo 3° triangulari, emarginato, angulis paulo productis, unguiculari nudo; episternis

posticis brevibus postice haud angustatis.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Totonicapam (Champion).

The penultimate joint of the tarsi is barely sufficiently emarginate or lobed to bring

the species within the definition of the genus Colpodes; in facies, too, it approaches

some of the Platynt. ,

26. Colpodes incultus. (Tab. V. fig. 5.)

C. atrato similis, sed differt episternis posticis brevibus etc.: paullo major, niger nitidus; palpis antennisque

(articulis basalibus exceptis) et tarsis (interdum autem tibiis) rufo-piceis; capite breviter ovali, post oculos

tumidulo, collo constricto; thorace transverso, cordato-quadrato, postice sat sinuatim angustato, antice

rotundato, angulis anticis obtusis (a collo sat distantibus), posticis productis subacutis, margine laterali vix

reflexo, dorso striguloso; elytris elongato-ovatis, postice paullo ampliatis, margine basali utrinque fortiter

arcuato, ante apicem sinuatis, dorso vix convexo, subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, 3° tri-

punctato ; tarsis subtus subdense setosis, posterioribus utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato, angulo

exteriore longiore, pedum anticorum bilobato ; episternis posticis brevibus, postice parum angustatis.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, near the city (Salvin), Totonicapam (Champion).

Very similar to C. atratus (Chaud.), but a little longer and distinguished by the

sectional character of short metathoracic episterna. Similar also to C. dugens, but with

much smaller head and narrower constricted neck, and differing also in the hind

episterna being perceptibly a little longer.

27. Colpodes evanescens. (Tab. V. fig. 7.)

Elongatus, Patrobo rufipedi haud dissimilis, piceo-niger nitidus, partibus oris, antennis et pedibus fulvo-castaneis ;

capite latius ovato, post oculos prominentes citius angustato, collo sat constricto; thorace quam caput

parum latiore, quadrato-cordato, postice subsinuatim angustato angulis fere rectis, antice modice rotundato

angulis vix productis obtusis, margine laterali angusto versus basin altius reflexo; elytris elongato-ovatis,

humeris nullis, apice parum sinuatis, margine basali brevissimo et valde arcuato, dorso obsolete subpunc-

tulatim striatis, interstitio tertio conspicue tripunctato; tarsis subtus sparsim setosis, posterioribus haud

conspicue sulcatis, articulo 4° breviter bilobo (posticorum lobis brevissimis), lobo exteriore paullo longiore ;

episternis posticis brevibus sed paullo angustatis.

Var. 1. Thoracis angulis posticis obtusioribus fere rotundatis, pedibusque fusco-castaneis.

Var. 2. Minor (33 lin.), thorace rufescente, angulis valde obtusis.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Totonicapam (Champion).

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In colours and in the elongated form similar to C. castanipes, but the head of totally

different shape, and the elytra obsoletely striated.

The varieties occur in the same locality as the type form.

28. Colpodes sphodroides.

Colpodes sphodroides, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 309; id. ibid. 1878, p. 822°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca! (Hodge), Parada (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

29. Colpodes forreri. (Tab. V. fig. 9.)

C. sphodroidi et biovato affinis, sed longior et gracilior, elytris cyaneo-nigris depressis subopacis ; capite ovato,

oculis modice prominentibus, genis post oculos sat tumidis, collo constricto; palpis apice recte truncatis ;

thorace angusto, ovato, depresso, postice gradatim angustato angulis posticis omnino rotundatis; elytris

elongato-ovatis post medium latioribus, versus basin sensim angustatis, margine basali arcuato, angulo

humerali paullo producto, apice sinuatis, dorso tenuiter striatis, interstitiis planis 3° conspicue tripunctato ;

tarsis subtus subdense spinosis, posticis utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato, lobis acutis aqualibus,

5° haud ciliato; episternis posticis quam in C. sphodroide paullo longioribus.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (forrer).

30. Colpodes ebeninus.

Colpodes ebeninus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 310.

Hab. Mexico, Santecomapan (Sallé).

31. Colpodes bispinis.

Elongato-ovatus, dorso postice gradatim declivo et planato; niger nitidus, elytris cupreo-eneis; capite sat elon-

gato, genis pone oculos sat dilatatis gradatim angustatis, collo subconstricto, foveis frontalibus magnis,

profundis ; thorace quadrato, polito, antice curvatim angustato (haud dilatato), angulis anticis rotundatis

collo approximatis, postice vix angustato, angulis rectis, margine laterali explanato-reflexo ; elytris prope

apicem valde sinuato-angustatis, apice ipso (haud procul a sutura) valde spinoso, basi latis, humeris rotun-

datis, striatis, interstitiis planissimis, 3° tripunctato; tarsis gracilibus, subtus sat pilosis, posterioribus

extus sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato, lobo exteriore elongato, pedum anteriorum longe bilobato ; episternis

posticis brevibus et latis sed postice sat angustatis.

Long. 63 lin.

Hab. Costa Rica (Dr. Horn, coll. Bates).

A remarkable species, apparently allied to C. spinipennis, but well distinguished by

the elytra being convex (and that slightly) only at the anterior fourth of their length,

gradually sloping thence and flattened to the apex, and by their striz being extremely

fine, though sharply impressed, and punctulated or subinterrupted towards the sides and

apex. The head and thorax are smooth, highly polished, and brassy black, with the

sides of the latter (slightly transparent and rufous) explanated and strongly reflexed

from the anterior to the posterior angles. The elytra are also highly polished, brownish

brassy with a coppery tinge. The legs are long and slender. ‘The metathoracic

epimera are almost as short as in C. ma@stus, but are distinctly narrowed behind.

110 | ADEPHAGA.

32. Colpodes prolixus.

Colpodes prolixus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 5977.

« Elongatus, gracilis, pedibus antennisque valde elongatis, castaneo-piceus, palpis, pedibus et antennis rufo-

piceis ; capite elongato-ovato, post oculos crasso, rotundato, oculis vix prominulis, collo paullo angustato,

supra transversim depresso; thorace quam caput vix latiore, cordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis

postice rectis, apice obtusis; elytris oblongo-ellipticis, apice extus oblique truncatis, apud suturam trian-

gulariter excisis, angulo apicali dentiformi, supra punctulato-striatis, interstitio 3° tripunctato ; metasterni

episternis brevissimis.

“Tarsi articulo 4° profunde emarginato, lobulis valde inzequalibus.

“ Long. 6 lin.”

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers)1.

Unlike any other species known tome. In the length of the legs, in colour, and in the

armature of the apices of the elytra it bears some resemblance to C. melanocnemis ; but

the short metathoracic episterna place it in a totally different section. The head also

is of a very different form, being remarkably broad behind the scarcely prominent eyes.

The antenne are extremely long.

83. Colpodes lyrophorus. (Tab. V. fig. 13.)

Colpodes lyrophorus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 319.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sailé).

84. Colpodes amplicollis.

Colpodes amplicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 320.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sal/é).

35. Colpodes nebrioides.

Dyscolus nebrioides, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 18.

Colpodes nebrioides, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 342; id. ibid. 1878, p. 320.

Dyscolus cupripennis, Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 57 (1834) ?

Hab. Mexico, Jacale (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hége).

36. Colpodes cyanipennis.

Dyscolus cyanipennis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 12.

Colpodes cyanipennis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 341; id. ibid. 1878, p. 320.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sailé).

37. Colpodes purulensis.

C. amplicoll simillimus, sed gracilior, episternis posticis (ut in C. cyanipenni) angustioribus elytrisque tripunc-

tatis. Gracilis, sicut Anchomenus, niger nitidus, palpis antennis pedibusque rufescenti-piceis ; capite sat

parvo, oculis modice prominentibus, collo subconstricto ; thorace late cordato vel subcyathiformi, medio

rotundato-dilatato, mox ante basin valde angustato, angulis posticis productis acutis, margine laterali toto

reflexo; elytris elongato-ovatis, margine basali brevi valde arcuato, humeris late rotundatis, apice sat

sinuatis et apud suturam productis, dorso parum convexo, punctulato-striato, interstitiis paululum convexis,

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3° tripunctato; tarsis subtus sparsim setosis, posterioribus extus subsulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato extus

haud lobato ; episternis posticis ut in C. cyanipenni sat brevibus sed subangustatis.

Long. 4—43 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Purula (Champion).

38. Colpodes intergeneus.

Colpodes intergeneus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596°.

“ Gracilis, piceo-niger ; elytris purpureo-fuscis; palpis, antennis pedibusque pallide testaceis; capite collo supra

transversim depresso; thorace angusto, quadrato, antice paulo rotundato-dilatato, postice vix sinuatim

modice angustato, angulis posticis distinctis subobtusis, margine laterali angusto ; elytris elongato-ovatis,

apice oblique (haud sinuatim) truncatis, supra subtiliter subpunctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio

3-punctato.

“ Tarsi 2 antici articulo 4° latiusculo, breviter bilobo, subtus longe setoso.”

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers ').

Not unlike the common European Anchomenus albipes, except for its lustre and

metallic coloration. It is evidently allied to C. gratus; but the metathoracic episterna

are considerably narrower (though not longer), similar in form, in short, to the

C. cyanipennis group. |

39. Colpodes chiriquinus. (Tab. V. fig. 11.)

C. intergenco proxime affinis, at major thoraceque latiore suborbiculari. Politus, niger, elytris eneis, subopale-

scentibus, antennis palpis pedibusque flavis; capite ovato, collo sat crasso transversim sulcato, foveis

frontalibus profundis; thorace antice valde rotundato, convexo, prope basin constricto, marginibus angustis

reflexis juxta angulos subrectos sinuatis, foveis basalibus profundis subrotundatis, sulcisque valde impressis ;

elytris elongato-ovatis, apice oblique vix sinuatim rotundatis, basi utrinque vix arcuata, humeris late

rotundatis, dorso punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planatis, 3° tripunctato ; tarsis gracilibus subtus sparsim

longe setosis, articulo 4° brevissime equaliter bilobo ; episternis metathoracis brevibus sed angustatis.

Long. 42 lin. .

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

40. Colpodes delicatulus.

Colpodes delicatulus, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 323°.

Hab. Mexico (A. Deyrolle’).

41. Colpodes aurotinctus.

Colpodes aurotinctus, Bates, Proce. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 598'. |

“ Parvus, elongato-ovatus, supra nigro-zneus ; elytris aurato-neis viridi tinctis, politis; palpis, antennis,

trochanteribus et tarsis rufo-piceis ; corpore subtus, femoribus tibiisque nigro-piceis ; capite gracili, collo

angustato, supra transversim depresso; thorace quadrato, lateribus fere regulariter paullo rotundatis,

postice paullulum magis quam antice angustato, angulis obtusis, margine explanato rufescente ; elytris

ovatis, subtiliter acute striatis, interstitiis planissimis ; metasterni episternis vix elongatis.

“Long. 33 lin.

« Tarsi articulo 4° quatuor anteriorum profunde emarginato vel bilobo, duorum posteriorum modice emarginato,

lobulis paullo ineequalibus.”

Hab. Cosra Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers?).

112 ADEPHAGA.

Closely allied to C. delicatulus (Chaud.), according to M. René Oberthiir, who kindly

compared an example with the types of Chaudoir in his collection.

§ 2. Episterna metathoracica elongata, postice gradatim angustata.

42. Colpodes aphedrus. (Tab. V. fig. 12.)

Colpodes aphedrus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 821; id. ibid. 1878, p. 326°.

Hab. Mxxtco, Ventanas, 2000 feet (Forrer), Orizaba1, Cordova (Sallé), Cerro de

Plumas (Hége) ; Guatemata, Las Mercedes, Zapote (Champion).

43. Colpodes cyanides.

C. aphedro quoad formam simillimus, sed episternis posticis basi latioribus corporeque toto cyaneo sat nitido.

Elongato-oblongus, saturate cyaneus, palpis apice tarsisque rufo-piceis ; capite breviore, post oculos citius

angustato, oculis magis prominentibus; thorace quadrato-ovato lateribus arcuatis, marginibus late expla-

nato-reflexis, angulis posticis obtusis, dorso transversim striato ; elytris elongato-oblongis, argute punctu-

lato-striatis, interstitiis planis, 3° tripunctato; tarsis subtus dense pilosis, posterioribus sulcis subdorsalibus

utrinque duobus, articulo tertio bilobo, lobo exteriore valde elongato.

Long. 7 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Tocoy (Champion).

One example only of this fine and distinct species appears to have been met with by

Mr. Champion.

44, Colpodes horni.

Elongato-oblongus, sat convexus, subcyanescenti-niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis et tarsis rufo-piceis; capite

antice cum mandibulis elongato, mox post oculos prominentes subito angustato, collo sat constricto ; palpis

valde elongatis; antennis quam dimidium corporis haud longioribus; thorace transverso, antice magis

quam postice angustato, lateribus valde arcuatis, margine late explanato-reflexo, apicali sat emarginato,

angulis posticis rectis; elytris oblongis, humeris rotundatis, apice sat sinuatis, margine basali arcuato,

dorso punctato-striato, interstitiis convexiusculis, 3° tripunctato; tarsis angustis, subtus breviter setosis,

posterioribus utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° bilobato, lobo exteriore multo longiore.

Long. 63 lin.

Hab. Costa Rica (Dr. Horn, coll. Bates).

Similar in its oblong form, with relatively long elytra, to C. aphedrus, but much

more convex, and the thorax different in outline, being much narrowed towards the

head, and the lateral flattened margins much wider and more reflexed.

45. Colpodes porrectus.

Colpodes porrectus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 826’.

Hab. Mexico (A. Deyrolle +).

46. Colpodes brachyderus.

Colpodes brachyderus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 327.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé).

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47. Colpodes macrous.

Colpodes macrous, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 828°.

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas }.

Not represented in the Sallé collection.

48. Colpodes olivaceus.

Colpodes olivaceus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 328.

Hab. Mexico, Parada, Capulalpam (Saldé).

49. Colpodes striatopunctatus.

Colpodes striatopunctatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 382; 1878, p. 329.

Hab. Muxtco, Cordova-(Sallé).

50. Colpodes rubidus.

Colpodes rubidus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 329.

Hab. Muxico, Juquila (Boucard, coll. Sallé).

51. Colpodes letiusculus.

Colpodes letiusculus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 329.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Boucard, coll. Sallé).

52. Colpodes fragilis.

Colpodes fragilis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 329°.

Hab. Mexico (A. Deyrolle').

53. Colpodes agilis. (Tab. V. fig. 14.)

Colpodes agilis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 330°.

Hab. Mexico, Huachinango (A. Deyrolle +), Jalapa (Hoge).

54. Colpodes subauratus.

C. letiusculo similis, sed longior, thorace angulis posticis rectis, tarsisque posterioribus intus et extus sulcatis.

Elongatus, gracilis, testaceo-fulvus, capite, thoracis disco pectoreque castaneis, elytris (marginefulvo excepto)

viridi-eneis auronitentibus; capite, ut in O. letiusculo et C.diluto, parvo, ovato; thorace subcordato-qua-

drato, antice leviter rotundato, postice parum angustato, ante angulos subrectos subsinuato, margine modice

explanato-reflexo ; elytris elongatis, angustis, postice paullulum ampliatis, argute striatis, interstitiis planis ;

tarsis subtus longe setosis, articulo 4° profunde emarginato (pedum anticorum bilobato) lobis equalibus, 5°

haud ciliato.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge).

Resembles C. olivaceus and letiusculus, and almost identical with them in tarsal

structure, except that the joints are sulcated on the inner as well as the outer sides—a

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character which, on Chaudoir’s artificial system, places it in a widely different

group. From C. agilis it differs in its larger size and in the thorax being longer and

scarcely constricted behind. In the colour of the elytra it is precisely similar to that

species.

55. Colpodes tenuicornis.

Colpodes tenuicornis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 333; 1878, p. 331.

Colpodes cycloderus, Chaudoir, 1859, p. 335; 1878, p. 331.

Stenocnemus versicolor, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 308.

Var. Elytrorum interstitiis convexiusculis.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Chiapas (Sallé); Guatemata, near the city (Salvin), Zapote,

Sabo, Duefias, Las Mercedes, San Gerdénimo, Cerro Zunil, Panajachel (Champion) ;

Nicaraaua (Sallé); Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Volean de Chiriqui (Champion),

Obispo (Salvin).

Var. Guatemata, Totonicapam, Quezaltenango (Champion).

56. Colpodes prolongatus.

Colpodes prolongatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 600’.

“ Valde elongatus, elegans, viridi-zeneus, elytris lete aureo-cupreis; capite pone oculos elongato, gradatim

angustato; thorace ovali, angulis posticis rotundatis; elytris apice sinuatis, longe productis sed haud

spinosis, striatis, striis passim eequaliter fortiter incisis, interstitiis planis.

“Tarsi articulo quarto 2 anteriorum bilobo, 4 posteriorum emarginato, lobulis haud prolongatis.

* Articulo unguiculari biseriatim setoso.

“ Long. 67 lin.”

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belé 1).

Differs from C. tenuicornis only by its broader form, and especially its broader thorax

regularly arcuated on its sides. It is probably only an extreme variety.

57- Colpodes ceruleus.

Colpodes ceruleus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 335; 1878, p. 331.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Cuernavaca, Juquila, Capulalpam (Saillé), Jalapa (Hége).

58. Colpodes crossomerus.

Colpodes crossomerus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. sal.

Hab. Guatemaua (Putzeys 1).

Mr. Champion appears not to have met with this species.

59. Colpodes columbinus.

‘Colpodes columbinus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 332 !.

Hab. Mexico’ (Sallé).

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60. Colpodes sexfoveolatus. |

Colpodes sexfoveolatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 332.

fab. Muxico (Saidé).

61. Colpodes longipes.

Colpodes longipes, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 338.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé).

62. Colpodes monachus.

Feronia monacha, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 7721.

Hab. Mexico1, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

This species was excluded from the genus Colpodes by Chaudoir. I find a label, in

his handwriting, attached to a specimen in the Sallé collection inscribed “gen. nov.,

menti dente bifido ;” but the bifid mentum-tooth is not of generic value in the group

of which Colpodes forms part, Chaudoir himself, in his monograph of 1859, giving a

great range of form of the tooth in his generic diagnosis. The shape of the fourth tarsal

joint is probably the character which induced him to exclude the species, this joint

being simply emarginated, even in the anterior legs; but the tarsi agree with the more

typical species of the genus in being rather densely clothed with sete beneath ; and the

long legs and general form of the insect agree better with Colpodes than with Anchomenus.

The upper surface of the joints in the posterior tarsi is bisulcate, the sulci subdorsal

and approximated.

63. Colpodes chloreus.

C. monacho proxime affinis, differt tantum colore supra cyanescenti-viridi.

Long. 53-63 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé, Boucard).

Of similar elongate, convex form to C. monachus, and differing very little, except in

colour, from that species. The thorax, however, appears shorter, a little more narrowed

towards the head, and more abruptly sinuated posteriorly, the widest part being near

the middle and not anterior to it as in C. monachus.

64. Colpodes acuminatus.

Dyscolus acuminatus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 185 (1835).

Stenocnemus Chevrolati, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 10.

Colpodes acuminatus, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 839; 1878, p. 335".

Var. Paulo robustior et latior, spinis apicalibus brevioribus.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Jalapa (Hoge).

Var. Maxico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

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65. Colpodes pallidipes.

Dyscolus (Stenocnemus) pallidipes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1850, 1. p. 381.

Colpodes pallidipes, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 8339; 1878, p. 835".

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Juquila (Hoge) ; Cvamamelits near the city Zapote

Balheu ( Champion).

The examples from Guatemala and Juquila have the elytra more deeply striated than

those from Cordova.

66. Colpodes melanocnemis. (Tab. V. fig. 19.)

Colpodes melanocnemis, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 335’.

Hab. Mexico, Parada (Sailé); Guatemata, near the city, San Joaquin, Balheu

(Champion) ; Costa Rical.

67. Colpodes megalops.

C. pallidipedt prima facie simillimus, sed differt elytris nullomodo spinosis oculisque valde prominentibus.

Elongatus, gracilis, cyaneo-niger nitidus, pectore, abdomine, pedibus, palpis et antennis rufis, harum

articulis 4°-11™ apice infuscatis ; capite post oculos magnos prominentes subito angustato ; thorace breviter

cordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis oblique truncatis, supra strigoso; elytris prope

apicem sat abrupte declivibus, vix sinuatis, striis fortiter impressis, interstitiis planis, 3° tripunctato ;

tarsis gracilibus, omnibus bisulcatis, articulo 4° bilobato, pedum posticorum lobo exteriore vix longiore,

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

The hind angles of the thorax are peculiarly placed—the true angle, as marked by

the setiferous puncture, being lateral and a little anterior to the apparent angle, giving

the appearance of being obliquely truncated.

68. Colpodes spinifer. (Tab. V. fig. 15.)

C. variabili subsimilis, sed differt elytris apice valde spinosis. Olivaceo-cneus modice politus, subtus castaneo-

fuscus, elytrorum margine deflexo pallido, palpis, antennis, trochanteribus et tarsis rufescenti-piceis ; capite,

sicut in C. variabili, ovato, post oculos haud tumidos gradatim angustato; thorace subcordato-ovato, postice

modice angustato, ante angulos posticos subrectos paullulum sinuato, margine laterali sat explanato-

reflexo; elytris juxta apicem sinuato-angustatis, prope suturam utrinque in spinam validam acutissimam

(basi lata) prolongatis, dorso subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planissimis, 3° conspicue tripunctato ;

tarsis omnibus bisulcatis, articulo 4° bilobato, lobo exteriore elongato.

Long. 6—63 lin.

Hab. GuateMata, Dueiias, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

69. Colpodes deyrollei.

Colpodes deyrollei, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 3367.

Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle) 1.

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70. Colpodes niger.

Colpodes niger, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 352; 1878, p. 337°.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba1!, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemata; San Joaquim, San Juan

(Champion); Panama}, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

71. Colpodes unilobatus.

C. nigro affinis, supra olivaceo-niger, nitidus, antennis palpis et pedibus rufescenti-piceis ; capite pone oculos

sat prominentes subito angustato ; thorace breviusculo, quadrato-cordato, postice modice sinuatim angustato,

angulis posticis acutis, margine laterali latius explanato modice reflexo; elytris oblongis, humeris late

rotundatis versus apicem parum sinuatis, apice ipso subtruncato, angulo suturali breviter dentato, dorso

basin versus striato-punctatis, striis postice gradatim profundioribus et minus punctatis; tarsis gracilibus,

omnibus bisulcatis, posteriorum sulcis dorsalibus, articuli 4% lobo exteriore valde elongato (interiore

nullo).

Long. 5 lin,

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); GuateMaa, Cerro Zunil, Las Mercedes, El Tumbador

(Champion).

Allied to C. niger, and also to C. lamprotus, but distinguished from the latter by the

unilobular fourth joint of the hindmost tarsi, the broader thorax, and dark olive-black

elytra.

72. Colpodes melanius.

Minus elongatus, niger politus, antennis, palpis et pedibus piceo-rufis, femoribus obscurioribus ; capite lato, mox

pone oculos valde prominentes subito angustato ; thorace late cordato, valde transverso et rotundato, postice

sinuato-constricto, angulis posticis productis acutis, margine sat late explanato-reflexo; elytris breviter

oblongis, convexis, humeris late rotundatis, apice obtusis vel breviter truncatis, dorso apud basin et

discum striato-punctatis, versus latus et apicem striis gradatim profundioribus; tarsis omnibus bisulcatis,

posticis articulo 4° extus longe lobato,

Long. 4-43 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

Allied to C. niger, but much broader. Possibly identical with C. sinwosus, Chaudoir,

the very imperfect description of which leaves one in doubt; the thorax of C. melanius,

however, appears to be much broader, and the elytra cannot be said to have a “reflet

olivatre.”

73. Colpodes opalescens.

C. melanio similis, sed differt elytris opalescentibus, prope apicem tantum striatis. Oblongus, niger politus, elytris

opalescentibus, antennis articulis basi tarsisque rufescentibus; thorace late cordato, valde transverso et

rotundato, postice perparum sinuato, angulis posticis vix productis, rectis; elytris oblongis conyexis,

politissimis, striato- punctulatis, s striis prope apicem tantum insculptis; tarsis bisulcatis, posticis articulo

4° extus longe lobato.

Long. 43 lin.

- Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

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74. Colpodes subcyaneus.

Colpodes subcyaneus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 339°.

Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle) 1.

75. Colpodes xquinoctialis.

Ophryodactylus equinoctialis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1850, i. p. 282.

Colpodes equinoctialis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 339; 1878, p. 339°.

Hab. Muxico, Chiapas (Sallé); Guaremata (Sallé), near the city (Champion).—Sovutu

America, Colombia 1, Venezuela, Bolivia.

An example sent home by Champion, and two from Chiapas, in the Sallé collection,

agree perfectly with numerous specimens with which I have compared them from

Venezuela and Colombia. A Guatemalan specimen in the Sallé collection is smaller

and of a more violet hue, but does not agree in form or sculpture with Chaudoir’s

description of the allied C. subcyaneus.

76. Colpodes lamprotus. (Tab. V. fig. 18.)

C. valido similis et affinis, sed minor et differt tarsis posticis articulo 4° extus longe lobato; tarsis omnibus

bisuleatis, pedum posteriorum sulcis dorsalibus. Niger, nitidus, elytris olivaceo-eneis, aureo- (raro

cupreo-) relucentibus; capite ut in C. variabili subangusto; thorace quadrato-cordato, postice quam in

C. cordato et variabili minus angustato, ante angulos posticos rectos sinuato, margine laterali sat expla-

nato-reflexo ; elytris paullo convexis, humeris late rotundatis, apice valde sinuatis, apice ipso (a sutura

remoto) utrinque triangulariter producto, dorso subtilissime punctulato-striatis, striis 1* et 2* apice pro-

funde insculptis, interstitiis planissimis, 3° punctis magnis tribus.

Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil, Sabo, Purula (Champion).

Liable to be confounded with C. cordatus and variabilis, though distinct in its olive-

green relucent coloration. The thorax is not nearly so much narrowed and sinuated

posteriorly as in C. cordatus ; and the elytral strie are much more faintly impressed

and punctulated.

77. Colpodes purpuratus.

Dyscolus purpuratus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 875, no. 43°.

Colpodes purpuratus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 340.

Dyscolus chalcopterus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 875. no. 442.

Colpodes chalcopterus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 340°.

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, Rio Sucio (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui

(Champton).—Soutn America, Colombia ! 23,

A specimen from Costa Rica, which I sent to M. de Chaudoir, was returned with the

name C. purpuratus, Reiche; but the Central-American specimens differ from all the

Colombian examples with which I have compared them in the much fainter elytral

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strie, which are not impressed, except for a short distance near the apex. The species

was placed by Chaudoir in the same subsection as C. variabilis, “tarsi postici extus

haud lobati;” but the hind tarsi are very distinctly lobed exteriorly, though the lobes

are not quite so long and narrow as in C. acuminatus and its allies.

78. Colpodes cordatus.

Colpodes cordatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 8387; 1878, p. 340.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé); GuatemaLa, Cerro Zunil, San Gerdénimo, Purula

(Champion).

79. Colpodes validus.

Colpodes validus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 342; 1878, p. 340.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge).

80. Colpodes variabilis.

Dyscolus variabilis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, ii. p. 15.

Colpodes variabilis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 340; 1878, p. 340.

Dyscolus cupripennis, Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 57 (1835) ?

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Izucar, Toxpam, Durasnal, Yolos (Sadlé), Jalapa (Hoge) ;

British Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux); GuateMaLa, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil,

San Lucas, Calderas (Champion).

Variable in colour; the brilliant purple-coppery form, so prevalent in Mexico, does

not appear to occur in Guatemala, all the specimens from which are brassy olivaceous.

A specimen labelled C. propinquus, MS., in Chaudoir’s handwriting, from Puebla,

in the Sallé collection, has the thorax much less cordate and narrowed behind than

usual.

81. Colpodes violaceipennis.

Colpodes violaceipennis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 340; 1878, p. 340'.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge, Fenochio).

82. Colpodes brullei.

Anchomenus brullei, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 23.

Colpodes brullei, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 330; 1878, p. 341.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sa/llé).

83. Colpodes femoralis. (Tab. V. fig. 16.)

Colpodes femoralis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 341.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sailé), Cerro de Plumas (Hoge).

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84. Colpodes gracilis.

Colpodes gracilis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 880; 1878, p. 342.

Hab. Mexico}.

This species is not in the Sallé collection.

85. Colpodes dilutus.

Colpodes dilutus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 382 (excl. descript.) ; 1878, p. 342.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sal/é).

Chaudoir, in his later monograph, states that he confounded three species in his

prior description. There is an example bearing the name dilutus in his own hand-

writing in the Sallé collection; but whether it is a type of his first or his second

description is not specified.

86. Colpodes zunilensis.

C. diluto affinis, differt thoracis margine sat late explanato, pallido. Nigro-fuscus, politus, elytris cupreo-eneis,

antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; capite convexo, collo constricto; thorace cordato-quadrato, postice

sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis subrectis elevatis, margine late explanato-reflexo; elytris oblongis,

postice parum ampliatis, versus apicem sinuatis, apice utrinque sat producto, juxta saturam vix oblique

subtruncato, dorso subpunctulatim striato, interstitiis planis, 3° tripunctato; tarsis gracilibus bisulcatis

(pedum anteriorum sulcis fere obsoletis), articulo quarto emarginato.

Long. 4} lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

The. species resembles C. dilutws in the very feebly produced angles of the fourth

tarsal joint, which do not form lobes even in the front legs.

87. Colpodes incomis.

Minor, nigro-piceus nitidus, elytris olivaceis, palpis, pedibus antennisque piceis (his articulis 4 basalibus obscuri-

oribus) ; capite modice elongato, post oculos modice prominentes angustato, collo subconstricto; thorace

quadrato-cordato (fere ut in C. variabili), postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis rectis, margine sat

explanato-reflexo interdum rufescente; elytris oblongis, parum elongatis, subparallelis, apice sinuatis,

modice productis, margine basali valde arcuato ad humeros angulato, dorso profunde striatis, interstitiis

paullulum convexis; tarsis omnibus sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Balheu (Champion).

Differs from the allied species of the same group by the strongly impressed elytral

strice and slightly raised interstices. |

88. Colpodes nitidus.

Discolus nitidus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1887, iii. p. 8.

Colpodes nitidus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 819; 1878, p. 346%.

Colpodes planicollis, Chaudoir, 1859, p. 320.

Hab. Mexico ', near the capital (Fohr).

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An example sent to M. René Oberthiir for comparison with Chaudoir’s types was

returned to me named C. nitidus. It resembles C. sphodroides, and has not much

narrower metathoracic epimera than that species. The depth and width of the tarsal

sulci vary greatly ; in some specimens the grooves are quite indistinct.

89. Colpodes: incommodus.

Colpodes incommodus, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 3477.

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas (Putzeys +).

90. Colpodes lyratus.

Colpodes lyratus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 347.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Capulalpam, Cuernavaca, Durasnal

(Sallé), Jalapa, Paso del Macho, Oaxaca (Hége); GuatTeMata, near the city (Champion).

91. Colpodes lactipes. (Tab. V. fig. 17.)

Colpodes lactipes, Bates, Proc. Zool Soc. 1878, p. 597°.

‘“‘ Nigro-piceus, pedibus albo-testaceis, palpis antennisque rufo-testaceis; labro et mandibulis piceo-rufis ;

thorace cordato, antice fortiter rotundato, postice valde angustato, ante angulos breviter recto; elytris

amplis, convexis, apice sinuatis, iridescentibus, striatis, interstitio 3° tripunctato; metasterni episternis

elongatis.

** Tong. 5 lin.

“‘Tarsi articulo 4° latiusculo, pedum 2 anteriorum breviter bilobo, 4 posteriorum emarginato.”

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt)1.

Closely allied to C. lyratus, but the thorax much more rounded anteriorly and more

constricted (with sinuated margin) behind; the antennz and legs are much lighter-

coloured.

92. Colpodes leucoscelis.

C. lyrato subsimilis, paullo gracilior, tarsorum posticorum articulo 4° extus lobato etc. Elongatus, cupreo-

fuscus nitidus, antennis, palpis pedibusque pallide fulvo-testaceis, femoribus paullo obscurioribus; oculis

sat prominentibus; thorace fere ut in C. lyrato cordato, angulis posticis fere rectis margine angusto,

reflexo; elytris postice oblique sinuatis, apice usque ad suturam breviter subtruncato, dorso striato-

punctato versus apicem striis gradatim profundioribus, interstitio 3° tripunctato; tarsis anticis haud

distincte sulcatis, posterioribus bisulcatis.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. GuateMaua, Pantaleon (Champion).

93. Colpodes obscurus.

Colpodes obscurus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 322; 1878, p. 347.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sai/é).

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94. Colpodes atratus.

Colpodes atratus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 323; 1878, p. 348°.

Colpodes obscurellus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596°.

Hab. Mxxico}, Orizaba, Juquila (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge); GuaTemana (Sal/é) ;

Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers?); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—

SoutH AMERICA, Colombia}.

95. Colpodes quadridentatus.

Elongatus, piceo-niger, nitidus, elytris violaceo-relucentibus, antennis palpis et pedibus castaneo-rufis ; capite

ovato, post oculos sat prominentes gradatim angustato, collo constricto; thorace quadrato-ovato, transverso,

lateribus fere eequaliter arcuatis margineque late explanato-reflexo, angulis posticis late rotundatis, posticis

distinctis, obtusis, fere rectis ; elytris elongato-oblongo-ovatis, medio dorso convexis, apicem versus planatis,

apice ipso utrinque bidentatis, dente exteriore longiore fere spinoso, dente suturali parvo, margine prope

apicem oblique sinuato, dorso profunde punctulato-striato, interstitiis fere planis, 3° tripunctato ; tarsis

omnibus latis, subtus dense pilosis, extus (articulo primo intus) sulcatis, articulo 4° bilobato, lobo exteriore

lato et elongato.

Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Costa Rica (Dr. Horn, coll. Bates).

Fits into none of the groups in Chaudoir’s classification. In general form it resembles

C. buckleyi and C. longipennis, and in tarsal structure approaches C. cwruleomarginatus

and its allies.

96. Colpodes cyanonotus.

Dyscolus cyanonotus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1850, 1. p. 386.

Colpodes cyanonotus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 344; 1878, p. 349°.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to

3000 feet (Champion).—Soutu America, Colombia }.

97. Colpodes cyanostolus.

Colpodes cyanostolus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 598".

“O. cyanonoto affinis; differt thoracis angulis posticis fere rotundatis. Oblongus, violaceo- vel chalybeo-niger,

supra ceruleus; thorace lateribus regulariter rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris subtilissime

punctulato-striatis, striis apice haud profundioribus.

“Tarsi articulo quarto bilobato, lobis valde ineequalibus.

«‘ Long. 52 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt)!.

An example of this species submitted to M. René Oberthtr was returned as new to

the Chaudoir collection.

98. Colpodes chontalensis. |

Colpodes chontalensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 598°.

“CO, cyanonoto affinis, niger; elytris viridi-eneis, fortiter punctulato-striatis, striis apice haud profundioribus,

-COLPODES. 128

interstitiis paulo convexis; thorace quadrato, lateribus regulariter rotundatis, postice haud sinuatis ;

antennis rufo-piceis.

“Tong. 54 lin.”

- Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).

99. Colpodes transversicollis.

Colpodes transversicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 343; 1878, p. 350°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

100. Colpodes picicornis.

Colpodes picicornis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 350.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saldé).

101. Colpodes proteinus.

Valde elongatus, niger, elytris fusco-eneis nitidis, antennis, palpis, tibiis et tarsis piceo-rufis; capite elongato,

post oculos vix prominentes gradatim angustato; thorace ovato, angusto, lateribus squaliter sed paullo

arcuatis, angulis rotundatis, margine equaliter et modice explanato-reflexo, basi levi; elytris basi

paullulum angustioribus, apice sinuatis modice productis, dorso acute striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio

tripunctato; tarsis bisulcatis, sulcis subdorsalibus, posticis articulo 4° profunde emarginato, angulis

eequaliter productis.

Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Guaremata, Capetillo (Champion).

This species will not range well under any of Chaudoir’s numerous subdivisions. In

tarsal structure it agrees with the C. drullet group, from which it differs by its oval

thorax with obsolete posterior angles. |

102. Colpodes ceruleomarginatus.

Dyscolus ceruleomarginatus, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 18387, ii. p. 45.

Colpodes ceruleomarginatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 350.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salié); Brivisn Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneauz) ;

GuatemaLa, Las Mercedes, San Joaquin, Sabo, El Tumbador, Senahu (Champion) ;

Nicaraaua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers); Panama,

Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

103. Colpodes superbus.

Colpodes superbus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 599°.

“ , ceruleomarginato affinis, nigro-politus, elytris late aureo-cupreis; palpis, antennis et tarsis rufo-piceis ;

capite mox pone oculos prominentes angustato; thorace medio fortiter dilatato, antice gradatim, postice

citius et valde sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus rectis; elytrorum striis vix conspicuis.

«Long. 64 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt +).

rr 2

124 ADEPHAGA.

104. Colpodes princeps.

Colpodes princeps, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 5997.

“O. ceruleomarginato affinis, ceruleus, elytris lete purpureo-cupreis; thorace antice magis quam postice

angustato, medio subangulatim dilatato, lateribus postice nullomodo sinuatis, angulis posticis obtusis ;

elytris striato-punctatis, margine incrassato ceruleo.

“ Long. 53 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt 1).

105. Colpodes viridiauratus.

Colpodes viridiauratus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878 (Oct. 1st) p. 5997.

Colpodes insignis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878 (March 26th, 1879), p. 3552.

Colpodes politus, Putzeys, Mittheil. Miinch. ent. Ver. Heft ii. 1878* (nec politus, Chaud.).

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt!); Panama 2.—Soutn America, Colombia °.

The type specimen of C. viridiauratus was submitted to M. de Chaudoir, who returned

it with a note bearing the above synonymy. He did not state whether the C. politus,

Putz., was the same as C. politus, Chaud., published about the same time; the latter

appears from the description to be similar in form and colour, but much smaller.

106. Colpodes chrysopterus.

Colpodes chrysopterus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 599".

*“‘Elongatus, niger nitidus, elytris aurato-eneis; thoracis margine, palpis, antennis et tarsis rufescenti-piceis ;

capite mox pone oculos magnos subito angustato; thorace fere ut in C. ceruleomarginato, medio rotundato-

dilatato, lateribus postice sinuato-angustatis, angulis posticis subrectis; elytris elongatis, striato-punctatis,

versus apicem striis acute incisis et minus punctulatis.

“Tarsi lati, subtus dense pubescentes, articulo 4° bilobo.

“ Long. 52 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1).

Var. Major (6} lin.) elytrisque subpurpureo-cupreis.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

107. Colpodes bicolor.

Colpodes bicolor, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 851.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sallé); Honpuras (Sailé).

108. Colpodes reflexicollis.

Colpodes reflexicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 828; 1878, p. 353’.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba 1, Cordova (Sailé).

109. Colpodes pectoralis.

Colpodes pectoralis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 3537.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Gautard 1).

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110. Colpodes phzolomus.

Colpodes pheolomus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 357.

Hab. Mexico, Santecomapan (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége); Honpuras, river Hondo (Blan-

caneauc).

111. Colpodes chaudoiri.

Colpodes chaudoiri, Coquerel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. 307.

Colpodes sexpunctatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 345.

Hab. Muxtco, Cordova, Toxpam (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

112. Colpodes metallicus.

Colpodes metallicus, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 345; 1878, p. 358’.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova !, Toxpam (Sal/é); Guatemata, Sabo, Chiacam, Senahu, Cerro

Zunil, Cubilguitz, Sinanja (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Guatemala examples vary considerably in the degree of prolongation of the elytral

apices, in the relative length of the elytra, and in the size of the punctures, thus

bridging over the differences between this species and C. chaudoiri.

113. Colpodes orbicollis.

Colpodes or bicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 346; 1878, p. 358°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova, Santecomapan (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge), Tehuantepec (Sumi-

chrast, coll. Sallé); Brrtisa Honpuras, river Hondo (Blancaneaur); GuatemMALa, Las

Mercedes, San Gerdénimo, Zapote (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

114. Colpodes reflexus.

Colpodes reflexus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 847; 1878, p. 358°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova 1.

There are two examples named as this species in the Sallé collection ; but they differ

from Chaudoir’s description in essential points, viz. the narrow margin of the thorax

and the punctured striz of the elytra.

115. Colpodes ruficornis.

Colpodes ruficorms, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 346; 1878, p. 358.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemata, Las Mercedes, Volcan de Atitlan

(Champion).

Of the two examples labelled as above in the Sallé collection, one agrees with the

description of the species, but the other is C. orbicollis. Guatemala examples are a

little larger than the type (9 millim.).

126 ADEPHAGA.

116. Colpodes fratellus.

Colpodes fratellus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 858°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca1, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge) ; GUATEMALA, San Gerdnimo,

Volcan de Atitlan (Champion).

117. Colpodes jalapensis.

Elongatus, subgracilis, piceo-niger nitidus, elytris obscure cyanescenti- vel viridi-enescenti-nigris, antennis

tarsisque piceo-fulvis ; thorace subquadrato, antice paullo citius et magis quam postice angustato, medio

subangulatim et parum dilatato, margine explanato, modice reflexo, rufescente, angulis posticis rectis,

foveis subpunctatis; elytris apice sinuatis nullomodo productis, dorso punctulato-striatis, striis (preecipue

versus apicem) sat valde impressis, interstitio 8° tripunctato; tarsis ut in subsectione C. metallico, fratello

etc., utrinque sulcatis, posticis articulo 4° extus longe lobato.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

Extremely near C. fratellus, Chaud., according to the type specimen in the Sallé

collection, but rather larger and much less vividly metallic in colour, the elytra in

all the examples I have seen of C. fratellus agreeing with the type in being of a bright

brassy or greenish-brassy colour, whilst C. jal/apensis is as constantly of a dark greenish

cyaneous hue. The thorax also is much less cordate or rounded anteriorly.

118. Colpodes scabricollis.

Quoad formam medium tenet inter C. metallicum et C. fratellum; paullo angustior, thoraceque ovato-quadrato

lateribus paullulum usque ad angulos posticos obtusos arcuatis, foveis basalibus latis grosse sed haud

profunde scabroso-punctatis, margine laterali anguste (postice paullo latius) refiexo-explanato, rufo;

elytris leete viridi-eneis, apice singulatim sat longe productis extus sinuatis, dorso punctato-striatis (punctis

quam in C. metallico et C. fratello multo majoribus), interstitiis omnino planissimis, 3° grosse tripunctato ;

antennis fulvis, palpis pedibusque (femoribus obscuris) fulvo-piceis; tarsis bisulcatis, posticis articulo 4°

extus longe lobato.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Cerro Zunil, Zapote, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion).

119. Colpodes erythrocerus.

Colpodes erythrocerus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 848; 1878, p. 359.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

120. Colpodes parviceps.

Colpodes parviceps, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 597°.

“ Ellipticus, seneo-olivaceus, politus, antennis, tibiis et tarsis rufo-testaceis ; palpis piceis, articulo ultimo apice

attenuato rufo; capite parvo, oculis prominulis, mox pone oculos angustato; thorace quadrato, antice

longe, postice paullulum angustato, marginibus explanatis, angulis posticis rectis; elytris oblongis, prope

basin transversim convexis, apice leviter sinuatis, dorso striato-punctulatis, striis prope basin evanescen-

tibus, prope apicem incisis; metasterni episternis elongatis, angustis.

“Tarsi articulo quarto profunde emarginato, lobulis valde insequalibus.

“‘ Long. 4 lin.”

COLPODES. 127

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt1); Brrrish Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneauz) ;

GuaTEMALA, San Juan, Cubilguitz (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Closely allied to C. ordicollis, and so much resembling that species that M. Oberthiir

returned specimens submitted to him for comparison with the Chaudoirian types as_

the same. It seems to me, however, sufficiently distinct by the rectangular or sub-

acute and elevated hind angles of the thorax, the form of which is determined by a

slight sinuation of the sides (near the angle) and an incurvation of the basal margin on

each side. The punctuation and depth of strize of the elytra vary much, examples from

Guatemala and British Honduras being much more finely sculptured than those from

-Chiriqui.

121. Colpodes lissomus.

C. orbicolli proxime affinis, differt elytrorum striis obsoletis, thorace medio valde rotundato-dilatato. Oblongo-

ovatus, niger, politus; elytris olivaceo-eneis, antennis, palpis et tarsis piceo-fulvis; thorace transverso

lateribus valde et sequaliter arcuatis, angulis obtusis, margine laterali late explanato-reflexo rufo, tota basi

(foveis profundis) levi; elytris parallelis, apice conjunctim productis, dorso levi, striis 1#, 8? et 9* tantum

sat leviter impressis, ceteris punctulis minutis adumbratis; tarsis gracilibus, articulo 4° extus longe

Jobato.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Nicardeua, Chontales (Belt).

122. Colpodes hemicyclicus. (Tab. V. fig. 22.)

C. orbicolli iterum affinis, differt thorace fere semicirculari, ad basin latissimo (angulis acutis), a quarta parte

posteriore usque ad apicem valde angustato, lateribus prope angulos posticos explanatis, sed margine ipso

incrassato et reflexo, foveis basalibus brevibus ab angulis valde remotis. Nigro-zneus, politissimus, elytris

olivaceo-eneis, antennis rufis, palpis pedibusque rufo-piceis ; elytris sat convexis, apice conjunctim obtuse

rotundatis prope apicem paullulum emarginatis, dorso punctulato-striatis, striis versus apicem tantum

impressis, interstitiis planissimis. Czetera ut in C. orbicolli et affinibus,

Long. 32 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

128. Colpodes convergens.

C. orbicolli affinis, major, thorace medio haud rotundato-dilatato, gradatim a basi usque ad apicem arcuato-

angustato, angulis anticis haud productis ad collum approximatis, angulis posticis ut in C. orbicolli obtusis

subrectis, margine laterali magis explanato (rufo), usque ad angulum arcuato ibique magis dilatato et

reflexo, foveis basalibus profundissimis punctatis, a linea dorsali et angulo sequaliter distantibus. Aineo-

niger politus, elytris fusco-cupreo-eneis, antennis fulvis, palpis tarsisque rufo-piceis; elytris subgrosse

striato-punctatis, striis versus apicem tantum acute insculptis.

Long. 4-44 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Tntermediate in form of thorax between C. orbicollis and C. hemicyclicus.

124. Colpodes ampliatus.

C. metallico et C. orbicolli affinis, sed multo major, niger nitidus, elytris viridi-zneis, antennis, palpis pedibusque

128 ADEPHAGA.

nigris interdum partim rufo-piceis, oculis majoribus, collo magis constricto ; thorace fere ut in C. metallico

sed paullo latiore, lateribus modice arcuatis, antice magis quam postice angustato, angulis posticis rectis,

margine explanato-reflexo, foveis basalibus magnis latis punctatis; elytris amplis, basi utrinque sat

arcuatis, humeris late rotundatis, apice subproductis sinuatis, dorso subtiliter et equaliter usque ad apicem

punctulato-striatis interstitiisque planissimis.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Var, Thoracis angulis posticis apice obtusis, fere ut in C. orbicoll.

Hab. British Honpuras, river Hondo (Blancaneauz).

125. Colpodes dyschirioides. (Tab. V. fig. 23.)

Ad subsectionem C. orbicollis et C. metallici pertinet, sed minor et multo angustior. Angustissimo-oblongus,

convexus, niger politus, elytris eneis, antennis fulvis, palpis et pedibus piceis, tibiis et tarsis pallidioribus ;

capite angusto post oculos gradatim angustato; thorace elongato medio subangulatim dilatato, antice et

postice angustato, lateribus rufis explanato-reflexis, margine tenui ante angulos posticos rectos valde

sinuato, tota basi sparsim punctata; elytris elongatis, apice parum sinuatis, dorso antice grosse striato-

punctato, postice profunde striato, interstitio 3° tripunctato.

Long. 3$ lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

126. Colpodes conicicollis.

Colpodes conicicolis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 862°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca}, Capulalpam (Sallé), Tehuacan ([/6ge).

127. Colpodes inops.

Colpodes inops, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 363.

Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge) ; Britise Honpuras, river Sarstoon

(Blancaneaux); GuatEMaLa, Capetillo (Champion).

128. Colpodes limbicollis.

Colpodes limbicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 363.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Juquila (Sallé).

129. Colpodes semirufus.

Abropus semirufus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, 11. p. 311’.

Colpodes semirufus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 364°.

Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil, Volcan de Atitlan, Zapote, Aceituno, Las Mercedes

(Champion); Nicaraeuat; Costa Rica? ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

130. Colpodes quadrilaterus.

C. semirufo proxime affinis, differt thorace magis quadrato, antice minus angustato, lateribus rectis, foveis

minus punctatis. Castaneo-fuscus, nitidus, elytris eneis, minus viridibus, striis multo subtilioribus prope

COLPODES. 129

apicem evanescentibus, punctulis tenuissimis; antennis, palpis et pedibus rufis; tarsis posticis articulo

primo intus tantum obsolete sulcato.

Long. 44 lin.

Hab. MExioo0, Jalapa (Hoge).

131. Colpodes iricolor.

C. semirufo affinis, thorace ut in hac specie a basi usque ad apicem recte et sat valde angustato, sed differt

elytrorum apice utrinque triangulariter producto ete. Castaneo-fuscus, nitidus, elytris viridi-zneis, sutura,

fasciis duabus anteapicalibus (prima suturam haud attingente) igneo-cupreis, antennis et tarsis fulvo-

piceis ; elytris grossius punctato-striatis, striis versus basin vix, versus apicem distincte, impressis.

Long. 4+ lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

132. Colpodes ignicauda. (Tab. V. fig. 20.)

C. semirufo affinis, differt thorace multo breviore, lateribus paullo minus rectis etc. Niger, nitidus, antennis

tarsisque piceo-fulvis, elytris lete viridi- vel cyaneo-sneis, limbo laterali fasciaque lata subapicali igneo-

cupreis, dorso subtiliter punctulato-striatis, striis equaliter passim impressis, interstitiis subconvexis,

apice fere ut in C. semirufo subobtuse rotundato.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Caldera, Boquete (Champion).

133. Colpodes approximatus.

Colpodes approximatus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 370".

Hab. Mexico}.

134. Colpodes purpuripennis.

Colpodes purpuripennis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 377+.

Hab. Mrxico, Oaxaca}, Durasnal, Parada (Sallé), Cerro de Plumas (/dge).

135. Colpodes lebioides. (Tab. V. fig. 21.)

Colpodes lebioides, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 599°.

“C. chalybeo affinis, niger, capite thoraceque senco tinctis, elytris ceruleis; antennis tarsisque rufo-piceis ;

capite parvo, mox pone oculos angustato; thorace parvo, quadrato, medio leviter dilatato, angulis posticis

subrectis; elytris latiusculis et brevibus, paullo convexis, apice haud sinuatis, acute striatis, interstitiis

planis.

“ Tarsi supra trisulcati.

“ Long, 3-32 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemata, Las Mercedes, La Tinta, Mirandilla

(Champion) ; Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt!); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A specimen of this species in the Sallé collection is ticketed, in the handwriting of

Chaudoir, “C. azwreipennis (Chaud.).” This must be a mistake, as the species has not

the tarsal structure of the group to which Chaudoir refers his C. azureipennis, but

unmistakably that of the C. chalybeus group.

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, August 1882. Ss

130 ADEPHAGA.

ONYPTERYGIA.

Onypterygia, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 346.

This elegant and richly-coloured genus is peculiar to Mexico and Central America.

Twelve species were enumerated by Chaudoir in his ‘ Revision’ published in 1877.

1. Onypterygia sallzi.

Onypterygia sallei, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, p. 225.

Hab, Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Juquila (Hoge).

2. Onypterygia hopfneri.

Onypterygia hipfneri, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 347.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sallé); Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil, Senahu, Sinanja, Dueias,

Capetillo (Champion).

8. Onypterygia iris. |

Onypterygia iris, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1863, p. 225.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége).

4, Onypterygia quadrispinosa. (Tab. V. fig. 24.)

O. iridi affinis, coloribusque similis, sed multo major, elytris apice valde productis, utrinque acute bidentatis.

Valde elongata, convexa, snea vel chalybea polita, elytris splendide viridi-auratis, vitta lata laterali

(marginem haud attingente), postice versus suturam curvata, purpureo-cuprea ; capite post oculos promi-

nentes subito constricto; thorace quadrato-ovato, angulis rotundatis; elytris parallelis prope apicem

sinuatim angustatis, apice ipso breviter sinuato-truncatis, angulis acute dentatis, dorso subtilissime striato-

punctato, marginem etapicem versus levi, stria suturali impressa prope apicem profunde et late insculpta,

interstitio 3° bipunctato.

Long. 7-8 lin.

Hab. GuatTeMata, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

5. Onypterygia championi.

Modice elongata, cyaneo-senea, polita, elytris utrinque vitta arcuata (post medium extus curvata deinde ad

apicem vitteformiter prolongata), vitta suturali fasciaque prope apicem lete purpureo-cupreis aureo mar-

ginatis ; capite post oculos modice prominentes gradatim angustato; thorace latiusculo, quadrato, antice

magis quam postice angustato, lateribus paullo arcuatis, margine sat late explanato-reflexo, angulis posticis

rotundatis ; elytris prope apicem oblique sinuato-angustatis, apice parum prolongato, breviter truncato,

angulo exteriore longe spinoso, suturali recto, dorso punctulato-striato, interstitio 3° punctis magnis

tribus, quartoque prope apicem.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

This and the two preceding species have the marginal row of umbilicated punctures

much more strongly impressed and irregular in size than in the other species of the

genus.

ONYPTERYGIA. 131

6. Onypterygia fulgens.

Onypteryyia fulgens, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 348; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 275.

Hab. Mzuxico, Cordova, Panistlahuca (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GUATEMALA, near

the city (Salvin), San Gerdénimo, Capetillo, Duefias, El Tumbador, Las Mercedes

(Champion).

Var. 1. Ceerulescens, elytris concoloribus, striisque magis impressis,

Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 275°.

Hab. Cuernavaca (Boucard !).

Var, 2. Color ut in var. 1; elytris profundius striatis, interstitiis convexis.

Hab. Ventanas (Forrer).

7. Onypterygia thoreyi.

Onypterygia thoreyi, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1844, iv. p. 869.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sailé).

8. Onypterygia tricolor.

Onypterygia tricolor, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 349; Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 157.

Var. apicalis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 12; id. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 277.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova, Cuernavaca, Panistlahuca, Oaxaca (Sallé), Jalapa

(Hoge); Guatemata, San Gerdénimo, Zapote, Cerro Zunil (Champion); Nicaracua,

Chontales (Janson).

9. Onypterygia chrysura.

O. fulgenti similis, sed multo minor, apicibusque elytrorum ut in O. tricolori oblique truncatis, dente suturali

parvissimo exteriore producto. Gracilis, subtus (cum epipleuris elytrorum) nigro-enea vel chalybea,

supra lete cyaneo-snea, elytris postice et lateraliter auratis ; capite velut in O. fulgente; thorace angustius

et longius quadrato-ovato, lateribus perparum sed equaliter arcuatis, angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris

prope apicem oblique sinuatis, apice ipso brevissime oblique truncato, angulo suturali vix prominenti,

exteriore longius producto, dorso nitido, subtiliter sed passim argute punctulato-striatis.

Long. 54-6 lin.

Hab. Guatemaua, Zapote, San Gerdénimo, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

10. Onypterygia famini.

Onypterygia faminii, Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 118.

Onypterygia viridipennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 158 (1835) *.

Onypterygia humilis, Chevrolat, loc. cit. no. 159 (1835).

Onypterygia fulgipennis, Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Col. 1. p. 42 (1840).

Onypterygia famini, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 276°.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas!, Orizaba, Puebla, Huatusco (Sallé), Jalapa, Cerro de

Plumas (Hége); Guaremata (Sallé), Purula, Senahu, Capetillo (Champion); Costa

Rica ?.

ss 2

1382 . ADEPHAGA.

11. Onypterygia cyanea.

Onypterygia cyanea, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 277".

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca }, Istapan, Cuernavaca (Sal/é).

12. Onypterygia angustata.

Onypterygia angustata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no.1601; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 276 *.

Hab. Mexico, Cruz Blanca1, Cordova, Juquila (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); Brivisn

Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux); Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion), near the

capital (Salvin); Costa Rica ?.

Var. Striis grossius punctatis et minus acute insculptis.

Hab. GuateMata, Capetillo.

The strongly-punctured variety occurs in Guatemala in the same locality as the

normal Mexican form. ‘The prevailing colour of the elytra in Mexican examples is

brilliant golden green, deepening into rich purple-coppery before the apex, the apex

itself being bordered with steel-black, preceded by a purple fascia margined with green.

The coloration therefore resembles that of O. iris and allies, to which the species 1s

further allied by the large and irregular marginal punctures. The colour of the elytra,

however, varies much: examples from Jalapa and Capetillo are coppery, with the

apex bordered with golden green, and other varieties occur.

13. Onypterygia longispinis. (Tab. V. fig. 25.)

Elongata, nigra, polita, elytris variantibus splendide cupreis apice auratis, purpureis apicem versus cyaneis,

seneis apicem versus late cupreis, viridi-sneis apice tantum cupreis, etc.; capite angusto ; thorace velut

in O. angustata, oblongo, lateribus paullulum arcuatis, ante angulos posticos rectos subsinuatis ; elytris

apice utrinque spina longa et valida armatis, intus usque ad suturam oblique truncatis, dorso subtiliter

punctato-striatis.

Long. 4—44 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil, Sinanja (Champion).

Var. Striis grossius punctatis et minus acute insculptis ; thorace basi sparsim punctato.

Hab. Guatemata, Sabo (Champion).

14. Onypterygia sneipennis.

Onypterygia eneipennis, Chaudoir, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 276.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sallé).

15. Onypterygia pallidipes.

Onypterygia pallidipes, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 276.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sallé).

The type specimen in the Sallé collection seems to be scarcely more than an imma-

ture individual of O. wneipennis.

ONYPTERYGIA.—DIPLOHARPUS. 138

16. Onypterygia pusilla.

Onypterygia pusilla, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 276.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Juquila (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemata, Senahu

(Champion).

Subfam. PERIGONINA.

Since this subfamily was proposed, under the name Trechichine, in the ‘“‘Geodephagous

Coleoptera of Japan” (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873), M. Putzeys discovered that the genus

Perigona, described by Castelnau as far back as 1835, belongs to the group, and is

synonymous with, or at least very closely allied to, Zrechicus, proposed long afterwards.

Further examination has convinced me that Diploharpus, Chaud., also belongs to the

subfamily, as well as the genus Mizotrechus, described by me in 1872 (Ent. Monthly

Mag. viii. p.199). The last-mentioned genus, however, must be restricted to the typical

species M. novemstriatus, the remainder being referable to Perigona.

Dr. Horn, in his recent work on the Carabide, places the subfamily as a subordinate

group under the Platyni (=Anchomenine); but I think it is clear we have here to

deal with a modification of the Carabideous type quite distinct from the Platyni. The

total absence of subapical sinuation in the margins of the elytra, the peculiar striation,

in which the eighth stria is more deeply impressed than the rest and is continuous to the

apex, the paraglosse adherent (although only by a thin membrane) to the upper angles

of the ligula, the partial pubescence of the third (and sometimes the second) joint of

the antenne, and the gradually pointed terminal joint of the palpi, form a combination

of characters quite unlike those of the Anchomenine. Some features of their structure

point towards the group Bipalmati; and the peculiar striation seems to indicate an

affinity with the Stenolophine, certain Australian species allied to Acupalpus showing

an approach towards it; but from the former of these groups the subfamily is distin-

guished by the anterior tarsi of the male having three joints clothed beneath with

ragged squamee, and from the second by the presence of two (instead of one) superorbital

sete.

DIPLOHARPUS.

Diploharpus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. ii. p. 894 (1850).

A genus exclusively tropical American. The majority of the species are distinguished

from Perigona by the elongated straight and porrected mandibles, maxille, and palpi ;

but these are connected with normal forms of Perigone by species showing nearly all

gradations of structure in this respect. Seven species have been described.

1. Diploharpus exstriatus.

Diploharpus exstriatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 601°.

“ Oblongo-ovatus, supra levissimus #neo-relucens, subiridescens ; partibus oris, antennis pedibusque fulvis ;

134 . ADEPHAGA.

mandibulis longissimis, rectis; thorace ovato, marginibus postice explanato-elevatis, angulis posticis

rotundatis ; elytris absque striis, marginali excepta,

“ Long. 32 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) 1.

Var. Thorace antice paullulum latiore elytrisque obsolete punctulato-striatis.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Agrees with the type species D. levissimus, from South Brazil, in being destitute of

all trace of strie, except the eighth and ninth, which lie in a broad marginal groove

with a convex interstice interrupted by the usual large marginal punctures.

The variety has the same form of thorax, with the exception that it is a little

broader anteriorly. Having only a single specimen each of variety and type form, it is

impossible to decide whether these differences are specific or not.

2. Diploharpus mexicanus.

Drimostoma mexicanum, Chevrolat, Mag. Zool. 1841, pl. 64°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége).

Besides the eighth and ninth strie this species has a rudiment near the apex of the

seventh, strongly incised, abruptly terminated anteriorly, and separated from the eighth

by a narrow convex interstice.

8. Diploharpus perpolitus. (Tab. VI. fig, 1.)

D. striolato simillimus, sed differt thoracis angulis posticis haud productis. Inter minores, subsneo-niger poli-

tissimus, palpis, antennis pedibusque melleo-fulvis ; mandibulis modice elongatis, apice magis falcatis ;

thorace transversim subcordato-quadrato, postice modice angustato, lateribus ante angulos posticos sub-

rectos perparum sinuatis, margine postico late explanato sed minime reflexo ; elytris subopalescentibus,

striis 3 vel 4 interioribus plus minusve adumbratis, striola septima apicali profunda,

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Guatemaua, El Tumbador, Las Mercedes (Champion).

MIZOTRECHUS.

Mizotrechus, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. viii. p. 199 (1872), partim.

Restricted to the typical species (to which the above-cited generic diagnosis only

applies), this genus is distinguished from Diploharpus and Perigona by its elongated

parallelogrammical form of body, short, thickened tarsi, and fully-developed elytral

strie. The elytra at the apex are obtusely rounded, or obliquely but obtusely truncated,

the eighth and ninth striz lying, as in the rest of the subfamily, in a marginal groove

which continues to the sutural angle.

1. Mizotrechus novemstriatus. (Tab. VI. fig. 2.)

Mizotrechus novemstriatus, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. viii. p. 199°.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).—Sovutu: AMERICA, Amazons }.

PERIGONA. 1385

PERIGONA.

Perigona, Castelnau, Etudes Entom. p. 151 (1835) ; Putzeys, Ann. Museo Civico di Genova, iv.

p. 218 (1873).

Nestra, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv. p. 506; Etudes Entom. viii. p. 37 (1859).

Spathinus, Nietner, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, ii. p. 428 (1858).

Siliopia, Castelnau, Trans. R. Soc. Victoria, viii. pt. 11. p. 127.

About twenty species of this much-misunderstood genus have been described. It is

very widely distributed, being found in the tropical zones of America and Asia (inclu-

ding the Malay Archipelago and Japan), in Africa, Australia, and Madagascar. If the

genus Trechicus, Leconte, is really synonymous, North America must be added to its

range; but, according to Dr. Horn’s recent observations, the mentum in Trechicus is

without tooth in its emargination, as stated by Dr. Leconte, the original describer; and

it is therefore doubtful if the North-American species can be admitted into the genus,

all the species of which hitherto examined having a prominent tooth to the mentum.

M. Putzeys states that the male tarsi have four joints “sqammuleux” beneath. If

this were really the case, the genus would be better placed in the group Quadripalmati

than in the same group as the Anchomenine; but I doubt the accuracy of this obser-

vation. In the larger species (e. g. P. /evilateris) the squame exist most certainly only

on three of the joints.

1. Perigona levigata, (Tab. VI. fig. 4.)

Mizotrechus levigatus, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. viii. p. 200 (1872) '.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz!, Cordova (Sallé), Tehuacan, Oaxaca (Hége); BritisH

Honpvras, Belize (Blancaneaux) ; GuaTEMALA, near the capital, Cerro Zunil, San Juan,

Zapote, Las Mercedes (Champion); Nicaragua, Granada (Sallé), Chontales (Janson) ;

Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000-3000 feet (Champion).

Distinguished by its subquadrate (slightly narrowed behind), smooth and flat pro-

thorax, with obtuse hind angles.

2. Perigona cordicollis.

P. levigate similis, sed paullo convexior, thorace angustiore, postice multo magis angustato, basi supra depresso,

foveis basalibus profundis. Castaneo-rufa, capite nigro, elytris (sutura excepta) fuscis levibus, palpis,

antennis pedibusque testaceo-fulvis.

Long. 12-2 lin.

Hab. Guatemaua, Capetillo, Cahabon, Panzos, Cerro Zunil, San Gerénimo (Cham-

pion) ; Nicaragua, Granada (Sal/é).

136 ADEPHAGA,

Subdivision E. Bipalmati.

Under this head I here combine the two groups Bipalmati and Subulipalpi of the

“ Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan,” thus reverting to the classification of Erichson

in the ‘Kafer der Mark Brandenburg. The numerous connecting links between

Trechus on the one hand and Tachys and Bembidium on the other show, in fact, the

close relationship between them. The genus Ochthozetus, of the subfamily Pogoninz,

connects, in another direction, the Bembidiine, through the genus bracteon (Bedel),

with Pogonus and Patrobus. The subdivision is exceedingly numerous in species; in

all, the males have two joints only of the anterior tarsi furnished with ragged squame

beneath.

Subfam. TRECHINA.

TRECHUS.

Trechus, Clairville, Entom. Helvetica, ii. p. 22 (1806).

A well-marked genus of small Carabide of wide distribution. With the excep-

tion of the lowlands in the equatorial zone, it seems to be cosmopolitan in its range,

occurring in oceanic islands as well as on continents, and spreading into high latitudes

both north and south. Nearly 200 species have been described, mostly from the cooler

temperate zone and in mountain-ranges.

1. Trechus mexicanus.

Trechus mexicanus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 33. .

Hab, Mexico, Orizaba, Puebla (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); GuateMaLa, Totonicapam

(Champion).

2. Trechus coarctatus. (Tab. VI. fig. 3.)

T. mexicano affinis, sed major, thorace postice valde constricto elytrisque fere exstriatis. Elongatus, niger,

politus, palpis, antennis et pedibus castaneo-rufis ; capite latiusculo, oculis sat prominentibus, vertice postice

depresso; thorace subelongato-cordato, prope basin valde constricto, angulis posticis rectis, subproductis,

foveis utrinque profundis duabus, altera majore prope angulum, altera minore sublineari prope lineam

dorsalem ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, humeris sat late rotundatis, dorso prope suturam depresso, stria suturali

(prope apicem) et marginali solum perspicuis, striola recurrente distincta, punctis setiferis magnis utrinque

tribus, prima ut in 7’. meaicano versus humerum,

Long. 3 lin. (63 millim.).

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (£Hége).

Belongs to the same group as 7. mexicanus, but differs conspicuously by the greatly

narrowed base of the thorax and the obliteration of the elytral strie, there remaining

scarcely any traces except of the sutural one (towards the apex) and the eighth, the

ninth being indistinct, though indicated towards the apex, near which the interstice is

interrupted, forming one or more oblong tubercles, more distinct than in 7. mevicanus.

TRECHUS.—TACHYTA. 137

Putzeys gives the size of 7. mewicanus as 54 millim. None of the specimens before

me exceed 5 millim.; and the Guatemalan examples are all much smaller, only reaching

4 millim.

3. Trechus panamensis.

Trechus panamensis, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 172°.

Hab. Panama ?.

4. Trechus rostratus.

Cnides rostratus, Motschulsky, Etudes Entom. xi. p. 38’.

Trechus rostratus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 189’.

Hab. Panama !.—Soutu America, Venezuela 2.

Subfam. BEMBIDITN A.

TACHYTA.

Tachyta, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. iv. p. 56 (1837).

Tachymenis, Motschulsky, Etudes Entom. 1862, p. 27.

Fourteen species of this genus have been described ; but many more doubtless exist.

They are all minute insects of flattened form, living under the bark of trees; and they

- occur in widely different regions, tropical as well as subarctic, in both hemispheres.

1. Tachyta nana.

Bembidium nanum, Gyllenhal, Ins. Suecica, i. p. 30; Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 51°.

Carabus quadristriatus, Illig. Kaf. Preuss. p. 188.

Elaphrus minimus, Duftschm. Fauna Austriaca, i. p. 205.

Bembidium inornatum, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 87°.

Tachyta picipes, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. iv. p. 56, t. 8. f. 6.

Tachys rivularis, Mannerheim, Bull. Mose. iii. p. 152°.

Hab. Norra America ?3.—MeExico, Jalapa (Hége); Brrrish Honpuras, Belize (Blan-

caneaux) ; GUATEMALA, Balheu, San Geronimo, Purula, Zumpango, 6000 feet.—Evropz ;

Asta, Siberia, Asia Minor.

2. Tachyta autumnalis.

T. flavicaude (Say) proxime affinis, sed paullo major elytrisque minus profunde striatis. Oblonga, sat depressa,

piceo-fusca, antennis, palpis, pedibus, labro epistomateque pallidis; margine laterali thoracis equaliter

late explanato-reflexo, pallido ; elytris plerumque apice vix pallidioribus, rarius tertia parte apicali pallida

vel totis pallidis macula communi discoidali fusca.

Long. 2 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); GUATEMALA, near the city

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138 ADEPHAGA.

Zapote, Capetillo, Cubilguitz, El Jicaro, Senahu, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaracua,

Chontales (Janson).

I have adopted the MS. name given to this species by Chaudoir, in the Sallé

collection. It is doubtful, however, whether it can be retained as specifically distinct

from T. flavicauda. T. marginicollis (Mots.), from New Orleans, is also a doubtful

form, coming nearer 7. autumnalis than T. flavicauda.

3. Tachyta cucujoides. (Tab. VI. fig. 7.)

T. parallele proxime affinis, quoad formam latam, oblongam, depressam simillima, sed differt statura relative

longiore. Supra rufa (vertice interdum infuscata), elytris parallelis, apice lato obtuso, rotundatis, nigro-

fuscis, tertia parte apicali, antennis, palpis pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; thorace lato, quam elytra vix an-

gustiore, lateribus antice late rotundatis, basi transversim sulcato, juxta angulos rectos posticos carinulato,

margine explanato-reflexo ; elytris vage striatis, striola recurrente submarginali.

Long. 23 millim.

Hab. Brirish Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaux); GuateMALA, Cubilguitz (Champion).

Agrees with 7. autumnalis and T. flavicauda in the explanated and reflexed lateral

margins of the thorax, separated from the dorsal surface from base to apex by a groove-

like depression ; but differs in the greater relative width of the thorax, and consequently

the more regularly oblong form of the whole body. In this respect it resembles

T. parallela, belonging also to the same small group ; but the latter species is much

shorter and relatively broader. |

TACHYS.

Tachys, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 192 (1851); Schaum, Naturgesch. Ins. Deutschl. i.

p. 743 (2% Gruppe= Tachyta excl.), 1860.

Tachylopha, Tachyura, Polyderis, Motschulsky, Etudes Entom. 11™ année, 1862, p. 27.

A genus of minute Carabide, having similarly to the 7rechi a world-wide distribution,

but more abundantly represented in the tropics than the latter. About 180 species

have been described.

§ 1. Elytra utrinque punctis duobus, altero ante medium altero subapicali guata

strie recurve apicem sito.

1. Tachys diploharpinus. (Tab. VI. fig. 11.)

Tachys diploharpinus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 602°.

“‘Oblongus, modice convexus [nigro- vel rufo-castaneus |, sericeo-nitens, subopalescens ; partibus oris, antennis

pedibusque fulvis; mandibulis acuto hamatis; oculis prominulis; foveis frontalibus fortiter impressis, post

oculos curvatis ; thorace lato, postice modice sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus acutis, margine

laterali elevato-explanato ; elytris levibus, stria suturali solum fortiter impressa, striola apicali recurva

fortiter impressa, ad apicem setifera, foveis irregularibus duabus submarginalibus, puncto discoidali mediano.

‘Long. 14 lin.”

Hab. Guatemaa, San Joaquim (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson)!.

TACHYS. 139

2. Tachys coruscus.

Tachys corruscus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 472 (1848)’.

Hab. Nortu Amertca!.—Mextco, Cordova (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Hége); GuarEmana,

near the city, Aceytuno, San Gerénimo (Champion).

Mexican and Guatemalan specimens agree closely with an example from Kern Co.,

California, collected by Morrison. They belong to the pale form of the species, with

opalescent lustre on the elytra, strongest on a vaguely limited dusky patch about the

' middle.

3. Tachys castaneicolor.

T. corusco affinis ; differt thorace latiore postice multo minus angustato, coloreque supra toto castaneco-fusco.

Oblongo-ovatus, castaneus (elytris subopalescentibus), antennis, palpis pedibusque pallide fulvis ; foveis

frontalibus latis (interspatio frontali sat angusto et convexo); thorace transverso, lato, convexo, lateribus

valde arcuatis, postice paullo angustato, angulis posticis obtusis sed distinctis, foveis basalibus latis,

sulculoque basali acute insculpto, flexuoso; elytris quam in 7. corusco minus depressis, striis 3-4

interioribus vage impressis sed certo situ conspicuis, striola recurva conspicua curvata.

Long. 14 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion).

4. Tachys chiriquinus.

7’. castaneccolort quam maxime affinis, sed differt corpore latiore magis ovato, antennisque paullo crassioribus.

Latius oblongo-ovatus, castaneo-fuscus, minus depressus, subiridescens, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque

pallide fulvis; foveis frontalibus latis (interspatio frontali sat angusto et convexo); thorace transverso,

postice paullo angustato, angulis posticis paullo obtusis sed distinctis, elevatis, margine laterali (precipue

postice) sat explanato-reflexo; elytris latius ovatis, striis duabus suturalibus fortiter impressis, 3? indi-

stincta, lateribus levissimis, striola recurva elongata apice valde incurvata.

Long. 1} lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).

Extremely near 7. castaneicolor, and scarcely differing either in colour or sculpture.

In form of body, however, it is so conspicuously broader, more oval, and larger, that,

added to the perceptibly thicker antenne and strongly impressed first and second

elytral striz, I think it must be held to be a distinct species.

5. Tachys vittiger.

Tachys vittiger, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 193 (1851) '.

Hab. Nortu America, Californiat—GuatemaLa, Champerico (Champion).

6. Tachys lymnzoides.

Elongatus, subparallelus, depressus, olivaceo-szneus parum nitidus; antennis, palpis et femoribus piceis, tibiis

et tarsis melleo-flavis; thorace cordato-quadrato parum transverso, ante angulos posticos subrectos sub-

sinuato, sulculo basali subrecto, foveis obsoletis; elytris striis interioribus 3-4 vix impressis, suturali

tantum prope apicem acute insculpta, striola recurva tenuissima et acutissima valde curvata.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Champerico (Champion).

tt 2

140 | ADEPHAGA.

7. Tachys lugubris.

Tachys lugubris, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1855, p. 18; 1862, p. 30°.

Hab. Panama},

According to the description, this species must be closely allied to T. castaneicolor.

8. Tachys tantillus.

Tachys tantilla, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1862, p. 30°.

Hab. Panama, Obispo !.

Probably near our 7’. curvans, but quite distinct, if the description is accurate, in the

elytra having only one stria on each side of the suture.

9. Tachys squinoctialis.

Tachys equinoctiulis, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1855, p. 13.

Polyderis equinoctialis, Motschlulsky, ibid. 1862, p. 33°.

Hab. Panamal!.

The description fits in many respects our 7. chiriquinus ; but the carina at the hind

angles of the thorax, “ angulis posticis obtusis subcarinatis,” is decisive of its not being

that species. The carina near the hind angles is a character which occurs in the genera

Aystosomus and Tachyta, but not in Tachys. Motschulsky does not say that the carina

is “near ;” if it were so, it would be in support of the generic separation of Polyderis

from Tachys.

10. Tachys flavicollis. |

Tachys flavicollis, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1855, p. 18; 1862, p. 29°.

Hab. Panama!, David (Champion).

Motschulsky’s description applies very well to a species taken, as above stated, by

Mr. Champion. The species is rather vividly coloured, the head and elytra being

chestnut-brown or black, shining without silky lustre, and the thorax yellowish red;

the antenne yellow, with joints 3-6 fuscous or blackish.

11. Tachys pulchellus.

Tachys pulchellus, Laferté, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 45’; Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 227.

Hab. Norta Amurica, Texas (?)!'—Mexico, Yucatan ?.

§ 2. Elytra punctis duobus discoidalibus, altero ante altero post medium ; striola

recurva minime incurvata. (Barytachys, Chaud.)

12. Tachys nebulosus.

Tachys nebulosus, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 24°.

Tachys incurvus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 469 (nec Bembidium incurvum, Say) *.

TACHYS. 14]

Hab. Norvtu America! 2.—MeExico, Cordova, Toxpam (Sallé); GUATEMALA, near the

city (Champion).

I can detect no difference between Central-American specimens and others from

Pennsylvania and Texas. The species resembles the ferruginous variety of 7’. cruciatus,

but differs in being smaller and wanting the frontal foveole. From the true 7. encurvus

(Say) it is distinguished, as pointed out by Chaudoir, inter alia, by the three distinct

punctures in the middle of the basal groove of the thorax.

13. Tachys cruciatus.

Tachgs cruciatus, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 24, nota’.

Hab. Mexico, Bobo, Jalapa, Vera Cruz (Hoge), Cordova, Tuxtla (Sallé), Guanajuato

(Duges, coll. Sallé); Guatemata (Sallé), near the city, Duefias, San Gerdnimo, Rio

Maria Linda (Champion); Panama.

Varies much in colour and markings. The typical form described by Chaudoir has

glossy blackish-brown elytra, with two large red spots on each. The varieties are :—

1, blackish brown, with faint traces of red spots; 2, red spots united ; 3, ground-colour

pale ferruginous, the red spots indicated by paler colour with ill-defined limit. In all

its colour-varieties the species may be distinguished from its allies by the conspicuous

single puncture in the middle of the forehead.

14. Tachys obtusellus.

T. cruciato et inewrvo proxime affinis. Fuscus vel rufescens, politissimus ; elytris subcyaneis unistriatis utrinque

maculis duabus magnis fulvis; antennis, palpis et pedibus pallide fulvis, fronte impunctata ; thorace fere

sicut in 7’. cruciato, sed conspicue longiore, quadrato, antice paullulum rotundato dilatato, postice modice

subrecte angustato, angulis posticis distinctis sed haud extantibus, carinula juxta angulum minime elevata

obtusa, sulco basali crenato, puncto magno unico mediano.

Long. 1} lin.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge), Bobo (Hoge).

15. Tachys mundulus.

T. cruciuto et obtusello similis, sed elytris latius ovatis thoraceque relative angustiore et magis cordato. Castaneo-

fuscus, politus; antennis fuscescentibus, basi tantum rufis, pedibus testaceo-rufis; elytris unistriatis,

utrinque maculis duabus magnis rufis; fronte impunctata; thorace late cordato, basin versus sinuato-

angustato, angulis posticis acutis, basi media tripunctata sed puncto mediano solum discreto, ceteris

minoribus in sulco basali impresso, foveis latis, impunctatis, carinula utrinque acuta sat elongata, obliqua,

Var. 1, elytris maculis anterioribus obsoletis ; 2, totis nigris.

Long. 14 lin.

-Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Vera Cruz (Hoge) ; GUATEMALA, near the city,

San Joaquim, Tamahu (Champion).

16. Tachys pericallis. (Tab. VI. fig. 10.)

T. mundulo affinis; thorace similiter relative angusto, sed corpore multo minus convexo elytrisque amplius

ovatis. Fuscus vel ferrugineo-fuscus, opalescenti-nitidus; elytris utrinque maculis magnis transversis

142 ADEPHAGA.

rufis, striam suturalem attingentibus ; antennis fuscescentibus, articulis basalibus, palpis pedibusque flavo-

testaceis ; fronte impunctata; thorace quam elytra fere dimidio angustiore, cordato, postice valde sinuatim

angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus acutissimis, carinula juxta angulum acute elevata, sulculo basali

punctato, medio punctis tribus majoribus magisque discretis; elytris latius ovatis, parum convexis, minus

politis, humeris minus oblique rotundatis, stria suturali solum impressa. .

Long. 13-1$ lin.

Hab. GuatEMaAa, Rio Naranjo (Champion).

17. Tachys microspilus.

T. mundulo proxime affinis, differt statura minore ; thorace latius transverso, foveis majoribus et profundioribus,

punctisque basalibus tribus discretis. Modice convexus, castaneo-fuscus ; antennis basi, palpis pedibusque

flavis ; elytris utrinque maculis duabus parvis (apiceque) fulvis; fronte impunctata; thorace transverso,

postice vix angustato, lateribus postice valde sinuatis, angulis exstantibus acutis, carina supra angulum

elongata acuta, fovea lata et profunda, sulco punctato punctisque tribus medianis distinctis ; elytris minus

late ovatis, modice convexis, stria suturali solum impressa.

Long. 14 lin.

Hab. Guatemaa, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaragua, Granada (Sallé).

18. Tachys purgatus.

T. microspilo quoad formam simillimus, sed differt colore nigro, elytris utrinque bistriatis maculaque unica

parva posteriore (interdum deficiente). Modice convexus, niger leviter enescens ; palpis, antennis (basi

rufa excepta) fuscis, pedibus flavis; fronte impunctata; thorace transverso, postice paullulum angustato,

lateribus sat sinuatis angulis acutis, basi media tripunctata, foveis latis profundis, carinula acuta; elytris

utringue stria secunda sat conspicue impressa, macula fulva posteriore transversa.

Long. 14 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuaTemata, San Gerénimo (Cham-

pion).

19. Tachys amplicollis.

Minutus, convexus, testaceo-rufus, palpis pedibusque pallidioribus; thorace valde transverso, antice late

rotundato, postice sat angustato, lateribus ante angulos posticos subacutos leviter sinuatis, sulculo basali

profundo, punctato, foveis sat profundis; elytris breviter ovatis, postice obtusis, bistriatis, stria suturali

conspicue punctata, stria 2* obsolete punctulata.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Teapa (Sallé), Jalapa ({oge); GUATEMALA, near the city, Zapote, Cham-

perico, San Joaquim (Champion); Nicaragua, Granada (Sadie).

The only described species known to me which resembles this species is 7. platyderus

(Bates), from the Amazons, which differs only in being decidedly larger, and in the elytra

having two deeply impressed striz on each side of the suture. I do not recognize the

species in any of the descriptions of North-American Tachys by Leconte. The width

of the thorax is about equal to twice the length. ‘The insect, together with the following,

has some resemblance to 7’. globulus, Dej., but they are much less convex.

TACHYS. 143

20. Tachys jansoni.

T. amplicolls quam maxime affinis, differt tantum thorace paullo minus dilatato, elytrisque utrinque tristriatis,

striis punctulatis.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Janson).

Resembles 7. squirest from South Brazil, in which, however, the three striz on each

elytron are much more strongly punctured, and are followed by traces of a fourth

similar stria.

21. Tachys rufulus.

Fachys rufula, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1855, p. 13.

Tachyura rufula, Motschulsky, ibid. 1862, p. 28°.

Hab. Panama, Obispo}.

22. Tachys curvans.

Parvus, subdepressus, angustus, flavo-testaceus ; antennis parum elongatis; capite ut in 7’. corusco et affinibus ;

thorace transverso, postice (modice sinuatim) angustato, angulis posticis obtusis sed apice acuto, sulculo

basali profundo angulum apud lineam dorsalem formante; elytris parum ovatis, striis interioribus quatuor

distincte impressis, 2? et 37 versus apicem extus curvatis ibique interstitiis latis, striis exterioribus

punctulatis haud impressis.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. GuatTEMALA, San Gerénimo, Panzos, Rio Naranjo (Champion).

The apical recurved striole is not clearly distinguishable from the strie, except under

a high power of the microscope, the second and third strie being much more

strongly impressed than in the allied species, curved outward towards the apex, and

approaching within a short distance of the striole. The species is of the flattened

form of the members of § 1; but it belongs to this section from the discoidal position

of both the elytral punctures.

A species very closely resembling this, but having a rather narrower and more cordate

thorax, has been sent to me from California as Tachys, n. sp., by Mr. H. K. Morrison.

The position of the following species is uncertain.

23. Tachys minusculus.

Tachys minusculus, Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1862, p. 36°.

Hab. Panama, Obispo t.

The author says, ‘‘ Elytres tout-a-fait sans stries.” I have seen no species answering

to this description.

24. Tachys cribellatus.

Sat late oblongus, modice convexus, ferrugineo-rufus, nitidus, pedibus pallidioribus; elytris vitta lata communi

nigra, paulo ante apicem terminante; antennis breviusculis, infuscatis, basi pallidis; thorace brevi et lato,

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antice valde rotundato-dilatato, prope basin sinuatim angustato, margine tenuissimo, sulco basali punctu-

lato, carinula prope angulum sat elevata; elytris utrinque quinquestriatis, striis usque ultra medium

subgrosse punctatis, suturali solum ad apicem extensa, 2*-4™ multo abbreviatis, 5* brevissima.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé); Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion).

MIOPTACHYS.

Genus Trecho prima facie simillimum. Corpus glabrum. Caput ovatum; oculi parvi, minime prominentes.

Frons levis, foveis curtis parum impressis distantibus. Palpi articulo subulato sat elongato. Antenne

robuste, moniliformes, articulis 4°-10™ rotundatis. Thorax quadratus, marginibus lateralibus eequaliter

explanatis intus sulculo a dorso separatis, sulculo intus versus basin acute carinato-marginato. Elytra

ovata, basi angusta (margine basali arcuato), humeris leniter rotundis, apice late obtusa, striis (suturali

postice excepta) vix impressis, striola recurva recta elongata submarginali, puncto setifero dorsali unico

longe post medium sito. Tibie anteriores apice extus oblique truncate.

An interesting genus, partly bridging over the difference between Tachys and the

blind genera Aniilus and Scotodipnus. It differs from the latter, besides the presence

of eyes, in the glabrous surface of the body and the long terminal joint of the palpi.

It is possible Motschulsky may have described one of the species as a Polyderis; but

his typical species of Polyderis are true Tachyes, and his definition of the group, “cétés du

corselet rebordés seulement en arriére,” quite excludes the Mioptachys here described.

1. Mioptachys trechoides. (Tab. VI. fig. 6.)

Oblongo-ovatus, subdepressus, rufo-testaceus, antennis, palpis pedibusque pallidioribus ; capite post oculos

parum angustato; thorace quadrato, postice paullulum sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis deflexis acutis,

posticis exstantibus acutissimis, carina postico-laterali elongata acuta; elytris obsolete striatis, stria

suturali postice acutius insculpta.

Long. 1 lin,

Hab. Guatemaa, Totonicapam (Champion).

2. Mioptachys oopteroides.

Latius ovatus magisque convexus, castaneo-rufus vel fuscus, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque fulvo-testaceis ;

thorace breviore, subtransversim quadrato, post medium modice (subsinuatim) angustato, angulis rectis,

carina postico-laterali minus acute elevata; elytris late ovatis, utrinque striis tribus sat conspicuis, suturali

postice solum profunde insculpta.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Totonicapam (Champion).

3. ?Mioptachys breviusculus.

Polyderis breviuscula, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. 1862, p. 34.

Hab. PANaMa.

Judging from the character given by the author, ‘‘oculis minutis, vix prominulis,”

I conclude this species belongs to the present genus. It certainly does not belong to

Polyderis, according to the author’s own definition, the typical species of that group

not differing from Tachys proper.

ANILLUS.—PERICOMPSUS. 145

ANILLUS.

Anillus, Jacquelin Duval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, Bull. p. 72.

A genus of minute blind beetles, allied to Tachys, hitherto found only in the Medi-

terranean region and in North America. Ten species have been described. ‘The

following differs from the typical forms, and also from the allied genera Scotodipnus

and I7/aphanus in its convex surface, and in the elytra being rounded, not subtruncated

at the apex. By the absence of striz or distinct rows of punctures, and by the scarcely

perceptible terminal joint of the palpi, it agrees better with Scotodipnus than with

Anillus ; but in the former of these two genera the elytra are much abbreviated, which

is not at all the case with our species.

1. Anillus integripennis. (Tab. VI. fig. 5.)

Minutus, oblongus, subconvexus, breviter setosus, flavo-testaceus, subnitidus; foveis frontalibus elongatis, sat

profundis, interspatio subangusto convexo; antennis robustis, moniliformibus, versus apicem subincras-

satis; thorace quadrato, postice parum angustato, angulis posticis rectis, basi depressa transversim

sulcata; elytris oblongis, apice subabrupte declivibus, subtilissime punctulatis, striis nullis, in loco striole

recurve punctis magnis tribus.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. GuateMata, Totonicapam (Champion).

PERICOMPSUS.

Pericompsus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 191 (1852); Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1860,

p. 201.

Eighteen species of this genus have been described, all American, and ranging

through temperate as well as tropical latitudes, north and south. A closely allied

undescribed genus occurs in Australia, of which Tachys australis, Schaum, is the type,

differing from Pericompsus only in the eighth and ninth elytral striz being separated

and not sunk together in a marginal groove.

1. Pericompsus ephippiatus.

Bembidium ephippiatum, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 439°.

Pericompsus ephippiatus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1852, p. 191.

Hab. Norta America !,—GuatemMata, San Gerénimo (Champton).

2. Pericompsus jucundus.

Pericompsus jucundus, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1860, p. 2021.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Sallé, Hoge); Guatemaua, Izabal (Sad/é),

Champerico (Champion).—Sovutn America, Venezuela !.

A Guatemalan specimen in the Sallé collection is referred to this species. All the

examples I have examined agree with Schaum’s description as far as it goes.

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, October 1882. uu

146 ADEPHAGA.

3. Pericompsus longulus. (Tab. VI. fig. 9.)

Pericompsus longulus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 601".

“‘Elongatus, parallelogrammicus, castaneo-piceus, capite marginibusque thoracis rufis; elytris fulvo-testaceis,

plaga mediana oblonga communi (postice usque ad marginem dilatata) nigro-picea ; partibus oris, antennis

pedibusque pallidis ; thorace transverso, postice fortiter sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis rectis, margi-

nibus paullo explanato-reflexis.

“Long. 1 lin.” [1-12 lin.].

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr 1), Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé) ; GUATEMALA,

near the city, San Gerénimo (Champion).

Guatemala examples are conspicuously less elongated than those from Mexico, but

do not offer any other difference. The species may be distinguished from the darkest

examples of P. ephippiatus by its broader thorax and by the exterior elytral strie

(strie 4—6) nearly reaching the apex.

4. Pericompsus sticticus.

Elongato-oblongus, subdepressus, olivaceo-eeneus, nitidus, antennis basi (ceteris fuscis), pedibus, maculis

elytrorum utrinque duabus (prima oblonga, basin versus inter striam 6™ et marginem, secunda breviore

apicem versus inter striam 3™ et 8™) flavo-testaceis; capite lato, oculis maximis; thorace late cordato,

postice sinuatim (modice) angustato, angulis acutis, margine laterali subtilissimo, sulco basali multi-

striolato, carinula prope angulum obliqua sat elevata; elytris punctato-striatis, striis 3°-6™ apice sat

abbreviatis.

Long. 1 lin.

Hab. GuateMaa, Panzos, Paso Antonio (Champion).

XYSTOSOMUS.

Xystosomus, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p. 89.

Of this distinct and very remarkable genus ten species have been described. It is

peculiar, as far as at present known, to Tropical America.

1. Xystosomus sublevis.

Late ovatus, convexus, olivaceo-eneus, politus, antennis (apice subinfuscatis) pedibusque fulvo-testaceis ;

oculis maximis ; foveis frontalibus medio subinterruptis extus carinulatis ; thorace semiovali, a basi usque

ad apicem arcuatim angustato, angulis posticis acutis (nullomodo exstantibus) carina elongata acuta ad

marginem fere parallela, fovea basali utrinque lata; elytris striis omnibus minime impressis punctulatis,

84 et 98 magis distinctis, suturali (apice excepto) obsoleta.

Long. 13-12 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion).

2. Xystosomus sulcicostis.

X. sublevi proxime affinis, differt solum striis 5-8" profunde insculptis, 12-4" minime impressis vel omnino

obsoletis, dorso levi; magis convexus, letius eneo-olivaceo coloratus.

Long. 13-12 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volean de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion).

XYSTOSOMUS.—BEMBIDIUM. 147

3. Xystosomus belti. (Tab. VI. fig. 8.)

Xystosomus belti, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 601".

Xystosomus olivaceus, Bates, loc. cit. p. 601°.

“ Elongato-ovatus, modice convexus, politus, viridi-eneus, elytris aureo tinctis ; antennis fulvis, pedibus rufo-

piceis, corpore subtus piceo ; foveis frontalibus longis, ab sulculo oculari utrinque carina separatis ; oculis

maximis; thorace transverso, antice prope angulos fortiter rotundato-angustato, postice haud angustato,

angulis posticis rectis; elytris striis punctulatis novem, 19-3” vix impressis (14 versus apicem excepta),

4a_7™ apice evanescentibus.”

Long. 137-23 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sailé); GuaTEMALA, San Gerdénimo (Champion); NicaRaeva,

Chontales (Belé!2, Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 feet, Bugaba

(Champion).

The sculpture of the elytra varies a little in depth. Mexican and Guatemalan

specimens have the strize most faintly im pressed ; those from Chiriqui have mostly deep

striee with convex interstices, the interior strice always the feeblest. The dark colour

in the legs is most frequently (especially in Chiriqui examples) confined to the middle

of the tibie, and then often on the fore legs only.

X. olivaceus (Bates) is evidently only a colour-aberration. I have seen but the one

example described.

BEMBIDIUM.

Bembidium, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. vii. p. 221.

Nearly 500 species have been described of this well-known genus. It is especially

characteristic of temperate and boreal climates, being but sparingly represented in the

tropics, even at high elevations; and in the river-plains of equatorial countries, as, for

example, the Amazons, it is entirely absent, the allied genera Tachys, Pericompsus,

and Xystosomus, in numerous species, there taking its place. It should be remarked,

however, that the true functional representatives of the Bembidia in moist localities of

the equatorial regions of America are the Lachnophorine.

1. Bembidium spheroderum. (Tab. VI. fig. 12.)

Philochtho eneo subsimilis. Oblongum, subdepressum, olivaceo- vel cyaneo-nigrum, politum, antennarum

articulis 8-4 basalibus pedibusque rufo-testaceis; capite lato, sulculo frontali usque ad oculi marginem

posteriorem ducto; thorace valde rotundato, transverso, prope basin citius usque ad pedunculum rotun-

dato-angustato (margine obtusissime angulato nec sinuato), anguste explanato-reflexo, basi levi, fovea

utrinque parva rotundata; elytris thorace vix latioribus, utrinque striis punctatis sex, omnibus (suturali

excepta) ante apicem terminatis, area apicali politissima, stria tertia bipunctata, margine basali usque

ad stris 5” basin curvato sed a striis distante.

Var. Pedibus obscurioribus partim piceo-rufis.

Long. 13 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

The dark-legged variety, of which only one example was taken by Herr Hoge, is

from Oaxaca.

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148 . ADEPHAGA.

2. Bembidium championi.

B. spherodero proxime affine, differt tantum colore eneo politissimo elytrisque septemstriatis, striis vix

impressis, punctatis, 74 brevissima, 6* ante medium, 5* paulo post medium terminatis ; femoribus supra

tarsisque infuscatis.

Long. 14 lin.

Hab. Guatema.a, Quiche Mountains, 7000 to 9000 feet (Champion).

8. Bembidium rogersi.

Bembidium rogersi, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 602".

“Gracile, convexiusculum, nigro-eneum, pedibus piceis, antennarum articulo basali subtus rufo; thorace

anguste cordato, antice rotundato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis rectis, basi transversim

depresso, vage punctato, foveis profundis carinaque elevata ad marginem fere parallela; elytris punctulato-

striatis, interstitiis convexis paulo undulatis, tertio foveis duabus magnis vagis impresso, stria 7? obsoleta.

*‘ Long. 27 lin.” .

Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000 to 7000 feet (Rogers)!.

| 4, Bembidium cognatum.

Bembidium (Leja) cognatum, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 169°.

Hab. Mexico (Hépfner), Puebla (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé), near the

capital (Flohr), Oaxaca, Jalapa (Hége); GuaremaLa, near the city, Quezaltenango

(Champion).

Extremely near B. flavopictum, Motschulsky (pictum, Lec.), from California and

Texas, and presenting the same range of variation in the pale markings of the elytra as

that attributed by Leconte to the North-American species. ‘The two species, however,

differ constantly in the colour of the base of the antennz, always black in B. cognatum

and pale rufous in B. flavopictum. The thorax also differs in being narrower at the

base in B. cognatum, with a raised but obtuse carina at each angle between the deep

oval fovea and the margin.

5. Bembidium mexicanum. (Tab. VI. fig. 13.)

Bembidium (Peryphus) mexicanum, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 126°.

Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), near the capital

(Flohr), Alvarez Mountains (Dr. Palmer), J alapa, Oaxaca (Hoge); GUATEMALA, near the

city, Totonicapam (Champion).

Var. sallei (Chaud. in coll.). Differt tantum elytris utrinque rufo-bimaculatis, macula prima humerali elongata

(interdum vaga vel obsoleta), secunda subapicali plus minusve fasciiformi obliqua.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Toluca, Etla (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), near the

capital (Zlohr), Oaxaca (Hoge); British Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneauz) ;

GUATEMALA, near the city, Totonicapam, Panajachel (Champion),

The typical B. meaicanum is, as described by Dejean, “ obscure viridi-eneum ”

(M. Sallé’s Cordova specimens have a slight bluish-green tint), with spotless elytra.

BEMBIDIUM. 149

Between this form and the four-spotted B. sal/@i there exists every gradation in the

large series I have examined from the localities above cited. ‘The number of red basal

joints of the antenne also varies, the minimum being one, viz. the scape ; the depth of

the elytral striee and strength of their punctuation also vary, being in some examples much

diminished; the seventh stria, however, is always absent. In all its varieties the form

of the thorax remains constant. It is cordate-quadrate, with simple basal fovee and

only slight traces of a carina or minute plica lying obliquely and joining the lateral

margin a little before the angle, which latter is projecting rectangular.

A specimen from Cordova is figured.

6. Bembidium submaculatum.

Bembidium (Peryphus) submaculatum, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 603°.

“ Klongato-ovatum, modice convexum, fusco-eneum, elytris utrinque versus apicem macula obliqua flavo-

testacea ; antennis piceis, articulo 1° et 2°-4™ basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; palpis maxillaribus articulo

penultimo obscuro; thorace transversim quadrato, antice modice rotundato, postice leviter sinuatim angus-

tato, angulis posticis subrectis, fovea basali profunda vage rugosa, carinaque obliqua juxta angulum ;

elytris subtiliter striato-punctulatis, striis interdum magis impressis, 7* abbreviata, exterioribus omnibus

versum apicem obliteratis, interstitio 3° bipunctato.

“ Long. 24 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr) 1, Capulalpam, Jacale (Sallé), Oaxaca, Jalapa

(Hoge).

Extremely near B. mexicanum, but differs in the seventh stria being distinct, though

much abbreviated, and in some examples reduced to a row of faint punctures near the

base, and in the thoracic carina being longer and more conspicuous. It is much smaller

than the usual size of B. mexicanum.

7. Bembidium lucidum.

B. submaculato proxime affine, differt thorace magis rotundato, antennis rufis apice tantum subinfuscatis,

elytrisque utrinque macula magna humerali, altera obliqua versus apicem flavo-testaceis; pedibus

testaceis; elytris stria punctata 7* magis distincta et ultra medium continuata; thorace basi plus minusve

punctato.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Norra America to Hudson’s Bay.—MeExico, San Antonio de Arriba (Sal/é),

Oaxaca (f6ge).

Named B. immaturatum by Chaudoir in the Sallé collection. I can detect no

differences between Mexican specimens and others from various parts of North America,

and have received the species from Morrison (taken in Montana) under the name of

B. lucidum.

s. Bembidium vernale.

B. mewicani: exemplaribus cyaneo-olivaceis simile, sed multo minor, thoraceque postice magis sinuatim angus-

tato angulisque valde exstantibus. Olivaceum, subcyaneum, antennis basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis ;

thorace cordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis prominentibus acutis, foveis basalibus parvis

150 ADEPHAGA.

profundis carinulaque obliqua juxta angulum; elytris punctato-striatis, striis 6, 6? et 54 apud medium

terminatis.

Long. 22 lin.

Hab. Muxico (Sallé)

I have adopted the name given to this species by Chaudoir in the Salle collection.

9. Bembidium flohri.

Bembidium (Notaphus) flohri, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 602°.

“Oblongum, parallelogrammicum, depressum, eneum nitidum, elytris pallido-testaceis, regione scutellari

gutta utrinque discoidali maculaque majore postmediana transversa fuscis; palpis, antennis et pedibus

fulvo-testaceis; sulcis frontalibus modice impressis simplicibus; capite levi; thorace postice angustato,

angulis posticis obtusis fere rotundatis, supra media basi strigosa, fovea utrinque vaga, lata, rugulosa,

carinaque acuta oblique ad angulum posticum ducta; elytris thorace vix latioribus, integriter punctulato-

striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio tripunctato.

“Long. 2-23 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr)1, Oaxaca (Hoge).

It is only by rare exception that the hind angles of the thorax are so obtuse as to

justify the phrase “fere rotundatis” in the above diagnosis. Except in one example

of the series examined, the angles are distinct, and on close examination prove to form

a minute projection. The species resembles in colour the Peryphus rather than the

Notaphus section of Bembidium; but the striz are as in the latter section.

10. Bembidium scintillans.

Anguste oblongo-ovatum, convexiusculum, viridi-eneum, capite thoraceque letius eneis nitidissimis, elytris

lineolis plurimis, antennis basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis, geniculis infuscatis; sulcis frontalibus rectis

brevibus ; thorace cordato-quadrato, prope basin sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis rectis, fovea utrinque

basali sat profunda levi carinulaque acuta juxta angulum ; elytris grosse punctato-striatis, striis omnibus

integris prope apicem levibus, 34 et 4%, 54 et 6? ante apicem conjunctis; interstitiis subconvexis, 3° bipunc-

tato, cupreo-sneis nitidis, lineolis flavis ornatis, quarum una basali apud interstitium 3”, longissima,

ceteris brevibus, quatuor ante apicem fasciam formantibus, alteris juxta apicem in maculam congestis.

Long. 2+ lin.

Hab. Muxico, Capulalpam (Sadlé), Oaxaca (Hoge).

Belongs to the Votaphus section of the genus, notwithstanding its comparatively narrow,

subcordate, and highly polished thorax.

11. Bembidium spretum.

Bembidium (Notaphus) spretum, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 70°.

Hab. Mexico’, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

12. Bembidium semifasciatum.

Bembidium semifasciatum, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 438 (1834)

Hab. Mexico 4, near the capital (£Johr).

BEMBIDIUM. 151

Extremely near B. spretum. It seems, however, to be a distinct species, the thorax

being much less contracted near the base, with the hind angles less prominent, or, as

Say describes it, “ sides not arquated from behind the middle to the basal angle.” The

elytra, too, have always a semifascia of three or four small yellow spots on a level with

the first puncture, which are absent in B. spretum.

13. Bembidium sparsum.

Oblongum, vix convexum, cupreo-fuscum viridi-tinctum, capite thoraceque subtilissime alutaceis minus nitidis ;

antennarum articulis 1° 2°que et 3°-5™ basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis, genibus tarsorumque articulis apice

infuscatis ; elytris lineolis plurimis apice fulvo-testaceis ; foveis frontalibus rectis parum impressis ; thorace

cordato-quadrato, minus lato, paullo ante medium rotundato, prope basin sinuatim angustato, angulis

posticis obtusis sed distinctis, foveis sat profundis, carinula juxta angulum acuta; elytris punctato-striatis,

striis omnibus passim xqualiter impressis prope apicem fere levibus, 3° 4°que et 5° 6°que ante apicem

conjunctis, interstitiis planis, 3° bipunctato.

Long. 13-23 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sailé), Vera Cruz, Oaxaca (Hége); GuaTEMALA, near the city,

Paso Antonio, Champerico (Champion).

The pale lineoles of the elytra are arranged almost the same as in B. scintillans ;

but, though varying in length in different examples, none of them are so much elon-

gated. Besides the apical spot, there are about fourteen on each elytron, viz. two small

basal on the fourth and fifth interstices, two longer, following each other (a little before

the middle), on the third, with five others exterior to them forming a fascia on interstices

4to 8. Towards the apex there is a similar fascia formed of lineoles on interstices

4A to 8.

I have adopted the name given to the species by Chaudoir in the Salle collection.

14. Bembidium placitum.

Bembidium (Notaphus) placitum, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 602°.

“ Blongato-oblongum, depressum, viridi- vel subcupreo-eneum, elytris cupreo-fuscis (g nitidis, 9 subopacis)

vitta laterali ab humero usque medium, intus biloba, fasciaque maculari ante apicem, fulvo-testaceis ;

sulcis frontalibus latis, haud profundis; thorace late rotundato, postice magis quam antice angustato,

angulis posticis obtusis, fovea media profunda carinaque parva juxta angulum ; elytris subtiliter punctato-

striatis, interstitiis planissimis, tertio 3-punctato ; palpis, antennis pedibusque obscure piceis.

‘Long. 3 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr, Sallé).

Varies in the extent of tawny-yellow markings of the elytra, the marginal irregular

vitta being sometimes quite absent and the subapical fascia much reduced: all inter-

mediate gradations occur; and sometimes the apex is testaceous. ‘The thorax is much

contracted at the base; and the hind angles would be correctly described as rounded off,

were it not for a small, almost dentiform projection. The carina near the angle forms

a fine raised line, often difficult of detection, and sometimes even obsolete. ‘The species

bears four separate specific names in the Sallé collection ; but it is readily distinguished

152 ADEPHAGA.

from its allies by the third elytral interstice being tripunctate instead of bipunctate,

the punctures being small and situated nearly in the middle of the interstice.

Subdivision F. Sudtruncati.

This subdivision is proposed for the reception of a number of genera which partake

of the characters on the one hand of the Tripalmati, and on the other of the Truncati-

pennes, but in such combination that they seem to me to form a separate subtype of

Carabide, and ought not in a natural system to be included in one or the other. The

elytra agree with the subfamily Anchomenine and the Truncatipennes subdivision in

having uninterrupted lateral margins; but the form of the apex indicates a nearer

relationship to the Truncatipennes than to the Tripalmati. ‘The form is modified from

genus to genus, the apex being sometimes entire, and sometimes more or less distinctly

truncated; but when entire there is no tendency to oblique sinuation, which is the

prevailing character of the Tripalmati, and when truncated it is almost always in a

straight line, without sinuation or produced: angles, which is so common a condition in

the Truncatipennes. The basal margin of the elytra exhibits analogous modifications ;

but it never forms a right angle (with humeral plica) with the lateral margin, as pre-

valent in the Pterostichine, and, in the less specialized genera, resembles that of certain

Anchomenine in being broadly rounded at the shoulders, as though it were the con-

tinuation of the lateral margin, and suddenly dips at the peduncle to form a curved or

straight fine margin to the scutellar striole. In proportion as the genera approach the

Odacanthine of the Truncatipennes subdivision, this peduncular margin tends to

disappear, as in Casnonia and Odacantha; and in the extreme forms the humeral

margin runs obliquely forward or becomes obsolete. With regard to the dilatation and

the clothing of the palms of the male fore tarsi, the Subtruncati agree with the Tripalmati,

and differ exceedingly little from the Anchomenid type. The relationship of the chief

members of the subdivision to the Casnoni@ has been recognized by most modern syste-

matists ; but the older entomologists were more inclined to see a connexion between them

and the Bembidiine, to which there is, indeed, much resemblance, both in facies and in

habits ; but the resemblance is one of analogy rather than of affinity.

Subfam. LACHNOPHORIN AL.

ANCHONODERUWS.

Anchonoderus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 38.

About a dozen species of this genus are known, all Tropical American, except one,

which occurs in Texas.

ANCHONODERUS.—LACHNOPHORUS. 153

1. Anchonoderus binotatus.

Anchonoderus binotatus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 39°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Paso del Macho (Hoge); Guatemana (Sallé), near the

city, San Gerénimo, Chacoj, Rio Naranjo, Cahabon (Champion); Panama, Caldera

(Champion).—Soutn America, Colombia !.

An example, collected by Mr. Champion at Cahabon, has an additional small red

spot on each elytron towards the base on interstices 6 and 7.

2. Anchonoderus subzeneus.

Anchonoderus subeneus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 40°.

Hab. GuateMata, near the city, Chacoj (Champion).—Soutn America, Colombia !.

Probably a variety of A. binotatus, differing only in the absence of red spots.

3. Anchonoderus subtilis.

Anchonoderus subtilis, Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. viii. (1871) p. 33°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Paso del Macho (Hége); GuateMALa’, near the city,

San Gerodnimo, Paraiso.

LACHNOPHORUS.

Lachnophorus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 28.

Confined to America, and similar in range to Anchonoderus, but more numerous in

species, about twenty-five having already been described. The genus blends with

Anchonoderus by insensible gradations; but may be distinguished by the elytra having

three large punctures on the disk.

1. Lachnophorus humeralis. (Tab. VI. fig. 14.)

Oblongus, subdepressus, breviter erecte pubescens, subeneo-piceus, macula subquadrata prope humeros (inter-

stitia 5°-8™ tegente), scapo pedibusque flavo-testaceis, genibus, tibiis apice et tarsis leviter infuscatis ; capite

nitido, sparsissime punctato; oculis modice prominentibus; palpis gradatim acuminatis; thorace anguste

cordato, marginibus acutis, ante basin sinuatis, angulis parvis exstantibus sed basi juxta angulum oblique

truncata, dorso subtiliter coriaceo, seta posteriore apud angulum ; elytris apice valde obtusis vel obtuse et

suboblique truncatis, punctulato-striatis (striis versus apicem levibus), interstitiis subtiliter punctulatis,

tertio punctis tribus, 1° et 2° juxta striam 3™ 3° juxta striam 2™ sitis.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. GuatemMaLa, Cahabon, Paraiso, San Gerénimo (Champion); Panama, Volcan

de Chiriqui, Caldera, Bugaba (Champion).

The subhumeral yellow spot is sometimes reduced in size, and, very rarely, is entirely

wanting. |

9. Lachnophorus guttulatus.

Oblongus, parum convexus, erecte pilosus, nigro-eneus, antennis basi pedibusque piceo-rufis, femoribus apice

excepto pallidioribus ; elytris utrinque guttis duabus flavo-testaceis, prima ante medium interstitia 6™ et 7™

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vel 6"-8"™, secunda post medium interstitia 5" et 6™ tegentibus, flavo-testaceis; palpis fusiformibus, versus

apicem acuminatis ; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; capite supra crebre rugoso-punctato, collo depresso

constricto, levi; thorace anguste cordato, lateribus prope basin rectis, margine laterali subobtuso, dorso

coriaceo; elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, plica basali obtusa juxta pedunculum nulla, dorso punctulato-

striato (striis versus apicem levibus, 3* trifoveata), interstitiis punctulatis.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Guaremana, San Gerénimo (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Caldera (Champion).

Allied to L. maculatus (Chaud.), but much darker in colour and the thorax smoother.

The pale spots of the elytra, always very small, vary in extent, being sometimes

restricted to one interstice, and sometimes extended, the first to all the interstices from

the sixth to the margin, the second to interstices 4 to 7.

3. Lachnophorus semirufus. (Tab. VI. fig. 16.)

Lachnophorus semirufus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 603°.

“ Breviter oblongus, erecte pilosus, capite thoraceque rufis, elytris pectore abdomineque nigro-eneis, palpis

antennis pedibusque flavo-testaceis; capite postice modice angustato, oculis minus prominulis, vertice

grossissime punctato; thorace late cordato, versus basin modice angustato, grossissime intricato-punctato ;

elytris quadratis, fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis supra paulo planatis, crenulatis, tertio 3-foveato.

“Long. 24 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000

feet (Champion).

Chiriqui specimens have more richly coloured elytra than those from Chontales,

varying from greenish to tawny purplish, with a golden tinge.

4, Lachnophorus corrosus.

L. semirufo proxime affinis, capite et thorace similiter grosse scabroso-punctatis, formaque eadem ; differt colore

supra sneo, elytris interdum subcupreo-eneis. Antennarum articulis 1°-4™ pedibusque rufis; thorace

(sicut in L. semirufo) late cordato, basi valde angustata, margine laterali acuto, seta posteriore ad an-

gulum sita ; elytris plica basali prope pedunculum obsoleta, striis usque ad pedunculum profunde insculptis.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion).

5. Lachnophorus subauratus.

L. corroso affinis et simillimus, sed differt capite fere levi Sparsim punctato, coloreque supra letius pallide seneo

vel subaurato, pedibus pallidioribus, flavis.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Guatema.a, El Tumbador (Champion).

6. Lachnophorus pictipennis.

Lachnophorus pictipennis, Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. viii. p. 57 (1871) *.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova, Toxpam (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca, Cerro de Plumas (Loge) ;

Honpuras (Sallé); Guaremata, San Gerdénimo (Champion); Nicaraeua, Chontales

(Belt, Janson). |

LACHNOPHORUS. 155

In addition to the differential characters given in the description above referred to,

may be mentioned the presence of a large distinct puncture in the middle of the

forehead.

7. Lachnophorus sculptifrons. (Tab. VI. fig. 17.)

Lachnophorus sculptifrons, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 604'.

“ L, elegantulo similis. Gracilis, breviter pallido-hirsutus, viridi-zeneus ; antennarum articulo basali infra, 2°—

4™ basi, femoribus (annulo basali et genibus exceptis) tibiisque (apice excepto) rufo-testaceis ; elytris albo-

et flavo-testaceis, fascia ultra medium fusco-enea; capite crebre longitudinaliter strigoso et punctato;

thorace elongato-cordato, paullulum dilatato, alutaceo-opaco et sparsim punctulato; elytris acute striatis,

striis basi punctatis, interstitiis planatis uniseriatim punctulatis, disco trifoveato, foveola anteriore solum

conspicua.

“ Long. 2 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, Etla (Sallé), Vera Cruz, Oaxaca (Hoge); GuateMALA, Chinautla

(Salvin '), near the city, San Gerénimo, Rio Naranjo, Paso Antonio (Champion) :

Nicaracua, Chontales (Bel¢?).

Bears the MS. name Lachnophorus juvencus (Chevr.) in the Sallé collection.

8. Lachnophorus longulus.

Lachnophorus longulus, Bates, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 603 '.

‘In hoc genere elongatus, convexior, olivaceo-eneus, breviter setosus; elytris sordide fusco-albis, pone medium

fascia irregulari fusca prope suturam valde dilatata; antennis piceo-fuscis, articulo basali infra rufo ;

femoribus flavo-testaceis, basi et apice piceo-nigris; tibiis et tarsis piceis, illis dimidio basali rufo-piceis ;

capite longitudinaliter vage striato ; thorace angusto, elongato-ovato, lateribus anticis modice rotundatis,

basi angustata, angulis posticis haud exstantibus, supra viridi-zneo subtiliter alutaceo et punctulato ;

elytris oblongis, apice distincte sinuato-truncatis, fortiter exarato-striatis, striis dimidio basali punctatis,

interstitiis planis, seriatim punctulatis, disco utrinque 3-foveatis.

“ Long. 23 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson ').

Closely allied to L. sculptifrons, but more elongate and convex, with the thorax more

coarsely and less densely sculptured, consequently more shining, and the elytral inter-

stices beyond the middle less sharply and less uniformly uniseriate-punctate.

9. Lachnophorus tessellatus.

Stigmaphorus tesselatus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, i. p. 221°.

- Hab. Payama, Obispo 4.

This may possibly be the same as L. longulus ; but the description is too superficial

to enable one to judge. |

10. Lachnophorus femoralis.

Lachnophorus femoralis, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, 11. p. 221°.

Hab. Panama}.

Apparently a distinct species from any of the preceding.

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156 ADEPHAGA,

11. Lachnophorus axillaris. -

Lachnophorus axillaris, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii. p. 221".

Hab. Panama }.

Apparently similar to L. humeralis, but much smaller in size.

EUPHORTICUS.

Euphorticus, Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 144 (1881).

Lachnophorus, partim, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 30.

A genus separated by Dr. Horn from Lachnophorus on the characters :—‘ Last joints

of palpi conical, gradually narrowed to tip; the surface glabrous ; elytra without dorsal

punctures.” Three species are referable to the genus, one widely distributed in North

and South America, and the other two peculiar to the tropical zones; one of the latter

has spotted elytra, viz. E. guadrinotatus, from South Brazil.

1. Euphorticus pubescens.

Lachnophorus pubescens, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 30°.

Lachnophorus niger, Gory, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1838, p. 245°.

Lachnophorus levicollis, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 180°.

Hab. Nortu America }.—Mexico, Cordova (Sallé); GUATEMALA, near the city, San

Gerdnimo, El Reposo, Senahu (Champion).—Soutn AMERICA ? *.

Var. encolus. Leetius eneus, pedibus antennarumque basi interdum fulvo- vel piceo-testaceis.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hodge); GuaTemaLa, near the city, San Gerdénimo,

Paso Antonio (Champion).—Soutn America, Amazons to Santa Catharina, 6. Brazil.

Reiche and Gory describe their species as black (like the North-American form) ;

but all the South-American examples I have seen are of alight brassy colour. The

Central-American examples of the brassy-black type form are generally rather more

pilose than the United-States examples I have seen, and the thorax varies in being a

little more rotundate in shape; but all the varieties are insensibly connected by

intermediate forms.

2. Kuphorticus leucoscelis.

Lachnophorus leucoscelis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 603 -

“ L. levicolli (Reich.) proxime affinis. Elongatus, nigro-eeneus, nitidus, supra glaber; palpis antennarumque

articulis 4 basalibus rufo-testaceis; tibiis (apice excepto) albo-testaceis ; capite (cum oculis) quam thorax

latiore, punctis magnis conspersis; thorace rotundato-cordato, valde convexo, postice fortiter angustato,

basi constricto et depresso, fere impunctato, polito; elytris profunde striatis, striis a basi usque paulo

ultra medium grosse punctatis.

“ Long. vix 2 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

CALYBE.—EGA. 157

Sometimes brightly eneous, like the var. eneolus of E. pubescens. It is scarcely

distinct specifically from that species.

CALYBE.

Calybe, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 92 (1835).

Chalybe, Chaudoir; Bates (olim).

Six species of this genus are known, all Tropical-American. It connects Lachnophorus

with the extreme form Ega, which, on account of its peculiarities, has been placed in a

separate group by Dr. Horn, and widely removed from its natural allies.

1. Calybe belti.

Chalybe belti, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 604°.

“ @racilis, subseneo-nigra, breviter griseo-setosa, setis longioribus nigris commixtis; antennis ut in gen. Ega

brevibus extus incrassatis, brevius hirsutis, articulis tribus basalibus flavis, 4°-7" nigro-fuscis, 8°-11™

albis; capite grosse reticulato-punctato ; thorace graciliter cordato, grosse discrete punctato ; elytris pone

basin valde transversim depressis, acute exarato-striatis, interstitiis summis planatis, distanter lineato-

punctatis, utrinque fasciis angustis brevibus macularibus testaceo-albis duabus; pedibus albis, femoribus,

tibiis tarsisque apice fuscis.

“ Long. 1? lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt +).

EGA.

Ega, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 93 (1835).

Twelve species of this peculiar Tropical-American genus have been described, two of

which are of wide range in Central and temperate North America.

1. Ega sallei. (Tab. VI. fig. 15.)

Ega Sallei, Chevrolat, Rev. Zool. 1889, p. 308 °.

Hab. Nortu America, New Orleans .—Mexico, Vera Cruz, Tuxtla (Sallé), Jalapa

(Hoge) ; Guaremata, Champerico, El Jicaro, Rio Maria Linda, Paso Antonio (Champion) ;

Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson).

In some examples from Champerico the second elytral stria is nearly as strongly

impressed as the first, and the others extend beyond the basal depression. They thus

connect the species with the following.

2. Ega letula.

Ega letula, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. York, v. p. 173°.

Hab. Norra America, California 1.— Mruxico (Truqut), Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa

(Hége).—GuateMata, near the city, San Gerdnimo, Pantaleon, Rio Naranjo (Cham-

pion).

158 ADEPHAGA.

3. Ega fuscozenea.

Ega fuscoenea, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii. p. 220°.

Hab. Panama},

According to the brief description, a well-marked and distinct species, but unknown

to me.

Subdivision G. Obtusipennes.

The genera Leptotrachelus, Ctenodactyla, Amblycoleus, Hexagonia, and their immediate

allies, hitherto classed by systematists in the Truncatipennes series, although the

elytra present no trace of truncature, constitute this new subdivision. A point of

structure which has hitherto escaped notice amply justifies this separation. It is the

interrupted margin of the elytra before the apex, which is almost as well developed in

Ctenodactyla, the broader species of Leptotrachelus (L. trifasciata), and Heaxagonia, as

in the Pterostichine. The significance of this feature is not materially diminished by

the fact that the notch in the margin is obsolete in the typical species of Leptotra-

chelus, the ridge on the under surface of the elytra being retained in a rudimentary

condition in those species. ‘Che Australian genus Amb/ytelus and an undescribed genus

from West Africa belong to the subdivision, the former as a subfamily equivalent to

Ctenodactyline. Huplynes (Schmidt-Goebel), in which the elytral margin and ridge are

in a condition similar to that of the typical species of Leptotrachelus, may also be

included.

Subfam. CTENODACTY LINZ.

LEPTOTRACHELUS.

Leptotrachelus, Latreille, Régne Animal, 2 ed. iv. p. 871 (1829).

Rhagocrepis, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, ii. p. 5 (1829).

Spheracra, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 412 (1834).

Twenty-five species of this characteristic American genus have been described, all

tropical, except one, which is a well-known insect of the United States. Many of the

species are founded on extremely slight differences; and it is doubtful if they can be

maintained.

1. Leptotrachelus mexicanus.

Leptotrachelus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, 1. p. 32.

Leptotrachelus dorsalis (Fab.), Chaudoir, loc. cit. 1848, i. p. 59.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Tehuantepec (Sallé), Misantla (Hoge), Jalapa (Flohr) ;

Guatemata, San Gerénimo, El Jicaro, Capetillo (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales

(Janson) ; Panama, David (Chontales).

The specimens from Chontales and David differ somewhat from all the others in the

LEPTOTRACHELUS. 159

outline of the posterior part of the head—the sides, behind the eyes, being distinctly

rounded instead of nearly straight. There is a sexual difference of this nature in some

species of this genus (as in Agra); but I doubt whether this will explain the present

case.

2. Leptotrachelus puncticollis. (Tab. VI. fig. 18.)

Leptotrachelus puncticollis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 600".

‘* Fulvo-testaceus, immaculatus, pedibus pallidioribus ; capite levi, post oculos paullo rotundatim angustato,

convexo ; thorace antice prope apicem distincte angustato, ante medium rotundato-dilatato, supra passim

punctulato, versus angulos posticos grossius punctato; elytris depressis, punctato-striatis.

“Long. 44-44 lin.”

Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo, San Gerénimo, Torola (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales

(Janson 1); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The sole constant difference between this and the preceding species is its immaculate

elytra, L. mexicanus having (with L. dorsalis and other species) the suture and an elon-

gated common spot towards the apex of the elytra blackish.

3. Leptotrachelus panamensis.

Leptotrachelus panamensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 600°.

“ Fulvo-testaceus fuscescens, sutura angusta plagaque apicali nigro-fuscis; antennis et pedibus pallidioribus ;

capite levi; thorace antice prope apicem angustato, lateribus anticis leviter rotundatis, ante basin paullo

sinuatis, supra punctato et medio dorsi punctato-rugoso.

“ Long. 43 lin.”

Hab. Panama }.

The fuscous spot is not a defined sutural patch as in L. meaxicanus, but is diffused

over the apical portion of the elytra.

4. Leptotrachelus planus.

Leptotrachelus planus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 218!; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1872,

i. p. 417.

Hab. Panama’.

Distinguished from the preceding by its elytra and knees being dark brown. |

5. Leptotrachelus fulvus.

Leptotrachelus fulvus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, i. p. 218°; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1872,

i. p. 417.

Hab. PANAMA.

Differs from all the foregoing species by the head being of dark colour and rugose

punctate.

160 ADEPHAGA.

6. Leptotrachelus suturalis.

Leptotrachelus suturalis, Castelnau, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 889'; Motschulsky, Bull. Mose.

1864, ii. p. 2187.

Hab. Panama?.—SoutH America, Cayenne}.

7. Leptotrachelus dilaticollis.

Valde elongatus, flavo-testaceus (capite thoraceque rufescentibus); capite post oculos subrecto et sat valde

angustato, levi; thorace subcordato, lateribus explanatis (margine reflexo-acuto), mox ante basin sinuato-

angustatis, angulis posticis rectis, basi tantum parce punctata; elytris maxime elongatis, parallelis, apice

obtusis, margine ante apicem sinuato subinterrupto, carina inferiore subtus deflexa et continuata, dorso

modice depresso punctato-striato, interstitio tertio 3-punctato ; tarsis quam in speciebus typicis vix latioribus,

articuli quarti lobis sublinearibus.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Chiacam (Champion).

Approaches the genus Amblycoleus (Chaud.), which is known to me only from the

description. Its seems to differ by its less broadly rounded apex of elytra and less

dilated tarsal joints. In facies it much resembles Callecda pallidipennis. One example

only has been received.

Subdivision H. Truncatipennes.

Subfam. ODACANTHIN ZL.

CASNONIA.

Casnonia, Latreille, Icon. Col. Europ. i. p. 77 (1822); Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 275.

Plagiorhytis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 31.

Apiodera, Chaud. ibid. p. 35.

About ninety species of this widely distributed genus have been described. Its head

quarters, as far as number and variety of specific forms are concérned, are in Tropical

America, a much smaller number occurring in Tropical and Subtropical Africa, Asia,

and Australia. Three species are found in Temperate North America.

1. Casnonia picta.

Casnonia picta, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, iv. p. 697; 1862, iv. p. 2767.

Hab. Muxico', Puebla, Chapulco (Sallé), near the capital (Sallé, Flohr), Valle del

Maiz (Dr. Palmer), Tehuacan (Hoge).

2. Casnonia tetrastigma.

Casnonia tetrastigma, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 278°.

Hab. Mexico, Tlacotalpam 1, Cordova (Saidé).

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3. Casnonia subdistincta.

Casnonia subdistincta, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 292°.

Hab. Mexico !, Cordova, Presidio (Forrer).

Var. Elytris disco posteriore colloque levioribus, maculaque testacea apicali majore.

Apiodera transparens, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii. p. 219". (Tab. VI. fig. 20.)

Hab. Cuntrau America!; GuareMa.a, San Isidro, Paraiso (Champion).

The variety C. transparens is not quite constant, some Mexican examples having a

more or less distinct polished space on the elytra.

4, Casnonia irregularis.

CO. marmorate similis, sed differt inter alia elytrorum interstitiis latitudine valde ineequalibus. Opaca, elytris

- sericeis punctis nitidis, macula medio-marginali fasciaque maculari apicali pallide testaceis ; obscure zneo-

fusca, antennis dimidio basali rufo-testaceo, pedibus flavo-testaceis, femoribus annulo et apice, tibiis

tarsorumque articulis apice fuscis: capite post oculos recte angustato crebre ruguloso ; thorace valde

elongato et angusto, granulato-opaco, pronoti marginibus supra conspicuis, linea dorsali subbrevi, toto

dorso regulariter transversim rugato ; elytris breviter oblongis, apice sinuato-truncatis, angulis productis

exteriore dentiformi, dorso plano, subtilissime granulato, striato, interstitiis 2° et 4°, 6° et 7° versus basin,

4° et 6° iterum versus apicem, valde angustatis, 1°, 3°, 5° et 7° seriatim setifero-punctatis.

Long. 3—4 lin.

Hab. Guaremaa, El Reposo, Tocoy (Champion).

5. Casnonia tristigma.

C. tripustulate (Chaud.) quam maxime affinis, differt tantum striis post medium fere obsoletis. Angusta,

castaneo-fusca, subnitida, antennis, pedibus (femoribus apice late fuscis exceptis) maculisque tribus elytro-

rum (scilicet una utrinque discoidali prope medium, et una posteriore communi suturali) margineque

testaceo-fulvis ; capite levi, post oculos recte et valde angustato, collo prolongato ; thorace modice elongato,

transyersim rugulato; elytris apice subobtuse truncatis, angulo exteriore parum producto, dorso antice

punctato-striato, postice levi.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Guaremaa, Tocoy (Champion).

One example only.

6. Casnonia marginestriata. (Tab. VI. fig. 19.)

Casnonia marginestriata, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. Liége, ii. p. 871; Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1872, 1.

p. 408.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca}, Jalapa (Hoge) ; Guatema.a, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

7. Casnonia pilatei.

Casnonia pilati, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 47.

Casnonia pilatei, Chaud. ibid. 1862, iv. p. 289 ‘

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate 1), Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Honpuras

(Satlé).

- Blob. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, January 1883. yy

162 ADEPHAGA.

8. Casnonia tubulifera. (Tab. VI. fig. 25.)

Casnonia tubulifera, Bates, Proc. Zool: Soc. 1878, p. 604!.

‘‘ Subeeneo-nigra, elytris macula anteriore antice ramum ad basin emittente et altera apicali marginibusque rufo-

testaceis ; antennis pedibusque rufescentibus ; capite levi, mox pone oculos subito constricto, deinde in

collum tubuliforme prolongato; media fronte bicallosa; thorace minus elongato, grosse punctato; élytris

oblongis, politis, wudis, apice leviter sinuatim truncatis, angulo exteriore obtuso, supra striato-punctatis,

striis interioribus quatuor post medium interruptis, interstitio tertio trifoveato, calloque posteriore sub-

marginali.

“ Long. 3 lin.”

Hab. Guaremata, Cahabon (Champion); Cuontates, Nicaragua (Belt)1; Panama,

Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

The single Guatemala example differs from all those from other localities in the tawny

markings of the elytra being reduced to a few small spots.

9. Casnonia sulcicauda.

C. marginestriate affinis et quoad formam similis (gracilis, elytris relative brevibus subovatis). Nigra, nitida,

capite thoraceque neo tinctis, elytris fascia flexuosa prope apicem et altera abbreviata (vel linea transversa )

mediana margineque anguste testaceo-albis ; antennis articulis 2°-4™ pedibusque pallide testaceis, femoribus

annulato lato, tibiis tarsorumque articulis apice infuscatis: capite postice modice elongato, gradatim recte

angustato, fronte irregulariter rugulosa ; thorace antice anguste cylindrico, postice subito dilatato, supra

transversim recte striato ; elytris medio levibus, apice arcuatim sinuato-truncatis, juxta basin et apicem

tantum striatis, striis apud basin vix impressis, apud apicem profunde et late insculptis, striis marginalibus

(8# et 9*) integris, 8* in medio subtiliore.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. GuatemaLa, San Gerénimo (Champion).

10. Casnonia championi.

C. corrusce (Chaud.) affinis, multo minor. Eneo-nigra, antennis, palpis et pedibus rufescenti-testaceis (femo-

ribus basi et apice albis); elytris utrinque fasciis macularibus duabus, interstitia 4"-7™ transeuntibus :

capite convexo, levissimo, ovato, post oculos paullulum rotundato-angustato, fronte antice rugata, episto-

mate quadrifoveolato; thorace modice elongato, ab apice usque ad medium leviter dilatato, ante basin vix

angustato, supra transversim plicato; elytris oblongis, angulo apicali exteriore dentiformi, dorso ante

medium late depresso, grosse striato-punctatis, callo magno prope scutellum fere levi, striis versus mar-

ginem valde impressis, apud fascias sulcatis, interstitio tertio et quinto pluripunctatis. .

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Resembles the C. corrusca of Ecuador, a fine species 54 lines long and more robust

in all its parts. In colours and general form there is scarcely any difference; but the

head is much more convex and less rectilinearly narrowed behind, and the sculpture of

the elytra differs in the lesser area occupied by sulciform striz and the more regular

punctuation.

CALOPHLENA. eS 163

CALOPHAENA.

Calophena, Klug, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. x. p. 295.

Cordistes, Latreille, Hist. Nat. et Icon. Col. Eur. i. pp. 77, 126.

Of this well marked and handsome genus, peculiar to Tropical America, twenty-eight

species have been described. It was classed by Lacordaire and Chaudoir in the same

group as Galerita and Drypta; but Dr. Horn has recently shown good reason why it

should be removed from that position, and restored it to the Odacanthine group, in which

it was originally placed by Latreille. It agrees with the Odacanthine and differs from

the Dryptine in the bisetose penultimate joint of the labial palpi. The tarsal structure,

however, is highly peculiar, and resembles that of neither subfamily, but seems to be

an extreme development of that exhibited by the Ctenodactyline.

1. Calophena cruciata. (Tab. VI. fig. 22.)

Calophena cruciata, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 605°.

“C. acuminate (Oliv.) affinis. Nigro-cyanea, nitida; elytris utrinque maculis magnis quadratis duabus

(interstitia sex occupantibus) albo-testaceis, basi et apice anguste cruceque mediana nigro-cyaneis ; thorace

valde elongato, antice magis quam postice recte angustato; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis modice

convexis ; antennis articulis 5°-11™ fulvis.

“Long. 64 lin.”

Hab. Cuonta.es, Nicaragua (Belt !, Janson).

2. Calophena laevigata.

Calophena levigata, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 605°.

“ 0, acuminate (Ol.) affinis, colore letius cyanea. Elytris medio violaceis, striis (nisi apud maculas albas)

nullomodo impressis; thorace valde elongato, antice subrotundatim, postice sinuatim angustato ; elytris

aculeatis, maculis utrinque duabus transversis albo-testaceis, prima interstitia 5, secunda 6 occupante.

“ Long. 64 lin.”

Hab. Panama}, Bugaba (Champion).

8. Calophena bicincta.

Odacantha bifasciata, Latreille, Voy. Humboldt & Bonpland, Zool. p. 175. no. 24, t. 17. f.1* (nom.

preeocc.).

Cordistes bicinctus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 291.

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt)—Sourn America, Ecuador *.

Var. C. ligata (Tab. VI. fig. 21). Fasciis nigris elytrorum per vittam suturalem nigram conjunctis.

Hab. Guaremata, Teleman (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt).

The var. ligata has perceptibly longer elytra than the type, but a Chontales speci-

men is intermediate in this respect.

yy 2

164 ADEPHAGA.

4. Calophena arcuata.

Cordistes arcuatus, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 9°.

Var. C. complanata. Striis tenuissimis vix impressis, fasciisque nigris arcuatis latioribus *.

Hab. Panama (Macleannan?).—Sovta America, Colombia '.

5. Calophena vitticollis. |

(. arcuate affinis, sed multo minor et angustior. Flava, vitta laterali utrinque thoracis fasciisque duabus

elytrorum nigris; capite quoad formam ut in C. arcwata, collo utrinque fusco vittato; thorace a medio

usque ad apicem sat valde angustato; elytris anguste oblongis, apice ad suturam breviter spinosis, dorso

punctato-striato, fascia prima angustiore antice ad suturam late emarginata, postice cum fascia latiore

postica per vittam suturalem conjuncta.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Paxama, Bugaba (Champion).

Subfam. DRY PTINA.

GALERITA.

Galerita, Fabricius, Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 214.

Upwards of fifty species of this fine genus have been described. The majority inhabit

Tropical America, a smaller number (including the largest in size) being found in

Tropical Africa, and a few in India and Eastern Asia, including Japan. In America

also the genus extends into temperate latitudes, and is well represented in the United

States.

1. Galerita simplex.

Galerita simplex, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, i. p. 36°.

Hab. Mexico !, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Playa Vicente (Sal/é).

2. Galerita equinoctialis.

Galerita equinoctialis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, p. 37°.

Var. G. elegans, Chaud. ibid. 1861, i. p. 553°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Minas Viejas (Dr. Palmer), Jalapa,

Oaxaca (Hoge); GuatemaLa, Chiacam, San Joaquim, Balheu (Champion).

8. Galerita nigra.

Galerita nigra, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 181; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1861, i. p. 554°,

Hab. Mxxico, Cordova, Toxpam (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

Var. a. Pedes fulvi, genibus tarsisque posticis fuscis (Chaudoir, 1. ¢. p. 554)’.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam ?.

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Var. 6. Pedes sicut in var. a, sed tarsis omnibus, antennis palpisque fulvis.

Hab. Guatemaia, Paso Antonio (Champion).

Var. c. Pedes, antenne et palpi sicut in var. 6, sed thorax (margine basali medio nigro excepto) rufus.

(Tab. VI. fig. 23.)

Hab. GuaremaLa, Paso Antonio (Champion).

4. Galerita beauvoisi.

Galerita beauvoisii, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1861, ii. p. 553°.

Hab. Guatemaa, San Gerénimo, Capetillo, San Joaquin (Champion).—West Inp1ks ¢*

This Guatemala species agrees very well with Chaudoir’s description, drawn up from

a single example from Dejean’s collection, ticketed with the name of Beauvois, but

without locality. It differs from G. egquinoctialis chiefly in the elytra narrowing

towards the base, with very oblique shoulders, and in the elongated thorax, marked

with long and rather deep basal furrows.

5. Galerita boucardi.

Galerita boucardii, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1869, p. 25 (tir. & part) *.

Hab. Mxxico, Cuernavaca (Boucard 1), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

6. Galerita ruficollis.

Galerita ruficollis, Dejean, Sp. Gén. i. p. 191 (1825).

Galerita insularis, Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Ins. Col. i. p. 36 (1840)*;:Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1861,

li. p. 555°.

Galerita thoracica, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2 (1834) *.

Galerita erythrodera, Brullé, Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. p. 103 (1834) *.

Hab. Mextco?4, Orizaba, Puebla, Tehuantepec (Sallé), Presidio (Forrer), Yucatan,

Merida (Sallé, Hoge); Brirish Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaux); GUATEMALA, San

Gerénimo, Teleman (Champion); Nrcaracua, Managua (Sallé), Chontales (Belt, Janson);

Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Wast InpiEs °°, Cuba +”.

7. Galerita mexicana.

Galerita mexicana, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, p. 3°.

Galerita atripes, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1858, p. 59°.

Hab. Nortu America, Rio Grande !.—Mexico, Puebla, Capulalpam (Sal/é), Presidio

(Forrer), Bobo, Oaxaca (Hége); Guaremaa (Sallé), San Geronimo (Champion).

8. Galerita forreri. (Tab. VII. fig. 2.)

G. bicolori (Drury) =longicolli (Chaud.) quoad formam similis, sed, antennis apice rufescentibus exceptis, tota

nigra. Nigra, obscura, capite postice valde elongato, gradatim angustato, supra grosse confluenter

166 ADEPHAGA.

punctato; thorace elongato angusto medio rotundato antice gradatim angustato, angulis anticis a collo

paullo remotis, postice valde sinuato sed minus quam antice angustato, angulis porrectis subacutis, supra

ruguloso-punctulato ; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planissimis, granulatis.

Long. 10-11 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer).

ZUPHIUM.

Zuphium, Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. i. p. 198,

About forty species have been described of this genus, which is more widely distri-

buted than Galerita, being found in the warmer temperate as well as the tropical

regions of both hemispheres; but the specific forms are more numerous and varied in

the Old World than in the New. Two species are found in Europe.

1. Zuphium mexicanum.

Zuphium mexicanum, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 314).

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (SaJ/é).

DIAPHORUS.

Diaphorus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 800 (1831); Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 173;

Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1862, iv. p. 815.

Pseudaptinus, Castelnau, Etud. Ent. p. 56 (1835).

Enaphorus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 174 (1851).

Thalpius, Lec. ibid. p. 174, nota.

Zuphiosoma, Castelnau, Trans. R. Soc. Victoria, 2, vol. viii. p. 108 (1868).

Seventeen species of this genus have been described, all Tropical-American, except

one (Zuphiosoma fulva, Cast.), which inhabits Queensland, Australia.

1. Diaphorus tenuicornis.

Diaphorus tenuicornis, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, p, 6".

Hab. Mexico (Truqui)!, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge).

2. Diaphorus hogei. (Tab. VI. fig. 24.)

D, (Thalpio) pygmeo affinis, multo major, dense pubescens, fulvo-ferrugineus, antennis, palpis pedibusque

pallidis, elytris vittula suturali ante apicem nigro-fusca: capite thoraceque grosse sed discrete punctatis,

nitidis, illo ovato post oculos vix prominentes rotundato subdilatato, collo constricto; thorace anguste

cordato, elongato, angulis posticis acutis paullo exstantibus, margine basali juxta angulos valde obliquo

subsinuato ; elytris anguste oblongis punctato-striatis, interstitiis tantum versus basin elevatis subcarinatis ;

antennis crassis dense pubescentibus, articulis 2° et 3° paullo brevioribus conicis ; palpis maxillaribus in-

crassatis, articulo terminali dilatato subsecuriformi.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Maltrata (Hoge).

ANCISTROGLOSSUS.—-HELLUOMORPHA. 167

ANCISTROGLOSSUS.

Ancisiroglossus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 307.

Confined, as far as at present known, to Tropical America. Only three species have

been described.

1. Ancistroglossus dimidiaticornis. (Tab. VII. fig. 1.)

Ancistroglossus dimidiaticornis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 310°.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Soutu America, Amazons}.

2. Ancistroglossus gracilis.

Ancistroglossus gracilis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 308".

Hab. Mexico!; British Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaua).

Subfam. HELILUONINA.

HELLUOMORPHA.

Helluomorpha, Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Col. i. p. 47 (1840).

Twenty-three species have been described of this genus, which is exclusively American

and distributed throughout the warmer temperate zones, north and south, as well as

the tropical.

1. Helluomorpha ferruginea.

Helluomorpha ferruginea, Leconte, Classif. Carab. U. 8. p. 373°.

Hab. Nortn America, Texas 1.—Muxtco, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

2. Helluomorpha mexicana.

Helluomorpha mexicana, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, p. 12°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan !, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

8. Helluomorpha longicollis. (Tab. VII. fig. 3.)

Elongata et angusta; thorace quam in ceteris speciebus multo longiore, grosse hic illic confluenter punctato, disco

utrinque levi, basi juxta angulos oblique truncata angulis ipsis obtusis ; elytris sulcatis (striis haud im-

pressis), biseriatim punctatis, interstitiis sat convexis levibus; sternis sparsim et minus grosse punctatis.

Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion).

One example only. The thorax is longer and narrower than in any other species

known to me.

168 ADEPHAGA.,

PLEURACANTHUS.

Pleuracanthus, Gray in Griffith’s An. Kingd. Ins. i. p. 272; Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, p. 14.

A genus closely allied to Helluomorpha, and, like it, exclusively American, but, as far

as at present known, not occurring outside the tropics. Twelve species have been

described.

1. Pleuracanthus cribratus.

Pleuracanthus cribratus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 374’.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Janson).—Soutn America, Venezuela !.

Subfam. EUCHEILINZ.

This subfamily is necessary for the reception of the genus Hucheila (Dejean), which

differs widely from all other groups of 'Truncatipennes by its horny spoon-shaped ligula,

large convex labrum, and deficient paraglosse, characters which are combined with tarsi

similar to those of the Cymindinz, the joints being linear, bristly beneath, and the

claws slender and serrated. Hucheila is a South-Brazilian form which has not yet been

found in Central America; but I venture to associate with it another American genus

occurring in Guatemala, not unlike it in general form, and exhibiting the same

structural features of labrum and ligula, although in a minor degree of development.

This is the curious genus Jnna (Putzeys). The author of the genus believed it to be

allied to Callecda, to which it has only a most distant affinity. Chaudoir pronounced

it to be a form intermediate between the Helluonine and the Cymindine. In fact it

is only in the Helluonine that we find organs of the mouth at all similar to those of

Hucheila; but there are still wanting many steps in the gradation of affinity between

the two subfamilies to make their approximation at all certain.

INNA.

Inna, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. de Liége, xviii. p. 71 (1863); Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872

(tirage a part, p. 24).

Polystichus, Solier ; Cymindis, Dejean.

Six species of nna are known, all Tropical-American.

1. Inna costulata.

Inna costulata, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1872, p. 27°.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Zapote (Champion).—SoutH America, Colombia !.

Agrees pretty well with Chaudoir’s description; but the single specimen is somewhat

larger than the size he gives.

PHEROPSOPHUS.—BRACHINUS. 169

Subfam. BRACHININ 2.

PHEROPSOPHUS.

Pheropsophus, Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 461; 1834, t. xvi. ff. 5-7; Chaudoir, Monogr.

de Brachynides, p. 6 (1876).

Sixty-seven species of this widely distributed genus were enumerated in the late

Baron de Chaudoir’s monograph cited above. They are abundant insects in the

tropical zones of both hemispheres, and extend into the warmer temperate regions in

Africa, Australia, and Eastern Asia; but Central America and Mexico appear to be

poorly furnished, and the genus is unknown in temperate North America.

1. Pheropsophus xquinoctialis.

Cicindela equinoctialis, Linn. Ameen. Acad. vi. p. 395 (1768).

Pheropsophus equinoctialis, Chaudoir, Monogr. Brach. p. 35°.

Carabus complanatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 242 (1775).

Brachinus complanatus, Fabry. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 217 (1801).

Carabus planus, Oliv. Ent. iii. 35. p. 62, tab. 6. f. 63.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Dr. Horn, coll. Bates) —Sovuta AMERIcA},

Yucatan specimens are deficient in the humeral spot, and the apical spot is. very

small or wanting, thus approaching the Colombian var. P. distinctus, Dej.

2. Pheropsophus biplagiatus. (Tab. VII. fig. 5.)

Pheropsophus biplagiatus, Chaudoir, Monogr. Brach. p. 8°.

Hab. Mexico1, Juquila (Boucard, coll. Satlé).

BRACHINUS.

Brachinus, Weber, Obs. Ent. p. 22 (1801).

Brachynus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachynides, p. 39 (1876).

About 150 species of this genus have been described. With the exception of

Australia and all oceanic islands, it is distributed over the tropical and temperate

regions of both hemispheres.

1. Brachinus mexicanus.

Brachinus mexicanus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. v. p. 428; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 63°.

Brachinus converus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, iil. p. 7.

Hab. Mexico !, Cordova, Yolos, Etla, Izucar, Capulalpam, Tuxtla (Sal/é), Guanajuato

(Duges, coll. Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége), Mexico city (Flohr); GUATEMALA, near the

city (Salvin, Champion), Panajachel (Champion).

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170 ADEPHAGA.

2. Brachinus cognatus.

Brachynus cognatus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 64°.

Hab. Mexico}, Puebla, Tuxtla, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

3. Brachinus carinulatus. |

Brachinus carinulatus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1859, ii. p. 139’; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn.

p- 64°.

Hab. Nortn America, California 12,—Mextco 2, Izucar, Etla (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége).

4. Brachinus elongatulus.

Brachynus elongatulus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 65'.

Hab. Mexico, near the city, Orizaba (Sal/é), Guanajuato! (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Jalapa

(Hoge), Mexico city (Mohr).

Var.? brevior, Chaudoir, Monogr. p. 65°.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca!, Capulalpam, Cuernavaca (Sai/é), Hacienda de los Bleados

(Dr. Palmer).

5. Brachinus azureipennis.

Brachynus azureipennis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 65’.

Hab. Mexico, Matamoros 1, Izucar (Sallé).

6. Brachinus rhytiderus.

Brachynus rhytiderus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 66".

Hab. Mexico (Boucard 1), Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Sallé), Cuernavaca, Yolos (Sallé),

Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge); Guaremaa, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

7. Brachinus consanguineus.

Brachynus consanguineus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 66°.

Hab. Mexico, Toluca (Boucard 1).

8. Brachinus geniculatus.

Brachinus geniculatus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 428°.

Brachynus geniculatus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 68”.

Brachinus ventralis, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1837, ii. p. 40°.

Hab. Mexico*, Cordova, Yolos (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuatemaLa (Sallé teste

Chaudoir), Capetillo (Champion); Nicaracua (Sallé teste Chaudoir, Belt)—Sovurtn

America; CoLoMBIA!?; Brazin?.

BRACHINUS. 171

9. Brachinus lateralis.

Brachinus lateralis, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 424°.

Brachynus lateralis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 66°.

Hab. Norra Amertca!.—Mexico 2, Tuxtla (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GusTEMALA, Paso

Antonio (Champion); Nicaragua, Managua (Sal/é)—Soura America; COLOMBIA’.

10. Brachinus arboreus.

Brachinus arboreus, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fase. 2°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova, Toxpam (SaJlé), Jalapa (Hége).

11. Brachinus melanarthrus.

Brachynus melanarthrus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 74".

Hab. Mexico (Sallé)}.

Not in the Sallé collection.

12. Brachinus sallei. (Tab. VII. fig. 6.)

Brachynus sallei, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Brachyn. p. 75°.

Hab. Mexico’ (Salié).

13. Brachinus cinctipennis. (Tab. VII. fig. 4.)

Brachinus cinctipennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 163°.

Hab. Mexico’, near the city (Sallé, Flohr, Hoge).

Subfam. TETRAGONODERINA.

This group, some of the members of which were included by Lacordaire in the Lebiine,

and others relegated to distant parts of the Carabide series, was defined for the first

time by Chaudoir in his ‘Etude Monographique des Masoréides, des Tetragonodérides

et du genre Nemotarsus, published in 1876. The subfamily is justified by the peculiar

combination of characters which it presents—connate paraglosse, long spurs to the

hind tibie, maxille prolonged beyond the terminal hook in a hairy lobe, and the

appearance in its typical genus of a structure of male tarsi not elsewhere seen in the

Carabide, viz. three joints dilated with biseriate squame on the soles in the fore legs,

and four or three joints dilated with brush-like soles in the intermediate legs. |

TETRAGONODERUS.

Tetragonoderus, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. iv. p. 485 ; Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 33 ;

Horn, Proc. Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 187, f. 80.

Peronoscelis, Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 56.

Chaudoir enumerated fifty-five species as belonging to the two genera which I here

zz 2

172 ADEPHAGA,

reunite. They are distributed over the tropical and subtropical regions of America,

Africa, and Asia (to the exclusion of Australia and oceanic islands). The genus

Peronoscelis is founded on a character (paraglosse not embracing the upper angles

of the ligula) which is not supported by other points of structure or by facies, and,

judging from Dr. Horn’s dissections of Tetragonoderus, is not constant.

1. Tetragonoderus sinuosus.

Tetragonoderus sinuosus, Chaudoir, Et. Monogr. des Masor. &c. p. 44’.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova 1, Orizaba, Puebla (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége).

2. Tetragonoderus intermixtus.

T.. sinuoso proxime affinis, at differt thorace angustius cordato-quadrato, elytrisque magis variegatis. Elongato-

ovatus, fusco-cupreus, antennis basi pedibusque pallide testaceis, his apud apices femorum, tibiarum et

tarsorum leviter infuscatis; thorace subelongato-cordato, postice sat angustato, lateribus sinuatis angulis

posticis paulo prominentibus acutis ; supra plus-minusve transversim ruguloso; elytris punctulato-striatis,

fasciis latis albo-testaceis duabus a stria prima usque ad marginem extensis, interspatio fusco-cupreo

fascia tertia (minus pallida) interrupta, interstitia 2"-6™ occupante.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuacan (Hoge); GuatemaLa (Sallé).

The pallid yellow belts of the elytra are much broader than in the most developed

examples of 7. stnuosus, although dentated on the edges in a similar way to that species.

But 7. intermixtus differs by having a third pale belt across the coppery-brown central

interspace. This belt consists on each elytron of five linear spots, and causes the dark

ground-colour of the elytra to appear as a dark margin to the basal and apical pale

fasciee.

3. Tetragonoderus simplex.

7’. sinuoso simillimus, sed paullo gracilior elytrisque immaculatis. Fusco-cupreus, sericeo-nitens, antennis basi

pedibusque testaceo-rufis; thorace late quadrato-cordato marginibus versus angulos posticos subrectos

reflexis paullulum sinuatis ; elytris subpunctulatim striatis.

Long. 2-23 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city, San Geronimo, Aceituno, Zapote (Champion).

4, Tetragonoderus pecilus. (Tab. VII. fig. 7.)

Oblongus, nigro-sneus, antennis basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis; thorace fere ut in 7’. subfasciato transversim

quadrato, angulis posticis valde obtusis sed distinctis, margine basali utrinque oblique arcuatim truncato

usque ad angulum; elytris cupreo-fuscis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis; fasciis latis duabus

pallide fulvo-testaceis tertiaque intermedia paullo obscuriore; fascia prima interstitia 2"-8™ occupante,

lineolis apud interstitia 2", 4" et 8™ brevibus, apud 5™-7™ longissimis ; fascia secunda e lineolis apud

interstitia 2"-6™ quarum tertia paullo elongata; fascia tertia extus supra interstitia 5"-8™ latissima,

supra 2™-4™ angustissima.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Flohr); Guaremaua, San Gerdénimo (Champion).

TETRAGONODERUS. —NEMOTARSUS. 173

The first and second pale fasciee approach each other very closely, leaving between

them on the second to the fifth interstices only a small quadrate spot of the coppery-

brown ground-colour.

5. Tetragonoderus mexicanus.

Peronoscelis mexicanus, Chaudoir, Etud. Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 62.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova (Sailé), Coatepec, Tehuacan (Hége); GuaTEMALa,

near the city, San Gerénimo, Rio Naranjo (Champion); Nicaraeua (Sallé).

Subfam. NEMOTARSINAL.

The curious genus Nemotarsus, isolated from all other groups of Truncatipennes by

its linear tarsi, pectinated claws, and the long spurs of its hinder tibie, requires a

separate subfamily for its reception, at least until intermediate forms are discovered

which may show in which direction lie its proximate affinities. Chaudoir placed it next

to his Tetragonodérides, without including it in that group, its totally different facies and

structural peculiarities evidently deterring him from incorporating it, notwithstanding

the common feature of long hind-tibial spurs.

NEMOTARSUS.

Nemotarsus, Leconte, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. x. p. 3877 (1853).

Nematotarsus, Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 74.

Chaudoir described five species of Nemotarsus from Tropical America, and one

(Leconte’s type species) from California. Four of them are very feebly differentiated,

and may very well prove to be varieties or local forms of Dejean’s NV. fallax. The

following differ only from the latter in markings and very slightly in form, but, being

represented by numerous individuals, seem deserving of separate names.

1. Nemotarsus rhombifer. (Tab. VII. fig. 8.)

Flavo-testaceus, thorace vittis medianis duabus, elytrisque signatura communi x -formis (ramis curvatis) literisque

posterioribus (pallidioribus) cum ramis inferioribus precedentis conjunctis et spatium commune rhomboidale

flavum includentibus fusco-nigris ; thorace latiusculo, lateribus rotundatis (postice rectis) angulis posticis

modice elevatis ; elytris striatis, interstitiis convexis postice planis.

Long. 2% lin. (5 millim.).

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége); GuatEMaLA, Duefias (Salvin).

2. Nemotarsus limbicollis.

NV. rhombifero proxime affinis, differt solum thorace limbo (precipue antice) fusco, disco immaculatg.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sailé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuatTemata, San Gerdnimo

(Champion).

174 ADEPHAGA.

Similar in every respect to WV. rhombifer, the thorax, as in that species, being broad,

with sides nearly straight from the angles to near the apex, then broadly rounded to

the neck, and the elytral interstices flattened towards the apex, and the black x mark

being supplemented by posterior, less distinct, angular lines, which form with the

x mark a rhomboidal pale spot; but the thorax lacks the two dorsal black vitte,

and has instead a brown vitta near the margin, generally limited to a short streak

towards the neck.

3. Nemotarsus fallax.

Lebia fallax, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 383.

Nematotarsus fallax, Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 77°.

Hab. Panama, David, Boquete (Champion).—Souta America, Colombia, Venezuela |.

I refer doubtfully to this species specimens taken by Mr. Champion. In the form

of the thorax, “de fort peu plus large 4 sa base que la téte avec les yeux,” they agree

fairly well with Chaudoir’s description, V. rhombifer and limbicollis having a much

wider thorax; but they differ in the markings of the elytra both from WV. fallax as

described and amongst themselves, the pattern being in one example nearly as in

N. rhombifer, and in the other limited to two completed basal rings.

Subfam. MASOREINAL.

A subfamily equivalent to the Masoréides of Chaudoir’s ‘Etude Monographique,’

which group, although differing widely in facies from the Tetragonoderine, with which

it agrees in the long tibial spurs, the author considered to be linked to that subfamily

by the genera Ophryognathus (unknown to me) and Cyclosomus. If similar connecting

links should be discovered between all these small subfamilies of Truncatipennes having

long hind tibial spurs (dissimilar as they are in other respects), they would doubtless be

considered as constituting but one subfamily.

MASOREUS.

Masoreus, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 536 (1828) ; Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, p. 11.

phnidius, Macleay, Ann. Jav. p. 23 (1825).

Anaulacus, Macleay, ibid. p. 22.

Macracanthus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1846, p. 539.

About twenty-five species of this genus have been described. It is represented in the

tropical and warmer temperate zones of both hemispheres, including Australia. M. de

Chaudoir treated the three genera entered above in the synonymy as subgenera with

separate diagnoses, doubting their permanent generic unity. It was perhaps on this

account that he did not change the name Masoreus for the prior one of Liphnidius or

Anaulacus.

MASOREUS.—PHL@OTHERATES. 175

1. Masoreus piceolus.

Masoreus (Atphnidius) piceolus, Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 22°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate !).—Sourn America, Cayenne, Amazons 1,

2. Masoreus unicolor.

Masoreus (Macracanthus) unicolor, Chaudoir, Etude Monogr. des Masoréides, &c. p. 23'.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).—Soutnh AMERICA, Amazons}.

Subfam. COPTODERINA.

STENOGNATHUS.

Stenognathus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 421; Mém. s.1. Thyreoptérides et Coptodérides,

p. 5.

Eight species have been described of this genus, peculiar to Tropical America. It

clearly forms a connecting link between the Anchomenine and the Coptoderine, the

adherent paraglossee being almost its only distinguishing character.

1. Stenognathus quadricollis. (Tab. VII. fig. 9.)

Stenognathus quadricollis, Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. des Thyreopt. et Copt. p. 7’.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova, Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Sallé); GuaTEMALA, Sinanja

(Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The single example from Chiriqui differs somewhat from Mexican specimens in the

form of the thorax, which is a little less square, 7.¢€. more narrowed anteriorly and

posteriorly. It seems to approach S. platypterus, Chaud.; but Guatemala examples

are intermediate in this respect.

2. Stenognathus batesi.

Stenognathus batesi, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 198°.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales! (Belt); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

PHLQ@OTHERATES.

Phieotherates, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. vi. p. 76 (Sept. 1869); Compte Rendu Soc. Ent. Belg.

No. 45, 5 Mars 1870.

Ferus, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. des Thyreopt. &e. p. 9 (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xii. 1869).

Three species of Phleotherates are known, all Tropical American. According to the

editors of the ‘Annales’ of the Belgian Entomological Society, the name Phlaotherates

has the priority by a few weeks over that of Merus.

176 ADEPHAGA.

1. Phleotherates quadricollis.

Ferus quadricollis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Thyreopt. &c. p. 121".

Hab. Mexico1, Cordova (Sallé); Nicaraaua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Volcan

de Chiriqui (Champion).

OCHROPISUS.

Parvus. Caput ovatum pone oculos nec depressum nec sulcatum. Oculi modice prominentes. Labrum

quadratum. Palpi apice subacuminati, maxillarium articulo penultimo brevissimo. Ligula quadrata, .

paraglosse late, membranacex, ligulam haud superantes. Mentum medio dentatum. Thorax quadratus,

medio basi late sublobatus. Elytra oblonga subdepressa, apice ut in gen. Phlwotherate sinuato-truncata.

Pedes graciles, tibie extus canaliculate, posteriores sparsim tenuiter setose ; unguiculi graciles, subrecti,

acute serrati.

Allied to Phiwotherates, but differing much in facies, in the eyes being scarcely

prominent, and in the head being destitute of the transverse depression which charac-

terizes Phiwotherates and allied genera. The hinder tibie have a fine groove on their

outer edge; and the claws are finely serrated.

1. Ochropisus caudalis. (Tab. VII. fig. 10.)

Rufescenti-fuscus, antennis basi, palpis pedibus maginibusque thoracis et elytrorum pallidioribus, elytris fascia

lata apicali (antice medio utrinque indentata) flavo-testacea; capite levi; thorace quadrato, medio paul-

lulum rotundato, margine antico arcuato, postico medio late sublobato, angulis posticis rectis, margine

laterali paullo explanato et ruguloso; elytris humeris latis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planissimis

basin versus punctulatis, tertio tripunctato.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

2. Ochropisus bembidioides.

Minor, castaneo-fuscus, palpis, antennis, pedibus elytrisque fascia lata apicali (antice medio emarginata versus

latera valde dilatata) maculaque magna utrinque humerali fulvo-testaceis ; thorace fere ut in O. caudal ;

elytris profundius striatis, striis punctulatis, interstitiis subconvexis versus basin punctulatis, tertio

tripunctato.

Long 1? lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

PHLGOXENA.

Phlwoxena, Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 35. ©

A genus peculiar, with the exception of a species found in Mauritius, to America,

ranging from New Granada to the Southern States of North America, but the head-

quarters being in Mexico. Ten species have been described.

1. Phleoxena picta.

Phleoxena picta, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 35’.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Sallé), Las Vigas, Jalapa (Hoge).

PHL@OXENA. 177

2. Phleoxena graphiptera.

Phiwoxena graphiptera, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 37°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca (Hoge); Guatemata, Tamahu, Chiacaman,

San Juan (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (elt).

Var. Elytra fere sicut in P. wndata, interstitiis convexis, sed signaturis anteriore normali, posteriore pluri-

undulata, thoraceque angusto.

Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion).

3. Phleoxena undata.

Phleoxena undata, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 37°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé).

4. Phleoxena unicolor.

Phiwoxena unicolor, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 38°.

Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle').

5. Phloeoxena megalops. (Tab. VII. fig. 11.)

P. undate similis, sed differt capite latiore oculisque magnis prominentibus; quam P. picta magis oblonga,

nigra velutina opaca, antennis articulis 3 basalibus pedibusque (tibiis extus fuscis exceptis) rufo-testaceis ;

elytris fasciis valde undulatis duabus (medio apud suturam conjunctis) marginem attingentibus, anteriore

sine lineis curvatis, fulvis; thorace fere sicut in P. wndata late cordato postice valde sinuato-angustato,

angulis acutis, toto nigro; elytris interstitiis plus minusve convexis.

Long. 2} lin. (5 millim.).

Hab. GuateMata, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

Var. P. chiriquina: differt thorace fulvo nigro-maculato, signaturisque elytrorum anterioribus in fasciam

latam congestis ; antennis omunino fulvis.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

This species bridges over the difference between the Phlewoxene typice and the

P. spurie of Chaudoir, the head being nearly as broad and the eyes as voluminous as

in P. geniculata of the latter section.

6. Phloeoxena signata.

Coptodera signata, De}. Sp. Géu. Col. 1. p. 2757.

Phieoxena signata, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 40°.

Hab. Norta America, Southern States ! ?.—GUATEMALA, near the city, Capetillo,

Zapote, San Gerénimo, Mirandilla (Champion). }

Compared with a specimen of P. signata from South Carolina, I find no constant

difference between it and the Guatemala insect which Mr. Champion has sent home in

abundance, the convexity of the elytral interstices and the width and shape of the

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yellow belts being nearly the same. But in some of the Guatemala specimens a

marked peculiarity is apparent, viz. a shallow alveolate punctuation of the strie, visible

only when the elytra are viewed vertically under a powerful lens. This character is

not, however, sufficiently constant to warrant its being treated as of specific value.

7. Phleoxena hogei. (Tab. VII. fig. 12.)

P. signate proxime affinis et similis, sed differt thorace rufo-testaceo immaculato, elytrorumque fasciis flavis

latissimis haud undulatis apiceque absque nebula fusca; thorace lateribus latius rotundatis; elytris

regulariter et late haud profunde sulcatis sulcis alveolatis, interstitiis angustis parum convexis.

Long. 24-23 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Mirador, Jalapa (Hoge).

The yellow belts of the elytra in this distinct species occupy a much greater surface

than the black; so that the ground-colour may be said to be testaceous yellow, and the

black limited to a triangular spot in the scutellar region, and a broad belt, transverse

and with almost straight edges, a little behind the middle, joined to the scutellar spot

by a narrowish black sutural border. |

8. Phleoxena geniculata.

Phiewoxena geniculata, Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. Thyréopt. p. 41°.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Boucard 1), Yolos (Salle).

CATASCOPUS. .

Catascopus, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 94 (1825) ; Chaudoir, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 116.

A fine genus, distributed over the tropical regions of both hemispheres, but most |

numerous in the Malayan region of the Old World. ‘Tropical Australia, Africa, and

America have a much smaller number of species, less varied in form and colours.

Between sixty and seventy species have been described.

1. Catascopus validus.

Catascopus validus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i. p. 131'.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba 1, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

2. Catascopus guatemalensis. (Tab. VII. fig. 13.)

C. valido quam maxime affinis, sed differt elytris politis (minime sericeo-nitentibus) distincte punctato-striatis,

coloreque seneo- vel cyaneo-viridibus ; interstitio tertio 6-punctato.

Long. 7-8 lin.

Hab. GuateMata, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil, Panajachel (Champion).

Similar in form to C. validus, the head prolonged, gradually and straightly narrowed

behind the eyes, and the thorax with much produced anterior angles, but distinct in its

elytra having a more metallic lustre (in the males), the alutaceous sculpture being

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scarcely perceptible under a powerful lens, and in the striz being regularly impressed

and throughout conspicuously punctured.

3. Catascopus obscuroviridis.

Catascopus obscuroviridis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 1861.

Hab. Mexico !, Cordova (Sallé).

According to examples in the Sallé collection, this is a species of narrow form and

bright olive-green colour (slightly sericeous on the elytra, but becoming brighter and

more golden near the apex), with the head much shorter and more rapidly narrowed

(in incurved lines) behind than in C. validus, and correspondingly more prominent eyes.

The thorax has advanced angles, as in C. validus; but they are broader at their apex,

and the posterior angles are much more salient, the sides before the angles being

sinuated. ‘The elytral interstices are nearly flat, and the strie regularly, though

slightly, impressed and punctulate. The third interstice has only three punctures.

The following is possibly the same species, as it agrees in all points which ar

intelligible in the description, except the hind angles of the thorax, which are said

to be not at all prominent.

4, Catascopus mexicanus.

Catascopus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1877, 1. p. 201°.

Hab. Mexico (Boucard').

5. Catascopus chontalensis.

Catascopus chontalensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 605°.

‘Supra leete viridi-zneus, elytrorum limbo aurato, pectore et pedibus nigro-piceis, abdomine castaneo; capite

post oculos gradatim modice angustato, sed haud elongato, oculis valde exstantibus; thorace transverso

vel late cordato, angulis anticis modice productis, margine exteriore late explanato et valde rotundato

usque ad summum angulum, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus acutis; elytris

punctato striatis, interstitiis vix convexis.

“< Long. 6 lin.”

Hab. Nicaraeva, Chontales (Belt, Janson)?.

A larger and much broader insect in all its parts than C. obscuroviridis, with the

anterior angles of the thorax still less advanced, and forming lobes much more rounded

exteriorly. .

6. Catascopus angulicollis. (Tab. VII. fig. 14.)

Catascopus angulicollis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 605°.

“ Supra viridi-seneus, corpore subtus pedibusque nigro- vel rufo-piceis, abdomine castaneo; capite mox pone

oculos subito angustato; thorace subquadrato, angulis anticis angustis prominulis, margine explanato

laterali angusto, ante medium angulato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis prominulis acutis,

2aa 2

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supra distinctius, transversim strigato, margine explanato grosse punctato; elytris punctato-striatis,

interstitiis paullulum convexis.

“Long. 6 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); British Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaux); Gua-

TEMALA, Zapote (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt ').

Distinguished from all the other species by the form of the thorax, which has a

small dentiform projection before the middle, the sides thence to the narrow anterior

angle being straight.

COPTODERA.

Coptodera, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 278; Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 53; Bates, Ent.

Monthly Mag. vi. p. 71 (1869).

Similar in its distribution to Catuscopus, but relatively more numerous in America,

and found also in South Africa, Madagascar, and Japan. About sixty species have

been described.

1. Coptodera variegata.

Coptodera variegata, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 58°.

Hab. Muxico 1, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuateMaLa, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

2. Coptodera aurata.

Coptodera aurata, Chevrolat, Col. du Mex. ii. no. 162'; Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &. p. 59’.

Catascopus auratus, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1837, 11. p. 47.

Hab. Merxico1?, Cordova, Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Sa//é), Bobo, Almolonga

(Hoge); Guaremata, Las Mercedes, El Tumbador, Pantaleon (Champion).

3. Coptodera elongata. (Tab. VII. fig. 15.)

Coptodera elongata, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. des Sci. de Liége, 1864, 11. p. 395 ; Chaudoir, Mém.

s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 60°.

Hab. Merxitco!, Cordova, Chinantla (Sallé), Misantla, Jalapa (Hoge); GuarTEMana,

Cerro Zunil (Champion).

4. Coptodera schaumi.

Coptodera Schaumi, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 61 (1869)’.

Pericallus bifasciatus, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1860, p. 191° (nom. przocc.).

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Rica! (Wagner *); Panama, Volcan

de Chiriqui (Champion).

5. Coptodera championi.

C. elongate similis, sed minor, supra omnino cuprea nitida, marginibus, antennarum basi labroque viridi-eeneis ;

corpore subtus et femoribus cyaneis; elytris apice utrinque quadrispinosis, subtiliter punctato-striatis

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interstitiis (regione scutellari et spatio suturali post medium exceptis) valde convexis, signaturis flavis

sicut in C. elongata; thorace angustius cordato-quadrato, lateribus valde sinuatis postice elevatis, angulis

rectis.

Long. 4-54 lin.

Hab. Paxama, Bugaba (Champion).

Similar in form and colours on the upper surface to C. elongata, and presenting the

same arrangement of yellow lineoles on the elytra, the fourth interstice in the anterior

belt having two detached lineoles, one much behind the other. It differs, however,

very greatly in the spinose angles of the truncature of the elytra, which are as strongly

developed as in C. megalops, and also in the bright cyaneous colour of the whole

under surface and femora. ‘The sculpture of the elytra differs from that of all the

allied species, in the strong contrast between the sulcated and the smooth portions—

a space round the scutellum, and an area over the suture, a little behind the middle,

being almost entirely smooth, whilst over the rest of the surface the striz are deeply

sunk in wide grooves, or, as may be otherwise expressed, the interstices elevated. The

sides of the forehead are multistrigose, nearly as in C. elongata.

6. Coptodera scintillans.

Coptodera scintillans, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 604°.

“CO. acutipenni (Buq.) affinis. Elongato-oblonga, supra capite thoraceque aurato-viridibus politissimis, elytris

aurato-cupreis ; partibus oris, epistomate, antennis, corpore subtus pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, tibis

obscuris; thorace valde transverso, lateribus rotundatis nullo modo angulatis, margine late elevato-

explanato, impunctato; elytris amplis, truncature angulis acutis sed non ut in C. acutipenni productis,

subtiliter punctato-striatis, striis vix impressis, interstitiis planis.

“ Long. 5 lin.”

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt).

I have seen only one example of this distinct species.

7. Coptodera acutipennis.

Lebia acutipennis, Buquet, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1884, p. 674°.

Coptodera acutipennis, Chaudvir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 667.

Coptodera spinipennis, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. (1869) p. 75°.

Hab. Guatema.a, Zapote (Champion).—SoutH America, Cayenne !, Amazons 23,

A single specimen of this rare species, taken by Mr. Champion, is not specifically

distinguishable from Amazons examples. It is a little less brilliant in colour.

8. Coptodera unicolor.

Coptodera unicolor, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (1834)"; Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. Thyréopt. &e. p. 68.

Coptodera obscura, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 51 (1835).

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Tuxtla, Playa Vicente (Sa//é), Cerro de Plumas, Oaxaca

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(Hoge); Guarema.a, Chiacam, Panzos, Chacoj (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt,

Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Differs very slightly from the widely distributed South-American C. picea, having the

elytra a little broader posteriorly, and the colour being generally darker. It cannot be

more than a northern form of that species.

9. Coptodera chloris.

C. tripartite affinis, sed magis elongato-oblonga, signaturisque dissimilibus. . lebioidi proximior, signaturis

simillimis sed striis minus distincte punctatis; major et magis oblonga, elytris saturatius nigro- vel

olivaceo-viridibus; thorace valde transverso, quam in C. tripartita latiore, angulis posticis obtusis fere

rotundatis; elytris haud profunde striatis interstitiis fere planis, nitidis, margine et fasciis duabus flavis ;

fascia prima extus angustata, lineolis apud interstitia 7™ et 8" brevissimis, apud interstitia 4™ et 6™ elon-

gatis preecipue postice prolongatis ; vertice et thoracis disco interdum fusco-maculatis.

Long. 22-33 lin.

Hab. Muxico, Mirador (Hoge, Flohr).

Belongs to a difficult group of species, of which C. tripartita is the type. From

C. tripartita it is distinguishable at once by the lineole of the first fascia on the fourth

interstice being much prolonged behind, the same lineole in C. tripartita being much

abbreviated posteriorly. In this respect it agrees with C. ledioides, a smaller insect

from the Amazons and Ecuador (2-23 lin.), to which I hesitate to refer it on account

of its different facies, due to the more oblong form of its elytra, less conspicuously

punctured striz, and darker green, less eneous, colour.

10. Coptodera flavodisca. (Tab. VII. fig. 16.)

Coptodera flavodisca, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. p. 77’.

Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo, El Tumbador, Zapote, Balheu (Champion); Nica-

raGua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).—

South AMERICA, Amazons !,

The extent of the yellow oval spot in the common centre of the elytra varies,

diminishing, but not regularly, with the distance from the equator; thus in Panama

the type form occurs in company with a variety in which the yellow spot is reduced to

a stripe not extending beyond the fourth strie, whilst at Chontales only the type form

seems to occur, and in Guatemala the type form is altogether absent, and the spot is

lessened, as in the Panama variety, or disappears altogether. ‘The extreme unicolorous

variety has so distinct a facies that it is convenient to give it a separate name and

mention.

Var. OC. immaculipenms. FElytra unicoloria, magis olivaceo-enea, interdum disco obscure rufescens, margi-

nibus pallidis.

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hége); Guaremata, San Gerdnimo, San Joaquim,

Tamahu, Balheu (Champion).

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C. flavodisca may be distinguished in all its varieties by having two fine subparallel

plicee (with some more irregular lines) on each side of the forehead close to the eye.

11. Coptodera pecila. (Tab. VII. fig. 18.)

Subovata, convexa, rufo-testacea, palpis (apicibus exceptis), antennarum articulis 3° et 4°, genibus et tibiis

fusco-nigris ; elytris nigro-eneis plaga magna discoidea communi marginibus multosinuatis, medio nigro-

eeneo maculata, flavo-testacea; antennis brevibus robustis; capite (foveis exceptis) levi; thorace valde

transverso, lateribus medio paullulum rotundatis, angulis posticis rectis; elytris striato-punctulatis,

interstitiis planissimis.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A single example, which appears to belong to Coptodera rather than to Lelis, the

tarsal claws being slender and feebly denticulate. The elytra have a peculiar and

elegant pattern, the usual yellow belts being fused into one large discoidal patch, which

is indented and spotted with the blackish-eeneous ground-colour. There is a large

quadrate sutural spot in the middle, united to the basal border by a narrow sutural

line, and a small roundish spot on the disk on each side; and the irregularities of the

margin of the yellow area consist, on its anterior margin of an indentation in the

middle, on the posterior margin of two on each side; laterally the yellow indents the

dark border in two broadish lobes. The striz are scarcely at all impressed; and the

elytra are, for this genus, unusually convex.

12. Coptodera cupreotincta. (Tab. VII. fig. 17.)

Coptodera cupreotincta, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. (1869) p. 73°.

Coptodera amazonica, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 90°.

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David, Bugaba

(Champion).

Chontales specimens differ in no respect from others from the Amazons, except in

the darker metallic colour of disk of head and thorax; but Panama examples are all

larger and relatively longer. All, however, agree in having a long yellow line on the

eighth interstice in the anterior fascia.

13. Coptodera tessellata.

Coptodera tesselata, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &e. p. 89°.

Hab. Mexico (Haag de Rutenberg !).—Soutn America, Brazil? !.

According to the author, differs from cupreotincta (amazonica) only in being larger

and in wanting the yellow lines on the eighth interstice. Without the latter feature

I should have had no hesitation in referring the species to the Central-American form

of cupreotincta.

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STENOGLOSSA.

Stenoglossa, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 117; id. Mem. s. 1. Thyréopt. p. 91.

This genus, closely allied to Coptodera, is exclusively Tropical American. Seven

species have been described.

1. Stenoglossa picturata.

Stenoglossa picturata, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &. p. 95°.

Hab. Muxico1, Jacalé (Sallé), Almolonga, Oaxaca (Hoge); GUATEMALA, Purula

(Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

2. Stenoglossa transversa.

Tetragonoderus transversus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 179%.

Stenoglossa transversa, Chaudoir, Mém. s.1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 94°.

Stenoglossa atriceps, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 78 (1869) °.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).—Sourn America, Colombia 1”,

Amazons ? °,

Extremely near 8. picturata; but the thorax and elytra are of a clearer yellow, and

the black markings narrower and more sharply defined. But some examples from

Chiriqui are intermediate in these respects. I can perceive no difference of any value

between this species and S. undulata, Chaud., from South Brazil.

8. Stenoglossa nigrostriata.

Tetragonoderus nigrostriatus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 179".

Stenoglossa nigrostriata, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 93°.

Dromius multiguttatus, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. de Liége, ii. p. 377 (1846) *.

Stenoglossa variegata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 117°.

Stenoglossa pallida, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. (1867) p. 78’.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovutn America, Colombia’, Vene-

zuela!24, Amazons ?°.

4. Stenoglossa lineata. (Tab. VII. fig. 21.)

S. nigrostriate simillima, elytris eodem modo fusco-striatis sed fascia nigra transversa prope suturam paullo

latiore et fortius undulata guttulisque ante fasciam duabus (tertia ad interstitium 3™ prope fasciam

deficiente). Minor, elytris precipue relative brevioribus, flava (vertice seepe infuscata), elytrorum striis

fascia valde undulata, basi (anguste) maculis marginalibus, guttulis duabus antice discoidalibus, apiceque

striarum nigro-fuscis ; antennis, palpis et pedibus pallidis immaculatis.

Long. 13-2 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Almolonga, Cerro de Plumas (Hége) ; GuatrmMaua, Chacoj, Zapote, Las

Mercedes, Pantaleon (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Bugaba

(Champion).

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. LELIS.

Lelis, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &e. p. 121.

Hight species of this exclusively Tropical-American genus have been described.

1. Lelis bicolor.

Lelis bicolor, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 121°.

Hab. Mexico}, Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Sailé).

2. Lelis rufipes.

Lelis rufipes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 201’.

Hab. Nicaracva!, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

3. Lelis insculpta. (Tab. VII. fig. 22.)

A ceeteris speciebus viridibus hujus generis differt elytrorum striis fortius punctatis interstitiisque convexis.

Testaceo-rufa, nitida, elytris lete viridi-zeneis margine laterali angustissime rufescente epipleurisque nigris ;

capite thoraccque ut in L. rufipede oculis prominentibus; thorace transverso, margine laterali explanato-

reflexo medio subangulato etc.; elytris apice apud suturam minus productis haud subdentatis.

Long. 3—4 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

EURYCOLEUS.

Eurycoleus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 124; Mém.s. 1. Thyréopt. &. p. 125.

Like the preceding, this handsome genus is peculiar to Tropical America. Six

species have so far been described.

1. Eurycoleus macularius.

Lebia macularia, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 181 (1835) ’.

Eurycoleus macularius, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 127.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Tuxtla (Sallé); GuaTemaua, Panzos (Champion);

NicaraGua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

2. Hurycoleus fasciato-punctatus.

Coptodera fasciato-punctata, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 313 ‘, |

Eurycoleus fasciato-punctatus, Chaudoir, Mém. s. 1. Thyréopt. &c. p. 126; Lacordaire, Gen. Col.

Atlas, t. iv. f. 2.

Had. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Soutu

America, Colombia t.

The differences pointed out by Chaudoir with regard to the shape and position of

the black spots between this species and the preceding do not hold good when a large

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series is examined. LE. fasciato-punctatus, however, always has the humeral spot

larger and less virguliform, and the accessory marginal spot near it is always absent.

3. Eurycoleus belti. (Tab. VII. fig. 19.)

Eurycoleus belti, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 606°.

“ FE, 13-punctato (Chaud.) proxime affinis, differt maculis paucioribus magnitudineque eequalibus. Latus, ovatus,

testaceo-rufus ; elytris flavo-testaceis, maculis utrinque 7 margineque subapicali nigris ; antennis rufes-

centibus, articulis 1° (apice) et 2°-4™, palpis (apice excepto), femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsis nigTis ;

elytrorum maculis 3 suturalibus (apicali communi antice dilatata), 1 subhumerali, 2 medianis, 1 rotunda

subapicali a margine laterali longe separata.

“‘ Long. 5 lin.”

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hoge), Tehuantepec (Sumichrast) ; GUATEMALA,

Zapote (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belé ').

4, Kurycoleus octosignatus.

E. belti affinis, sed differt thorace et elytris anguste nigro-marginatis, his maculis rotundatis subsequalibus octo,

scilicet duabus communibus ad suturam tribusque utrinque discoidalibus in linea dispositis (prima

marginem basalem attingente); antennis rufescentibus, articulis 3° et 4° fuscis ; thorace sicut in £. belti

transversim striguloso; elytris multo levioribus absque interstitiis elevatis; genibus, tibiis tarsisque

nigris, his apice rufis.

Long. 42 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast).

5. Eurycoleus ornatus. (Tab. VII. fig. 20.)

E. octosignato affinis, sed differt thorace et elytris latius nigro marginatis, his novemmaculatis, scilicet tribus

suturalibus (tertia apicali) tribusque utrinque discoidalibus (quarum secunda multo major extus dilatata

et cum margine confluens, tertiaque ante apicem parva rotundata); antennis basi obscurioribus, articulo

1° subtus tantum rufescente; elytrorum interstitiis paullulum elevatis.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (SaJlé).

One example only.

Subfam. CY MINDIN 44.

This subfamily was first treated as a separate group of Truncatipennes by Baron

Chaudoir, who described its component genera and species in two monographic works

in his usual masterly style. He neglected, however, to define it, and we are left

to gather from his generic characters the points, if any, in which it differs from the

allied groups of the same rank. ‘These seem to be the simple penultimate joint of

the tarsi, short tibial spurs, pectinated or serrated claws, truncated (often in male securi-

form) apical joint of labial palpi, paraglosse adherent to the sides, but never surrounding

the apex of the ligula, and unlengthened labrum. ‘The occurrence of numerous species

in the subfamily with the middle as well as the anterior male tarsi dilated and squa-

mulated beneath shows clearly that the Cymindine form a subtype quite distinct from

the Lebiine, with which Lacordaire and Schaum combined them. .

PINACODERA. 187

PINACODERA.

Pinacodera, Schaum, Naturg. der Ins. Deutsch. i. p. 294 (1860); Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875.

Planesus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, 11. p. 240.

A genus apparently restricted to North America, and nearly equally well represented

in temperate as in tropical latitudes. It is of rare occurrence south of Mexico. Nine

species have been described.

1. Pinacodera atrata. (Pinacodera amblygona, Tab. VIII. fig. 3.)

Cymindis atrata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 152 (1835)’.

Cymindis nigrita, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 6.

Pinacodera nigrita, Chaudoir, ibid. 1875 °*.

Var. amblygona, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 606°.

Var. angulifera, Bates, ibid. p. 606°.

Hab. Mexico 34, Cruz Blanca !2, San Andres, Puebla, Capulalpam (Sallé), Guanajuato

(Dugeés, coll. Sallé), Mexico city (Sallé, Flohr), San Angel (Flohr), Jalapa, Tehuacan

(Hoge).

Exceedingly variable in outline and sculpture of the thorax, and in the punctuation

and convexity of the elytral interstices. P. amblygona represents the extreme form

with respect to the obtuseness and smoothness of surface of the thorax, some examples

having this part so much narrowed behind, and the hind angles so perfectly rounded

off, that they present all the appearance of a distinct species. In Herr Hoge’s series

from Tehuacan, however, there are all the intermediate variations; so that even the

definition of the form as a variety is impossible. In some female examples the.

interstices are remarkably flat and obsoletely punctured, besides being subopake

with the fine articulation which distinguishes the females of so many species in the

Anchomenine and other subfamilies. In other examples the flattened and reflexed

margins of the thorax are rufescent.

2. Pinacodera chalcea. (Tab. VII. fig. 23.)

Latior, subdepressa, toto corpore dense erecte piloso, castaneo-rufo, thorace disco eneo-nitido, elytris (epipleuris

marginibusque angustis exceptis) olivaceo-viridi-eneis nitidis; capitis lateribus grosse punctatis, juxta

oculos rugulosis; oculis sat prominentibus, capite post oculos subabrupte angustato, collo constricto levi;

thorace paullo transverso, lateribus rotundatis, antice citius quam postice angustato, angulis posticis

obtusis, margine basali medio late sed minime producto, toto dorso (marginibus inclusis) grosse punctato ;

elytris latis, apice oblique et valde sinuato, prope suturam recte transverso, angulo suturali subdentato,

dorso plano punctato-striato, interstitiis passim subcrebre punctatis ; unguibus dilatatis pectinatis.

Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion).

Nearest allied to P. cribrata, but a broader insect, with elytral interstices less

numerously but more strongly punctured, and the apex of the elytra much more

2 bb 2

188 ADEPHAGA.

strongly and obliquely sinuated. In form and punctuation evidently similar to

P. latiuscula, but distinct in the metallic coloration of the elytra.

8. Pinacodera cribrata. (Tab. VIII. fig. 1.)

Pinacodera cribrata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1875".

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz 1, Orizaba, Capulalpam, Juquila (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugeés,

coll. Sallé), Jalapa, Tehuacan (Hége); GuaTemata, San Gerénimo, Balheu, Chiacam

(Champion).

4. Pinacodera latiuscula.

Pinacodera latiuscula, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875’.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate ').

I have not seen this species.

5. Pinacodera basipunctata.

Pinacodera basipunctata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875".

Hab. Mexico 1, Jalapa (Hoge); GuateMa.a, San Gerénimo, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

CYMINDIS.

Cymindis, Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. i. p. 190; Chaudoir, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1873, p. 57.

Tarus, Clairville, Entom. Helv. ii. p. 94.

An extensive genus, consisting of about 100 described species, peculiar, as far as at

present known, to the north temperate zone, but more abundant and varied in species

in the Old World, especially in the Mediterranean region, than in North America. It

has not yet been recorded from so far south as Mexico.

1. Cymindis ——?

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad, province Durango (Forrer).

Mr. Forrer has sent only one, apparently immature, example of this Cymindis. It is

possibly one of the numerous already described North-American species allied to

C. cribricollis, Dej.; and its determination is impossible without further examples.

APENES.

Apenes, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 174 (1851) ; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, p. 21.

Didymocheta, Chaudoir, ibid. p. 50.

Malisus, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 240; Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, p. 22.

Peculiar to the American continent, occurring in temperate as well as tropical

APENES. » 189

latitudes. Thirty-eight species have been described. Didymocheta and Malisus form

sections of the genus founded on slight characters, the latter on general form and

facies, the former on the narrower ligula and tooth of mentum.

1. Apenes pallidipes. (Tab. VII. fig. 24.)

Cymindis pallidipes, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. no. 153°.

Apenes mexicana, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, 1. p. 25.

Apenes marginipennis, Chaudoir, ibid.’

Hab. Muxtco, Toxpam!, Orizaba (Saillé), Jalapa, Las Vigas, Tuzumapa (/ége),

Yucatan? (Sallé); GuaTEMALA, near the city (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui

(Champion).

The differences given by Chaudoir, on the examination of one specimen only of each,

as justifying the separation of A. marginipennis from A. pallidipes do not hold good

when a large series is examined. In form there are slight variations which do not

correspond with differences of markings; and the absence of the subapical macular

fascia (a character of A. marginipennis) is seen in many Mexican examples found at

Jalapa and elsewhere, where specimens with a rudimentary and others with a well-

developed fascia occur. Further south in Guatemala and Chiriqui all the examples

have the fascia; and these differ in scarcely any thing but the blacker knees from the

Venezuelan A. quadripunctata and the West-India A. variegata, De}.

The last-mentioned species is said to be the A. pallipes of Fabricius, described as

from ‘“‘ America, coll. Hunter.” But the Fabrician description does not fit the insect,

and is vague and worthless.

2. Apenes brevivittis.

Apenes brevivittis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, ii. p. 26°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate ').

8. Apenes circumcincta. (Tab. VIII. fig. 4.)

Apenes circumeincta, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1875, ii. p. 29°.

Hab. Mexico!, Cordova (Sal/é).

4, Apenes parallela. |

Cymindis parallela, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 218°.

Apenes parallela, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1875, ii. p. 37”.

Hab. Mexico (Reiche2).—West Inpizs, Cuba? ?.

5. Apenes obscura. (Tab. VII. fig. 25.)

Apenes obscura, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1875, ii. p. 388°.

Hab. Mexico}, Orizaba (Sallé), Tehuacan (H6ge).

190 ADEPHAGA.

6. Apenes comis.

Apenes comis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 606°.

“ Ad sectionem A. purpuripennis pertinet. A. sinuata paulo major, precipue latior, supta plana, subopaca, fusco-

nea, antennis palpis pedibusque fulvis; capite fere levi, subtiliter alutaceo, vix ruguloso ; thorace late

cordato, angulis posticis dentiformibus, basi media arcuata, sublobata, versus angulos subsinuata, lateribus

marginulo explanato, supra passim subtiliter transversim strigato; elytris oblongis, apice subfortius

sinuato-truncatis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis alutaceis, fascia angusta curvata maculari sub-

apicali rufa, interstitia 4-8" occupante, apud 7" 8™que maculis versus apicem elongatis, macula altera

subhumerali minus distincta. ¢.

“ Long. 4 lin.”

Hab. Panama } (coll. Bates).

7. Apenes lunulata.

Apenes lunulata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, ii. p. 46°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate1); Guatemaua, Pantaleon (Champion).

Mr. Champion appears to have met with only one example of this pretty little

species, which agrees perfectly with Chaudoir’s description.

8. Apenes peryphoides. (Tab. VIII. fig. 2.)

A, lunigere et lunulate affinis, sed multo gracilior, precipue thorace minore et angustiore. Obscure fusco-cuprea,

nitida, antennis, partibus oris, pedibus maculisque elytrorum flavo-testaceis ; capite levissimo; thorace late

cordato postice valde sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis prominentibus acutis, dorso subtilissime ruguloso,

marginibus coriaceis et rugoso-punctatis rufescentibus; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis sat convexis,

macula humerali (paullo obscura) quadrata (postice haud prolongata) a stria 4* usque ad humerum extensa,

fascia subapicali e maculis parvis interstitia 4"™-8™ occupante; antennis quam in A. lunigera et lunulata

gracilioribus, articulis 3° et 4° subelongato-elevatis, 5°-11™ elongato-ovatis.

Long. fere 3 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion).

9. Apenes hamigera.

Didymocheta hamigera, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, ii. p. 53°.

Hab. Muxico, Teapa (Pilate 1).

Distinguished from the preceding, as far as can be judged from the description,

chiefly by the well-formed arcuate subapical fascia of the elytra.

10. Apenes parvula.

Didymocheta parvula, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1875, i. p. 53°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate}).

Subfam. CAL LEIDINA.

This subfamily includes the Callidides of the monograph of the late Baron Chaudoir,

with the addition of Cryptobatis and allies, and also Dromius and some of the allied

APRISTUS. 191

genera. The numerous forms of small Truncatipennes more or less resembling the

familiar Dromii of north temperate countries have generally been considered closely

allied to each other; and Chaudoir named the group Dromiides; but the group has

never been defined, and the few words Chaudoir published regarding their points

of difference from his Callidides are full of inaccuracies. In fact a group Dromiides

is impossible of definition, including, as it does, such discrepant elements as Axinopalpus,

Dromius, Metabletus, and Demetrias. There is no reason, I think, why Metadletus

should not be placed with the Cymindine, its ligula and paraglosse being similar to

those of that group, whilst Dromius, in spite of the non-extension of the paraglossz

along the apical edge of the ligula, cannot be far removed from Plochionus. There are

still many exotic forms of these small Truncatipennes unexamined and unnamed in

collections; and therefore our present arrangements can only be provisional.

APRISTUS.

| Apristus, Chaudoir, Enum. Carab. Caucas. p. 62 (1846); id. char. emend. Bull. Mosc. 1850, 1. p. 69.

A genus of wide distribution, being spread over North America from high northern

latitudes to Panama, Northern Asia to Japan, the Mediterranean region, Tropical Asia

as far south as Ceylon and Burmah, and occurring also in Madagascar. Nineteen

species have been described. They are eminently terrestrial and cursorial, as much

so as the Tetragonoderine, the unicolorous brassy species of which group some of the

Apristi at first sight much resemble.

1. Apristus mexicanus.

A, subeneo affinis, sed minor et gracilior, supra fuscescenti-cupreus nitidus ; elytris subtilissime reticulatis haud

opacis, late striatis vel subsulcatis; antennis, palpis pedibusque nigris; thorace cordato, postice sat valde

angustato, angulis posticis acutis, dorso convexo basi depresso, linea longitudinali modice impresso.

Long. 13-13 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Parada (Sallé), Oaxaca (Sallé, Hoge); GUATEMALA, Capetillo, Cham-

perico, San Gerdénimo, Rio Naranjo (Champion).

This species (Chaudoir’s MS. name for which I have adopted) is distinct from

A. subsulcatus and A, laticollis, the only North-American species known to me; but

it may be the same as the following.

2. Apristus tropicalis.

Apristus tropicalis, Motschulsky, Bull. Mose. 1864, iii. p. 232".

Hab. Panama, Obispo 1.

The author likens his species to A. subsulcatus. It appears to differ from A. mexicanus

by its “‘nigro-eneus” colour, and from the following (A. dongulus) by its deep punctured

strize.

192 ADEPHAGA.

3. Apristus longulus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 7.)

Longior et gracilior, nitidus, niger eneo vix tinctus, tibiis tarsisque piceis; thorace cordato, postice sinuatim

angustato, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris apice oblique truncatis, dorso utrinque quinquestriatis, stria

quinta versus apicem multo abbreviata, sexta versus basin tantum leviter impressa, septima nulla.

Long. 13 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

BLECHRUS.

A genus of small Dromiine, distributed over the north temperate zone, and most

numerous and varied in the Mediterranean region. Eighteen species have been

described; but several of these are doubtless only synonyms of the almost ubiquitous

B. glabratus.

1. Blechrus glabratus.

Lebia glabrata, Duftschmid, Fauna Austr. il. p. 248°.

Dromius glabratus, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 244.

Dromius longulus, De}. ibid. v. p. 350°.

Blechrus glabratus, Schaum, Ins. Deutschl. 1. 1, p. 275.

Blechrus negrita, Wollaston, Ins. Mader. p. 9°.

Hab. Nortu America, California—Mextco, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé) ; GuaTE-

MALA, Izabal (Sal/é), San Juan (Champion).—Evrore }, Siperia?, Tancier ®, MADETRA ®.

Mexican and Central-American specimens resemble most the more elongate Siberian

form of the species. An example from California was sent to me by Schaufuss as

B. nigrinus of Mannerheim. Mannerheim compared his B. nigrinus with Metabletus

truncatellus, and made no allusion to the equally well-known B. glabratus; and I am

inclined to think his species is not a Blechrus at all, especially as I have received from

Morrison, also from California, as the Blechrus nigrinus an insect which appears to be

a Metabletus allied to but longer than UM. truncatellus.

AXINOPALPUS.

Axinopalpus, Leconte, Ann. Lye. iv. p. 190 (1846).

Variopalpis, Solier; Gay, Hist. Chile, iv. p. 148 (1849).

This genus, peculiar to America, appears to be generally distributed throughout the

continent, species being known from the equatorial plains of South America, as well as

from temperate and tropical North America, and from Chili, including the outlying

island of Juan Fernandez. Six species have so far been described.

According to Dr. Horn (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. 1881, p. 158), the date of publication

of the genus Axinopalpus was 1846. The paper was certainly read in that year,

although the volume of the ‘Annals of the Lyceum’ bears the date of 1848; but

separate copies of the paper may have been issued by the author in 1846.

AXINOPALPUS.—DROMIUS. 193

1. Axinopalpus mexicanus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 6.)

A, biplagiato proxime affinis et simillimus, sed elytrorum vitta flava nec humerum nec marginem attingente.

Piceo-niger, nitidus, antennis basi, pedibus fasciaque utrinque elytrorum (postice abbreviata, suture

parallela, versus basin oblique deflecta, marginem longe haud attingente) flavis; thorace late cordato,

angulis posticis prominentibus ; elytris obsoletissime striatis.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hoge).

Resembles A. biplayiatus of the Eastern States of North America more nearly than it

does the western 4. californicus.

2. Axinopalpus fusciceps.

Axinopalpus fusciceps, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 175°.

Hab. Norv America, California 1, Texas—Muxico, Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Sallé) ;

GUATEMALA, Quiche Mountains (Champion).

3. Axinopalpus jucundus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 8.)

Minus linearis, melleo-flavis, thorace rufo, vertice, vitta suturali (medio dilatata apicem longe haud attingente),

macula utrinque discoidali (cum vitta suturali fere conjuncta) nigro-fuscis; capite quam in A. fuscicipite

latiore et breviore, post oculos prominentes subito breviter angustato; thorace brevius cordato, postice

sicut in ceteris speciebus sinuato-angustato, angulis exstantibus acutis ; elytris distincte punctulato-striatis.

Long. 17 lin.

Hab. GuateMaua, Las Mercedes (Champion).

One example only.

3 DROMIUS.

Dromius, Bonelli, Obs. Ent. i. (1809) tabl. synopt.; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. i. p. 119; Schaum, Ins.

Deutschl. i. 1, p. 268.

Seventy-five species of this well-known and widely distributed genus have been

described. It is characteristic of the north temperate fauna of the Old World; but

a few species occur in North America, and others in Tropical Asia, South Africa,

Chili, and Australia. The following species are the first true Dromit recorded from

Tropical America.

1. Dromius flohri.

D. piceo affinis, sed differt capite post oculos breviore, citius rotundato &c. Elongato-oblongus, subdepressus,

piceo-niger, leviter seneo tinctus, nitidus; antennis, partibus oris pedibusque rufioribus ; capite post oculos

prominentes rotundato-angustato, collo distincto; fronte juxta oculum utrinque acute 3- vel 4-plicata ;

thorace subquadrato lateribus arcuatis, antice quam postice paullo citius angustato, margine late (antice

angustius) explanato-reflexo, angulis posticis obtusis, rotundatis, dorso striguloso; elytris transversim

leviter sinuatim truncatis angulo exteriore rotundato, dorso sat profunde punctato-striatis, stria 64 punctis

setiferis sex, interstitiis convexis ; ligula sexsetosa, paraglossis ea haud longioribus.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab, Mexico, Las Vigas (fohr).

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. [. Pt. 1, March 1883. 2 ce

194 ADEPHAGA.

The thorax is considerably narrowed behind, a feature which distinguishes the species

at once from the following.

2. Dromius guatemalenus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 5.)

D. flohri proxime affinis, elytris longioribus, parallelis, thoracisque marginibus fere ut in D. piceo late explanato-

reflexis rufis. Castaneo-fuscus, antennis basi, genibus tarsisque pallidioribus ; fronte juxta oculos longius

et acutius plicata; thorace quadrato postice minime plus minusve sinuatim angustato, ante medium paullo

rotundato, angulis posticis fere rectis, supra fortius strigoso; elytrorum striis acute exaratis punctatis,

6? pluripunctata.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Guaremaa, Capetillo, Quiche Mountains (Champion).

In one example ( 3%) the palpi are distinctly although briefly truncated.

EUPROCTUS.

Euproctus, Solier; Gay, Hist. de Chile, Ent. iv. p. 131; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callid. p. 90.

A genus peculiar to the American continent, and distributed from Florida to Chile.

Six species have been described, a number which the industry of Messrs. Champion

and Hége in Guatemala and Chiriqui and in Mexico has enabled us greatly to increase.

1. Euproctus metricus.

Subgracilis, melleo-flavus, capite thoraceque rufis, hoc margine laterali angusto nigro, elytris utrinque linea

angusta nigra submarginali circumscriptis alteraque obliqua mediana, hac apud lineam saturalem paullo

dilatata, linea suturali prope scutellum oblique versus humeros ducta ibique paullo latiore, area triangulari

scutellari cum marginibus omnibus (suturali angustissimo) maculaque utrinque basali (linea nigra fere

interrumpente) flavis; thorace anguste cordato, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis exstan-

tibus; elytris gracilibus subtilissime striato-punctatis, interstitiis planis.

Long. 27-37 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Almolonga (//6ge).

Allied to E. quadriplagiatus (Reiche), but longer, and differing, as far as I can gather

from the description, by the black lines of the elytra being much narrower. The

scutellar area, as in that species, remains of the ground-colour of the elytra; but the

dusky lateral border of the thorax is not shortened, but extends in all examples to the

hind angles.

2. Huproctus fenestrellus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 10.)

E. metrico affinissimus, sed signaturis elytrorum latioribus maculaque pallida scutellari nulla etc. Paullo

minus gracilis, precipue elytris relative brevioribus et latioribus; fulvo-flavus, capite thoraceque rufis,

hoc margine laterali angusto nigro, elytris utrinque vittis suturali (prope scutellum valde dilatata) et intra-

marginali (apud basin utrinque solum subinterrupta) fasciaque oblique mediana nigris; thorace anguste

cordato, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus, acutioribus ; elytris postice ampliatis,

punctulato-striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis sparsim punctulatis.

Long. 37 lin.

Hab. Guaremaa, Capetillo, Panajachel, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

EUPROCTUS. 195

Var. elytris sicut in EZ. metrico longioribus signaturisque nigris angustioribus.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

The variety from Mexico bridges over the difference between this species and

E. metricus.

8. Euproctus quadrinus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 11.)

E., fenestrello simillimus, sed differt elytrorum fascia mediana nigra duplo latiore et minus obliqua, maculisque

inclusis quatuor flavis minoribus. Fulvo-flavus, thoracis margine laterali fusco basin haud attingente; elytris

basi (margine inflexo flavo excepto) tota late nigra, margine suturali sicut in EZ. fenestrello sat lato, scutellum

attingente ibique dilatato ete.; elytris adhuc latioribus, subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis.

Long. 3} lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The black markings of the elytra form a similar pattern to that of the two preceding

species; but the cross bar is much broader and less oblique than it is in either, and the

included yellow spots are less prolonged at their outer upper angles than in the allied

species. Further, the black basal border is not indented or subinterrupted by a yellow

basal spot (near the shoulders) as in the other two species.

One example only.

4. Kuproctus ornatellus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 15.)

Precedentibus proxime aftinis, sed multo minor elytrorumque signaturis nigris multo latioribus. Subgracilis,

flavus, thorace lateribus late infuscatis; elytris nigris, utrinque margine angusto maculisque quatuor

ovatis flavis; thorace sicut in precedentibus, anguste cordato, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis

posticis exstantibus acutis ; elytris subtilissime striato-punctulatis, interstitiis planissimis.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote, El Reposo (Champion).

The black colour in this pretty little species occupies the chief part of the elytral

surface; and the pattern appears, in consequence, not as fine marginal and cross lines

_ on a yellow ground, but as four rather large oval spots on a black ground, the edges of

the yellow spots being perfectly entire.

5. Euproctus deliciolus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 13.)

Subgracilis, fulvo-flavus, thoracis margine angusto elytrisque dimidio basali lineisque suturali submarginalique

(usque ad angulum suturale) nigris, relicta utrinque macula subapicali magna oblongo-ovata fulvo-flava ;

thorace sicut in precedentibus, anguste cordato, sed postice minus sinuato angulisque minus exstantibus:

elytris subtilissime et obsolete striato-punctulatis (fere levibus).

Long. 22 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui.

In this distinct and beautiful species the basal part of the elytra (up to the extreme

basal and humeral rims) is deep glossy black, this colour being continued to the apex

(enclosing a large oval yellow spot) in fine submarginal and sutural lines; the sutural

2cc 2

196 ADEPHAGA.

line tapers in width from the black basal part to the apex; and the hind edge of the

black basal part is arcuated on each elytron.

One example only.

6. Euproctus subdeletus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 9.)

E. metrico quoad signaturas similis, sed his partim obliteratis thoracisque forma altera. Major, subgracilis,

testaceo-flavus, capite thoraceque rufioribus, elytris lineis angustis suturali marginalique, pone scutellum

et apud basin utrinque late obliteratis, et fascia tenui obliqua pallide fuscis; thorace quadrato-cordato,

antice minus rotundato, postice rectius et minus angustato, angulis posticis paullo exstantibus, margine

basali juxta angulum obliquo; elytris subtilissime punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Almolonga (Hége) ; Guatemata, Chinantla (Salvin).

7. Euproctus sigillatus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 14.)

E. subdeleto quoad formam similis, sed signaturis aliis. Testaceo-flavus, capite thoraceque subrufis, elytris basi,

vitta marginali (longe ante apicem terminata), fascia recta submediana ad suturam postice quadrato-

dilatata, vitta suturali ante fasciam, prope scutellum dilatata, castaneo-fuscis; thorace ut in EH. subdeleto,

antice paullulum rotundato, postice parum angustato sed ante angulos prominentes sat sinuato, margine

basali juxta angulum valde obliquo, dorso strigoso; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis

punctulatis.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Hége).

Differs from all the preceding in the form of the dark markings of the elytra, which

are of a chestnut-brown colour. The sutural and marginal streaks are not continued

to the apex; and the median fascia is nearly straight, and enlarged posteriorly as a

quadrate sutural spot; the sutural vitta anterior to the fascia is gradually dilated near

the fascia and near the scutellum. The scutellar area remains reddish; and there is a

reddish spot at the base on each side.

8. Euproctus abjectus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 12.)

Minor et gracilior, castaneo-fuscus, antennis, palpis pedibusque pallidioribus, elytris utringue maculis subline-

aribus duabus flavis (interdum indistinctis vel obsoletis) interstitia 3" et 4™ occupantibus, anterior

(longiore) ante medium, posteriore prope apicem; thorace cordato, antice minus rotundato, postice multo

minus sinuato, angulis posticis minime prominentibus, margine basali juxta angulum valde obliquo;

elytris punctulato-striatis.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Soledad, Juquila (Sallé), Almolonga (Hége); GuaTEMALA,

San Gerdénimo, Cubilguitz (Champion).

MENIDIUS.

Plochionus, § Menidius, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Callidides, p. 76.

Similar in its range to the genus Euproctus. Six species have been described.

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1. Menidius incultus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 17.)

Plochiono pallenti similis, sed multo gracilior, thorace postice minime angustato nec sinuato tarsisque gracilibus.

Fulvo-testaceus, nitidus; capite subtiliter et irregulariter ruguloso, fronte foveola mediana parva, sulcu-

loque angusto juxta oculos; thorace rotundato-angustato usque ad collum, postice vix angustato, angulis

posticis fere rectis, supra transversim striguloso; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis convexis,

3° bipunctato; tarsis posticis gracilibus haud depressis, articulo 4° acute emarginato, unguibus longius

quam in Plochiono pallente pectinatis.

Long. 3 lin.

Hab. GuateMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion).

2. Menidius circumseptus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 16.)

Quoad signaturas Huprocto subdeleto similis. Oblongus, quam M. timidus multo angustior, testaceo-fulvus, capite

thoraceque rufioribus; media fronte foveola y-formi, juxta oculum utrinque acute uniplicata; thorace

semiovato, postice latiore, dorso transversim strigoso; elytris utrinque linea angusta suturali et intra-

marginali fasciaque simili postmediana paullulum obliqua, nigra; linea suturali juxta basin et apicem

interrupta; dorso subtiliter sed sat acute punctulato-striato, interstitiis subconvexis.

Long 33 lin.

Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion).

3. Menidius formosus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 18.)

M. favigero affinis; multo major, elongato-ovatus, fulvus nitidus, elytris nigro-reticulatis, vel nigris margine et

humero maculisque equalibus angulatis utrinque novem, scilicet2 2 1 2 2, fulvis; antennis nigris,

articulis 1°-3™ et 4° basi rufis; palpis nigris, apice rufis; fronte grosse irregulariter rugosa, medio fusca;

thorace fere semicirculari, margine laterali (precipue postice) late explanato et modice reflexo; linea

dorsali lata et profunda infuscata, disco transversim rugoso vitta utrinque nigro; elytris striatis, inter-

stitiis convexis hic illic depressis et planioribus; tarsis infuscatis.

Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Mirador (Hoge); Guatemata, Zapote (Champion).

In the Mexican specimen of this remarkable species the black curves which form the

reticulation are much narrower than in the Guatemalan examples; but the enclosed

tawny-yellow spots are nearly of the same shape in both forms, and they are all

completely circumscribed by the black lines, except three of the four next the narrow

black suture, which are open to each other for a very narrow space by the black marks

not quite touching the suture. The allied species, M. faviger (Chaud.), from New

Granada, is only 54 millim. long (23 lin.), and has ten yellow spots on each elytron.

PLOCHIONUS.

Plochionus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 250; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 76.

Two species only of this genus have been recorded, one of them cosmopolitan in its

range, its habit of resorting for prey to boxes and trunks having led to its wide

dissemination by commerce. What its original home may have been it would be

hazardous to say.

198 ADEPHAGA.

1. Plochionus pallens.

Carabus pallens, Fabricius, Syst. Entom. p. 244 (1775)".

Plochionus pallens, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Callid. p. 76°.

Plochionus Bonfilsii, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 251°; Hope, Coleopterist’s Manual, ii. t. 1. f. 6.

Plochionus Boisduvalii, Gory, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 189.

Hab. Norrn America 2.—MExico, Cordova, Yolos, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Guanajuato

(Dugeés, coll. Sallé); Nicaraaua, Chinandega (Sallé)—Sovurn America, Colombia ?,

Amazons; Evrope, Germany !,S. France*; Arrica, Senegal ?, Mauritius?; Asra, Java ?,

I. of Formosa; POoLyNEsIA?,

ONOTA.

Onota, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 73; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. (1881) pp. 157,

159, t. iv. f. 4, t. ix. f. 102.

A genus peculiar to America; the described species, six in number, are all tropical,

except one from Florida.

1. Onota angulicollis. (Tab. VIII. fig. 19.)

Lebia? angusticollis, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 812*; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callid. p. 74°.

Hab. Guatemaa, Teleman, Panzos (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (belt, Janson);

Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sovutn America, Colombia 4, Amazons ?.

Central-American examples have the elytra nearly always of a bright brassy green,

instead of “ violet-blue” or “almost green,” as described by Chaudoir; and they vary

in size from 5+ to 64 millimetres. All except the few Guatemalan specimens have the

palpi red; and in those the base of the terminal joint (as well as the apex of some

of the antennal joints), the knees, and often the tibiz, are dark fuscous. The hind

angles of the thorax also are less projecting than they appear to be in O. angusticollis ;

but all these characters are seen to vary when a large series is examined, and it is

doubtful even if O. bicolor .of South Brazil, with black palpi, can be maintained as

distinct from the present species.

OTOGLOSSA.

Otoglossa, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 66.

As far as at present known, peculiar to Tropical America. Six species have been

described.

1. Otoglossa rufitarsis.

Otoglossa rufitarsis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. 1877, 1. p. 231°.

Otoglossa celestina, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 6077.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Cerro de Plumas (//ége); GuATEMALA, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil,

OTOGLOSSA.—MICRAGRA. 199

El Tumbador (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales! (Belt 2); Panama, Volcan de

Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

The prevailing colour is a beautiful metallic blue; but it is sometimes darker, and

specimens occur in which the elytra are violet with the margins greenish blue. The

tarsi are all pale reddish, except in Panama specimens, in which (especially at the

apices of the joints) they are more or less blackish brown.

2. Otoglossa obscurella.

Otoglossa obscurella, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 608°.

‘Minor, nigra; elytris leviter violaceo-tinctis, apice fascia obscure rufa ad suturam angustata; tarsis rufo-

piceis; abdomine flavo; capite post oculos paulo citius rectiusque angustato, occipite minus convexo ;

thorace angusto, pone medium fortiter sinuato-angustato, basi iterum dilatato; elytris supra modice

inequalibus, obsolete striatis.

“ Long. 23 lin.”

Hab. British Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneauxr); Nicaragua, Chontales (Bel¢ *).

—SoutrH America, Colombia.

Similar in colours and form to the South-Brazilian O. terminalis, but differs in the

pale red tarsi. From 0. rujitarsis it is distinguished by its relatively shorter form and

by its dark violet-black elytra.

3. Otoglossa marginella. (Tab. VIII. fig. 24.)

O. rufitarsi affinissima, differt colore fere nigro elytrisque apice angustissime rufo-marginatis. Elongata,

nigra vix chalybeata, tarsis testaceo-fulvis; elytris oblongis, striis punctulatis vix impressis, interstitiis

hic illic elevatis, apice tenuissime rufo-marginatis; capite post oculos subrotundato-angustato; thorace

angusto ante medium obtuso angulato, angulis posticis sat prominentibus sed apice obtusis.

Long. 2? lin. (6 millim.).

Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

MICRAGRA.

Micragra, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 68.

Cylindronotum, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. d. Sci. d. Liége, ii. p. 874 (1846), nom. preeoce.

Stenonotum, Lacordaire, Gen. des Coléopt. i. p. 107 (1854), nom. przeoce.

Also peculiar to Tropical America. Six species have been described.

1. Micragra znea. (Tab. VIII. fig. 22.) a

Cylindronotum eneum, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. d. Sci. de Liége, ii. p. 374°.

Micragra enea, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callid. p. 65. |

Hab. Brivish Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaux) ; GuatemaLa, Zapote, El Reposo,

El Jicaro, San Gerdénimo (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Janson); Panama,

Caldera, Bugaba, David, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Soutn America, Cayenne '.

The numerous Central-American examples all belong clearly to one species, which

2.00 ADEPHAGA.

seems not to be different from IM. ewnea of Cayenne, and, judging from a specimen

which I obtained from the same source (Squire’s collection) as the describer’s, undis-

tinguishable from JM. reichei (Chaudoir) of Rio Janeiro.. Specimens differ in the

relative length of the elytra, which is one of the chief points of distinction between

M. enea and M. reichei. The colour is brownish bronze, more or less dark, the elytra

being sometimes rufescent on the side towards the tip, and the base of the antenne

and sometimes the legs more or less testaceous red. The head and thorax are coarsely

punctured; the elytra conspicuously punctate-striate, the striae deeper in two depressed

spaces on the disk and on the sides before a slightly raised callus, and less impressed

on the hinder part of the disk. The thorax is narrow, obtusely angulated before the

middle, and slightly sinuated between that point and the basal angle.

HYBOPTERA.

Hyboptera, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 69.

This curious and beautiful little genus is also peculiar to Tropical America. Four

species have been described.

1. Hyboptera tuberculata. (Tab. VIII. fig. 23.)

Lebia tuberculata, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 272°.

Hy boptera tuberculata, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 70’.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovurn America, Cayenne },

Amazons ?.

ASPASIOLA.

Aspasiola, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 209.

This and the following genus were excluded from the Callidides group by Chaudoir

on account of the paraglosse not uniting above and bordering the upper edge of the

ligula, a character which he held to be distinctive of the group. ‘Too close an adherence

to this one character, however, proves to lead to artificial results, or at least to render

a natural grouping of the Carabide impossible. Dr. Horn has recently shown by

dissection that some of the species (Spongoloba punctata and an allied species)

admitted by Chaudoir into the group, and not to be separated from them in a natural

classification, do not show this union of the paraglosse at the tip of the ligula; and it

is well known that genera of quite different subfamilies exhibit the character to as high

a degree as the typical Calleide. If, then, this development of the paraglosse be set

aside, and the ensemble of the other characters allowed to have its legitimate weight,

we shall be obliged to admit such genera as Aspasiola, Cryptobatis, Physodera, &c. into

the same subgroup as Onota, Otoglossa, and Hyboptera. All agree with the Callidides

in having securiform labial palpi and bilobed penultimate joint of the tarsi; their para-

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glosse, though extending only to the anterior angles of the ligule, are closely adherent,

broad, and naked, as in Calleida; their elytra also have the peculiar depressions on

the anterior part of the disk which distinguish many of the genera of the subfamily.

Aspasiola has a similar geographical distribution to Hyboptera and its allies, and is

nearest allied in form of body to the broader species of Onota, e.g. O. tenuicincta.

1. Aspasiola rutilans.

Aspasiola rutilans, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, 1. p. 209.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sal/é); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Among the few examples sent home by Champion from Chiriqui, some resemble

closely the Mexican specimens, differing chiefly in having three or four (instead of two)

red basal joints to the antenne, whilst two others differ in having only the scape red ;

and these present a striking difference in the form of the thorax, constituting the

following variety :—

Var. A. ignea. Thorax latior, marginibus lateralibus latius explanato-reflexis et ante medium distincte

angulatis. Antennarum articulo basali tantum rufo.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

2. Aspasiola lemoides. (Tab. VIII. fig. 21.)

A. rutilanti prima facie simillima; paullo longior (postice ampliata), fulvo-rufa, leviter eneo-tincta; antennis,

palpis apice, tibiis et tarsis piceo-nigris ; capite brevi convexo, paullo post oculos prominentes constricto ;

thorace late subcordato, supra ante basin transversim depresso, lateribus modice explanatis et fortiter

reflexis medio subangulatis, angulis posticis exstantibus margineque basali prope angulum sinuato-obliquo

velut indentato; elytris minus inequalibus, disco anteriore utrinque sat depresso, sed callo marginali-

apicali nullo, dorso subtilissime striato-punctato, interstitiis planis.

Long. 2% lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

This curious little species resembles at first sight a small reddish-brown Lema. Only

one example appears to have been taken.

CRYPTOBATIS.

Cryptobatis, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, Heft 2, p. 7 (1829).

Aspasia, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 363 (1831).

Also an exclusively Tropical-American genus. Seven species have been so far

described.

1. Cryptobatis janthoptera.

Aspasia janthoptera, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 310°.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sovuto AMERICA, Colombia}.

The interstices of the elytra are sparingly and faintly punctured, probably less

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202 ADEPHAGA.

strongly than in typical specimens, judging from Reiche’s expression “ interstitiis

valde punctatis.”

2, Oryptobatis chontalensis. (Tab. VIII. fig. 20.)

. ©. janthoptere proxime affinis, differt tantum statura paullo minore et angustiore interstitiisque elytroram

levibus. Oblonga, flava, elytris lete violaceis striato-punctatis, utrinque callis duobus subapicalibus,

striato-punctatis, interstitiis levibus, exterioribus sparsissime punctulatis exceptis; antennis, femoribus

apice, tibiis et tarsis nigris; thorace valde transverso, interdum minus lato, angulis posticis fere obtusis ;

metasterno antice (inter coxas) tumido.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

Scarcely more than a local variety of C. janthoptera. The same may be said of the

South-American species C. laticollis and C. inequalis.

PHILOPHEUGA.

Phylophuga, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1859, i. p. 140.

Philopheuga, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, 1. p. 248.

This genus appears to be limited in its distribution to the Pacific and Southern

States of North America, one of the species extending into Central Mexico. Three

species are known.

The genus is scarcely in its right place near Calleida; but it cannot in a natural

system be far removed from Spongoloba, which comes next to Calleida in Chaudoir’s

classification. It will probably find its place eventually in a separate subgroup of

Calleidine, to which Mimodromius and its numerous allies belong.

1. Philopheuga viridicollis.

Cymindis viridicollis, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 188% (1848).

Philopheuga purpurea, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 245 (nec Say).

Philopheuga subcordata, Chaudoir, ibid. p. 246°.

Calleida viridis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 155 (1835)°.

Hab. Norta America, Rocky Mountains1!, Texas.—Mexico 2, near the city (Sallé,

Flohr), San Andres (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Las Vigas® (Hé ge).

On the comparison of a long series I can perceive no constant difference between

Mexican specimens and others from Texas.

A specimen named C. viridis, Chevr., in the Sallé collection, belongs to this species.

The name is more ancient than C. viridicollis, but is inadmissible, as the Cynundis

viridis described by Dejean four years earlier, viz. in 1831, is a distinct species of the

same genus.

2. Philopheuga brachinoides. (Tab. IX. fig. 1.)

Lete subviridi-cerulea, minus nitida, elytris subopacis, dorso violaceis ; antennis basi (articulis 1°-3™ et 4:

dimidio basali), thorace femoribusque rufis, tibiis tarsisque fuscescenti-rufis ; capite (media fronte excepta)

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grosse sparsim punctato; thorace sicut in P. viridicolli cordato, transversim (prope latera grosse) rugoso,

basi et apice punctato; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis punctulatis convexiusculis.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (/Hége).

One example only.

CALLEIDA.

Calleida, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 220 (1825).

Callida, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Callidides, p. 11 (1872). .

About 120 species of this beautiful genus have been described. It is distributed

throughout the tropical and warmer temperate regions of both the eastern and western

hemispheres, but does not occur in Europe or in the Mediterranean subprovince, nor, as

far as is known, in Australia or the Oceanic islands.

I. Anus in mare postice utrinque unipunctatus, in femina bipunctatus.

All the Old-world species belong to this section, established by Chaudoir; and thus

it appears of some value as a natural division of the genus. But the number of anal

setiferous punctures in the New-world species seems not to correspond with their other

characters, and to separate forms which are naturally allied ; the number of punctures

also varies capriciously in one and the same species.

1. Calleida brunnea. -

Calleida brunnea, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 828°; Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Callidides, p. 19.

Hab. Mexico (Hépfner 1).

2. Calleida sericinitens. (Tab. IX. fig. 3.)

Elongata, postice (precipue 2) ampliata, supra depressa sat lata, rufa, elytris anescenti-viridibus sericeo-

nitentibus, vitta utrinque laterali (versus angulum laterali-apicalem dilatata) aurea, epipleuris, interdum

quoque sutura margineque laterali, rufis; capite mox pone oculos sat abrupte angustato; thorace sub-

cordato, antice late rotundato, postice sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis parum exstantibus fere rectis

interdum subobtusis, dorso transversim modice acute striguloso, limbo et juxta lineam dorsalem punctato ;

elytris latis, sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriore nullomodo producto, dorso antico modice depresso, acute

sed haud profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis fere planis subtiliter sparsius punctulatis, tertii puncto

anteriore paulo ante medium, posteriore ab apice sat remoto.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Britisn Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux); GUATEMALA, near the city,

Calderas (Champion).

Evidently closely allied to C. brunnea, a species I know only from description, and

of which apparently only a single specimen is known in collections. The punctuation

of the interstices of the elytra appears, however, much weaker than in that species,

being extremely fine and sparse.

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204 ADEPHAGA.

8. Calleida aurescens. (Tab. IX. fig. 4.)

Pracedenti affinis. Piceo-nigra, capite thoraceque eenescenti-nigris (hoc marginibus anguste rufescentibus),

scapo palpisque apice rufis, elytris aureo- vel cupreo-fuscis sericeo-nitentibus, lateribus letius metallicis,

punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis distinctius punctulatis; capite preecipue prope oculos ruguloso, occipite

punctato; thorace cordato-quadrato, antice valde rotundato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis fere

acutis, dorso acutius transversim strigoso, juxta lineam dorsalem marginesque sat crebre punctato.

Long. 6lin. @.

Hab. Gvuaremata, El Jicaro, San Geronimo (Champion).

4. Calleida lampra. (Tab. IX. fig. 2.)

Callida dives ?, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 22* (nec Calleida dives ejusd. Bull. Mosc. 1852,

1. p. 50).

Oblonga, planata, rufa, elytris splendide viridi-auratis, lateribus igneo-cupreis, epipleuris suturaque anguste rufis,

antennis (articulis 1°-3™ exceptis), palpis pedibusque piceo-fuscis ; capite mox pone oculos subito subrotun-

dato-angustato, collo constricto, supra impunctato ; thorace oblongo, antice parum rotundato, postice modice

angustato subsinuato angulis subrectis, dorso levi, lateribus rugulosis, margine explanato-reflexo ; elytris

sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriore obtusissime angulato, acute striatis (striis prope basin subpunctulatis),

interstitiis planis, tertio punctis duobus magnis, primo juxta striam tertiam paulo ante medium.

Long. 5-53 lin. g 9.

Hab. Guatemata }, Capetillo, Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

Agrees precisely in form with the species Chaudoir described from Guatemala as

referable to his previously published C. dives, but differs in colours, especially as to the

antenn and legs. Chaudoir’s second dives, however, cannot be the same species as his

first, to the original unique example of which he no longer had access. His second

description is also founded on a single example, and that immature.

5. Calleida pulcherrima. (Tab. IX. fig. 7.)

Elongato-oblonga, latiuscula, subdepressa, lete fulvo-rufa, elytris fere dimidio basali splendide aurato-viridi,

deinde usque ad apicem marginibus auratis, margine reflexo epipleurisque rufis; capite post oculos

rotundato-angustato fere tumido, collo distincto, supra impunctato; thorace oblongo, antice modice

rotundato, postice parum angustato, angulis posticis subrectis (apice acutis), marginibus lateralibus sat late

explanato-reflexis, dorso transversim obsolete striato ; elytris oblongis, postice haud ampliatis, apice sinua-

tim truncatis, angulo exteriore producto subdentiformi, dorso antico late depresso acute subpunctulatim

striatis, interstitiis impunctatis, tertio puncto anteriore paulo ante medium sito.

Long. 54-63 lin. ¢ QO.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

6. Calleida aureola. (Tab. IX. fig. 6.)

C. pulcherrime proxime affinis: late fulvo-rufa, elytris marginibus lateralibus ab humero usque ad apicem

splendide aurato-viridibus, colore viridi prope basin latiore sed striam tertiam tantum attingente ; capite

post oculos rectius et citius angustato; thorace interdum antice magis rotundato, angulis posticis minus

prominentibus.

Long. 53 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. GuatTemaua, Capetillo, San Juan, Purula (Champion).

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7. Calleida letipennis.

Calleida letipennis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 608°.

“Subgracilis, castaneo-rufa, elytris (epipleuris exceptis) aurato-cneis; capite angusto, post oculos gradatim

angustato haud tumido, collo distincto; thorace quadrato-cordato, postice leviter sinuatim angustato,

angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris apice leviter sinuatim truncatis, angulis externis valde rotundatis, punc-

tulato-striatis, interstitiis planis.

“ Long. 42 lin.”

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt, Janson ').

Nearest allied to C. lampra, but much smaller, and the elytra narrower, approaching

more nearly the form of C. wruginosa, and with scarcely any trace of the anterior dis-

coidal depression ; the striz are extremely fine, though sharply impressed. The two

punctures on the third interstice are large and inconspicuous; and the anterior one is

situated a little before the middle. The thorax has only very slight traces of transverse

ruge ; its sides are explanated and reflexed as in the allied species.

8. Calleida tetrapora. (Tab.IX. fig. 13.)

C. simili et C. eruginose proxime affinis, sed longior et gracilior elytrisque cupreo-auratis nitidissimis. Castaneo-

fusca eneo-tincta, antennis (articulis 3 basalibus exceptis), palpis (apice pallidis) pedibusque nigro-fuscis,

tibiis magis rufescenti-piceis ; fronte juxta oculum utrinque acute uniplicata ; thorace subelongato quadrato,

antice modice rotundato et usque ad collum angustato, postice paullo (vix sinuatim) angustato, angulis

rectis, lateribus sat late explanatis rufescentibus, dorso levi; elytris oblongis, sublinearibus subtilissime

et integriter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, tertii punctis rotundatis profundis umbilicatis ; epi-

pleuris castaneis.

Long. 3? lin. (8 millim.). ¢ 9.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Larger and relatively longer both in thorax and elytra than C. @ruginosa, and

differing also in colours and in the fine, continuous, minutely and regularly punctured

strie. It is, however, very closely allied to that species; and the male has a similar

distinct notch in the apical margin of the anal ventral segment.

9. Calleida ignobilis.

C. tetrapore proxime aftinis, differt tantum elytris profundius striatis punctisque interstitii tertii parvis minus

impressis posteriore in medio interstitio sito. Elongato-sublinearis, castaneo-fusca eeneo-nitens, interdum

rufescens; thorace sicut in C. tetrapora elongato postice magis sinuato ; elytris obscurius fusco-cupreis,

subeeneis.

Long. 3? lin.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Hoge); Guatemata, San Juan (Champion).

10. Calleida similis.

Calleida similis, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 308°.

Callida similis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 24.

206 ADEPHAGA.

Calleida similata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1852, 1. p. 54°.

Calleida suberea, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, 11. p. 286°.

Hab. Panama’, David (Champion).—Sovutn America, Colombia’? ?.

11. Calleida purpuripennis.

Callida purpuripennis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 25°.

Hab. Muxico', Cordova, Jalapa (foge).

The purple-coppery coloured form of this species to which the single example known

to its describer belonged, appears to be exceptional, as the great majority of the exten-

sive series collected by Herr Hége are brassy in colour, coppery only on the sides of the

elytra.

12. Calleida jansoni. (Tab. IX. fig. 15.)

Calleida jansoni, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 608°.

“ ©, onypterygioidi (Chaud.) coloribus similis, at minus nitida, formaque multo magis parallela. Cyanea ;

elytris purpureo-cupreis, subtiliter alutaceis; capite post oculos citius recte angustato, haud tumido ;

thorace elongato-quadrato, postice vix sinuatim modice angustato, angulis subrectis, supra subfortiter

transversim strigoso; elytris elongatis, parallelis, truncature angulis externis valde rotundatis, fortiter

vix punctulatim striatis, interstitiis paulo convexis, tertio conspicue tripunctato [recte bipunctato].

“ Long. 6 lin.”

Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo, El Jicaro, Tocoy (Champion); Satvapor (Sallé) ;

Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson'); Costa Rica, Cache (Logers). -

13. Calleida cyanippe.

Elongata, parallelogrammica, corpore toto pedibusque (tarsis piceis exceptis) cyaneo-nitido, palpis antennisque

nigris, illis apice, harum articulo basali subtus testaceo-rufis ; labro medio late excavato ; thorace quadrato,

lateribus modice arcuatis, ante angulos fere rectos perparum sinuatis, modice explanato-reflexis, dorso sat

distincte strigoso, juxta lineam dorsalem et intra margines punctato ; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, angulis

exterioribus obtusis, acute punctulato-striatis, interstitiis fere planis, tertio puncto anteriore paullo ante

medium sito.

Long. 54-6 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Actopan, Trapiche (Hége), Almolonga (ohr).

14. Calleida misella.

Callida misella, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 26°.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam 4, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Oaxaca (Hége).

Among the numerous examples of this species I have examined, only one, namely

that referred to above from Oaxaca, answers to Chaudoir’s description with regard to the

fractions of the interrupted strie of the elytra not being surrounded by excavations; all

the others, including those from M. Sallé, who supplied the describer with his specimens,

have elytra almost as uneven on the surface as in C. lacunosa.

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15. Calleida variolosa. (Tab. IX. fig. 14.)

C. maselle affinis, sed differt fronte juxta oculum utrinque levi, haud plicata. Obscurior, nigro-znea, elytris

eneis nitidis ; antennis piceis, articulis 34 basalibus rufis ; pedibus, elytrorum epipleuris, necnon (interdum)

thoracis marginibus rufo-piceis ; elytris sicut in C. misella parallelis, striis adhuc magis interruptis, fere

seriatim foveolatis.

Long. 34-4 lin.

Hab. GuateMata, Sabo, Sinanja (Champion).

16. Calleida sumptuosa. (Tab. IX. fig. 20.)

Elongato-oblonga, postice paullulum ampliata, nigro-picea, capite thoraceque enescenti-nigris, elytris cupreo-

auratis versus suturam viridescentibus, scapo subtus palpisque apice obscure rufis; thorace breviter

quadrato, lateribus ante medium sat rotundatis, postice haud sinuatis, angulis posticis nullomodo exstan-

tibus, margine sat late explanato-reflexo, dorso transversim subtiliter strigoso, basi et apice sparsim

punctato; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, angulis exterioribus obtusis, dorso versus basin et apicem

depresso, extus prope apicem callo valido fere levi, subtiliter punctulato-striato, interstitiis planis, tertii

puncto anteriore paullo ante medium sito.

Long. 53-6 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge).

This handsome species resembles C. resplendens and C. viridiaurea in the strongly

developed subapical marginal callus of the elytra, but differs in the widely explanated

lateral margins of the thorax, and also in its sectional character, having one anal seta

only on each side in the male and two in the female.

II. Anus in mare postice utrinque multipunctatus (7 vel 8), in femina bi- vel

tripunctatus.

The single species constituting this new section differs from all others contained in

Chaudoir’s monograph by the male having, in addition to the one exterior setiferous

puncture of the apical ventral segment, distinctive of the same sex in Section IL., an

inner cluster of six or seven punctures of various sizes.

17. Calleida regina. (Tab. IX. fig. 16.)

Major, viridi-enea, nitida, capite thoraceque viridi-auratis, elytris igneo-cupreis splendidissimis, suturam versus

viridescentibus, epipleuris viridi-zneis; antennis basi chalybeo-nigris, scapo subtus (palpisque apice)

macula rufa; thorace quadrato, lateribus plerumque minime rotundatis, postice haud sinuatis, angulis

posticis fere rectis, margine modice explanato-reflexo, dorso obsolete strigoso; elytris elongato-oblongis,

apice sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriore exstante dentiformi, dorso antice et postice depresso, versus

apicem callo marginali sat valido, acute sed tenuiter punctulato-striato, interstitiis planis, tertii puncto

anteriore paullo ante medium sito; tibiis tarsisque nigro-piceis.

Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Zapote, Senahu, Sinanja (Champion).

208 ADEPHAGA.

Ill. Anus in mare postice utrinque bipunctatus, rarius tripunctatus, in femina

tri- vel quadripunctatus.

18. Calleida metallescens. (Tab. IX. fig. 10.)

Callida metallescens, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 28°.

Calleida planulata, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1858, p. 592”.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz}, Mexican boundary 2, Trapiche, Actopan (Hége), Almo-

longa (Flohr); Brrrish Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemaua, Panzos, El J icaro

(Champion).

Var. C. atrata, 2. Tota chalybeo-nigra, thoracis marginibus concoloribus.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Paraiso (Champion).

The description of C. planulata above cited fits this species exactly, with the excep-

tion of the phrase “ elytris interstitiis parce punctulatis.” It is possible, therefore, that

C. planulata may be a species allied to C. brunnea; still, with a powerful lens, a few

very faint punctures may be discerned in (. metallescens. The var. atrata approaches

the South-American C. tristis, and, if confirmed by further examples, may be treated as

a distinct species.

C. metallescens may be distinguished from other Central-American species of similar

coloration by the anterior puncture of the third elytral interstice being situated near

the base, rather less than one fourth the elytral length.

The males have three setiferous punctures on each side of the anal ventral segment ;

the females vary in having four or five, or sometimes four on one side and five on the

other.

19. Calleida truncata.

Calleida truncata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. no. 1547.

Callida truncata, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 31.

Hab. Mexico, Las Animas!, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Actopan (Hoge), Tehuantepec

(Sumichrast, coll. Sallé); Brirish Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaur); GUATEMALA,

Zapote, La Tinta, San Juan, Chacoj, Lanquin, Las Mercedes, Volcan de Atitlan

(Champion).

20. Calleida semifacta.

C. truncate affinissima, differt precipue elytris profundius striatis, interstitiis convexis. Paullo latius oblonga,

colore obscurior, cuprea minus nitida, thorace latius rotundato marginibusque lateralibus haud metallicis

rufescentibus.

Long. 54-6 lin. ¢ 2.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Actopan, Trapiche (Hége); Britiss Honpuras, Rio Hondo

(Blancaneaux) ; GuatEMALA, Panzos, Panima, Teleman (Champion).

The extreme forms of this and the preceding differ widely in form, sculpture, and

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colours; but some of the Actopan examples are intermediate in all respects. Average

specimens, constituting the majority, are easily recognizable. Some, with rufescent

explanated margins of the thorax, resemble, at first sight, C. metallescens.

21. Calleida onypterygioides. (Tab. IX. fig. 18.)

Callida onypterygioides, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 31’.

Callida aurata, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 236? ?.

Hab. Nicaragua?; Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David

(Champion).—Soutu America, Colombia |.

Motschulsky’s description of C. aurata applies almost equally well to C. jansont, but

with regard to colours fits much better the present species. ‘‘ Elytris aureo-violaceis vel

fulgidis” does not apply to the lustreless purple-copper hue, changing into dark purple,

which characterizes the elytra of C. jansont. The sculpture of the elytra, however,

suits neither; and it is possible C. awrata may be a third species different from either.

22. Calleida tropicalis. (Tab. IX. fig. 5.)

Elongata, antennis pedibusque gracilibus ; rufo-ferruginea, elytris (nisi versus suturam) viridi-eeneis splendidis

(epipleuris ferrugineis), capite mox pone oculos angustato, collo distincto; thorace oblongo sat angustato,

apice modice rotundato, angulis posticis subobtusis, margine laterali explanato-reflexo, lateribus trans-

versim strigosis; elytris oblongis, apice sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriore prominente obtuse dentato,

suturali recto, dorso versus basin depresso, callo oblongo marginali-apicali, acute striatis, striis subtiliter:

punctulatis, interstitiis planis, tertii puncto anteriore paullo ante medium sito.

Long. 53 lin. ¢ @.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa ([H6ge).

I have adopted the MS. name given to this species by Baron Chaudoir in the Sallé

collection. Although thus named, I think it very likely that the species is the original

C. dives, described by Chaudoir in 1852 from a specimen in Dupont’s collection, which

had passed out of the describer’s reach when he redescribed the species from a second

example evidently not belonging to it.

The male has two anal punctures on each side, the female three or four. A male

from Costa Rica (Cache) taken by Rogers is very puzzling, having only one anal seta

on each side (and therefore referable to Section I.), although it presents no other differ-

ence of importance from the Mexican examples. Whether it be a mere aberration or

a distinct species, cannot be decided until further specimens are forthcoming.

93. Calleida chryseis. (Tab. IX. fig. 17.)

C. tropicali affinis, minus elongata, elytrisque rufo- vel viridi-aureis, versus latera et apicem igneo-cupreis

splendidissimis. Ferrugineo-rufa, capite quam in C. tropicala paullo minus rapide angustato ; thorace

oblongo, antice modice rotundato, angulis posticis obtusis, margine laterali explanato-reflexo, dorso utrinque

plus minusve strigoso; elytris elongato-oblongis, apice truncatis, angulo exteriore paullulum producto sed

obtuso, dorso profundius striatis, striis punctulatis, interstitiis paullulum convexis, tertii puncto anteriore

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210 ADEPHAGA.

paullo ante medium sito, callo marginali-apicali modice elevato ; antennis gracilibus, articulis 4°-11™ apice

fuscis.

Long. 5-53 lin. ¢ QO.

Hab. Guatemaa, Duefias, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil, Coban (Champion).

The anal ventral segment in the male is obtusely sinuated in the middle, and not

deeply notched.

Taken in great numbers by Mr. Champion, but not yet known from Mexico, and

therefore less likely to be the original C. dives (Chd.), described from a Mexican

example. Male examples occur which are aberrant as regards the anal punctures,

viz. two on one side and three or four on the other.

24, Calleida scintillans.

O. chryseidi proxime affinis, sed minor, elytris viridi-auratis calloque marginali-apicali magis elevato etc.

Ferrugineo-rufa, elytris viridi-auratis juxta apicem tantum aureis, resplendentibus, colore ferrugineo

versus suturam sicut in affinibus sed minus translucente; thorace oblongo, antice paullulum rotundato,

postice sat valde sinuato sed paullo angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus, margine laterali explanato-

reflexo, dorso striguloso; elytris apice truncatis, angulo exteriore haud producto, dorso punctulato-striato,

interstitiis subconvexis, tertii puncto anteriore versus basin sito, callo anteapicali magno elevato levi.

Long. 43-5 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Allied to C. cupreocincta (South Brazil), the anal ventral segment having, as in that

species, a deep indentation in the middle of its posterior edge. The species is larger

than C. lindigi (10-11 millim., C. lindzgt being 8 millim.), a Colombian species of the

same group, and has a longer and more oblong thorax, a more elevated elytral callus,

and more varied and brilliant coloration.

25. Calleida semirubra.

Calleida semirubra, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 608}.

“¢ Klongato-oblonga, nigro-nitida, elytris (basi excepta) rufo-castaneis ; abdomine rufo; capite post oculos magis

quam in C. metallica incrassato, collo subito angustato; thorace quadrato, antice cum angulis rotundatis,

postice sinuato modice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris apice fortiter sinuatim truncatis, angulis

externis dentiformibus, supra paulo inzequalibus, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis.

“Tong. 7 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt +).

Taken from the stomach of a toad on the summit of a hill near St. Domingo,

Chontales.

26. Calleida championi. (Tab. IX. fig. 8.)

Elongata, elytris latius oblongis deplanatis ; nigerrima polita, elytris (limbo angusto basali excepto), abdomine,

metasterno medio, trochanteribus posticis, tarsis tibiisque apice fulvis; capite (2) post oculos tumido ;

thorace oblongo, antice et medio modice rotundato, ante angulos posticos subrectos paullo sinuato, margine

laterali modice explanato sed haud reflexo, minime rufescente, dorso fere levi; elytris apice sinuato-

truncatis, angulo exteriore recto haud producto, dorso subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, tertii

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puncto anteriore sicut in C. metallescenti versus basin sito, punctoque magno umbilicato ad strice prime

basin. Antennis basi subtus rufo maculatis.

Long. 6 lin. 9.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

This remarkable species is closely allied to C. semirwbra, and resembles it in form

and colours. It differs in the thorax being narrower, the elytra relatively broader and

with less prominent angles to the truncature, and in the black colour of the base forming

only a moderately narrow border, extending on the sides very little below the shoulders

and forming on the suture a narrow edging near the scutellum ; the apical margin of

the elytra remains fulvous instead of being black as in C. semirubra.

27. Calleida semicincta. (Tab. IX. fig. 9.)

C. championi affinis, sed multo minor elytrisque relative brevioribus latioribusque etc. Oblongo-ovata, depla-

nata, castaneo-fusca, antennis, tibiis apice et tarsis, abdomine, metasterno medio trochanteribusque omnibus

fulvis, elytris castaneo-fulvis, macula magna utrinque humerali viridi-enea; capite post oculos ( ¢ ) citius

angustato haud tumido, fronte juxta oculum plicata; thorace brevius quadrato, antice modice angustato,

postice sinuato sed vix angustato, angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali late explanato, rufo, parum

reflexo, dorso passim transverse strigoso; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriore omnino

rotundato, dorso sat profunde striato, striis vix punctulatis, interstitiis sat convexis, tertii puncto anteriore

paullo ante medium sito.

Long. 4 lin.

fab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

The brassy green humeral spot of the elytra extends to the first stria, and on the side

extends along the eighth interstice nearly to the middle, leaving the margin and

epipleure of the tawny yellow ground-colour.

28. Calleida viridicincta.

Calleida viridicincta, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 2387.

Callida viridicincta, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 37.

Hab. Panama}.

Apparently allied to C. lindigi, Chd., and also to the following; but the description

does not fit either species.

29. Calleida flohri. (Tab. IX. fig. 19.)

Elongata, postice sat ampliata, quoad formam gen. Zwprocto haud dissimilis. Testaceo-rufa, supra castaneo- vel

purpureo-rufa, elytris late viridi-eneo marginatis, margine explanato laterali plagaque apicali splendi-

dissime igneo-aureis, pone humerum margine viridi usque ad striam tertiam extenso, a medio usque prope

apicem striam sextam haud excedente; capite post oculos rotundato angustato (? tumido); thorace

anguste cordato, antice modice angustato, postice longe sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis exstantibus,

sed obtusis, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo, dorso plus minusve strigoso; elytris vix sinuatim

truncatis, angulo exteriore obtusissimo, dorso antice late depresso, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis paullulum

elevatis, tertii puncto anteriore versus basin sito.

Long. 43-5 lin. 3 Q.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge, Flohr).

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212 ADEPHAGA.

This elegant and well-marked species, which was taken abundantly by Herr Hoge,

although it appears to have escaped the many years’ researches of M. Sallé, has in its

outlines a considerable resemblance to the Central-American species of Huproctus.

The ligular structure is that of Calleida, although the connate paraglosse extend

much further beyond the apex than is usual in the genus, and the tarsi are naked

above.

The thorax, as usual in this genus, varies much in outline. In extreme cases it is,

on the one hand, less rounded, and, on the other hand, much more rounded and almost

angulated anteriorly; the hind angles are also more or less produced and obtuse; but

in all variations it preserves the same cordate facies and the very narrow reflexed

lateral margin.

30. Calleida fimbriata.

C. flohri affinis et simillima, differt tamen thorace oblongo, antice perparum rotundato, postice vix angustato,

margineque laterali sat late explanato, dorso plus minusve strigoso. Supra castaneo-rufa, elytris margine

viridi-eneis, sed margine explanato ipso castaneo.

Long. 43-5 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge, Flohr).

Approaches the South-Brazilian C. cupreocincta rather closely. In colours there is

scarcely any difference ; but it is more elongated and relatively narrower, the elytra are

more deeply striated, and the green border is more sharply defined, being nearly limited

to the eighth and ninth interstices. |

31. Calleida circumcincta, (Tab. IX. fig. 12.)

C. flohri iterum affinis et similis, sed differt thorace medio tantum rotundato antice angustato postice valde

sinuato, sed paullo angustato, angulis posticis subrectis apice obtusis, margine laterali late explanato-

reflexo, dorso acute strigoso versus marginem utrinque longitudinaliter obtuse plicato. Rufo-testacea,

elytris vitta marginali interstitia 8" et 9" solum tegente, apice suturam haud attingente, basi fere usque

ad scutellum continuata, lete viridi-enea, dorso punctulato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, tertii puncto

anteriore versus basin sito; antennis ab articulo 4° apice palpisque subinfuscatis.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

Similar in colours to the two preceding and to C. cupreocincta, but very distinct from

all the ‘allied species in the shape of the thorax, which is similar to that of C. pune-

tulata, but narrower. ‘The elytra are broadly oblong, twice the width of the thorax;

and the marginal stripe is unusually well defined, or sharply contrasted with the

ground-colour, being limited to the eighth and ninth interstices (leaving the explanated

margin red) and very little broader at the shoulders, occupying only the extreme base

of the other interstices to the scutellar striole.

The female has on each side of the anal segment a row of six or seven small setiferous

punctures arranged in line.

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32. Calleida punctulata.

Calleida punctulata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 86.

Callida punctulata, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 40°.

Hab. Muxico, Trapiche, Actopan (Hége), Tehuantepec (Sumichrast, coll. Sallé),

Yucatan!; Guatemaa, El Jicaro (Champion).

33. Calleida hogei.

C.. punctulate quoad formam similis, sed differt coloribus, thoracisque angulis posticis fere rectis ete. Late

oblonga, castaneo-rufa, thorace disco utrinque obscure seneo, ventris segmentis apice nigricantibus, elytris

viridi-olivaceis, sericeo-nitentibus, apice utrinque macula aurata; capite mox pone oculos subito angustato,

haud punctato; thorace late quadrato, antice sat rotundato, postice sinuato angulis subacutis, margine

laterali late explanato sed minus reflexo, dorso transversim subtiliter (lateribus grossius) strigoso et

sparsim punctulato; elytris subrecte truncatis (extus obtusis), dorso acute punctulato-striatis, interstitiis

punctulatis planis, tertio ( ¢) bipunctato, puncto anteriore paullo ante medium sito.

Long. 53 lin. g.

Hab. Mxxico, Jalapa (Hége).

One example only, a male, with two anal punctures on each side. In form and

sculpture similar to C. aurescens, and not very unlike it in colours; but C. aurescens

has only two anal punctures in the female (the only sex known), and belongs therefore

to a different section.

34. Calleida amethystina.

Carabus amethystinus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. i. p. 160 (1792) °.

Calleida splendida, Gory, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 189; Brullé, Voy. de d’Orbigny dans l’Amér.

Mérid. Ins. p. 13.

Calleida auricollis, Castelnau, Etudes Ent. 1835, p. 46°.

Calleida festiva, Brullé, Voy. de d’Orbigny dans ’Amér. Mérid. Ins. t. 11. fig. 7° (1837-43).

Caileida dimidiata, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 275 *.

Callida amethystina, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 41”.

Hab. Mexico, Misantla (Hége); Brrrish Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaua) ; .

GuaTEeMALA, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama,

Bugaba (Champion).—Souta America, Colombia‘, Venezuela®, Cayenne!, Amazons,

Brazil 2°, Bolivia °.

Found on low trees and bushes in cultivated places, and remarkably constant in

colours and form for an insect of such wide distribution.

35. Calleida rustica.

Subtus testaceo-rufa, supra castaneo-fusca, elytrorum lateribus late cuprascentibus, antennis ab articulo 3°

fuscis ; capite impunctato, post oculos rotundato-angustato, haud tumido; thorace quadrato sat lato, medio

rotundato, antice rotundatim angustato, postice sinuato, modice angustato, angulis posticis haud exstan-

tibus, subrectis, margine laterali sat late explanato sed parum reflexo, dorso passim transverse strigoso,

margine et basi punctatis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, gradatim sed paullo a basi usque ultra medium ampliatis,

214 ADEPHAGA.

apice subsinuatim truncatis, angulo exteriore distimcto sed obtuso, dorso acute punctulato-striatis, inter-

stitiis fere planis, distincte sed subtiliter punctulatis, tertio punctis duobus, anteriore versus basin sito.

Long. 43 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Lohr).

Agrees pretty closely with the descriptions of C. brunnea (Dej.), except that the head

is not tumid behind the eyes, nor the neck broad, and the elytral strie are sharply

impressed. The anal segment (in the female) has, moreover, four setiferous punctures

on each side, and that of C. brunnea, according to Chaudoir, only two.

36. Calleida sulcatula.

Callida sulcatula, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 231".

Hab. GUATEMALA }.

37. Calleida bella, (Tab. IX. fig. 11.)

Callida bella, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 48 *.

Hab. Mexico, Toxpam 1, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge); GuaTeMALA, Sabo, Senahu, Balheu

(Champion); Costa Rica, Cache (fogers).

38. Calleida cordicollis.

Calleida cordicollis, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. Roy. d. Sciences de Liége, ii. p. 373 (1845) .

Callida cordicollis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 54.

Calleida cyanoptera, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1858, p. 59°.

Hab. Muxico !, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége), Minas Viejas (Dr. Palmer), Mexican

boundary ??2; Brivish Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneauz).

39. Calleida basalis.

Calleida basalis, Putzeys, Mém. Acad. R. d. Sci. de Liége, il. p. 372 (1845)’.

Callida basalis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 56°.

Calleida semirufa, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1862, ii. p. 237°.

Hab. Muxico !, Playa Vicente (Sad/é), Misantla (Hoge), Yucatan?; British Honpuras,

Rio Hondo, Belize (Blancaneaux); GuatemALA, Tamahu, Cahabon, Mirandilla, El

Reposo, Panzos, Chacoj; Nicaracua 3, Chontales (Belt, Janson).

40. Calleida sanguinicollis.

Calleida sanguinicollis, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 8331.

Callida sanguinicollis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 57°.

Hab. Panama (M*Leannan), Matachin (Schunke), Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba, David

(Champion).—Sovutn America, Colombia +, Surinam *, Amazons.

41. Calleida pallidipennis.

Calleida pallidipennis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 487.

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Callida pallidipennis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 58).

Calleida brunnea, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (nec Dejean) ’.

Calleida flava, Chevrolat, ibid., errata (1835).

Calleida testacea, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 308°.

Hab. Muxico?, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemata, Senahu, Chiacam, San Gerénimo, Zapote,

Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil (Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—

SoutH America, Colombia, South Brazil !.

Subfam. GAZLERUCIDIINAL.

This group was founded by Chaudoir in 1872, on the genera Ledidia and Galleru-

cidia, the former from Japan and the latter from Tropical America. Although these

genera have much general resemblance to the Lebiine, especially to the genus Lia, the

structure of the parts of the mouth, and the existence of squamulated palms to the

four anterior tarsi, show a nearer relationship to the Calleidine, from which they are

totally dissimilar in the general form of the body.

GALLERUCIDIA.

Gallerucidia, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1872, 1. p. 419.

To the three already described species of this singular and, in its forms and colours,

probably mimetic genus, our recent travellers in Mexico and Central America have

added the two following.

1. Gallerucidia erotyloides.

Ovata vel scaphiformis, convexa, omnino testaceo-rufa, nitida; capite levi, mox pone oculos maximos

constricto ; thorace fere semicirculari, lateribus late (postice latissime) explanatis parum reflexis, subpel-

lucidis, angulis posticis obtusis, disco subtilissime strigoso ; elytris apice vix perspicue truncatis, pygidium

vero haud tegentibus, margine laterali explanato-reflexo, dorso subtiliter et creberrime punctulatis haud

striatis sed interstitiis paullulum hic illic elevatis; scutello magno; metasterno antice inter coxas inter-

medias protruso ibique convexo.

Long. 33-32 lin.

Hab. Muxtco, Oaxaca (Flohr), Jalapa? (Hoge); Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Cham

pion).

Resembles certain Erotylide of the genus Omovotelus.

All Herr Hége’s examples are labelled Jalapa ; but I believe Oaxaca to be the correct

locality.

The peculiar form of the anterior process of the metasternum above described is to

be observed also in the genus Ja (especially L. guadriannulata and allies) and in

Cryptobatis (C. laticollis and others).

216 ADEPHAGA.

.2. Gallerucidia championi. (Tab. IX. fig. 21.)

C. erotyloidi quoad formam simillima, sed differt elytris paullo grossius punctulatis et macula magna communi

late cordiformi postmediana nigra ornatis.

Long. 34-3 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Aceituno (Champion).

Subfam. PENTAGONICIN AL.

Since this subfamily was instituted by me in the ‘Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan,’

M. de Chaudoir, in admitting the propriety of its separation, has remarked that the

genus constituting it appeared to him to be a transition form between the Physodérides

and the Lebiides. But it differs from both by its perfectly cursorial, instead of scan-

sorial feet; and I am inclined to look upon it asa Lebza form adapted to its peculiar

mode of life, its habits being to haunt Boleti for the minute boletophagous insects

which constitute its prey.

PENTAGONICA.

Rhombodera, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 313 (nom. preocc.).

Pentagonica, Schmidt-Goebel, Faunula Coleopt. Birmaniz, p. 47 (1846).

Didetus, Leconte, Classif. Carabide U.S. p. 877 (1853).

Elliotia, Nietner, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1856, p. 525.

Trichothorax, Monutrouzier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1860, p. 2385.

Xenothorax, Wollaston, Coleopt. Hesperidum, p. 15 (1867).

Wakefieldia, Broun, Manual of N. Zealand Coleopt. p. 62 (1880).

Very widely distributed, being found in tropical and temperate America and Southern

and Eastern Asia, in Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and in the Cape-Verd

Islands.

More than twenty species have been described.

1. Pentagonica trivittata.

Lebia trivittata, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 378°.

Rhombodera virgata, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 313’.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Souta America, Colombia ! 2.

2. Pentagonica bifasciata. (Tab. IX. fig. 24.)

Pentagonica bifasciata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 2143.

Hab. Mexico !, Cordova (Saldé).

3. Pentagonica gonostigma. (Tab. IX. fig. 22.)

Major, variegata; capite supra et infra nigro, opaco, labro palpisque rufescenti-piceis, thorace antennis et

pedibus fulvo-testaceis, elytris fusco-nigris, utrinque vitta lata valde curvata ab humeris (marginem haud

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attingente) usque ad suturam paullo ante apicem ducta, relicta macula magna communi triangulari suturali

cum margine basali per vittam suturalem connexa, et limbo toto, fusco-nigris, margine ipso laterali et

apicali fulvo; thorace sicut in P. bifasciata valde transverso, margine ab angulo mediano usque ad basin

paullulum flexuoso; elytris amplis, subtilissime punctulato-striatis, interstitiis convexis juxta apicem

altioribus; pectore et abdomine fusco-nigris.

Long. 23 lin.

,ab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

One example only.

4, Pentagonica omostigma. (Pentagonica homostigma, Tab. IX. fig. 23.)

P. gonostigme affinis et similis, sed elytrorum signaturis aliis etc. Testaceo-fulva, antennarum articulis 4

basalibus fusco-maculatis elytrisque utrinque macula rotundata humerali et fascia lata ante apicem (ad

suturam et marginem dilatata) nigris, margine omnino testaceo-fulvo; capite subopaco; thorace valde

transverso, margine ab angulo mediano usque ad basin flexuoso; elytris distinctius exarato-striatis, striis

punctatis, interstitiis sat convexis, 9° (marginali) catenato-punctato.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

5. Pentagonica picticornis. (Tab. IX. fig. 25.)

P, gonostigme iterum affinis. Parum convexa; capite supra et infra nigro; antennis nigris, articulis 4 basa-

libus rufis, 2°-4™ pallidioribus ; thorace rufo valde transverso, postice minus rapide angustato margineque

valde flexuoso; elytris elongato-ovatis, striis punctulatis vix impressis sed interstitiis convexis, 9° (mar-

ginali) catenato-punctato, fusco-nigris, vitta lata Shumerali margineque toto testaceo-rufis; abdomine

postice fusco-nigro.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, El Jicaro (Champion).

One example only.

6. Pentagonica semifulva.

Rufescenti-fulva, elytris (margine excepto), meso- et metathorace abdomineque nigris, palpis et antennis nigro-

fuscis; thorace transverso postice minus rapide angustato, margine mox pone angulum prominentem recto

vel subsinuato, limbo antico sepe infuscato; elytris vix impresso-striatis, sed interstitiis sat convexis, 9°

catenato-punctato, femoribus et tibiis anticis sepe subinfuscatis.

Long, 2-21 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége); GuateMata, Cerro Zunil, Pantaleon

(Champion).

This must approach very closely P. décolor, Leconte, of the Western United States,

and may be the same species; but the description does not mention that the meso- and

metathorax are black as well as the abdomen.

7. Pentagonica maculicornis.

P. semifulve simillima, differt tantum antennis fulvis, scapo toto ceterisque articulis apice solum fuscis ;

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218 ADEPHAGA.

thorace utrinque vitta lata distincta piceo-nigra. Rufescenti-fulva, elytris (margine excepto) meso- et

metathorace nigris.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

One example only.

8. Pentagonica albipes.

P. picee (Chaud.) proxime affinis et similis, sed differt elytris subtilius striatis. Parva, piceo- vel castaneo-

nigra, antennis testaceo-fulvis, scapo palpisque fuscis, pedibus testaceo-albis ; thorace minus lato, lateribus

ante et post angulum subrectis; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis interioribus usque ad

apicem convexis, exterioribus planissimis; marginibus laterali et suturali angustissime rufescentibus.

Long. 2 lin.

Hab. Guatemata, Mirandilla (Champion); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Resembles much the Brazilian P. picea, and apparently also P. flavipes, Lec., of

Louisiana, but differing from the latter strikingly in the colour of the antenne.

Subfam. LEBITNA.

LOXOPEZA.

Loxopeza, Chaudoir, Monographie des Lébiides, p. 28 (Bull. Mose. vol, xliv. 1871).

A genus exclusively American, and nearly restricted to the temperate zones, north

and south, the majority of the species belonging to the United States and Mexico.

Ten species were enumerated in Chaudoir’s monograph.

1. Loxopeza hogei. (Tab. X. fig. 1.)

Late oblonga, rufa, elytris lete viridi-eneis apicem versus nitidioribus, epipleuris marginibusque explanatis

rufis, ventris segmentis posterioribus margine plus minusve infuscatis; capite sparsim punctulato rugu-

lisque obsoletis; thorace latissimo (duplo magis lato quam longo), a collo usque medium rotundato-

ampliato, deinde lateribus usque ad angulos fere rectis, margine late explanato modice reflexo, angulis

posticis apice obtusis, dorso grossius vermiculato-rugoso ; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis valde convexis

sed versus apicem deplanatis et apud apicem planissimis subtiliter alutaceis; tarsis posticis articulo

penultimo bilobato, lobis apice rotundatis.

Long. 43-44 lin. (83-97 millim.).

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

The elytra are similar in colour and striation to the same parts in JL. éricolor,

excepting the red margins and epipleure.

2. Loxopeza xanthogaster.

L. hége: proxime affinis, sed multo minor, elytris adhuc letius viridi-eneis etc. Testaceo-rufa, elytris lectissime

viridi-eneis ; capite subtiliter flexuoso-striguloso, nitido; thorace valde transverso sed quam in L. hégei

angustiore, dorso crebrius et subtilius vermiculato-rugoso; elytris profundius striatis, interstitiis altius

LOXOPEZA. 219

convexis, juxta apicem tantum paullo deplanatis, marginibus viridibus, epipleuris versus basin obscure

castaneis ; tarsis posticis articulo penultimo bilobato, lobis oblongis apice late rotundatis.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé).

3. Loxopeza guatemalena.

L; xanthogastrt simillima, differt solum tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo haud bilobato sed emarginato

angulis paullo productis acuminatis. Testaceo-rufa, elytris letissime viridi-eneis profunde striatis, inter-

stitiis alte convexis; capite flexuoso-striguloso, thorace vermiculato; elytrorum epipleuris omnino

viridi-nigris.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. GuateMALa, Las Mercedes (Champion).

4. Loxopeza costulata.

L. tricolort paullo latior. Testaceo-rufa, abdomine (segmento basali processuque intercoxali exceptis) nigro,

elytris olivaceo-nigris; capite subgrosse rectius strigoso et punctulato; thorace quam in ZL. tricolori

latiore, lateribus arcuatis, antice quam postice magis angustato, margine basali inter lobum et angulum

valde flexuoso, disco flexuoso-strigoso et punctulato ; elytris profunde striatis striis fundo crenulatis, inter-

stitiis valde convexis, versus apicem deplanatis, 7° versus basin conspicue angustato, epipleuris margineque

nigris ; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato.

Long. 4-43 lin. $ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

5. Loxopeza urania. (Tab. X. fig. 2.)

Oblongo-ovata, minus deplanata, testaceo-rufa, abdomine (basi juxta coxas vix rufescente) nigro, elytris

(margine epipleuraque inclusis) ceruleis; capite subtilius subrecte striguloso punctulatoque; thorace

transverso ante medium usque ad collum citius angustato minus rotundato, dorso minus grosse vermicu-

lato-strigoso; elytris elongatis versus apicem paullo ampliatis, crenulato-striatis, interstitiis valde convexis

prope apicem planioribus; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato, angulis sat productis.

Long. 5 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico (Hoge).

One example only. With the exception of the hind tarsi being certainly not

bilobed, it fits well Chaudoir’s description of Z. grandis (ald. ) which, Dr. Horn tells

me, is not the LZ. grandis of Haldeman.

6. Loxopeza translucens. (Tab. X. fig. 4.)

L. costulata multo minor, testaceo-rufa, ventris segmentis apice infuscatis, elytris viridi-eneis ferrugineo

(preecipue postice) translucentibus, marginibus epipleurisque testaceo-rufis; capite thoraceque obsoletius

strigulosis, nitidis, hoc quam in ZL. tricolort latiore postice vix angustato, lateribus late rotundatis et

explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis acutis (apice obtusis) margine basali inter lobum et angulum fere

recto; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis valde convexis sed haud tectiformibus; tarsorum posticorum

articulo penultimo bilobato, lobis linearibus apice obtusis.

Long. 33 lin. 3 Q.

| Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge).

2 ff 2

220 . ADEPHAGA.

7. Loxopeza cyane. (Tab. X. fig. 3.)

L. majuscule (Chd.) (L. grandi, Hald.?) quoad formam et sculpturam simillima, sed differt elytris saturatius

ceruleis subviolaceis, minus nitidis. Testaceo-rufa, antennarum articulis 4°-11™ fuscis, ventre (processu

intercoxali excepto) nigro, elytris saturate ceruleis minus nitidis; capite fere levi; thorace transverso,

antice sat late rotundato, postice subrecte, modice sed distincte angustato, angulis posticis perparum

productis, disco subtiliter vage striguloso; elytris quam in LZ. majuscula longius oblongis, acute striatis,

interstitiis modice convexis, versus latera deplanatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato,

angulis vix elongatis.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Mexico city (Flohr, Hoge).

Closely allied to the Texan L. majuscula (Chaud.), which, I understand Dr. Horn,

refers to the prior-described LZ. grandis of Haldeman. It is, however, sufficiently

distinct by its rather more elongate form and the different colour of its elytra, the

Texan species being bright brassy green with a bluish tinge. I have compared

together half a dozen examples of each.

8. Loxopeza rufosutura.

Loxopeza rufosutura, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 31’.

Lebia rufosutura, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 225°. .

Hab. Mexico (Sallé1), Vera Cruz, Cordova (Sallé), Oaxaca, Juquila (Boucard, coll.

Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); Guaremata!; Nicaracua ?.

I adopt the name as given to specimens in the Sallé collection ; but the description of

Motschulsky seems scarcely to apply to the Mexican examples (the only ones I have

seen), not one of which has a red suture.

9, Loxopeza chloroptera.

Loxopeza chloroptera, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 32°.

Lebia chloroptera, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 4387.

Lebia nigriventris, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. des Sci. de Liége, 1846, 1. p. 382°.

Hab. Norru America, Fuorma? (Reiche !).—Mexico !?, Ventanas (Forrer), Guajuco

in Nuevo Leon (Dr. Palmer), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Mexico city (Flohr),

Tlacotalpam, Oaxaca (Boucard, coll. Sallé), Yucatan (Pilate +).

According to the series in the Sallé collection and the specimens collected by

others in different parts of Mexico, this appears to be a very variable species, at least

as far as regards the colour of the elytra and the more or less reddish hue of the

epipleure and margins. The rather broader thorax seems to be the only character

which separates it from L. rufosutura.

10. Loxopeza atriventris.

Lebia atriventris, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 13° (1823); Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. ii. p. 454,

Loxopeza atriventris, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 82”.

Hab. Nortn America, Eastern States 1.—MExIco ?.

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11. Loxopeza melanocephala.

Loxopeza melanocephala, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 33°.

Hab. Mrxico!, Cuernavaca, Yolos, Durasnal, Oaxaca (Boucard, coll. Sallé),

Mirador, Jalapa (Hége).

12. Loxopeza rufolimbata.

Loxopeza rufolimbata, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 33'.

Hab. Muxico, Cuernavaca (Boucard, coll. Sallé1), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé),

Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

13. Loxopeza exarata. (Tab. X. fig. 5.)

L. melanocephale quoad colores similis, sed differt elytrorum striis usque ad apicem et latera profunde insculptis

interstitiis eequaliter et valde convexis etc. Oblongo-ovata, testaceo-rufa, capite supra, genis lateribus

abdomineque nigris, elytris obscurius viridi-eneis, antennarum articulis 4°-11™ interdum piceis; capite

longitudinaliter strigoso, vertice] sublevi; thorace fere semiovato, antice rotundato (haud ampliato),

postice haud vel perparum angustato, angulis posticis rectis, disco subtiliter strigoso; epipleuris

versus basin rufo-piceis; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

Var. yoloensis. Caput supra grossius strigosum et punctatum, infra nigrum linea angusta mediana rufa; thorax

crebre coriaceo-strigosus, minus nitidus, angulis posticis paullo exstantibus.

Hab. Mexico, Yolos (Boucard, coll. Sallé).

14. Loxopeza eburata. (Tab. X. fig. 6.)

L. obliquate affinis. Breviter oblongo-ovata, testaceo-rufa, nitida, antennarum articulis 3°-11™ femorum apice,

tibiis et tarsis (unguiculis rufis exceptis) elytrisque nigris, his utrinque vitta eburnea, a basi interstitii 5!

usque fere ad apicem interstitii 4‘ ducta; palpis piceis, apice rufis; capite fere levi; thorace valde trans-

verso (duplo magis lato quam longo), antice late rotundato fere angulato, postice haud angustato

lateribus et angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali explanato-reflexo latissimo, dorso vage ruguloso;

elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis valde convexis, quarto quam cetera latiore; tarsorum posticorum

articulo penultimo emarginato.

Long. 3} lin. 2.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The white stripe on each elytron runs for a short distance from the base along the

fifth interstice ; it then leaves the fifth for the fourth, on which it commences lower

down than it did on the fifth, and continues very nearly to the apex.

METABOLA.

Metabola, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 50.

The following species is the only one at present known of this genus.

1. Metabola rufopyga.

Metabola rufopyga, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 50°.

Hab. Mexico ', Cordova, Capulalpam, Coscomatepec (Sallé), Mirador (Hage).

222 ADEPHAGA.

LEBIA.

Lebia, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. vii. p. 247.

An extensive and well-known genus, comprising about 200 described species.

Tropical America appears to be its headquarters, a much smaller number being found

in Tropical Asia and Africa, and in temperate latitudes of the New and Old worlds.

One species only is known from Australia.

1. Lebia quadricolor. (Tab. X. fig. 7.)

Lebia quadricolor, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. 2° fasc.*; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 66 *.

Hab. Mexico! , Cordova (Saldé), Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemata (Sallé), Sabo, Cahabon,

Chacoj, Senahu, Tamahu (Champion).

2. Lebia apicalis.

Lebia apicalis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. 2° fasc.*; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 67 ; Castelnau,

Etud. Ent. p. 48.

Hab. Mextco1, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

3. Lebia brachinoides. (Tab. X. fig. 8.)

Lebia brachinoides, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 311’; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 70%.

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (elt, Janson) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

—SoutH America, Colombia ! 2,

Of the three colour-varieties described by Chaudoir, only the first two were found by

our collectors at Chontales and Chiriqui; the type form, singularly enough, only at

Chontales,—all the Panama specimens, which have an anterior fascia like the type,

wanting the extension of the pale apical spot to the outer apical angle.

4. Lebia pleurodera.

Lebia pleurodera, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 73°.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemana, Cerro Zunil (Champion).—West Inp1Es,

Cuba?!; SourH America, Cayenne }.

Mexican and Guatemalan specimens agree precisely with Chaudoir’s description.

5. Lebia marginicollis.

Lebia marginicollis, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 271"; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 742.

Lebia limbicollis, Motschulsky, Bull. Mose. 1859, ii. p. 145.

Var. L. affinis, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 387°.

Hab. Nortn AMERICA, Southern States !? 3.—Muxico?; Nicaraeva,Chontales (Janson).

—Souto AMERICA, Amazons 2.

LEBIA. 223

6. Lebia striatifrons.

Lebia striatifrons, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 75°.

Hab. Panama (coll. Bates)—Sourn America, Amazons !.

7. Lebia charilla. (Tab. X. fig. 9.)

Parva, nigro-fusca, subolivacea, antennarum articulis 3 basalibus pedibus elytrorumque maculis utrinque duabus

(prima majore discoidali ante medium valde obliqua angulata interstitia 3"-7™ tegente, secunda minore

subrotunda prope apicem et suturam) testaceo-fulvis; capite levi, occipite haud convexo; thorace parvo,

fere quadrato, lateribus (versus apicem rotundatis) fere rectis, margine angusto sed apud angulum posti-

cum rectum explanato; elytris oblongo-ovatis, haud profunde striatis; tarsorum articulo penultimo

longe bilobato, unguiculis pectinatis.

Long. 12 lin. (33-83 millim.).

Hab. Guatemata, San Gerdnimo, Tocoy (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui,

Bugaba (Champion).

Var. 1, macula discoidali indistincta.

Hab. Muxico, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa, Cerro de Plumas (Hége); GuaTeMata, San

‘Gerénimo (Champion).

Var. 2, elytris immaculatis.

Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (Hége).

Similarly marked to LZ. brachinoides, and the markings varying in a similar way.

The species, however, does not belong to the same subsection of Chaudoir’s classifica-

tion as L. brachinoides—its head not being striated, nor the thorax cordate,—but to the

section containing L. agnata.

8. Lebia viridis.

Lebia viridis, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 14°; Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. 1. p. 271 *; Chaudoir,

Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 83°.

Lebia viridis, var. L. cyanea, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 386%.

Lebia viridis, var. L. smaragdula, De}. ibid. v. p. 387’.

Lebia viridis, var. L. mesta, Leconte, Agassiz, Lake Superior, p. 206°.

Lebia viridis, var. L. violaceipennis, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 82".

Hab. Norta America!??5, Lake Superior ® to Texas.—Mexico, Ventanas (Forrer),

Mirador (Hége) ; Guarmwaza’, —West InpiEs, Cuba‘.

9. Lebia flammea.

L, viridis exemplaribus minoribus quoad formam simillima, sed differt elytris igneo-aureis vel cupreis splen-

didissimis, antennisque brevioribus et crassioribus.

‘Long. 3 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla (Sallé), Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

Named L. violacetpennis, Chaud., in the Sallé collection, but does not agree with

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Chaudoir’s description as far as colour is concerned. There is, however, some ground

for considering it an extreme variety of C. viridis, as the blue form of the species in

Mexico is smaller and more brilliant than the northern type, and is subject to variations

in colour.

10. Lebia dugesi.

L. viridé simillima, sed differt antennarum articulis 1°-3™ testaceis, thoracisque angulis posticis productis

dentiformibus. Oblonga, cerulea, elytris profundius punctulato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis.

Long. 5 millim.

Hab. Muxico, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé).

One example only.

11. Lebia ignita., (Tab. X. fig. 10.)

L. viridi affinis, sed relative brevior, thorace preccipue valde transverso colloque supra depresso. Leete caerulea,

elytrorum dimidio apicali rufo-aureo splendidissimo.

Long. 4-44 millim.

Hab. GuatEMALA, Duefias, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

Distinctly shorter and relatively broader than L. viridis, the thorax especially being

at least twice as broad as long (excluding the basal lobe), and the margin near the

hind angles more widely explanated. The crown of the head is also distinctly convex,

or the neck depressed. The elytra are similarly striated, with flat interstices. The

colour is a rich blue, with the apical half of the elytra fiery golden purple. Tarsi

bilobed as in L. viridis.

12. Lebia celina. (Tab. X. fig. 11.)

Parva, late ovata, convexa, saturate ceerulea (elytris interdum violaceis), antennis articulis basalibus labroque

piceis, palpis acutis; capite brevi, levi, post oculos cito angustato sed collo supra haud depresso; thorace

transverso (latiore quam in ZL. viridi), trapezoidali, postice usque ad angulos valde acutos paullo dilatato,

lateribus subrectis, margine basali prope angulum sinuato; elytris ampHatis subtilissime striatis ; tarsorum

articulo penultimo elongato-bilobato.

Long. 3 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Belongs to the L. viridis group, but distinguished by its short plump form and the

trapeze-like outline of the short and broad thorax.

13. Lebia xanthogona.

L. pumile similis, sed differt thorace multo latiore angulisque posticis fulvo-testaceis etc. Breviter ovata,

eenescenti-fusca nitida, antennarum articulis 3 basalibus, pedibus (femoribus medio tarsisque infuscatis)

thoracisque angulis posticis pallide fulvo-testaceis ; capite levi; thorace valde transverso, postice paullo

angustato (lateribus subrectis), angulis posticis vix rectis, margine basali juxta angulum obliquo recto;

elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis: tarsorum articulo penultimo bilobato.

Long. 4 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

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14. Lebia agnata.

Lebia agnata, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 86 *.

Hab. Mrxico!, Orizaba, Puebla (Sal/é), Mirador, Jalapa (Hége).

15. Lebia croceicollis, (Tab. X. fig. 13.)

L. pumile affinis, quoad formam L. xanthogone simillima, sed’ differt colore nigro (capite elytrisque sub-

enescentibus), palpis nigro-fuscis, antennarum articulis 33 basalibus thoraceque croceis, pedibus piceo-

fuscis, femoribus 4 anticis basi pallidis; capite ovato, levissimo, post oculos gradatim rotundato-angustato ;

thorace valde transverso, postice paullulum angustato, angulis posticis paullo exstantibus, margine laterali

angusto subrecto ; elytris obsolete punctulato-striatis ; tarsis bilobatis.

Long. 34 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge).

Var. Femora et tibie pallide testacea, elytrorumque interstitia paullulum convexa..

Long. 43 millim.

Hab. Guatnmaua, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

One example only.

16. Lebia goniessa. (Tab. X. fig. 12.)

Parva, breviter ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida; capite, thorace, antennarum articulis 4 basalibus (ceteris fuscis)

pedibusque fulvo-rufis, femoribus posticis dimidio basali tibiisque dimidio apicali seepissime nigro-fuscis ;

capite ovato levissimo ; thorace vix transverso trapezoideo (postice dilatato), margine recto antice angusto

postice valde dilatato angulisque retrorsum productis, margine basali prope angulos paullo retrorsum

obliquo; elytris subtilissime punctulato-striatis ; tarsis bilobatis.

Long. 32-4 millim.

Hab. Guatemaa, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

Belongs to the viridis group, and allied to L. agnata; differing from other species

with red head and thorax in the shape of the hind thoracic angles, which are produced

backward almost as in LZ. celina. The head is perfectly free from strie; and the striz

of the elytra are scarcely impressed, although the interstices are slightly convex. The

elytra with margins and epipleure and the abdomen are deep black. ‘The two pune-

tures of the third interstice are small, but very distinct, and situated in the third stria.

17. Lebia microtes.

L. goniesse quam maxime similis et affinis, sed thoracis angulis posticis rectis nec retrorsum productis, fronteque

striato; Parva, nigra, nitida, capite, antennis, thorace et pedibus rufo-fulvis, palpis nigris; capite ovato,

fronte preecipue prope oculos subtiliter pluristrigoso ; thorace valde transverso postice, haud dilatato, angulis

posticis rectis ibique margine explanato-reflexo, margine basali prope angulos recto ; elytris breviter ovatis,

striis distinctius et acutius impressis.

Long. 3 millim.

Hab. GuateMata, Panima, Chacoj, Aceituno, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion).

It is difficult to believe this is more than a local modification of L. goniessa ; the

differences of form and sculpture, however, indicated in the above diagnosis appear to

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, September 1883. 2 gg

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be constant. As minor differences, may be pointed out its smaller size and the wholly

pale antennz and legs; the antennal joints five to eleven, however, are sometimes a

little darker than the basal joints.

18. Lebia fimbriolata. (Tab. X. fig. 14.) |

L. nigripennis (Dej.) affinis, quoad formam LZ, agnate similis. Oblonga, rufo-testacea, abdomine et elytris nigris,

his macula basali, margineque laterali usque ultra medium, rufo-testaceis, antennis articulis 4°-11™ palpisque

piceo-nigris; capite levissimo, mox pone oculos subito angustato; thorace transverso, postice paullo

angustato, marginibus modice explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis fere rectis, margine basali prope angulos

antrorsum obliquato et rotundato; elytris subdepressis subtiliter alutaceis, striis acutis subpunctulatis,

interstitiis planis.

Long. 4-5 millim.

Hab. Guatemata, near the city (Salvin, Champion), Capetillo (Champion).

The elytra are shining black, with a slight olive-green tinge; the epipleure are pale

brown, and this colour is visible on the margins from the middle to the base of the

elytra (not at all on or near the apex, which remains black), and in the middle of the

base on each side the pallid colour extends a little over the basal plica to the striated

surface of the elytra. The thorax has rather wider explanated lateral margins than is

seen in the group viridis; but it is distinctly narrowed behind, and the hind angles are

rendered slightly prominent by a short sinuation of the margin near the angle.

19. Lebia cymindoides.

L. fimbriolate proxime affinis et simillima, sed differt elytrorum interstitiis convexis, margineque toto et linea

vel macula basali apud interstitium 6™ pallide testaceis.

Long. 5 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé), Puebla, Capulalpam (Sallé), Jalapa

(Flohr).

Of similar oblong subdepressed form to L. fimbriolata, with olivaceous black elytra

‘and abdomen, but differs in the testaceous yellow border of the elytra being continued

to the apex, becoming wider towards the shoulders and the base, and emitting a rather

long lineole along the basal part of the sixth interstice. In some examples the pale

colour near the base is extended, forming a broad humeral spot. The markings are

very similar to those of the typical species of Cymindis. The interstices of the elytra

are more elevated than in L. fimbriolata; but, although this character is one on which

Chaudoir founds his main divisions of the genus, it appears to be, in the present case,

very variable and of small importance.

20. Lebia oliviella.

Parva, ovata, rufo-testacea, elytris olivaceo-eneis nitidis, interstitiis valde elevatis, metasterno abdomineque

nigris; antennis articulis 4°-11™ leviter infuscatis, palpis nigris.

Long. 34 millim.

Hab. Panama, David (Champion).

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The decidedly convex interstices of the elytra would compel us to remove this species

from the neighbourhood of L. croceicollis, goniessa, &c., its. nearest allies, if Chaudoir’s

classification were to be rigorously adhered to. ‘The species much resembles crocei-

collis; but the head is testaceous red, and the elytra a little more eneous in colour.

The head is free from striz, and narrowed rather abruptly behind the eyes. The

thorax is transverse quadrate, about twice as broad as long (excluding the basal lobe),

and the lateral margins more broadly explanated than in C. croceicollis, viridis, and

their immediate allies, resembling in this respect LZ. fimbriolata; the flattened margin

expands widely at the hind angles, but these are rectangular (a little produced at the

apex), and not prolonged behind as in Z. goniessa. Although the interstices of the

elytra are strongly elevated, the strie are scarcely at all impressed.

21. Lebia flohri.

L, olivielle quam maxime similis, sed differt capite supra et infra seneo-olivaceo-nigro.

Long. 34 millim.

Hab. Muxico (Flohr).

The head is of the same olivaceous brassy hue as the elytra, and free from striz. The

thorax and legs, except the tarsi, which are blackish, and the three basal (and half the

fourth) joints of the antenne are pale reddish, the rest of the antenne being blackish.

22. Lebia retusa. (Tab. X. fig. 15.)

L. bifasciate (Dej.) affinis, quoad formam similis. Flavo-testacea, elytris letissime ceruleis immaculatis,

femoribus supra et apice nigris, tibiis et tarsis fusco-nigris (interdum tibiis partim pallidioribus) ; antennis

nigris, basi et apice rufo-testaceis; capite brevi et lato, levi, oculis valde prominentibus ; thorace valde

transverso, lateribus rotundatis late explanatis, postice perparum angustatis; elytris subtilissime striatis,

apud striam quartam longitudinaliter retusis; tarsorum articulo 4° longe bilobato.

Long. 54 millim.

Hab. GuaTEMALA, Zapote (Champion) ; PanaMA, Bugaba (Champion).

23. Lebia pecilura. (Tab. X. fig. 16.)

L. bifasciate (Dej.) affinis. Rufo-testacea, elytris cyaneis prope apicem solum flavo-fasciatis, fascia (juxta

angulum suturalem excepta) marginem apicalem attingente; palpis, antennis pedibusque nigris, scapo

femorumque basi rufo-testaceis; capite supra sparse punctulato, oculis valde prominentibus; thorace

valde transverso, lateribus rotundatis, margine explanato, angulis posticis paullo exstantibus, dorso

perparum striguloso; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis subtilissime alutaceis; labro

medio nigro-fusco; pygidio maculis 2 viridi-fuscis.

Long. 53 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

24, Lebia callizona, (Tab. X. fig. 17.)

Lebia callizona, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607°.

“1, bifasciate (Dej.) proxime affinis, differt fascia postica metallica apud suturam antice fere divisa. Levis,

testaceo-rufa, capite fasciisque duabus elytrorum latis et macula apicali ceruleis, fascia prima postice

2 gg 2

228 ADEPHAGA.

medio emarginata, fascia secunda antice ad suturam fere divisa; antennis nigris articulo basali rufo ;

pedibus ceruleis, femoribus basi rufis; abdomine apice subtus rufo concolori, supra nigro.

** Long. 3 lin.”

Hab. GuatemMata!, Duefias, Capetillo (Champion).

Var. a. Abdominis-apice subtus plus minusve nigro.

Hab. Mexico, Ventanas (forrer); GuatrMaua, Duefias.

Var. 6. Elytris conspicue punctato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, fasciaque cyanea basali postice perparum

emarginata; fascia fulva plerumque latiore; ceteris sicut in typo.

Hab. El Jicaro, San Gerénimo (Champion).

Var. a does not differ from L. bifasciata, Dej., from Guiana and the Amazons, except

in the posterior metallic belt of the elytra having its anterior margin strongly arcuated

on each elytron. War. } is connected by intermediate varieties with the type form.

L. gaudichaudi (Casteln.), of South Brazil, is distinguished from the Guianan L. bifas-

ciata by characters of less importance than those which are evidently mere variations

in the Guatemala species; all three can only therefore be geographical forms of one

and the same species, inhabiting the low forest-region throughout Tropical America.

25. Lebia biteniata.

Lebia biteniata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 14 (1834)*; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 98.

Lebia bicincta, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 47 (1834)’.

Lia femorata, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 228°.

Hab. Mexico!?, Vera Cruz, Tuxtla, Cordova (Sallé); GuaTEMALA.—CENTRAL AMERICAS,

Var. Elytris sicut in L. bifasccata, fascia cyanea posteriori antice minus rotundata.

Hab. Guaremata, Duefias (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa

Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers).

The var. resembles ZL. callizona, var. a, and L. bifasciata in every point, except the

colour of the head and apex of abdomen (both red in L. biteniata); they appear to

have been taken in company by Mr. Champion.

26. Lebia bipunctata.

Lebia bipunctata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 183; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 961.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé +).

27. Liebia charina. (Tab. X. fig. 18.)

Lebia charina, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607°.

“ZL. quinquenotate (Chaud.) simillima, differt elytrorum maculis minoribus posticisque ad suturam conjunctis.

Late ovata, flavo-testacea; palpis, articulis 4°-11™ antennarum, capite, femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsis,

abdominis segmento anali, et elytrorum utrinque maculis 3 nigris; thorace quam in L. quinquenotata

angustiore ; elytris obsolete striato-punctatis ; elytrorum maculis, 1 ovata communi scutellari, 1 virguli-

LEBIA. 229

formi humerali, et 1 postmediana transversa, antice apud suturam indentata, latera haud attingente, apice

autem anguste nigro.

* Long. 32 lin.”

Hab. Muxtco, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemaa, Pantaleon (Champion); Panama, Volcan

de Chiriqui, David, Bugaba (Champion); Ntcaracua, Chontales (Bel¢').

28. Lebia clio. (Tab. X. fig. 19.)

L. variegate (Dej.) quoad colores et signaturam simillima, sed macula elytrorum suturali-apicali deficiente,

Flavo-testacea (abdomine apice concolore), capite (levi) supra et infra, palpis antennisque nigris his

articulis 1°-3™ et 4° basi flavis ; thorace transverso, postice parum angustato, angulis posticis sat productis,

margine basali juxta angulum rotundato-obliquo ; elytris subtiliter punctato-striatis, interstitiis passim

planis, flavis, macula circumscutellari, altera subvirguliformi humerali, vitta suturali fasciaque lata

undulata versus apicem nigris, sutura post fasciam haud nigra.

Long. 634 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

Extremely near ZL. variegata (Dej.), but the strize much less impressed, the inter-

stices flat, and the apical sutural black spot wanting.

29, Lebia variegata.

Lebia variegata, Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 875; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 91°.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge); Guaremauta, Las Mercedes (Champion); Panama,

Bugaba, David, Caldera (Champion).—Souta America, Colombia!.

In all the specimens from Jalapa the black sutural stripe terminates at the posterior

fascia, and the apical sutural spot is reduced to a narrow black apical edging; the palpi

also are darker. This variety forms a transition, therefore, to the Z. clio of the same

locality. The concave pygidium is sometimes blackish both in the Mexican and

Panama forms.

30. Lebia interrupta.

Lebia interrupta, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 100°.

Hab. Mexico}.

I have not seen this species, which M. de Chaudoir obtained from M. E. Deyrolle.

31. Lebia anchora. (Tab. X. fig. 20.)

Lebia anchora, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 182 (1835); Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 102°.

Lebia bonellii, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. de Liége, i. p. 391 (1846).

Hab. Mexico!, Vera Cruz, Tuxtla, Yolos (Sallé), Mirador (Hoge); GuATEMALA,

Capetillo, San Geronimo (Champion).

230 ADEPHAGA.

82. Lebia incommoda.

Lebia incommoda, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 103°.

Hab. Mexico, Campeche (Pilate 1).

33. Lebia scalpta. (Tab. X. fig. 21.)

L. subrugose (Chaud.) similis, sed differt capite a collo usque ad epistoma subrecte multistriato. Oblonga,

flavo-testacea, capite supra et infra elytrisque signaturis nigris; labro, partibus oris antennisque rufo-

testaceis; capite supra acute striato, striis fere omnibus rectis a collo usque ad epistoma; oculis

magnis prominentibus; thorace sat transverso, marginibus late explanato-reflexis; elytris oblongis,

profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, fascia ante apicem triloba vel lacerata, variabili, vitta submarginali

a fascia usque ad humerum gradatim attenuata, macula quadrata circumscutellari vittaque suturali inter

maculam scutellarem et fasciam nigris; tarsorum 2 posticorum articulo 4° profunde emarginato, 4 ante-

riorum bilobatis.

Long. 64 millim. ‘

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge), Yucatan (Sai/é).

Similar in the black markings of the elytra to L. subrugosa, Chaud., but differing in

the uniform nearly straight sculpture of the head. ‘The posterior black fascia is, in most

examples, trilobed almost as regular as in L. variegata and L. anchora, but in others it

is irregular and ragged on both its edges—a specimeu, wrongly named L. subrugosa, in

the Sallé collection reaching an extreme in this respect, and agreeing, therefore, with

Chaudoir’s figure of L. subrugosa.

34. Lebia duillia. (Tab. XI. fig. 1.)

L. striaticipitt (Chaud.) affinis. Oblongo-ovata, postice dilatata, flavo-testacea (capite thoraceque rufioribus),

elytris subcyaneo-nigris utrinque maculis duabus magnis marginibusque angustis flavo-testaceis, altera

prope basin oblique quadrata a stria 1? usque ad striam 7™ extensa, interdum usque ad marginem extensa,

altera apicali transversa (sutura apiceque suturali fuscis); capite supra longitudinaliter striato, spatio

triangulari prope epistoma levi; thorace brevi et lato, marginibus late explanatis, ante angulos leviter

sinuatis, dorso subtiliter (precipue longitudinaliter) strigoso; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis

prope apicem deplanatis ; tarsorum 4 anter. articulo 4° bilobato, 2 poster. lobis brevioribus.

Long. 43 millim.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hoge).

The striated and red-coloured head brings this species into the same subsection as

L. egra, striaticeps, &c., but in the elytral markings it very much resembles L. chiri-

quensis, nemoralis, and allies; it wants, however, the long linear lobes of the fourth

joint of the hindmost tarsi, which distinguish the latter subgroup. The colour of

the elytral markings is deep black, sometimes with a bluish tinge.

35. Lebia subrugosa.

Lebia subrugosa, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lébiides, p. 118, t. 1. fig. 49+.

Hab. Mexico!, Capulalpam (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); GuaTeMALA, San Gerdnimo

(Champion).

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36. Lebia rhodope. (Tab. X. fig. 24.)

L. subrugose affinis, sed differt capite thoraceque rufis, illo levi hoe subtiliter strigoso sed nitido, Oblonga,

postice dilatata, flavo-testacea, capite thoraceque rufis; thorace antice modice rotundato, marginibus sat

late explanato-reflexis; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis valde convexis, prope apicem planioribus,

signaturis sicut in L. subrugosa (Chaud. Monogr. t. i. fig. 49), viz. macula transversim oblonga circum-

scutellari, altera rhomboidea post medium (vitta suturali connexis), fascia obliqua dentata inter maculam

rhomboideam et marginem vittaque submarginali a fascia usque ad basin, nigris.

Long. 6-62 millim.

Hab. Mxxico, Jalapa (Hoge) ; Guatemaua, Capetillo (Champion).

87. Lebia rufilia. (Tab. X. fig. 25.)

L. rhodopi proxime affinis, forsan ejus varietas, sed differt capite supra plus minusve rugoso, elytris sine vitta

marginali et fascia mediana angusta, arcuata submaculari.

Var. fascia apud interstitia 5"-7™ interrupta.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion), Capetillo var.

(Champion).

Besides the entire absence of the submarginal black vitta, the fascia between the

rhomboidal sutural spot and the margin is somewhat different in form and direction,

being arcuated (with concavity towards the tip of the elytra), narrow, and undulated.

38. Lebia neanthe. (Tab. X. fig. 22.)

L. anchore similis, sed differt capite fere levi elytrorumque fascia nigra basali usque ad humeros extensa etc.

Breviter quadrato-ovata, flavo-testacea, capite (partibus oris epistomateque exceptis) nigro, elytris fascia

basali (postice apud interstitia 4" et 5" profunde emarginata) altera posteriore (antice apud interstitia 4™ et

6™ et postice apud interstitia 4", 5" et 7™ indentata), suturaque inter fascias, nigris ; capite lato, oculis valde

prominentibus, obsoletissime striato et punctulato; thorace transverso, lateribus explanatis valde reflexis,

margine ab ante medium fere recto, angulis posticis productis margineque basali prope angulum rotundato-

obliquato ; elytris profunde subpunctulato-striatis, interstitiis valde (postice minus) convexis; tarsorum

articulo 4° bilobato.

Long. 53 millim.

Hab. Brivisn Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaux).

39. Lebia calliope. (Tab. X. fig. 23.)

ZL, neanthi proxime affinis, sed differt statura angustioer, oblonga; elytrorum fascia nigra posteriore sicut in

L. anchora triloba, nec multi-indentata. Oblonga, flavo-testacea, capite (partibus oris epistomateque

exceptis) nigro, elytris fascia basali (postice medio utrinque profunde emarginata) altera posteriore

triloba, suturaque inter fascias, nigris; capite obsoletissime striato et punctulato; thorace quam in

L. neanthe angustiore, precipue lateribus multo angustius explanatis; elytris profunde subpunctulato-

sttiatis, interstitiis modice convexis; tarsorum articulo 4° bilobato.

Long. 53 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Mirador, Cerro de Plumas (Hége); GuatemMaLa, San Gerénimo

(Champion).

Var. (immatura ?). Elytrorum signaturis pallide fuscis fasciaque posteriore utrinque interrupta.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Hage).

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40. Lebia soror. (Tab. XI. fig. 2.)

Lebia soror, Chaudoir, Monogr, des Lébiides, p. 122, t. 1. fig. 54°.”

Hab. Mzxico, Cordova (Sallé); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Las Mercedes,

Caldera, Bugaba (Champion).—Soutn America, Amazons’.

41. Lebia centromaculata. (Tab. XI. fig. 3.)

Lebia centromaculata, Putzeys, Mém. Soc. R. d. Sci. de Liége, ii. p. 386; Chaudoir, Monogr. des

Lébiides, p. 124, t. 2. fig. 59°.

Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sallé, Hoge); Guaremata (Sallé), Capetillo, San Gerénimo

(Champion).

Var. L. miradora. Elytris sutura nigra a scutello usque ad maculam suturalem fasciaque mediana usque ad

interstitium 9™ extensa, apud interstitia 6™-9™ dilatata et retrorsum inflexa.

Hab. Mexico, Mirador (Hoge).

42. Lebia arietis. (Tab. XI. fig. 4.)

L. centromaculate proxime affinis et similis; thorace ejusdem forme, sed elytris fascia tenui valde angulata

(apud suturam haud maculam efficiente) suturaque antice nigra usque ad scutellum.

Long. 53 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The thorax is of the same form as in L. centromaculata, i. e. much rounded from

the anterior angles, and thence slightly narrowed in nearly a straight line to the base ;

but the black mark of the elytra in all the very numerous examples differs constantly

in not consisting of a rhomboidal spot on the suture with a slender angular branch on

each side, but forming an angular line or fascia of equal width throughout, the pale

ground-colour at the suture behind indenting nearly always the black mark. The elytra

also seem more deeply striated, the striz alveolated and darker than the interstices.

43. Lebia chelostigma. (Tab. XI. fig. 5.)

Fulvo-testacea, elytris macula communi pone medium utrinque ramum rectum antrorsum obliquum emittente,

suturaque fere usque ad scutellum, nigris ; capite antice, cum mandibulis et maxillis elongato, collo angusto,

oculis valde prominentibus; antennis elongatis, gracilibus; thorace antice (a basi) curvatim angustato,

marginibus (preecipue postice) explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis rectis, dorso subtiliter alutaceo; elytris

elongato-ovatis sat convexis, profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis ; tarsorum articulo 4° bilobato.

Long. 6-8 millim.

Hab. PanaMa, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

In the markings of the elytra similar to L. centromaculata, but differing from that

species much in the form of the thorax, the widest part of which is at the hind angles,

and the sides not being rounded outward immediately behind the anterior angles. The

prolongation of the anterior part of the head with the mandibles and maxille is visible

chiefly in the larger examples and in the males.

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44. Lebia chlorotica. (Tab. XI. fig. 6.)

Lebia chlorotica, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 884+; Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 125”.

Hab. Mexico 12, Cordova (Sallé), Juquila (Sallé, Hoge); Guatemata, Duefias, Cerro

Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—SovtH

AMERICA, Colombia 2.

45. Lebia latifascia. (Tab. XI. fig. 7.)

Lebia latifascia, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 127, t. 2. fig. 64 *.

Hab. Mexico }, Cordova (Sallé).

46. Lebia yucatana.

Lebia yucatana, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 129, t. 2. f. 68°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate 1).

47. Lebia nigriceps. (Tab. XI. fig. 8.)

Lebia nigriceps, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 132, t. 2. £. 74°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), San Luis Potosi (Dr. Palmer).

48. Lebia incoherens.

Lebia incoherens, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 184, t. 2. fig. 77’.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate *).

49. Lebia scitula.

Lebia scitula, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 136%.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan !.

50. Lebia xanthopleura. (Tab. XI. fig. 9.)

Lebia xanthopleura, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 140, t. 2. fig. 81°.

Hab. Panama, Caldera, David (Champion).—Soutn America, Ecuador, Amazons,

Cayenne |,

The colour of the elytra in this beautiful species varies from greenish black to blue

and violet.

51. Lebia bivitticollis. (Tab. XI. fig. 10.)

L. annulipenni et affinibus similis; differt thorace vittis duabus nigro-fuscis; thorace sicut in § annulipenni

trapezoideo, mox ab angulis anticis paullo rotundato deinde subrecte sed modice dilatato usque ad angulos

posticos, margine laterali (precipue postice) explanato-reflexo, angulis posticis subacutis; capite antice

cum partibus oris perspicue elongatis ; elytris profunde striatis, striis convexis. Flavo-testacea, elytris fere

sicut in LZ. annulipenni (Chaud. Monogr. t. ii. fig. 84), sed macula circumscutellari magis quadrato vel apud

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interstitium quartum dentato, interdum linea posteriore per marginem usque ad humerum continuata,

annulo fusco-nigro efficiente.

Hab. GuateMaLa; Panama (Champion).

Forma minor 4-44 millim.: Guaremaza, Chacoj, Cubilguitz, Pantaleon; Pamama, David, Caldera.

Forma major 53-6 millim.: Volcan de Chiriqui, alt. 2500 to 4000 feet.

In hac forma thoracis vittis interdum obsoletis, thorace toto flavo.

The difference in size of the two local forms holds good throughout a large series of

examples. The dark elytral markings vary in the same way in both; they form on the

basal part of each elytron a ragged, moderately narrow dark ring, never thickening into

a spot on the suture, and leaving a scutellar area of the pale ground-colour; the ring,

however, is often incomplete by the absence of the marginal line.

52. Lebia chiriquensis. (Tab. XI. fig. 11.)

L. nemorali (Chaud.) proxime affinis et simillima, differt tantum statura paullo minore elytrorumque annulo

nigro magis compacto macula ovali magis regulari includente. Oblongo-ovata, postice paullo dilatata, sat

convexa, flavo-testacea, elytris utrinque annulo subovali lato nigro a basi usque longe ultra medium

extensa, postice apud suturam dilatata, margine postico deinde usque ad latera obliquo dentato; palpis

apice valde attenuatis, ¢ labialibus incrassatis; thorace lato et brevi, antice rotundato deinde lateribus

rectis ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis; tarsorum articulo quarto longe bilobato.

Long. 4—5 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Differs very little from the South-Brazilian LZ. nemoralis, of which I have only one

example and Chaudoir’s description and figure as material for comparison. All the

“numerous examples of L. chiriquensis differ from these in the more even or less

lacerated margins of the black ring-marks of the elytra. These marks, however, are of

similar breadth, and the hind part narrows from the suture to the margin, which it

reaches obliquely a little behind the middle, but does not quite touch, the margin

itself remaining yellow, like the scutellum, and almost always a small portion of the

suture near the scutellum. The enclosed yellow spot on each elytron forms an oval

with even outline.

58. Lebia biannulata. (Tab. XI. fig. 13.)

Lebia biannulata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 159, t. 2. fig. 101’.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé).

Equally with the preceding related to Z. nemoralis, but differing from both in the

hinder part of the black ring-mark being much narrower and more undulated. Ina

specimen from Jalapa it is, however, rather wider than in typical examples.

54, Lebia biforis. (Tab. XI. fig. 12.)

L. chariquensi affinis; minor, elytrorumque annulo nigro multo latiore, parte posteriore fasciam latam formante.

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Parva, postice sat dilatata, flavo-testacea; elytris nigris, quarta parte posteriore,. macula circulari antico--

discoidali marginibusque angustis flavo-testaceis, ceteris ub in L. chiriquensi.

Long. 34-4 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Notwithstanding its smaller size and the different facies, due chiefly to the much:

broader hind part of the black ring-mark, I think it extremely likely that this is only

a variety of L. chiriquensis. Some of the larger examples (4 millim.) graduate into

L. chiriquensis, the only difference being the greater and more uniform width of the

‘black ring-mark in its hinder portion.

55. Lebia tolteca. (Tab. XI. fig. 14.)

L. chiriquensi affinissima, differt solum elytrorum annulo fusco vittaque submarginali tenuiore; macula ovata,

flavo-testacea, inclusa, magis obliqua, versus humeros extensa. Palporum (precipue labialium) articulo

terminali ¢ basi incrassato, versus apicem subulato.

Long. 43-5} millim.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (H6ge).

Var. minor 32-4 millim.:; Guaremaza, El Tumbador (Champion).

Might perhaps be more properly treated as a local form of L. chiriquensis; but it is

smaller, and the browner ring-mark of the elytra, with the narrower marginal vitta,

and the consequently less regularly oval included yellow spot, gives it a different facies.

It is much more nearly related to LZ. chiriquensis than it is to L. biannulata, the hinder

part of the ring-mark being moderately broad and only slightly dentated along its hind

margin.

56. Lebia maya. (Tab. XI. fig. 15.)

L. toltecee et biannulate affinis, sed differt elytrorum signaturis haud annuliformibus, vitta marginali deficiente,

fusco-bifasciatis, fasciis apud suturam dilatatis et per vittam suturalem conjunctis, macula flava subovata.

interjecta extus ad marginem extensa.

Long. 43-5 millim.

Hab. Guarumata, Zapote (Champion).

The elytral markings are almost exactly as in L. longiloba (Chaud. Monogr. t. ii.

fiz. 102), the chief difference being that the hinder fascia is more dentated on both its

margins. The difference is probably of specific value, and L. longiloba is. recorded only

from Cartagena in Colombia ; but the species is not satisfactorily distinct from L. tolteca,

one example having a faint trace of the lateral vitta. The labial palpi of the male have

their terminal joint thickened at the base and subulate at the apex, like the rest of the

group to which it belongs.

57. Lebia inconstans. (Tab. XI. fig. 16.)

Parva, brevis, modice convexa, postice dilatata, flavo-testacea, elytris rufo-fuscis vel nigro-fuscis quinta parte

apicali maculaque utrinque antico-discoidali marginibusque flavo-testaceis, profunde striatis, interstitiis

2hh 2

236 ADEPHAGA.

convexis apice sinuato-truncatis; tarsorum omnium articulo quarto bilobato, lobis longis et angustis ;

capite lato post oculos rotundato, angustato, supra levi; thorace subtiliter striguloso, late transverso,

antice sat dilatato-rotundato, marginibus late explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis subrectis, margine basali

juxta angulum oblique rotundato.

Long. 43 millim. .

Var. capite et thorace plus minusve fuscis, maculaque elytrorum antico-discoidali vel rotundata vel irregulari,

lobum preecipue supra interstitium quartum (postice) emittente, fere sicut in L. fuscicepiti (Chaud. Monogr.

t. i. fig. 69).

Var. elytris, apice flavo excepto, nigris.

Hab. Guatremaia (Salvin), Capetillo, San Gerénimo, Cerro Zunil, Calderas (Cham-

pion).

The position of this species in Chaudoir’s classification is doubtful. It bears much

resemblance to some of his Aphelogeni@, and the emargination of the mentum is without

tooth, as in that genus; but there is a slight undulation in place of the tooth, and,

besides, this character is evidently of no generic value in the Lebia group. The variation

in the colour of the head and thorax and in the form of the elytral markings in this

species demonstrate the little value of Chaudoir’s groups founded on these characters.

58. Lebia corcula. (Tab. XI. fig. 17.)

Lebia corcula, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607°.

“ZL, nigricipiti (Chaud.) similis, at capite flavo, elytris ovatis differt. Parva, ovatula, testaceo-flava; elytris

fasciis duabus nigris, prima basali (latera haud attingente) postice medio angulatim emarginata, secunda

pone medium (marginem lateralem haud attingente) antice et postice medio elytro leviter sinuata, inter-

stitio suturali inter fascias autem nigro; thorace valde transverso, apud angulos posticos valde explanato ;

elytris profunde punctulato-striatis, interstitiis culminatis.

“ Long. vix 2 lin.”

Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson ').

The elytral markings are almost exactly as in L. nigriceps (Chaud. Monogr. t. ii.

fig. 74); but the species belongs to a different subgroup, resembling in form Z. centro-

maculata and allies, but peculiar in the hind tarsi being very slender, and the claws

and lobes of the fourth joint small.

59. Lebia cordelia. (Tab. XI. fig. 18.)

L. corcule affinis, tarsis posticis angustissimis, unguibus parvis similibus; sed differt quoad colores. Flavo-

testacea, capite thoraceque rufis, levibus, elytris macula late triangulari circumscutellari, humeris, sutura

media fasciaque angusta post medium (apud suturam rhomboidea et ad interstitia 4™-5™ fere interrupta)

nigris; thorace minus lato, antice parum dilatato-rotundato, postice haud angustato, marginibus sat

explanatis, flavis ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem convexis.

Long. 43 millim.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hoge).

I received this species many years ago from Paris under the name ZL. 4-notata, Dej.

but it has not been described under that name. Lebdia 4-notata, Chevr., is a species

of Lia.

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60. Lebia zeta. (Tab. XI. fig. 19.)

Subanguste oblonga, postice paullo dilatata, flavo-testacea, elytris post medium fascia lata valde angulata nigro-

fusca; capite thoraceque levibus, hoc modice lato antice sat rotundato, postice paullulum angustato, mar-

ginibus explanatis, angulis posticis parum elevatis subacutis; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, sat profunde

punctulato-striatis, interstitiis modice convexis; tarsorum omnium articulo quarto bilobato; palpis labi-

alibus ¢ fusiformibus nec subulatis; menti sinu acute breviter dentato.

Long. 54 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Misantla (Hoge).

Peculiar in its markings, and of uncertain position in Chaudoir’s classification. Its

affinities seem to lie chiefly in the direction of L. centromaculata. The brown fascia of

the elytra is rather broad and not oblique; it emits a short line along the suture

anteriorly (the suture behind being yellow); its broadest part is on interstices two to

four and again on five and six, when it bends forward, and it is reduced to small spots

on interstices seven and eight.

61. Lebia discopicta. (Tab. XI. fig. 20.)

Aphelogenia discopicta, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 180°.

Hab; Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—SovutnH America, Amazons }.

A single example from Bugaba agrees with the Amazons form in every thing except

the blacker colour and slightly greater development of the markings of the elytra, the

broad belt extending to the eighth stria, though otherwise similar in shape, and the

shoulders having each a black spot in addition to that on the third and fourth interstice

towards the base.

The species was separated from Ledia by Chaudoir on the ground of wanting the

tooth in the emargination of the mentum; but the assemblage of species which he

formed on this character as his genus Aphelogenia is so heterogeneous and artificial that

it is impossible to adopt it: L. discopicta, at any rate, agrees too closely with the

numerous group of Ledia distinguished by their deeply striated elytra to be separated

from them.

62. Lebia chalybe.

E majoribus. Elongato-quadrata, vix convexa, nigro-picea, elytris saturate ceruleis, partibus oris rufo-piceis ;

capite obsoletissime, thorace distinctius flexuoso-ruguloso, hoc relative parvo, modice transverso, antice

mox ab apice rotundato, postice haud angustato lateribus explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis rectis; elytris

dorso subplanatis, apice sinuato-truncatis, profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis versus apicem planioribus :

menti sinu late dentato.

Long. 8 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuacan (Hége).

Does not fit into any of the numerous sections into which Chaudoir divided the

genus; it approaches in some respects nearest the North-American L. analis (Dej.), but

differs in the head not being longitudinally striated.

238 ADEPHAGA.

63. Lebia sinanja. (Tab. XI. fig. 21.)

L. chalybi affinis et forsan ejus varietas localis ; differt colore castaneo-fusco, partibus oris tarsisque testaceo-

fulvis; capite leviore; thorace antice ab apice paullo minus dilatato, dorso transversim ruguloso.

Long. 8 millim.

Hab. GUATEMALA, Sinanja (Champion).

The hind tarsi have their fourth joint bilobed, the lobes moderately long.

64. Lebia mirabilis. (Tab. XI. fig. 22.)

Species distinctissima; ovata, elytris convexis ante apicem declivibus, apice ipse planato, subreflexo; pallide

testacea, capite supra postice, collo, thoracis disco elytrisque plaga irregulari circumscutellari guttulisque

liturisque vicinis, nigro-fuscis ; capite obsolete sparsim strigoso, vertice sat convexo colloque constricto et

angusto; palpis gracilibus acuminatis; thorace subtrapezoidali lateribus antice arcuatis, marginibus late

(postice latissime) explanatis, dorso transversim rugoso; elytris apice valde sinuato-truncatis, profunde

striatis, fere sulcatis, interstitiis convexis; femoribus 4 posticis apice intus fusco maculatis; tarsorum

omnium articulo quarto longe bilobato; menti sinu edentato.

Long. 6 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

The blackish markings of the elytra consist in a patch round the scutellum (the

scutellum itself being yellow), a broken short discoidal fascia on each elytron close

behind, an oblique spot thence towards the shoulder, a humeral spot, a small spot over

the second ordinary puncture of the third interstice, the suture near the apex, and spots

on the marginal row of ocellate punctures; the pygidium has also a black streak on

each side; there is sometimes also a dusky spot on the basal joint of the antenne and

on the sides of the prosternum. ‘The two punctures of the third elytral interstice are

unusually large.

The markings nearly resemble those of Lebia cursor (Chaudoir) from Cayenne ; but

the description of the form of the elytra in that species does not at all fit L. mirabilis,

and I cannot discover, even under a high power of the microscope, any tooth in the

emargination of the mentum, which, according to Chaudoir’s classification, L. cursor

must possess.

65. Lebia melantho. (Tab. XI. fig. 23.)

Magna, oblonga, parum convexa, tota nigra nitida, elytris prope apicem deplanatis, apice ipso arcuato-truncatis,

angulo exteriore dentiformi, suturali subdentato ; capite sparse longitudinaliter et transversim ruguloso,

collo nec constricto nec depresso; palpis normalibus apice obtusis; thorace fere semiovato, antice parum

rotundato, postice paullo latiore, marginibus sat late explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis apice rotundatis,

dorso transversim ruguloso, elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis valde elevatis; tarsorum omnium articulo

quarto bilobato, lobis modice angustis; menti sinu dente late obtuso armato.

Long. 123 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).—Souta America, Ega, Amazons.

I know only of two examples of this remarkable species. The Amazons specimen

does not differ from the one from Jalapa, except in the sutural apex of the elytra being

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more produced and acute, and the thorax being a trifle broader anteriorly, and conse-

quently less semioval. It may be distinguished as melantho var. macra. The species

agrees with Lebia in all its essential characters, and cannot belong to Chaudoir’s

Pecilostola, the type of which has dentiform apical angles to the elytra, as it wants

the remarkable convexity of body and the short and broad lobes of the tarsal joint,

which alone justify the separation of Pecilostola from Lebia *.

66. Lebia rugatifrons. (Tab. XI. fig. 24.)

Dianchomena rugatifrons, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 194, t. 3. fig. 135°.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé), Yucatan (Pilate 1).

The genus Dianchomena, Chaud., was separated from Lebia on account of its edentate

mentum (like Aphelogenia) and convex head. The species thus brought together are

less heterogeneous than in Aphelogenia, but still sufficiently so to demonstrate the

artificiality of the genus. ‘This and the following five species, however, form a natural

group; they are distinct from the first group of Chaudoir, which, in the event of the

genus being adopted, would alone have to bear the generic name.

67. Lebia vicina. (Tab. XI. fig. 25.)

Dianchomena vicina, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 196, t. 3. fig. 188.1.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Soutn America, Colombia '.

Approaches Z. anchora in colour and markings.

68. Lebia humeroguttata.

Dianchomena humeroguttata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 198, t. 3. fig. 140°.

Hab. Mexico ', Cordova (Sal/é).

Scarcely differs from L. vicina, except in the less convex elytral interstices.

69. Lebia anchorifera.

Dianchomena anchorifera, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 198, t. 3. fig. 141°.

Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Sallé), Almolonga, Jalapa (Hoge).

* Another species of precisely similar form and sculpture, though strikingly different in colours and relatively

shorter in form, might afford good ground for considering that we have here to deal with a genus distinct from

Lebia. Itis also from Ega, on the Amazons. Lebia ditissima: lete viridi-enea, elytris splendide aurato-

cupreis, tibiis tarsisque piceo-nigris, antennis (brevibus), basi viridi excepta, rufo-piceis; 10 millim. The form

of the tooth of the mentum and of the lobes of the fourth tarsal joint is the same; the thorax and apex

of the elytra nearly as in L. melantho var. macra. The structural characters seem to me insufiicient to separate

these insects generically from the Lebie of the group sulcipennis, xanthopleura, and allies.

240 ADEPHAGA.

70. Lebia intermedia.

Dianchomena intermedia, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 199, t. 3. fig. 1427.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Yucatan (Pilate ').

71. Lebia calliparis. (Tab. XII. fig. 1.)

L. intermedie affinis, differt elytris bifasciatis. Parva, flavo-testacea, capite, palpis, antennis (articulis 1°-3™

exceptis), fasciis elytrorum duabus, prima lata basali, postice fere recta, secunda lata subtrilobata suturaque

angusta, nigris ; capite postice valde convexo collo constricto, fronte media levi, lateribus striatis ; thorace

rufo-testaceo, transverso, antice rotundato, lateribus explanato-reflexis; elytris obsolete striatis, suturali

solum acute impressis, interstitiis planis ; tarsorum omnium articulo quarto anguste bilobato.

Long. 44 millim.

Hab. Guatemaa, Capetillo (Champion).

72. Lebia abdominalis.

Lebia abdominalis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, p. 704; Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, iv. p. 195

(1848)*.

Dianchomena abdominalis, Chaud. Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 191°.

Hab. Norta America, Alabama!, Louisiana ?.—Mexico?, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll.

Sallé); British Honpuras (Blancaneaux) ; GUATEMALA, Champerico (Champion); Nica-

RAGUA, Chontales (Belt).

This with two South-American species are the typical forms of Chaudoir’s genus

Dianchomena; but L. abdominalis is obviously nearly related to the ZL. guadricolor

section of true Lebie.

73. Lebia vittata.

Carabus vittatus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. p. 202.

Lebia vittata, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 267’.

Lebia flavovittata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 161’.

Aphelogenia vittata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 184, t. 3. fig. 127°.

Hab. Nortu Amurica, United States, generally distributed ! 3Muxtoo 23 (Salle).

This and the following two species, forming part of Chaudoir’s Section II. of Aphelo-

genia, form a tolerably natural group very distinct from his Section I.

74. Lebia histrionica, (Tab. XII. fig. 2; fig. 3, var. c.)

L. vittate quoad formam similis, sed striis impressis interstitiisque paullo convexis. Flavo-testacea, capite

thoraceque rufis, palpis, antennis (basi exceptis), femoribus (basi excepta), genibus, tibiis apice et tarsis,

nigris ; elytris signaturis nigris variabilibus; capite punctulato, fronte utrinque strigosa; thorace quam in

L. vittata paullo latius explanato-marginato, disco transversim strigoso ; tarsorum posticorum articulo

quarto breviter bilobato.

Long. 6 millim. .

Hab. Mexico (Sallé); Guaremata (Champion).

LEBIA. 241

Var. a (L. scutellata, Chevr. MS.). Elytris macula quadrata (postice haud angulata) circumscutellari, fasciaque

postmediana apud suturam latissima versus latera angustata, nigris.

Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Sailé).

Var. 6. Macula circumscutellari propter suturam flavescentem fere divisa, fascia posteriore utrinque in maculas

duas divisa, interstitiis tertio quartoque flavis.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sailé).

Var. ¢ (Z. nigrosignata, Dugés). A var. 6 differt solum parte mediana fascie posterioris usque ad maculam cir-

cumscutellarem continuata.

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé).

Var. d. Macula circumscutellari deficiente, fascia posteriore utrinque divisa sed antice prolongata, parte suturali

sicut in var. ¢ vittiformi, parte discoidali in maculam antice acuminatam extensa.

Hab. Guatemata, Tocoy (Champion).

75. Lebia bivittata.

Carabus bivittatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 59.

Lebia quadrivittata, Dej. Sp. Gén., Col. i. p. 268; Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N.Y. iv. p. 195°.

Aphelogenia bivittata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 189, t. 3. fig. 132.

Hab. Nortu America, Alabama}, Texas.—Muexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sallé),

near the capital (flohr).

76. Lebia quadriplagiata.

Aphelogenia quadriplagiata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 172, t. 3. fig. 113°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate 1).

77. Lebia amabilis.

Aphelogenia amabilis, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 174, t. 3. fig. 117".

Hab. Guatemata, Tamahu, Cahabon (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui

(Champion).—Sovutn America, Colombia !.

78. Lebia hilaris, (Tab. XII. fig. 6.)

Aphelogenia hilaris, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 177, t. 8. fig. 120°.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova 1, Toxpam (Sailé).

79. Lebia extrema.

L. hilart et amabili affinis; differt thorace magis quadrato, postice haud dilatato, lateribus rectis, angulis

posticis minus productis. Breviter ovata, convexa (minus quam L. amabilis), flavo-testacea ; fasciis duabus

elytrorum, prima basali (postice paullulum flexuosa), secunda mediana (antice paullo flexuosa), per vittam

suturalem connexis, nigris; capite levi, vertice palpisque infuscatis; thorace transversim quadrato, late-

ribus fere rectis, lobo basali maxime elongato; elytris modice convexis, apice leviter sinuatim truncatis,

striis punctulatis vix impressis, interstitiis planis; pectore ventrisque basi fuscis.

Long. 3 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

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242 ADEPHAGA.

80. Lebia granaria.

Lebia granaria, Putzeys, Mém. Ac. Sci. de Liége, ii. 392".

Aphelogenia granaria, Chaudoir, Monogr. de Lébiides, p. 174, t. 3. fig. 116.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion); Sourn AMERica, Venezuela},

An example from Panama resembles closely a specimen from Caraccas, sent me by

M. René Oberthiir.

The four preceding species form, with others from various parts of Tropical America,

a natural group, one of the chief characteristics of which is the convex elytra.

81. Lebia heraldica.

Oblonga, flavo-testacea, elytris nigris, vitta utrinque flava a basi (imprimis per interstitium quintum, deinde

interstit. 4" et 3™) usque ad fasciam subapicalem flavam extensa, marginibus angustis flavis, antennis

articulis 5°--11™ (et 4° apice) fuscis; capite fere levi; thorace late transverso, antice rotundato-dilatato,

postice sat angustato, lateribus late explanato-reflexis, lobo basali subelongato quadrato, dorso levi;

elytris acute striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis apice planioribus; tarsorum omnium articulo quarto

longe bilobato.

Long. 7 millim.

Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

One example only, slightly immature.

Does not fit well in any of the subsections of Chaudoir’s Monograph; but it is

doubtless allied to the species of the L. variegata group.

82. Lebia coptoderina. (Tab. XII. fig. 4.)

Coptoderee tripartite (Chaud.) subsimilis. Oblonga, parum convexa, flavo-testacea ; elytris nigro-eneis fasciis

duabus (prima valde dentata) flavis; capite levi; thorace transverso, antice sat late rotundato, postice

angustato, lateribus subsequaliter explanato-reflexis, dorso levi; elytris postice paullo ampliatis, apice

sinuatis, dorso profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, fascia flava prima paullo ante medium, apud. inter-

stitium quartum postice, apud interstitium quintum antice, dilatata, fascia secunda juxta apicem antice

undulata, postice ab apice margine viridi prope suturam separata; tarsorum posticorum articulo quarto

breviter bilobato, lobis acuminatis; palpis tenuibus.

Long. 6 miilim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

One example only. The position of the species in Chaudoir’s classification is

uncertain.

88. Lebia mesostigma. (Tab. XII. fig. 5.)

Convexa, rufo-testacea, elytris macula parva suturali paullo post medium alteraque minore utrinque paullo

posteriore versus marginem, nigris; capite sparsim subtiliter punctulato, prope oculos strigoso, collo sat

lato et convexo usque ad oculos recto; palpis apice obtusis; thorace subrotundato basi perparum lobato,

lateribus fere regulariter arcuatis, antice magis quam postice angustato, margine explanato-reflexo, tota

superficie strigoso-coriacea ; elytris vix truncatis fere obtuse rotundatis, profunde striatis, interstitiis valde

convexis; tarsorum posticorum articulo quarto bilobato, lobis latis.

Long. 8 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Tepanistlahuaca (Sal/é).

One example only.

LEBIA.—LIA. 243

The very obtusely rounded angle of the elytral truncature, the arcuated sides and

short basal lobe of the thorax, and the broad lobes of the fourth tarsal joint, distinguish

this species from all the other Lebiv above recorded as belonging to the Central-American

fauna. It may possibly belong to the genus Pecilostola, Chaud.; but that genus is

evidently an artificial assemblage, and it seems preferable to leave the species in Ledia

until the whole of this difficult group is again thoroughly revised.

84. Lebia ——.

Hab. Costa Rica (Rogers).

One specimen, in bad condition and discoloured; but evidently a distinct species

from any of the preceding.

85. Lebia ——.

Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion).

A species different from any here recorded, and allied to L. rhodope, but with a

relatively small quadrangular and smooth thorax. It is apparently immature, and I

do not venture to name and describe it.

LIA.

Lia, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, ii. p. 7 (1829); Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 211 (1870).

Chelonodema, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. i. p. 49 (1835).

Although founded on structural characters of apparently less importance than those

which led Chaudoir to separate Aphelogenia, Dianchomena, and Pecilostola from Lebia,

this genus recommends itself for adoption on account of its homogeneity—the species

composing it being evidently closely allied, and distinguishable from the Ledie, forming,

in short, a natural assemblage. Eighteen species have been described, all inhabiting

Tropical America.

1. Lia championi.

L. 12-punctate similis, sed angustior, elytris convexioribus etc. Oblongo-ovata, fulvo-testacea, antennis

articulis 5°-11™ et 4° (basi excepta) nigris; thorace sicut in LZ. 12-pwnctata fere semicirculari; elytris

(basi excepta) angustissime nigro-marginatis, apice minus profunde emarginatis, dorso subtiliter striato-

punctato, interstitiis punctulatis, nitidis, utrinque maculis subsequalibus nigris 5, viz. o's.

Long. 10 millim.

Hab. Payama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Similar to LZ. 12-pwnctata in the black spots of the elytra, which differ, however, in

being nearly equidistant, the hindmost pair especially being at the same distance

from the apex as from the anterior pair. The insect is moreover smaller, narrower,

and more convex, the elytra being similar in shape to those of L. elegans. The thorax

has concolorous margins.

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2. Lia melanocrepis. (Tab. XII. fig. 10.)

L. championi simillima ; differt thorace ante medium sat late dilatato, nigro-marginato, tarsis nigris, antennis

articulo 4° omnino nigro.

Long. 10 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

One example only.

8. Lia quadrinotata. (Tab. XII. fig. 7.)

Lebia quadrinotata, Chevrolat, Mag. Zool. 1835, pl. 136’.

Lia quadrinotata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, p. 221, t. 3. ff. 158, 159%.

Hab. Mexico 12, Cordova, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Misantla (Hoge); Nicaracva, Chontales

(Belt).

4, Lia ocelligera. (Tab. XII. fig. 8.)

L. quadrinotate affinis et similis; differt elytris subtilissime punctatis nitidis, palpis pedibusque omnino rufis.

Latius ovata, minus oblonga et magis convexa, rufo-testacea ; antennis nigris, articulis 1°-3™ rufis; thorace

fere semicirculari; elytris subtilissime striato-punctatis, interstitiis nitidis vix perspicue punctulatis,

utrinque maculis rotundatis nigris duabus, flavo-marginatis.

Long. 10-12 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé), Misantla (Hoge); British Honpuras, Belize (Blan-

caneaux) ; GUATEMALA, San Juan, Senahu (Champion).

The black spots are similar in form and position to those of L. 4-notata, typical form

according to Chevrolat’s figure, but they differ in being set each in a buff-yellow ring.

5. Lia zunilensis.

L. ocelligerce proxime affinis, forsan ejus varietas localis ; differt thorace minus semicirculari, antice ante collum

latius rotundato, antennisque articulis 1° 2°que vel 1° solum rufis; elytrorum maculis nigris multo minoribus .

vix perspicue flavo-marginatis.

Long. 114 millim.

Hab. Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil (Champion).

6. Lia quadriannulata. (Tab. XII. fig. 9.)

Lia quadriannulata, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607 *.

“In hoc genere convexa, polita, subcastaneo-rufa, subtus et pedibus testaceo-rufis; antennis articulis 4°-11™

piceis; thorace angustiore, antice gradatim angustato; elytris utrinque annulis duobus flavis, primo

mediano-laterali, secundo versus apicem, macula autem flava subhumerali.

“Long. 5 lin.”

Hab, Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt 1); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

In Chontales examples the antennal joints fourth to eleventh are blackish brown;

in those from Bugaba they are only slightly darker than the three basal joints. The

elytra have, besides the yellow rings, a lunule of the same colour near the shoulder in

Bugaba examples, and a triangular spot in the Chontales typical specimens. The

punctuation of the elytra is extremely fine, as in the majority of the species of the genus.

LIA.—AGRA. 245

7. Lia decolor.

L. testacee (Dej.) similis, sed differt elytris longioribus interstitiisque impunctatis. Oblongo-ovata, pallide

fulvo-ochracea; palpis (apicibus rufis exceptis), antennis (articulis 1°-3™ rufis fusco maculatis exceptis),

femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsis nigris; thorace fere sicut in L. testacea lateribus paullo rotundatis; elytris

apice et sutura prope apicem nigro-marginatis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis omnino impunctatis.

Long. 103-114 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

8. Lia sellata.

Lebia sellata, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. i. p. 259°.

Lia sellata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lébiides, Addenda, t. 3. f. 161.

Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt), Javali (Seemann); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui

(Champion).—Soutu America, Cayenne 1, Amazons.

Subfam. AG RIN.

AGRA.

Agra, Fabricius, Syst. El. i. p. 224; Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 111.

One hundred and sixty species of this remarkable genus, in which the arboreal type

of the family Carabide reaches its highest development, have been described, excluding

the genus Agridia, of which six or seven species are known. ‘Their head quarters are

the great forests near the equator in South America, the number of species diminishing

on approaching the tropical limits north and south. None have been found in tempe-

rate North America, or far south of the tropic in South America; and no member of

the subfamily is known out of the American continent.

1. Agra eurypelma. (Tab. XII. fig. 11.)

A. latipedi affinis, et A. palmate ejusdem sectionis proxime affinis, A. latiped: magis elongata, nigra, supra

leviter olivaceo-enea tincta, tibiis (apice excepto) antennisque (articulis 1° 3°que, et 4°-7™ apice, nigris,

exceptis) obscure rufis; capite (3) post oculos sat elongato, gradatim angustato; thorace sicut in A.

rufipedi, sat lato, sparsim grosse punctato; elytris postice vix dilatatis, apice oblique truncatis, sutura

dehiscenti, angulo exteriori acute dentato, dorso subgrosse striato-punctato, striis perparum impressis, punctis

hic illic confluentibus; ventris segmentis penultimo et ultimo medio aciculato (hoc longitudinaliter, illo

confuse), antepenultimo sparsim punctato ; tarsis (precipue articulo 1°) latis, articulo unguiculari dilatato,

unguiculis brevibus latissimis; tibiis compressis sed non gradatim dilatatis, intermediis intus ad apicem

subito dilatatis.

Long. 22 millim. ¢.

Hab. Mexico, Misantla (Hége).

One example only.

Agrees so nearly with Steinheil’s description of his A. palmata from Colombia, that

I should have concluded it to be the same species, were it not for the difference in the

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colour of the tibie and antenne. It is nearly allied also to A. dominula (Bates) from

Peru, differing in the elytral strize being scarcely impressed, and in colour.

9. Agra insidiosa.

A, eurypelme affinis ; differt solum statura graciliori, antennis palpisque rufo-piceis, pedibus rufis. Ventris ( d )

segmentis ultimo et penultimo medio longitudinaliter aciculatis, segmento antepenultimo medio ecrebre

punctulato.

Long. 20 millim. ¢.

Hab. British Honpuras (Blancaneauz).

One example only.

Agrees with A. eurypelma in every respect except its narrower form, red legs

(including coxze), dull red antenne and palpi, and the different sculpture of the

ventral segments of the male. The colour is rather more metallic.

8. Agra castaneipes. (Tab. XII. fig. 12.)

A. gemmate (Klug) valde affinis, quoad formam simillima, sed differt colore sneo (subtus subviridi-eneo)

elytrorumque foveis fundo cyaneis; partibus oris, antennis pedibusque castaneo-rufis. Cracilis, snea,

polita; capite postice elongato apud collum solum angustato; thorace angusto, lineatim foveolato; elytris

lineatim foveolatis, apice oblique recte truncatis, angulo suturali acuto (haud dehiscenti), exteriori dentato.

¢ ventris segmentis 3°-5™ medio plagis duabus dense pilifero-punctatis, tibiisque quatuor posterioribus intus

versus apicem pilosis, pectore nudo.

Long. 14-17 millim. ¢ Q.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The elytral foveoles are more uniform in size than in allied species, and all more or

less round—with the exception of the usual impressed sutural stria, in which the

ordinary small punctures are seen; the interstices are unequally spaced and nearly

plane.

4, Agra macracantha.

Ab A. castaneipedi ( Q ) differt elytris apice suturali longe spinoso, foveolis plerumque minoribus, seriebus 2° (a

sutura), 6% et 7 versus apicem in striis impressis, interstitiis convexis.

Long. 17 millim. 9.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Possibly only a variety of A. castaneipes. In that species the sutural apex varies,

being in some examples rectangular and in others slightly produced and acute. In

A. macracantha it is lengthened into an acute spine, longer than that of the lateral

angle of the truncature.

5. Agra eneola. (Tab. XII. fig. 13.)

A. merenti affinis et quoad formam similis. Gracilis, piceo-fusca, supra enea vel cuprascens; antennis, partibus

oris, pedibus piceo-rufis; capite sicut in A. merenti postice elongato, oblongo, levi; thorace medio vix

dilatato, antice gradatim angustato; elytris angustis, post medium paullo ampliatis, apice subrecte trun-

catis, sutura paullulum dehiscenti, angulo suturali nullomodo producto, exteriori breviter dentato, dorso

lineatim foveolatis, foveolis subrotundatis, sat parvis, raro confluentibus.

AGRA. 247

¢ ventris sezmentis tribus intermediis utrinque medio plagis parvis duabus pilifero-punctatis; tibiis quatuor

posterioribus versus apicem intus pilosis.

Long. 12-14 millim. ¢ 9.

Hab. British Honpvras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux); GUATEMALA, Panima

(Champion).

6. Agra soccata.

A. merenti affinis. Gracilis, obscure enea, thorace viridi-wneo; corpore subtus chalybeo-nigro, femoribus

tibiisque castaneo-rufis, his apice, trochanteribus, geniculis tarsisque nigris ; capite sicut in A, merenti etc.

elongato, levi; thorace gracili, medio perparum dilatato ; elytris apice fere recte truncatis, sutura paullo

dehiscenti, angulo suturali subrecto, exteriori breviter dentato, dorso lineatim foveolato, foveolis viridibus,

plerumque parvis, in striis paullo impressis, hic illic confluentibus; antennis (9 ) articulo 8° abbreviato,

9°-11™ quam 7° et precedentes parum brevioribus.

Long. 14 millim. 9°.

Hab. Panama, Caldera (Champion).

Closely allied to A. castaneipes, but, besides the colour of the legs, differs in the

much smaller and more numerous elytral foveole; in the size and number of the

foveoles it comes between A. castaneipes and A. nigripes.

7. Agra nigripes.

Agra nigripes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mose. ii. p. 98'.

Hab. Mexico!, Vera Cruz (Sallé).

8. Agra oblongo-punctata, (Tab. XII. fig. 14.)

Agra oblongo-punctata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 183°.

Hab. Merxtco!, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Cordova (Sailé, Hége), Misantla (Hoge) ;

Guatemaza, Capetillo, San Juan, Sinanja, Senahu (Champion).

Chaudoir simply recorded this species in his revision of the genus, and had one female

example only, received from M. Sallé. The Sallé collection contains two females; and

the description of Chevrolat was apparently made from a single example of the same

sex. The species at present is therefore only very imperfectly known, and Chevyrolat’s

description and specific name do not help in its identification. The sculpture of the

elytra, in fact, does not consist of oblong punctures, but is of the same nature as that

described by Chaudoir as characterizing his A. resplendens, viz. rows of punctures not

impressed in strie, and varied by a series of larger punctures in the second and fourth

strie. These large punctures are the usual large setiferous punctures of the elytra of

most genera of Carabide ; but they are here situated each in a somewhat oblong fovea

made by their confluence with one of the ordinary strie-punctures, and are variable in

number, and are sometimes inconspicuous in the fourth stria.

The secondary sexual characters are the same as in the species of the A. infuscata

group, viz.:—d. A tuft of hairs on each side of the mesial line in the three middle

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hairy, the sterna remaining naked ; the prolongation of the head behind the eyes slightly

narrowed towards the neck. @. Highth antennal joint much abbreviated ; head oblong

behind the eyes.

The species varies greatly in size, 13-21 millim.; and to a less extent in colour and

sculpture. Mexican specimens have a greenish brassy tinge; Guatemala specimens

tend to purplish coppery. The rows of punctures extend generally to the apex; but in

some examples they become smaller, or disappear altogether, near the apex.

9. Agra resplendens. (Tab. XII. fig. 15.)

Agra resplendens, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. 98, note.

Hab. GuatEMaua, Duefas, Capetillo (Champion).

Described by Chaudoir from a female example, of unknown locality, in Count

Mniszech’s collection. It was taken in some abundance by Mr. Champion. The

secondary sexual characters are the same as in A. oblongo-punctata, above described ;

and the two species are evidently very closely allied.

10. Agra regularis. (Tab. XII. fig. 16.)

A, gracili (Lucas) proxime affinis ; differt elytris cupreis, adhuc crebrius lineatim punctatis. Gracilis, eneo-nigra,

thorace subviridi-sneo, elytris cupreis parum nitidis marginibus viridibus; capite post oculos elongato-

oblongo, levi; thorace medio modice rotundato, prope apicem angustato, dorso lineatim grosse punctato,

prosterno grosse punctato ; elytris ante medium paullo angustatis, post medium dilatatis, apice subflexuoso-

truncatis, angulo exteriori acuto vix producto, suturali recto, dorso lineatim punctato fere striato, punctis

sat parvis rotundatis passim fere equaliter approximatis, rarissime in foveolas confluentibus.

d segmentis ventralibus tribus intermediis medio plagis duabus parvis pilifero-punctatis pilis nigris, tibiis

quatuor posterioribus versus apicem intus pilosis, metasterno nudo.

Long. 15-16 millim.

Hab. Guatema.a, San Gerénimo (Champion).

Belongs to the A. infuscata group, notwithstanding the approach to the punctate-

striate form of the elytral sculpture.

11. Agra fada. (Tab. XII. fig. 17.)

Agra fada, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 352.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saldé).

The type specimen of this beautiful little species is in the Sallé collection. Itisamale,

and has a punctate-pubescent area of limited extent in the middle of the hinder part

of the metasternum ; the trochanters, femora, and abdomen have no dense pubescence.

12. Agra rufiventris.

Nigro-znea, ventre rufo, antennis (scapo infuscato excepto), tibiis et tarsis fulvo-testaceis, elytris purpureo-

cupreis, plaga posteriori communi antice apud suturam angustata, postice plus minusve dilatata, rufescenti ;

capite post oculos parum elongato, brevi et lato, occipite medio lineola impresso, utrinque unipunctato ;

thorace medio modice dilatato, antice gradatim angustato, dorso sat crebre sed lineatim punctato, antice

lineola mediana elevata, margine laterali medio sat prominenti, prosterni lateribus convexis sat crebre

AGRA. 249,

punctatis; elytris apice subflexuoso-truncatis, angulo suturali fere recto, exteriori dentato, dorso acute

punctulato-striato, striis 2? et 4* punctis setiferis plurimis.

3 mesosterno et ventris omnibus segmentis medio, trochanteribusque posticis intus, dense pilosis.

Long. 10-12 millim.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Allied to A. chlorocera (Chaud.) and A. brevicornis (Bates), but the thorax not quite

so densely and evenly covered with punctures as in the section to which these species

belong. The punctuation varies in some examples, leaving linear smooth spaces

almost as clear as in the section “thorace plagiatim punctato” of Chaudoir. The

colour of the elytra varies much, partly according to the maturity of the individuals,

the normal] colouring being ferruginous with a coppery tinge behind and along the suture

towards the base, and dark purplish coppery on the sides and near the base, the base

itself being more or less brassy green like the thorax; in immature examples the ferru-

ginous posterior part of the elytra is pale tawny, and the base and sides of the base

are golden green or coppery. ‘This disposition of colours is similar to that seen in

A. fada, in which, however, they are much more sharply defined and brilliant.

13. Agra semifulva. (Tab. XII. fig. 18.)

A, rufiventrt quoad colores simillima; sed differt thorace lineatim grosse punctato, lineis longitudinalibus

levibus, elytrisque apice utrinque breviter tridentatis.

Long. 13-16 millim. ¢ @.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Exactly similar in colour and general form to A. rufiventris, except that the antenne

have the three basal joints brown (the second and third are sometimes a little dark in

A. rufiventris). The species differs, however, in the punctuation of the thorax, which

would bring it into quite a different section according to Chaudoir’s classification. The

tridentate form of the elytral apex is caused by the flexuous truncature being much

stronger than in A. rufiventris.

Notwithstanding these important structural differences, it seems very probable that

this is only a highly developed variety of the same species.

14. Agra fulvicauda.

A, rufiventri et A. semifulve affinis. Nigro-nea, thorace et elytris viridi-eneis, his versus apicem indetermi-

nate fulvis, apice anguste nigro-marginato; antennis (scapo excepto), abdomine et tarsis fulvis ; capite

post oculos brevi subquadrato, occipite medio lineola impressa utrinque unipunctato ; thorace fere sicut in

A. rufiventri modice dilatato, antice gradatim angustato, sat crebre punctato, spatio longitudinali utrinque

levi; elytris apice flexuoso-truncatis, angulo suturali recto, exteriori dentato, dorso acute punctato-striato

(punctis versus apicem minoribus), interstitiis tertio et quinto punctis nonnullis majoribus (anterioribus

juxta strias secundam et quartam sitis).

Q antennis articulo 8° haud abbreviato.

Long. 11 millim.

Hab. Nicaraava, Chontales (Janson).

One example only, apparently a female.

BIOL, CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, December 1883. 2 kk

250 ADEPHAGA.

15. Agra multisetosa. (Tab. XII. fig. 19.)

A. immerse (Klug) affinis. Setis longis erectis passim obsita, nigro-enea, elytris rubro-cupreis, basi marginibus

suturaque viridi-auratis; antennis rufo-piceis, articulis basi pallidioribus ; capite post oculos brevi, rotun-

dato, occipite medio fovea rotunda; thorace medio sat rotundato, antice gradatim angustato, dorso et

prosterno confuse subcrebre punctatis; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, angulis suturali et exteriori longe

dentatis, punctato-striatis, striis secunda et quarta punctis plurimis sextaque paucis magnis.

Long. 10 millim. 9.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

The sete on the body and legs are as numerous as in A. immersa, but a little longer

and more rigid; they are blond in colour. The head is shorter behind the eyes than

in A. immersa, and the thorax shorter and conspicuously less narrowed, and not at all

sinuate, towards the apex.

16. Agra leticolor.

Agra leticolor, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 609’.

“Ad sectionem A. femorate (K1.) pertinet. Gracilis, viridi-enea, antennis pedibusque rufis, femoribus basi

obscurioribus; capite maxime elongato, leevi, post oculos gradatim rotundato-angustato, juxta collum haud

tumidulo; thorace angusto, elongato-conico, sulcis 4 longitudinalibus, foveolata-punctatis, impressis,

quorum duobus dorsalibus antice carina abbreviata separatis; elytris ante medium sinuatim angustatis,

postice iterum dilatatis, apice utrinque flexuoso-truncatis, angulo exteriore subspinoso, suturali acute

dentato, supra punctato-striatis, interstitiis inter se lineolis transversis multifariam conjunctis.

“* § metasterno medio, femoribusque basi infra rufo-pilosis.

“Long. 7 lin.” (15 millim.).

Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt !).

The hairy metasternum and base of the thighs in the male show that this species

belongs really to the section A. cytherea, and not to that typified by A. femorata. The

sculpture of the elytra bears only a deceptive resemblance to various species of the

A. femorata group; it consists of punctured striz as in A. cytherea and allies; but the

strie are frequently interrupted by elevation crossing from one interstice to another.

The head in this and the following species is excessively prolonged behind the eyes.

17. Agra elaina. (Tab. XII. fig. 20.)

A, leticolori valde affinis, differt pedibus nigro-sneis antennisque nigro-piceis basi eneis. Gracilis et elongata,

olivaceo-zenea; capite post oculos valde elongato, subovato, levi; thorace angusto, sublineari, antice

gradatim angustato, dorso lineatim grosse punctato, intra marginem a basi usque ad apicem sulcato;

elytris apice valde flexuoso-truncatis, angulis suturali et exteriori longe dentatis, striis hic illic lineolis

elevatis transversis interruptis.

Long. 13 millim. 9.

Hab. British Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneausz) ; Panama (coll. Bates).

18. Agra oliviella.

A, elaine quoad formam et colorem simillima, sed multo differt, capite post oculos modice elongato, occipite

medio fovea magna et utrinque puncto conspicuo notato; thorace antice minus gradatim angustato, sulvo

laterali confluenter punctato, linea dorsali antice elevata, elytrisque punctato-striatis striis haud interruptis,

AGRA. 251

interstitio tertio tripunctato. Saturate olivaceo-snea, antennis pedibusque chalybeo-nigris ; ely trorum

truncatura vix flexuosa, angulo suturali breviter, exteriori latius et longius, dentato; antennis articulo

octavo haud abbreviato.

Long. 13 millim. 9.

Hab. Guatemata, Teleman (Champion).

One example only.

19. Agra mexicana.

Agra mexicana, Buquet, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 606"; Chaudoir, ibid. 1861, p. 182.

Hab, Mexico!, Cordova (Sallé); GuaTeMALa, Mirandilla, Teleman, Panzos (Champion).

Varies in its metallic coloration like A. varians, to which it is extremely closely

allied. One example, from Panzos, is dark olivaceous green. The male has the whole

centre of the mesosternum and abdomen, the inner side of the trochanters and femora,

and the four posterior cox densely hairy, more hairy than in A. varians 3, and

resembling A. cytherea 3 .

20. Agra chrysopteryx. (Tab. XII. fig. 22.)

Agra chrysopteryx, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 609°.

“A. rutilipenni proxime affinis et similis, Castaneo-rufa, elytris (epipleuris exceptis) lete viridi-auratis ; capite

post oculos breviter semiovato, punctis nonnullis piliferis impresso; thorace medio modice rotundato-

dilatato, paulo ante apicem fere subito angustato, lineatim subsparsim irregulariter foveato-punctato,

longe piloso; elytris apice subrecte oblique truncatis, angulo exteriore breviter dentato, suturali rotundato,

supra acute punctulato-striatis, striis secunda et quarta 5—6-punctatis, stria sexta bipunctata.

“ ¢ metasterno et abdomine medio longe rufo-barbatis.

“ Long. 7 lin.”

Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Janson 1); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

21. Agra purpurea. (Tab. XII. fig. 21.)

A, rutilipenni affinis. Cupreo-fusca, elytris (interdum olivaceo-eneis) marginibus lete igneo-cupreis, corpore

subtus nigro-eneo nitido, antennis basi excepta piceo-rufis; capite post oculos modice elongato, 9 qua-

drato, ¢ semiovato, occipite punctis nonnullis magnis; thorace sat lato, antice gradatim modice angustato,

grosse lineato-punctato; elytris apice valde flexuoso-truncatis, sutura dehiscenti, angulo haud producto,

angulo exteriori breviter dentato, punctulato-striatis, striis secunda, quarta et sexta punctis magnis et

conspicuis plurimis.

3 metasterno ventreque medio, trochanteribus et coxis 4 posterioribus femoribusque intermediis intus dense

hirsutis.

Long. 17 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The underside of the body and the epipleure ‘of the elytra are shining, generally dark

greenish brassy; the upper side is very dark purple-brown, the thorax more brightly

metallic and the elytra sometimes greenish; the cincture of brilliant purplish

copper which surrounds the elytra is limited on the sides to the marginal interstice,

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252 ADEPHAGA.

the basal and apical border being a little broader, and the suture being only very

narrowly and sometimes indistinctly edged with the same colour.

22. Agra ictina.

A. purpuree affinis, sed multo minor et gracilior, supra cupreo-fusca, versus elytrorum margines letius rubro-

cuprea, epipleuris viridi-eneis, antennis pedibusque piceis; capite post oculos modice elongato, ovato,

occipite punctis magnis paucis; thorace medio sat rotundato, prope apicem angustato, dorso grosse

punctato, punctis numerosis plerumque confluentibus, interspatiis levibus, angustis, longitudinalibus; —

elytris angustis, apice flexuoso-truncatis, sutura dehiscenti angulo haud producto, angulo exteriori

breviter dentato, punctato-striatis, striis secunda et quarta punctis majoribus sat conspicuis.

¢ metasterno ventreque medio, coxis trochanteribusque 4 posterioribus intus, dense pilosis; femoribus fere

nudis.

Long. 12-14 millim.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Hége); British Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaux); GuaTE-

MALA, Teleman, Cubilguitz (Champion).

The colour of the elytra is dullish purple coppery, a little brighter sometimes on

the second or third marginal interstice; but the margin of the elytra itself and the

epipleura are always green. ‘The thorax is sometimes bright brassy, and the punctu-

ation, as in other species, is variable; it is, however, more crowded than usual in the

allied species, the punctured stripe near the dorsal line consisting of punctures often

three abreast, but very irregular.

23. Agra auronitens.

A, mewicane primo intuitu similis sed elytris lete viridi-auratis, antennis, palpis maxillaribus pedibusque rufis,

geniculis fuscis; capite post oculos valde elongato quadrangulato, levi; thorace sicut in A. mexicana

punctis lineatis paucioribus; elytris apice utrinque valde bispinosis, punctulato-striatis, striis secunda et

quarta punctis plurimis modice conspicuis.

Q segmento ultimo ventrali medio apice profunde et anguste inciso; antennis articulo octavo preecedenti multo

breviori.

Long. 153 millim.

Hab. GuatEMaLa, Teleman (Champion).

One example only.

24. Agra panamensis.

Agra panamensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 609'.

‘““Ad sectionem A. enew (F.) pertinet; at ceteris speciebus distinctissima. Latior, nigra, partibus oris,

antennis, trochanteribus, genibus, tibiis et tarsis fulvo-castaneis; capite lato, pone oculos quadrato,

margine posteriore ante collum exacte recto, supra impunctato; thorace quam caput longiore, pone

medium rotundato-dilatato, antice usque ad apicem gradatim angustato, supra medio fere levi, juxta

marginem sparse punctato-impresso ; elytris apice arcuatim truncatis, angulo exteriore fortiter spinoso,

suturali acute dentato, supra vix ineequalibus, punctato-striatis, striis secunda et quarta seriatim rotun-

dato-foveolatis, sexta et octava magis confuse foveolatis.

“¢ ¢ antennis articulo octavo multo abbreviato.

“ Long. 12 lin.”

Hab. Panama (Mr. E. Bartlett).

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This species would be better placed in the group having punctate-striate elytra than

in the A. wnea group; the foveole of the elytra are caused, not by the coalescence of

the strize-punctures, but by the number and size of the large punctures of the second,

fourth, and sixth strie. The apical ventral segment has a triangular notch almost as

in A. auronitens.

It is doubtful if the specimen described was from the isthmus of Panama. I

think it probable that it was taken by Mr. Salmon, who collected chiefly in the Cauca

valley of Colombia.

25. Agra rufoznea.

Agra rufoenea, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 182".

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Saldé +).

The type specimen (a female) in the Sallé collection appears not to have been met

with since it was taken by M. Sallé, some time before 1835, the date of the description.

It is closely allied to A. panamensis, and has the apical ventral segment similarly

notched in the middle; the punctures of the alternate elytral strize are, however, very

much smaller, and the legs &c. differently coloured.

26. Agra dimidiata. (Tab. XII. fig. 23.)

Agra dimidiata, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 352°.

Hab. Mexico 1, Toxpam (SaJ/é).

Unique in the Sallé collection. The specimen is a female, with an extraordinary modi-

fication of the apical ventral segment, the apex being very broadly and deeply excised,

with a central spine curving down the middle of the excision from the body of the

segment. The eighth antennal joint is not abbreviated.

27. Agra championi.

A, dimidiate affinis; nigra nitida, elytris et abdomine castaneo-fulvis; capite post oculos late quadrato,

occipite punctis nonnullis parvis; thorace post medium sat rotundato-dilatato, ante basin fere subito

constricto, antice gradatim attenuato, dorso lineatim grosse punctato; elytris apice utrinque valde bispi-

nosis, punctulato-striatis, striis secunda et quarta punctis majoribus parum conspicuis.

2 segmento ultimo ventrali apice late exciso, excisura bilobata, medio breviter spinosa; antennis articulo

octavo haud abbreviato.

Long. 19 millim.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

One example only.

The excision in the apical margin of the terminal ventral segment is so complex in

outline that a verbal description is scarcely possible, It is a very broad bilobed notch,

the body of the segment projecting as a square plate between the two lobes, and the

front edge of the plate being spinose in the middle.

954 ADEPHAGA.

28. Agra rugoso-striata.

Agra rugoso-striata, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i. p. 818%.

Hab. Mexico, Campeche (coll. Mniszech 1).

I have seen nothing at all answering to the description of this species.

29. Agra virgata. (Tab. XII. fig. 24.)

Agra virgata, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 352*.

Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sallé).

The type specimen (a female) is in the Sallé collection, and seems to be the only

example known of this peculiar species. The apical ventral segment is of the usual

form in the females of the genus, viz. broadly and triangularly emarginated.

30. Agra obscuripes.

Agra obscuripes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1854, i. p. 311°.

Hab. Muxico (coll. Mniszech *).

This species is doubtful. It was described from a single male specimen, and placed

next to the South-Brazilian A. rufescens, from which it was said not to differ in the

punctuation of the elytra. The author omitted it in his last Revision of the genus

(Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866), both from the body of the memoir and the alphabetical list.

It appears scarcely different from the A. nigripes described by Chaudoir himself in 1847.

A specimen from Playa Vicente in the Sallé collection, named A. obscuripes, does not

differ from A. oblongopunctata, and bears no near resemblance to A. rufescens in the

sculpture of the elytra.

Subfam. PSEUDOMORPHIN A.

The curious insects which form this subfamily differ in many respects from all other

Truncatipennes. One of their chief characters is the possession of a groove or cleft in

the cheeks, on each side of the mentum, for the insertion of the base of the antenne.

Other characters are the narrow mesosternum, the contiguous posterior coxe, and the

rigid contractile legs. The ligula is horny; and the paraglosse are not conspicuous as

thin membranous appendages, more or less attached to the sides of the ligula, as in

most other Truncatipennes. Dr. Horn treats the group as one of the three primary

divisions of the Carabide ; but I hesitate to adopt this view, until the morphological

value of the peculiar characters of the group shall have become better understood.

They may be only adaptations of structure to the peculiar subcortical habits of the insect,

just as the Scaritine, for example, have certain parts quite as widely modified to suit

their fossorial mode of life.

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PSEUDOMORPHA.

Pseudomorpha, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soe. xiv. p. 98 (1825).

Heteromorpha, Kirby, ibid. t. 3. fig. 3.

Drepanus, Mliger, Mag. f. Insektenkunde, vi. p. 844 (1807), sine char.; Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v.

p. 434 (1831).

Axinophorus, Dejean, Iconogr. i. p. 176.

Species of this genus have been recorded from Oceania and Australia as well as from

America. It is doubtful, however, whether the Australian species really belong to the

genus. Hight species have been described from widely different parts of America,

North and South.

1. Pseudomorpha pilatei. (Tab. XII. fig. 25.)

Pseudomorpha Pilatei, Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1862, p. 490°.

Hab. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate ').

A specimen of this species in the Sallé collection has a similar transverse pilose band

in the middle of the fourth and fifth ventral segments which Dr. Horn mentions as

distinguishing his P. cronkhitei of California.

2. Pseudomorpha behrensi.

Pseudomorpha Behrensi, Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 76°.

Hab. Nortu America, California 1—Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

SUPPLEMENT.

Durine the progress of the foregoing work collections have been continually arriving

containing new species, belonging, in many cases, to genera which had already been dealt

with. These, together with a few others contained in the earlier collections, decision

upon which was deferred until the arrival of further material, are described in the

following Supplement, which will be final. Some synonymical notes and all the more

important new localities of previously described species are added.

Tetracha carolina, var. cyanides (p. 1).

I am informed by Mr. Flohr that the locality for this variety is the neighbourhood

of Oaxaca, not Jalapa as stated. Herr Hoge, in labelling his large collection on his

return to Europe, attached by mistake the locality “ Jalapa” to many of the Oaxaca

species, and vice versd ‘‘ Oaxaca ” to species found at Jalapa.

CICINDELA (p. 4).

4 (a). Cicindela obsoleta.

Cicindela obsoleta, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. iii. (1828), p. 148.

Var. Elytris subviolaceo-tinctis, immaculatis corporeque subtus cyaneo.

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (forrer).

Agrees nearly with the typical form of the species from the Rocky Mountains in the

colour of the upper surface ; but the under surface is richly metallic blue, with here

and. there a greenish tinge, nearly as in the var. vulturina, Leconte.

7 (a). Cicindela euthales.

Cicindela euthales, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. ix. p. 319.

“*C. catharine quoad formam similis, sed corporis lateribus nudis. Viridis, opaca; fronte, sutura lateribusque

elytrorum nitidis ; labro albo margine antico medio late producto tridentato, utrinque sinuato, angulis |

rectis ; fronte verticali utrinque (et vertice) subtilissime striata ; capite inter oculos haud concavo; palpis

nigris; thorace transverso, lateribus albo pilosis vix rotundatis, antice angulatis, dorso transversim

indistincte striguloso ; elytris apice conjunctim rotundatis, dorso haud conspicue sculpturatis, immaculatis ;

corpore subtus viridi-nitido, lateribus cupreo-violaceis nudis ; pedibus cupreis.

“Var, Nigra, opaca, abdomine medio et apice nitido ; labro albo.

“Long. 44-53 lin. ¢ Q.

‘“‘ Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

“ Of similar form to C. catharine, but more closely allied to C. ioessa in the elytra not

being visibly sculptured and in the naked sides of the body beneath. It differs from

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C’. ioessa by the forehead being more vertical and distinctly strigose on each side, and

(in the green form) by the different colour of the side margins of the elytra and the

under surface of the body.” (Tab. XIII. fig. 3.)

10 (a). Cicindela nephelota.

Cicindela nephelota, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, ix. p, 319.

“Minus elongata, postice paullo dilatata, supra fusco-enea opaca nigro-fusco varia, elytris vitta marginali (ab

humero usque ultra medium continuata, post humerum a margine paullulum remota) intus ramulos duos

emittente, primum brevem, secundum obliquum, subrectum versus suturam extensum, lunula apicali et

gutta antico-discoidali, albis; labro albo, antice medio paullulum producto denticulato, utrinque sinuato,

angulis subrectis; palpis rufo-testaceis, articulis apicalibus cupreo-eneis ; capite toto valde strigoso, inter

oculos paullo concavo; thorace parvo, lateribus medio rotundatis nec angulatis, disco utrinque convexo,

longe incumbenti-piloso, striguloso; elytris inzequalibus, haud profunde punctatis, signaturis albis albo-fusco

marginatis ; corpore subtus nitido, cyaneo, pectoris lateribus igneo-cupreis parce pilosis ; pedibus cupreis.

.“* Long. 32-43 lin. ¢Q.

* Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

“This curious little species is not closely allied to any Cicindela known to me. It

seems to approach nearest C. semicircularis.”’

10 (8). Cicindela chrysippe. (Tab. XIII. fig. 2.)

Convexa, letissime subaurato-viridis, nitida, elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, sutura dentiformi, omnino sub-

tiliter alutaceis, obsolete punctatis, vitta marginali (humeros et apicem haud attingente) levi fusco-pur-

purea, utrinque punctis submarginalibus albis duobus, prima pone medium, secunda ante apicem ; corpore

subtus cyaneo, pedibus aurato-cupreis ; palpis piceo-cupreis ; collo crasso, occipite convexo ; labro testaceo

lateribus auratis, ( ¢ ) medio valde producto longe tridentato, lateribus utrinque valide unidentatis.

Long. 43 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

This beautiful little species cannot be placed in any of the numerous groups indi-

cated by Chaudoir in his Catalogue of the Cicindelide. In some of its characters it

approaches C. pulchra (Say), especially resembling that species in the form of the head,

but differing greatly in the labrum, which in the male is greatly produced in the

middle, the produced part having three acute teeth (the middle one longest), and the

sides each having alsoa broad and sharp tooth. The head is finely anastomose-strigose,

with the usual more distinct striee along the forehead near each eye. ‘The palpi are

dark piceous, with a red-coppery tinge. The colour of the labrum is not clearly visible

in the single specimen sent; but it is metallic on the sides, and apparently non-metallic

and dingy testaceous in the middle. The thorax is rather narrower than the head

(eyes included) and much more narrowed (in a straight line) to the base than is usual

in the genus; its surface is only faintly sculptured and shining. The elytra are sub-

cylindrical and convex; their surface moderately opaque, with very minute sculpture

and numerous very shallow, scarcely perceptible punctures; the larger punctures or

fovere so commonly seen in Cicindele being also present, but very faint. The body

beneath is entirely free from hairs, of which also very few are visible on the femora and

four anterior coxe.

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10 (c). Cicindela lemniscata.

Cicindela lemniscata, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1854, p. 220°.

Hab. Nortn America, Arizona, California 1.—MeExico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

20 (a). Cicindela favergeri.

Cicindela Favergeri, Audouin et Brullé, Archives du Muséum, i. p. 130, t. vii. fig. 6"; Reiche,

Revue Zool. 1842, p. 241.

Hab. Panama, San Feliz (Champion), Matachin (Schunke).—SovutH AMERICA,

Colombia ! 2, Ecuador.

Mr. Champion’s examples belong to the variety in which the marginal white streak

of the elytra is absent. Both forms are mentioned by Reiche as found together in

Colombia, and Mr. Buckley took them both equally near Canelos, Ecuador.

25 (a). Cicindela dugesi.

C. punctulate similis, sed minor, letius cuprea, abdomine rufo etc. Sat angusta, fuscescenti-rubro-cuprea,

subnitida, subtus cum femoribus aurato-znea, abdomine trochanteribusque omnibus rufis, tibiis rubro-

cupreis, tarsis viridibus vel cupreis ; elytris utrinque apud discum fasciola parum flexuosa obliqua guttaque

paullo posteriori, albis; labro medio triangulariter producto (in ¢ minus quam in @ ) margine anteriori

flexuoso dente parvo mediano.

Long. 34-47. ¢ 9.

Hab. Mexico, Tupataro, Morelia, Taretan (£lohr).

A distinct species of the rufiventris group recently sent me by Mr. Julius Flohr. In

general form it is very similar to the common North-American C. punctulata, but it is

of a redder coppery hue, and differs greatly in other ways. In shape of head and degree

of prominence of eyes it resembles C. rufiventris, to which it is no doubt allied. The

forehead is strongly strigose on each side, the occiput convex and irregularly sculptured.

The thorax is more rounded in the middle of its sides than in C. rufiventris and allies,

but its grooves are deep and blue-coloured as in those species, and the disk faintly

transverse strigose. ‘The elytra are narrower and more convex, but are similarly shaped

at the apex, and have a minute sutural tooth ; their surface is finely alutaceous, with

minute shallow punctures set in greenish spots, and a row of larger ocellated punctures

irregularly parallel to the suture, besides a shorter row of similar impressions in the

basal depression on each side.

27 (a). Cicindela guttifera.

Cicindela guttifera, Leconte, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. xi. 1856, p. 42°.

Hab. Norta America, New Mexico !.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Generally considered to be a southern variety of the common North-American

C. duodecimguttata (Dejean).

Cicindela lugens (p. 5).

Mr. Flohr informs me that Hége’s specimens were not taken at J alapa, but at

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Cuantitlan. The species is almost confined to the ‘tierra fria,’ and is pretty abundant

in the States of Mexico, Puebla, and Michoacan.

Cicindela luteolineata (p. 5).

Also erroneously labelled “Jalapa” by Hége. His specimens were taken, as

Mr. Flohr informs me, at San Angel, near the city of Mexico. The species is common

also near Maravatio and Morelia in the State of Michoacan.

Cicindela viatica (p. 5).

Mr. Flohr has never seen this species at Jalapa during his long residence, and thinks

M. Sallé is mistaken in his locality. It is known to occur near San Angel and Toluca.

Cicindela catharine (p. 6).

Jalapa here is also an erroneous locality. Besides the neighbourhood. of Mexico city

it is taken in the Llanos de Apam and at Esperanza.

Cicindela clarina (p. 6).

Mr. Flohr has taken the species at Maravatio and near Chalco.

Cicindela rufiventris (p. 7).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison), Mescales,

Chihuahua (Hepburn).

__ Mr. Morrison’s specimens are labelled C. 16-punctata. They differ constantly from

the same variety found near the city of Mexico by their larger size and more coppery

under surface.

Cicindela hydrophoba (p. 8).

Mr. Flohr has recently sent us a new local form of this very variable species.

Var. C. taretana (Flohr MS.). Vitta humerali-basali elongata et cum fascia mediana conjuncta.

Hab. Mexico, Taretan (Flohr).

The elytral markings are more dilated than in the typical hydrophobda, and are all

prolonged so as to form a nearly continuous but very irregular median fascia from base

to apex; %.¢. the upper part of the basal lunule is joined to the lower part and pro-

longed towards the middle of the elytron, where it meets a much prolonged upper angle

of the median fascia, and the upper part of the apical lunule being also prolonged,

little is wanting to connect it also with the lower part of the median fascia. The

insect is decidedly longer and relatively narrower than the type form, and might

perhaps be considered a distinct species. The elytral markings, however, vary, and

some examples, in which the junction of the spots is not effected, form a transition

to the Chontales form of C. hydrophoba.

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Cicindela flohri (p. 9).

Jalapa asa locality again is wrong. The species does not occur, as Mr. Flohr informs

me, out of the valley of Mexico.

Cicindela rectilatera (p. 10).

To the Mexican localities given add :—San Pedro Coahuila (Dr. Palmer).

Cicindela papillosa (p. 13).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Some examples from this locality have a silky metallic green or golden lustre on the

sides of the upper surface. Chontales examples are often slightly metallic ; in Mexico

the insect is almost always sooty black above.

Cicindela viridisticta (p. 14).

Var. arizonensis. A typo differt elytrorum lateribus sicut dorso punctatis subnitidis, nec impunctatis, politis.

Hab. Norta America, Arizona (Morrison).—Mxxico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Cicindela unicolor (p. 15).

Dr. Eugéne Dugés informs Mr. Flohr that this species occurs in the Barranca de

Beltran, on the road between Guadalajara and Colima, also near Guanajuato.

36 (a). Cicindela castissima, (Tab. XIII. fig. 1.)

C. signate (Dej.) affinis; minor et angustior, subtus cum pedibus viridi-aurata, elytris albis sutura angusta ,

(versus scutellum paullo dilatata) punctisque nonnullis medio basi viridi-eneis ; capite thoraceque cupreis,

hoc creberrime sculpturato opaco, illo versus oculos nitidiori; labro 2 latissimo, brevi, antice fere recto

edentato, albo; thorace trapezoideo, lateribus quam in C. signata 2 magis rectis; elytris versus apicem

oblique angustatis, apice ipso intus obliquato fere truncato; thorace margine corporeque subtus lateribus

dense albo-incumbenti-pilosis.

Long. 54 lin. @.

Hab. Arcas Islets, Gulf of Mexico.

45 (a). Cicindela punctulata.

Cicindela punctulata, Oliv. Ent. ii. 83, p. 27, t. 3. fig. 37.

Hab. Mxxico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Mr. Morrison sends one example of the green variety of this common North-

American species.

ODONTOCHEILA (p. 15).

5 (a). Odontocheila exilis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 4.)

O. cinctule simillima, forsan ejus varietas geographica. Paullo minor et gracilior; elytrorum lateribus latius

auratis, corporeque subtus toto cyaneo subviolaceo. |

Long. 43-5 lin. $ Q.

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Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion).

One of the forms of the subgroup to which 0. iodopleura and O. cinctula belong; of

slender form and dull purplish coppery brown colour, with the usual band of bright

coloration along the lateral margin of each elytron exhibiting the prismatic colours ;

the band having the red and yellow on the inner side and the violet on the vertical

margin, all the colours metallic. In O. codopleura the prismatic band is very broad, a

large portion being visible when the insect is viewed from above, and in O. cinctula

none of it is clearly seen from that position. 0. exilis is intermediate in this respect,

a considerable width of golden being conspicuous, especially near the base and shoulders.

In the narrower and more cylindrical thorax, and in general colour, O. exilis resembles

O. cinctula closely. The hind trochanters are dark piceous in both forms, pale only in

immature individuals.

CTENOSTOMA (p. 17).

Ctenostoma ibidion (p. 18).

To the locality given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

CARABUS (p. 20; to precede the genus Calosoma).

Carabus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. 2, p. 668 ; Schaum, Naturgesch. Ins. Deutschl. I. i. p. 117.

Among the small number of species of Coleoptera recently collected by Mr. Forrer in

the elevated districts of the Province of Durango is a species of this well-known genus,

the first true Carabus yet found in Mexico or any part of Tropical America. The

number of species or well-marked local varieties of the genus at present known is

probably not less than 400. Recent systematists separate the cluster of beautiful

species found in Southern Chili, and the Carabus deckeni of Mt. Kilmanjaro near the

Equator in South Africa, from the genus; and if this is a correct view the distribution

of Carabus is restricted to the temperate and subarctic zones of the north, reaching its

most southerly limit probably in Southern China and, as we now find, Mexico.

1. Garabus forreri. (Tab. XIII. fig. 5.)

Carabus forreri, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, ix. p. 320.

“ Elongatus, niger, subnitidus, capite levi, epistomate utrinque fovea profunda, labro medio excavato ; thorace

levi, lateribus fere equaliter arcuatis, margine explanato fortiter reflexo, angulis posticis longe productis,

apice obtusis ; elytris elongato-ovatis obsoletissime striato-punctulatis punctisque majoribus triplici serie ;

abdominis segmentis 3 apicalibus basi transversim sulcatis. .

“Tong. 103 lin. 9.

“ Hab. Muxico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

“Of the elongate and narrow form of C. ayassizi and C. tedatus; but the thorax

quite different from either of those species, being smooth, broadly margined, and

approaching in shape that of C. sylvosus.”

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CALOSOMA (p. 20).

Calosoma peregrinator (p. 21).

C. carbonatum (Leconte, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1862, p. 53) from New Mexico, according

to Mr. Flohr, belongs to this species. In Mexico, Mr. Flohr adds, the species ranges

from the ‘tierra fria’ down to the ‘tierra caliente,’ near Mexico city, Esperanza, Jalapa,

Cordova, and Oaxaca. C. scrutator and C. angulatwm have a similar wide range.

C. armatum (believed by M. Gehin, according to Mr. Flohr, to be the same as C. sayi,

Dej.) occurs among herbage in maize-plantations, at Plan del Rio, Almolonga, and

Cordova. OC. lave, politum, striatulum, cicatricosum, depressicolle, and blaptoides are

. never found except in the ‘ tierra fria.’

Calosoma angulatum (p. 21).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Chihuahua (Hepburn).

Calosoma cicatricosum (p. 23).

Mr. Flohr informs me that this species is totally different in its habits from C. levi-

gatum, politum, striatulum, and striatipenne, and he does not therefore adopt my

suggestion that all five are varieties of one species. He says that C. cicatricosum, like

C. depressicolle, is found only in the depth of pine and oak forests, where it occurs under

stones and logs of wood, and appears to be nocturnal, whilst the other four species are

seen running about fields in the daytime on the borders of forests.

Mr. Flohr gives as locality for this species only Atlapango, near Chalco.

14 (a). Calosoma flohri.

C. cicatricoso proxime affinis, sed differt capite et thorace sat grosse subsparsim punctatis elytrisque striato-

punctulatis, interstitiis sparsim paullo grossius punctatis, utrinque punctis majoribus ocellatis triplici serie.

Long. 8-10 lin. g 2.

Hab. Mexico, Uruapam, San Juan Tumbio (fohr).

Mr. Flohr has sent me this distinct species as a var. of depressicolle with punctured

thorax. It differs, however, from C. depressicolle in the form of the thorax, not dilated

anteriorly or subcordate, and in the greater convexity and steeper apical declivity of the

elytra, in both of which characters it resembles more closely C. cicatricosum; from both

it differs in its abundantly, but not very closely, punctured head and thorax, and in the

fainter sculpture of the elytra, in which the strie consist of rows of small punctures,

and the flat interstices are irregularly sprinkled with large and small punctures, amidst

which it is rather difficult to discriminate the usual triple row of large round punctures

or fovez, each with its central granule.

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SCAPHINOTUS (p. 23; to follow the genus Calosoma).

Scaphinotus, Latreille, Icon. R. A. ed. 1, p. 87.

Cychrus (partim), Leconte, Classif. Carab. U.S. p. 398 (1853).

A genus hitherto known only from the Atlantic States of North America, where three

or four species are found.

1. Scaphinotus mexicanus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 6.)

Cychrus (Scaphinotus) mexicanus, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, ix. p. 320.

* Oblongus, niger, subviridi-tinctus; thorace cordato-quadrato, margine antico ut in C. elevato emarginato

utrinque rotundato, postice multo magis angustato, angulis posticis longe productis acutis, margine laterali

minus quam in C. elevato explanato-reflexo ; elytris anguste oblongo-ovatis, humeris obtuse rotundatis

valde explanato-reflexis, dorso punctato-striatis ; abdominis segmentis 3 terminalibus basi transversim

sulcatis; metasterno et abdomine impunctatis; epipleuris rugoso-punctatis.

“Tong. 94 lin. gO.

“‘ Hab. Mexico, Milpas, Ciudad in Durango alt. 5900 feet (Forrer).

‘Of much narrower and less ovate form than C. elevatus or any other species of the

genus, resembling at first sight a Carabus, e. g. C. preslii. The explanated and

turned-up margins of the thorax and base of the elytra are of the same nature as in

C. excavatus, but much narrower, and the thorax is rather strongly narrowed behind.

The epipleure of the elytra are more feebly rugose-punctate than in C. excavatus; and

the sides of the metathorax and basal ventral segments, instead of being sculptured as

in that species, are smooth.”

PACHYTELES (p. 25).

13. Pachyteles longicornis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 7.)

P. mexicano paullo major, relative latior. Levis, castaneo-rufus, antennis (scapo castaneo excepto), tibiis et

tarsis fuscis; capite supra punctulato et inequali, frontis margine ab oculi margine posteriori usque ad

epistoma valde et acute elevato et angulato, collo depresso; antennis elongatis, articulis 4°-10™ oblongis

compressis; thorace fere sicut in P. mewicano cordato-quadrato, sed latiori, angulis anterioribus valde

prominentibus acutisque, margine laterali haud crenato, integro, angulis posticis exstantibus acutis, dorso

subtiliter sparsim punctulato; elytris humeris dentatis, dorso vix perspicue punctulato nec striato ;

femoribus anticis medio subtus obtuse angulatis.

Long. 4} lin.

Hab. Panama, Caldera (Champion).

Similar in general form and smooth surface to P. mexicanus, but relatively broader,

less shining, and further distinguished by the strongly raised and acute margins of the

forehead and the unusual (for this genus) length of the antenne, which reach to one

third the length of the elytra. The antenne are relatively longer than in the Chilian

species P. marginicollis and biguttatus, but differ from them in the more compressed,

oblong joints 4-10, which are further distinguished by being naked on their flattened

sides.

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14. Pachyteles inflatus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 8.)

Ferrugineo-rufus, pedibus fulvescenti-rufis, elytris nigris; antennis crassis moniliformibus (articulis 9°-11™

desunt); capite lato, oculis valde prominentibus ; thorace brevi, subcordato, post medium valde angustato,

angulis anticis breviter dentatis, posticis subrectis, margine laterali paullo incrassato reflexo; elytris apice

utrinque in tuberem magnum ovatum elevatis, brevissimis.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). One example only.

The large elongated tuber at the apex of each elytron appears inflated ; it projects a

little over the apex and the lateral margin, both of which are concealed by it when

viewed from above. The margin forms a deeply sunk groove, in which is the usual

uninterrupted row of ocellated punctures. The tarsi, including the claw-joint, are

formed of short and thick equally wide joints.

Pachyteles seriatoporus (p. 26).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

PASIMACHUS (p. 27).

1 (a). Pasimachus elongatus.

Pasimachus elongatus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. iv. p. 147.

Hab. Nortu America, Pacific States and Territories—Mexico, Northern Sonora

(Morrison). :

Pasimachus californicus (p. 28).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Maravatio (Flohr).

Pasimachus viridans (p. 28).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Hepburn).

Pasimachus intermedius (p. 29).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

DISTICHUS (p. 29).

Distichus septentrionalis (p. 30).

To the locality given add :—GvatEmaa, Paso Antonio (Champion).

One example found by Mr. Champion since his return, amongst a portion of his

collection which had been overlooked. It agrees with the Chontales specimen very

_ Closely, except that it has six instead of four punctures on the third elytral interstices,

the three posterior ones being exactly in the same position and the other three all before

the middle of the elytra. The antenne are a little redder in colour.

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SCARITES (p. 30).

2. Scarites subterraneus.

Scarites subterraneus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. 206.

Var. Elytris fere parallelis, striis parum impressis, interstitiis subconvexis.

Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

I place this var. under Se. subdterraneus rather than under Se. quadriceps, owing to its

more convex and posteriorly more abruptly declivous elytra. It approaches very near

the Sc. quadriceps, var. lissopterus, from Texas,

DYSCHIRIUS (p. 31).

8. Dyschirius analis.

Dyschirius analis, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 196 ‘

Hab. Nort America, River Colorado !—Maexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

OXYDREPANUS (p. 3]).

Oxydrepanus mexicanus (p. 31).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Tolé (Champion).

SCHIZOGENIUS (p. 37).

Schizogenius tristriatus (p. 38).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Differs from Mexican typical individuals by the central pair of frontal carine being

thickened, and the three lateral ones on each side diminished in elevation and sharpness.

Schizogenius tenuis (p. 39).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Tolé (Champion).

7. Schizogenius depressus.

Schizogenius depressus, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 197’.

Hab. Norvu America, River Colorado 1—MeExico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

PANAGAUS (p. 41).

Panageus sallzi (p. 41).

To the Mexican localities given add:—Chihuahua, Pinos Altos (Hepburn).

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CHLANIUS (p. 41).

3 (a). Chlenius forreri. (Tab. XIII. fig. 10.)

C. chrysopleuro proxime affinis ; differt elytris ( ¢ ) opacis, capite thoraceque omnino eneo-viridibus. Angustius

oblongus, niger; capite levi; thorace magis quadrato, antice minus late rotundato, basi et in foveis

profundis crebre punctato, disco fere levi sicut in C. chrysopleuro; elytris nigris opacis leviter viridi-

tinctis, margine et interstitio nono eneo-viridibus, minus profunde punctulato-striatis, interstitiis minus

convexis punctulatis; antennis, palpis tarsisque piceo-rufis; prothoracis et metathoracis episternis parce

grosse punctatis, ceetero corpore inferiori levi.

Long. 7 lin. ¢o.

Hab. Mexico, Ventanas 2000 feet (Forrer).

One example only, which seems specifically different from the greenish or blue

colour-varieties of C. chrysopleurus by the rather flatter interstices and opaque surface

of the elytra.

Chlenius aberrans (p. 42).

Chlenius aberrans, Chaudoir, in Oberthiir’s Coleop. Novitates, i. p. 36 (1858).

To the Mexican localities given add : Michoacan (Flohr).

Chaudoir places this species, so different from all other American Chlenii, in a small

Indian and African group, its nearest Central-American allies being C. rujicauda,

herbaceus, and cursor.

6 (a). Chlenius planulatus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 9.)

C. aberrant: affinis et similis, differt thorace latiore et subtilius punctato, elytris multo subtilius striatis, inter-

stitiis planis. Niger, opacus; capite, thoracis lateribus elytrorumque marginibus viridi-eneis; frontis

lateribus, colloque (haud depresso) punctatis; thorace postice minus quam in C. aberranti angustato, passim

discrete haud grosse punctato; elytrorum striis haud impressis, interstitiis minute punctatis, 9° angustiori,

striaque 9° antice obliterata; corpore subtus punctato, medio leviore.

Long. 84 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. MExico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer).

Has all the structural peculiarities of C. aberrans, so accurately described by Chaudoir,

but is distinguished by the elytral striae being scarcely at all impressed, and the thorax

behind being much broader.

Chlzenius leucoscelis (p. 42).

To the localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison), Pinos Altos in Chihuahua

(Hepburn).

Chiznius czruleicollis (p. 42).

To the localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Two examples sent by Morrison as “ Chianius, n. sp.”

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Chlznius ruficauda (p. 43).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Chlznius chlorochrous (p. 43).

To the localities given add :—Panama, San Feliz (Champion).

26. Chlenius regularis.

Chlenius regularis, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 179’.

Hab. Norts America, California !\—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

27. Chlenius glaucus.

Chienius glaucus, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1856, p. 28'; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Chlen. 1876,

p. 239.

Hab. Nortu America, Junction of Gila and Colorado.—MeExico, Northern Sonora

(Morrison).

Chlenius tricolor (p. 44).

To the localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

The Sonora form is similar to that found at Mexico city and Puebla, in which the

head and thorax are coppery green.

Chlenius purpureus (p. 45).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Chihuahua, Mescales (Hepburn).

OODES (p. 45).

Oodes mexicanus (p. 45).

In the second part of a posthumous revised monograph of the Oodides (Ann. Soc. Ent.

Fr. 1882, p. 496 *) Baron Chaudoir places this species in the genus Stenocrepis, to which

his former genus Crossocrepis (including O. meaicanus) is subordinated as a section.

Mr. Flohr has sent me a ¢ and @ of the species from Mexico, precise locality not

stated, only 11 millim. long, and a third example ( ¢ ) 124 millim., the same length as

the @ example in the Sallé collection and the specimens described by Chaudoir.

Hab. Norvu America, Texas (Chaudoir)—Mextico (Sallé, Flohr), Las Vigas (Hohr).

* The second part was published May 30th, 1883.

2 mm 2

268 SUPPLEMENT.

STENOUS (p. 46).

Stenous duodecimstriatus (p. 46).

Add to the synonymy :—

Stenocrepis duodecimstriatus, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Oodides, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 494°.

Stenous Lecontei, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1857, u. p. 41.

Oodes quatuordecimstriatus, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, iv. p. 331.

Oodes striatellus, Laferté, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1851, p. 272 (nota).

To the localities given add:—Norru America, Texas, Louisiana ’.

This species belongs to the typical section of Stenocrepis, of which Stenous is a

division in the revised monograph of Chaudoir above cited.

Stenous tibialis (p. 46).

Add to the synonymy :—

Oodes pallipes, Brullé, Voyage de D’Orbigny, vi. 2, t. 2. fig. 6°.

To the localities given add :—Sourn America, Bolivia '.

S. chlorophanus, Erichson, is considered by Chaudoir to be distinct, though very

closely allied.

Stenous gratiosus (p. 46).

Add as synonymy :—

Stenocrepis (Stenous) gratiosa, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Oodides, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 500.

Stenous olivaceus (p. 47).

Chaudoir, in his revised monograph, is doubtfully inclined to consider this species as

a variety of the South-American S. metallicus. The two are very closely allied, but

appear to be as distinct as most others in this group.

STENOCREPIS (p. 47).

Stenocrepis chalcas (p. 47).

Stenocrepis chalcochrous, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Oodides, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 487 (May 30,

1883).

POLYCHATUS (p. 47; to follow the genus Stenocrepis).

Polychetus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 338.

Two species of this new genus are described by M. de Chaudoir, one Mexican and the

other from Cayenne.

1. Polychztus dejeani.

Polychetus Dejeani, Chaudoir, |. c. p. 339.

Hab. MEXIco.

ADEPHAGA. 269

I have not seen this species, of which only a single specimen appears to be known in

European collections.

ANATRICHIS (p. 47).

Anatrichis piceus (p. 47).

_Oodiellus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1882, p. 323 (partim).

If the specimens are named accurately in the Sallé collection, MM. Chaudoir and

_ Sallé have mistaken for sexual characters the differences which separate the two species

A. piceus and A. alutaceus (ante, p. 48), males only of the one and females of the other

having been known to them. Mr. Champion, however, took in Guatemala an ample

series of both sexes; and as these show no difference in the sculpture of the upper

surface between males and females, I think there can be no doubt that A. ulutaceus

(=O. mexicanus 2, Chaud.) is a distinct species from O. mexicanus. Whether the

smoother species is the Oodinus piceus of Motschulsky or not is somewhat doubtful ;

M. de Chaudoir alludes to the probability of their identity, but prefers to reject

Motschulsky’s name.

This species and its allies, according to Chaudoir, are generically distinct from

Anatrichis (Leconte), offering differences in the form of the ligula, paraglosse, and

maxille, organs which, however, vary in an unusual degree in the Oodinw. _

If Oodinus, Motschulsky, be the same genus, as to which I think his description leaves

no reasonable doubt, his name will have the priority over Oodiellus for the new genus.

DICZLUS (p. 48).

Diczlus flohri (p. 49).

Dicelus levipennis, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. iv. p. 321; Col. Kansas, p. 3, t. 1. f. 1.

Dr. Horn, on his recent visit to England, brought from Philadelphia a specimen of

D. levipennis, Lec., for comparison with the types of D. flohrt. The result was to show

that they cannot be more than local varieties of one and the same species. D. flohri is

slightly broader in form and has smoother elytra, the rows of punctures being obsolete,

except in some examples near the suture.

D. levipennis is found in Colorado and Utah.

ANISOTARSUS (p. 49).

5 (a). Anisotarsus foveicollis.

A. ocreato differt statura paullo minori et convexiori posticeque minus angustata. Oblongo-ovatus, senescenti-

niger; elytris g viridi-eneis vel cupreis sat nitidis, 9 cuprascenti-fuscis sericeo-opacis, partibus oris,

antennis et pedibus fulvo-testaceis (antennis ab articulo tertio interdum fusco-maculatis) ; thorace trans-

versim quadrato ante medium parum rotundato, postice vix angustato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis posticis

270 SUPPLEMENT.

obtusis sed fere rectis (apicibus ipsis rotundatis), marginibus rufescentibus, fovea utrinque basali sat

profunda, conspicua; elytris apice oblique sinuatis, dorso acute striato, interstitiis planis subtiliter et

eleganter alutaceis, epipleuris interdum rufis.

Long. 33-443 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Guatemaa, Duefias (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Very closely allied to A. ocreatus, but having a different aspect at first sight, owing

to its brighter metallic colouring, at least in the male, and its rather smaller and

narrower form with decidedly less elongated elytra. Guatemala examples are less

typical than those from Chiriqui, and in corresponding measure approach the Mexican

A. ocreatus.

5(s). Anisotarsus castaneus.

A. ocreato affinis sed latius oblongus. Rufo-castaneus; elytris paullo obscurioribus, corpore subtus pallidior: ;

supra sericeo-nitens, elytris alutaceis ; palpis, antennis pedibusque testaceis; thorace transverso-quadrato,

paullo ante medium modice rotundato, postice minus sed longius quam antice angustato, angulis posticis

obtusis, fovea basali utrinque conspicua lineari ; elytris apice minus oblique sinuatis, dorso acute sed sub-

tiliter striato, interstitiis planissimis. Menti sinu brevissime dentato.

Long. 4-44 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer).

Relatively much shorter in form than A. brevicollis and A. ocreatus.

NOTIOBIA (p. 52).

1. Notiobia chiriquensis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 11.)

Notiobia concolor (anté, p. 58). (Nec N. concolor, Putzeys.)

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

The large series of the Chiriqui Notiobia allied. to NV. concolor and N. jucunda sent

home by Mr. Champion since my first determination of the species show a constant

difference in colour from the concolorous greenish NV. concolor, the head and thorax

being dark metallic green and the elytra brownish coppery. The form is also a little

larger, being 12 millim., whilst V. concolor is only 10 millim. I have compared them

with four examples of the true NV. concolor from Colombia and Venezuela. LN. chiri-

guensis is smaller than the other Colombian species WV. yucunda, which measures

14 millim., and differs from it in the form of the thorax, which is much less transverse,

less rounded at the sides, and less narrowed to the hind angles; the legs, besides, are

palish tawny reddish, and not dark pitchy red as in WV. jucunda.

Notiobia melzna (p. 54).

To the localities given add :—GuateMaLa, Balheu (Champion).

ADEPHAGA. 271

11 (4). Notiobia umbrifera.

N. wmbrate simillima, sed differt striola scutellari multo breviori; nea vel subaurato-znea, interdum

cuprascens, nitida ; antennis basi (ceteris piceis), palpis pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; oculis valde prominen-

tibus ; thorace lato, antice sat late rotundato-dilatato, postice sinuato angustato, angulis posticis rectis ;

elytris apice oblique sinuatis, umbra testacea fere ut in NV. umbrata, versus apicem utrinque interstitia

nitidis.

Long. 4-42 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sourn America, Upper Amazons.

There is scarcely any thing to distinguish this species from NW. umbrata except the

length of the scutellar striole, which is here only one half that of V. umbrata. The

colour of the majority of the specimens is rather brighter, and the female has not the

opaque patch on the disk of the elytra shown by IV. umbrata.

15. Notiobia ——.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A single male example, apparently different from any of the foregoing.

HARPALUS (p. 56).

Harpalus mexicanus (p. 57).

To the localities given add :—Maravatio (Flohr).

8. Harpalus ——.

Hab. Mexico, Toluca (Sa//é).

A single specimen in the Sallé collection.

9. Harpalus .

Hab. Mexico (Sallé).

A single specimen, named H. marginicollis, Chev., in the Sallé collection. It appears

not to have been described, but is quite indeterminable, even its genus, as it wants

the four anterior tarsi.

10. Harpalus ellipsis.

Harpalus ellipsis, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 400-.

Hab. Nortu America, Missouri, Louisiana.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

SELENOPHORUS (p. 58).

Selenophorus szquinoctialis (p. 59).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Chihuahua (Hepdurn).

272 SUPPLEMENT.

8 (a). Selenophorus subzneus.

Selenophorus subeneus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 141).

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Souta America, Colombia '*.

The description above cited fits very well what I take to be small examples (8 millim.)

of 8. callistichus, Bates, of which Mr. Champion sent home two or three among a very

large series of the larger form, the length of which varies little from 10 millim. The

question of their specific distinction must at present remain doubtful; and I am besides

not sure of the determination, Reiche’s description being too brief and apparently made

from a single example, as he says the colour is “ ferrugineo-eneus,” which can only

apply in this genus to immature specimens.

9(a). Selenophorus multiporus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 13.)

S. chiriquino affinis sed multo minor ; thorace basi haud perspicue punctato, elytrorumque striis multo sub-

tilioribus, punctis seriatis multo majoribus foveolatis. Late cuprascenti-eneus, mandibulis rufis, anten-

narum articulo primo (ceteris fuscis), palpis apice pedibusque testaceo-flavis ; thorace transverso, antice

magis quam postice angustato, angulis anticis porrectis, angulis posticis obtusis sed distinctis, basi utrinque

subtiliter coriaceo, fovea sat impressa levi; elytris subtilissime striatis, interstitiis planis (prope apicem

angustis et convexis), foveis seriatis magnis apud striam 2™ octo, striam 5™ decem, striam 7™ duodecim,

a basi usque ad apicem continuatis.

Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Panama, Tolé (Champion).

The hindmost tarsi are long and slender, as in S. seriatoporus and allies. ‘The three

rows of elytral punctures are larger, more uniform, and more circular than in any other

species known to me.

15 (A). Selenophorus chryses.

S. tarsali proxime affinis, sed magis elongatus, elytris precipue relative longioribus, postice paullulum dila-

tatis ; supra eneus, elytris purpurascenti-cupreis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; elytris sicut

in NS. tarsali acute et sat profunde striatis, prope apicem late sulcatis, interstitiis pallulum convexis.

Long. 43-42 ln. $9.

Hab. GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama,

Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tolé (Champion).

I have decided, after much hesitation, to separate this form from the S. tarsalis of

Mexico, although it is connected with the steel-black dark-legged (with fulvous tarsi)

type of that species by fine gradations. Thus Herr Hoge collected at Las Vigas, with

the typical form, examples with purple-coppery elytra, though far duller in colour than

the Panama specimens of S. chryses and having pitchy-red legs; and also other examples

with red legs and rather elongated elytra, although of the steel-black colour of the

type. In Guatemala both forms occur, and in Costa Rica examples are found which

partake of the characters of both forms. Notwithstanding these gradations, it is diffi-

ADEPHAGA. 273

cult to regard the more elongated and brilliant of the specimens found at Panama as

no more than individual varieties of 8. tarsalis.

Selenophorus tarsalis is very closely allied to 8. chalybeus, Dej., and S. vicinus, Dej.,

from South Brazil. It differs, as Putzeys points out, in the thorax being more rounded

on the sides, and also in the faint rugose punctuation of the elytral interstices being

limited to the extreme margins and apex, instead of being spread over the marginal

half ‘of each elytron. But the thorax varies in form, being sometimes subcordate-

quadrate (¢. ¢. rotundate-dilated before the middle) and sometimes regularly arcuated

(2. . having its greatest width in the middle) ; the hind angles also vary in being more

or less obtuse.

15 (8). Selenophorus dives. (Tab. XIII. fig. 12.)

Quam S. chryses adhuc magis elongatus, magis parallelogrammicus; thorace subcordato (antice conspicue

rotundato), elytris splendide aurato-cupreis, striis vix impressis, punctulatis ; capite thoraceque viridi-

eeneis; palpis, antennis et pedibus rufo-testaceis.

Long. 5 lin. o.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A single example, very closely resembling the more elongate Panama specimens of

S. chryses, except in the sculpture of the elytra.

15 (c). Selenophorus affinis.

Selenophorus affinis, Dej. Sp. Gén. v. p. 822*; Putzeys, Stettin. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 51°.

Hab. Panama, Tolé (Champion).—Sovutu Amurica, Colombia 2, Cayenne}.

Agrees with Dejean’s description; but as he drew it up from a single immature

example, the determination remains doubtful. The few words added by Putzeys from

a Colombian specimen also agree as far as they go. The eight specimens from Tolé

are certainly distinct from S. ¢arsalis and S. chryses, although very closely allied to

them, the colour being always brown with a highly polished surface tinged with green

and dark coppery; the strongly rugulose-punctate sides of the elytra (covering the two

marginal interstices) is also a constant character. |

16 (a). Selenophorus tubericauda.

Quoad formam Anisotarso ocreato et calathis (thorace angustiorl excepto) similis; nigro-nitidus, elytris

olivaceo-nigris subsericeis ; palpis, antennis pedibusque (interdum elytrorum epipleuris) fulvo-piceis ; foveis

frontalibus obsoletis ; thorace transverso, lateribus fere regulariter arcuatis, angulis posticis obtusis rotun-

datis, foveis basalibus vagis haud punctatis; elytris relative elongatis, apice vix sinuatis, acute striatis,

interstitiis planissimis (prope apicem paullulum convexioribus), seriebus punctorum conspicuis juxta strias

sitis, punctis numerosis; tarsis posticis elongatis ; prosterno apice haud marginato; abdomine olivaceo.

é segmento ventrali apicali medio tuberibus duobus modice elevatis.

Long. 43 lin. g. \

Hab. Mexico, near the city (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge).

BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, July 1884. 2 nn

274 SUPPLEMENT.

16 (s). Selenophorus suavis.

S. tubericaude affinis; minor, magis oblongus, niger; elytris et corpore subtus olivaceo-sneis; palpis, labro,

antennis pedibusque testaceo-fulvis ; ventris segmentorum marginibus posticis rufis ; thorace latiore, antice

rotundato sed postice subrecte sed parum angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, apice valde rotundatis, basi

tota (in foveis grossius) punctulata; elytris apice vix sinuatis, acute striatis, interstitiis planis, seriebus

tribus punctorum conspicuis sed late interruptis ; tarsis posticis elongatis.

Var. Elytris obscure purpureis.

Long. 33-33 lin. ¢ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hége).

Allied to S. assimilis and S. gagatinus.

16 (c). Selenophorus irinus.

Harpalus irinus, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 178°.

Selenophorus irinus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 63”.

Hab. PanaMa, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovutu America, Colombia 12.

16 (p). Selenophorus

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

A single immature example of what appears to be a distinct species from any here

recorded.

Selenophorus valgus (p. 62).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).

One example, differing from the Costa-Rica type specimen in the rather more

distinctly impressed and linear basal fovee of the thorax, in this respect approaching

S. crassiusculus.

22. Selenophorus hepburni.

S. crassiusculo et S.valgo proxime affinis ; tibiis intermediis ¢ sicut in Discoderi g curvatis, in hoc specie valde

quinque denticulatis. Oblongus, fusco-eneus cuprascens, subnitidus ; labro, palpis, antennis pedibusque

fulvo-testaceis; thoracis lateribus quam in S. crassiusculo et S. valgo postice magis explanatis; elytris

acute striatis, interstitiis planis, punctis seriatis in striis alternis conspicuis.

Long. 53 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. Mrxico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Hepburn).

Belongs to the same group of Selenophorus as S. crassiusculus and 8. valgus, which

differ from Discoderus solely in the four anterior tarsi of the male having squamulous

soles, the first of the four joints, however, being naked. It cannot be S. crassipes (Putz.),

which is described as being shining black, and it differs from S. valgus, which it resembles

in size and colour, by the yellow legs. The curved middle tibie of the male Discoderi

have frequently along their inner side a row of short broad teeth, numerous in D. emupo-

tens, and conspicuous in D. piger, but obsolete in D. difformipes and D. distortus; here

they form a row of five and are well developed.

ADEPHAGA. 275

DISCODERUS (p. 62).

Discoderus distortus (p. 63).

On re-examining examples of this species I find the male has one setiferous puncture

only on the ventral segment on each side of the anus. A specimen which I think likely

to be the female has two such punctures, and has broader and less angularly curved

middle tibie.

5. Discoderus acinopoides.

Quam D. distortus brevior et latior, preecipue capite et thorace latioribus fere sicut in D. acinopo, hoc( 2?) qua-

drato mox pone angulos anticos leviter dilatato deinde usque ad basin subrecte angustato, margine laterali

postice nullo modo reflexo, fovea basali parva spatioque inter foveam et angulum convexo ; nigro-cupreus,

elytris sicut in D. distorto cupreis nitidis ; pedibus antennisque piceis, harum articulis 1°-2™ rufis.

Q? Tibiis intermediis latis et brevibus, modice arcuatis; punctis setiferis prope anum utrinque duobus.

Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Muxico (coll. Bates).

I omitted this species, which I have had for many years in my collection, in first

dealing with this genus, in the doubt whether it might not be the female of D. distortus.

Since then, having received a long series of an allied species from Arizona, in which

I find a sexual distinction in the number of anal setiferous punctures, I have been

enabled to pair D. distortus with some degree of probability, and am now convinced that

the female which I now call D. actnopoides belongs to a distinct species. It is singular,

however, that in D. piger both sexes seem to have two anal punctures on each side.

"In D. difformipes all my specimens have one only, but they are evidently all males.

6. Discoderus melanthus.

Ceeteris speciebus relative brevior thoraceque adhuc magis orbiculari. Niger, corpore subtus medio castaneo ;

labro, palpis et antennis fulvo-testaceis; epistomate medio bifoveolato; thorace relative magno, convexo,

postice (4) paullo magis quam antice angustato, lateribus valde arcuatis haud explanatis, angulis posticis

late rotundatis, basi media rugulosa, fovea utrinque haud profunda; elytris valde convexis, basi et humeris

rectis, valde striatis (versus apicem sulcatis), interstitiis convexis.

3. Tibiee intermedi parum arcuate apice intus producto; ano utrinque puncto setifero unico.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Ventanas (Forrer).

7. Discoderus pulvinatus.

Elongatus, angustus, subcylindricus, supra cuprascenti-zneus; palpis et antennis fulvo-testaceis (his interdum

versus apicem piceis), pedibus plus minusque rufo-piceis ; thorace quadrato, postice gradatim angustato,

lateribus perparum arcuatis, margine postice haud explanato, fovea basali lata, rotunda, levi; basi depressa,

angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris striatis, interstitiis modice convexis (prope apicem angustioribus et

altioribus) ; tibiis intermediis ( ¢?) leviter arcuatis, apice intus productis.

Long. 3-33 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Cordova (Sad/é).

Differs in the form of the thorax from D. parallelus (Lec.) and D. amblyderus,...

2nn 2

276 SUPPLEMENT.

8. Discoderus ——-.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége).

One example only, too imperfect to describe, or to decide whether it really belongs

to this genus.

9. Discoderus impotens.

Harpalus impotens, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Sci. Phil. 1858, p. 14°.

Hab. Norta America, El Paso 1.—MeExtico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

10. Discoderus 2

Hab. Norra America, Arizona.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

A large species, distinct from the Mexican species described.

GYNANDROPUS (p. 65).

3 (a). Gynandropus levicollis.

G. mexicano relative angustior sed haud longior, nigro-eneus, elytris subcyaneis ; palpis, antennis basi pedibusque

fulvo-testaceis, labro antennarumque articulis apicalibus fuscescenti-rufis; foveis frontalibus rotundatis

sat profundis; thorace quam in G. hylact multo breviori lateribus valde rotundatis, postice paullo magis

quam antice angustato, angulis posticis valde obtusis fere rotundatis, basi utrinque levissima, fovea utrinque

sat profunda; elytris sine striola scutellari ibique fovea ocellata.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Sovuto America, Colombia (coll.

Bates).

Agrees with the description of G. agonoides, Putz., except in colour (Putzeys says,

“brun de poix, un peu plus clair sur les elytres”) and in the form of the thorax, which

he says has the posterior angles completely rounded &c. Agrees better, as far as colour

is concerned, with the Venezuelan G. cyclogonus of the same author ; but in that species

the sides of the base are strongly punctured. Unfortunately Putzeys had before him

only one example of each species.

3(B). Gynandropus .

Hab. Mexico, San Blas Jalisco (Forrer).

A single female example in bad condition.

AMBLYGNATHUS (p. 66).

2. Amblygnathus nigripennis.

A, ruficoll: (Putz.) quoad colores simillimus, sed minor et relative multo brevior ; rufus, meso- metasternoque,

ventro et elytris nigerrimis opalescentibus; mandibulis apice antennisque (articulis 1°~2™ et 3° basi rufis

exceptis) nigris; fronte lata, planata, foveis punctiformibus; thorace sicut in A. rujficollc transverso,

ADEPHAGA. 277

cordato-quadrato, levi, angulis posticis rectis ; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis subconvexis versus apicem

paullo altioribus, punctis minutis plurimis vix conspicuis in striis 2°, 5¢ et 7? sitis.

Tong. 23 lin. ¢ 9.

Hab. Panama (coll. Bates).—Soutn America, Upper Amazons.

BRADYCELLUS (p. 71).

Bradycellus circumdatus (p. 72).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

Bradycellus limbicollis (p. 73).

Var, Capite ferrugineo, thorace rufo-testaceo antice et postice infuscato.

Hab. Panama, David (Champion).

One example.

Bradycellus nigrellus (p. 73).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba.

7. Bradycellus congener.

Geobenus congener, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. York, vol. iv. p. 407’.

Hab. Nortu America, Rocky Mountains !.—Maxico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Labelled B. congener in Morrison’s collection, but I doubt whether it really belongs

to that species.

POLPOCHILA (p. 74).

Polpochila mexicana (p. 75).

Pogonodaptus piceus, Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 179, t. iv. fig. 8 (1881) !.

To the localities given add :—Nortu Amurica, Texas}.

Differs from the other species of the genus in several important points, such as the

grooved forehead and the absence of scutellar striole. The new genus proposed for

it by Dr. Horn ought to be adopted. Its affinities appear to me much nearer to

Polpochila than to Daptus, with which Dr. Horn compares it.

AMARA (p.79).

4, Amara ? |

Hab, Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Probably a Celia, species indeterminable.

ITHYTOLUS (p. 84; to follow the genus Ophryogaster).

Gen, Cyrtolao quodammodo affinis, Mandibule elongate, anguste fere recte. Palpi (precipue articuli

penultimi) valde elongati. Antenne breves, articulis 4°-10™ compressis, ovatis. Elytra prope apicem

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profundissime sinuata. Pedes elongati, tibie antice apice perparum dilatate, tarsi sat robusti plantis

velutino-pilosis, articulo quarto ceteris latitudine equali, emarginato, angulo exteriori paullo longiori.

Mesothoracis episterna brevia.

A remarkable genus, partaking of the characters of both the subfamilies Pterostichine

and Anchomenine. Judging from the form of the parts of the mouth, the pubescent

- goles of the tarsi and the emargination of the broad penultimate joints, I had included

one of the species (I. lobipennis) in the genus Cyrtolaus; but the sharp ridge proceeding

(underneath) from the external margin of the elytra near the apex (causing an appa-

rent break in the margin just below the end of the epipleura) is a feature characteristic

of the Pterostichine, and the genus must therefore be referred to that subfamily, in

which it stands alone in the Colpodes-like form and clothing of the tarsi. The sharp —

submarginal ridge underneath the elytra exists also in Colpodes and Onypterygia, but it

becomes obsolete before reaching the apical margin, instead of rising higher there and

forming, with the margin itself, a narrow groove for the interlocking of the raised edge

of the abdomen, a structure which is universal in the Pterostichine.

The three examples of the genus I have examined appear to be females ; I do not,

therefore, know the form of the anterior tarsi of the male.

1, Ithytolus lobipennis.

Cyrtolaus lobipennis, anté, p. 99.

2. Ithytolus anomalus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 15.)

Elongato-subovatus, nigro-piceus ; palpis, labro et antennis fulvo-rufis, pedibus castaneis; oculis minime pro-

minentibus ; thorace elongato, medio rotundato, antice recte postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis

acutis, margine laterali late depresso postice elevato, basi utrinque medio sulco elongato lineari ; elytris

convexis, basi quam thoracis basi multo latiori, humeris dentatis, apice profundissime sinuatis, angulo

suturali breviter dentato, dorso profunde striato, interstitiis modice convexis tertio unipunctato, stria 1*

basi cum stria 2* conjuncta, striola scutellari obsoleta.

Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé), Orizaba (coll. Bates).

The totally different form of the thorax at once distinguishes this species from

I. lobipennis.

PCECILUS (p. 84). —

1 (4). Pocilus ——?

Hab. Muxico, Ventanas (Forrer).

A single female, possibly a variety of P. mexicanus, but having a more rounded

thorax. |

LOXANDRUS (p. 86).

4. Loxandrus sculptilis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 14.)

L. infimo affinis. Oblongo-parallelogrammicus parum connexus, nigro-piceus; elytris plus minusve opatis ;

palpis, antennis basi (ceteris fuscescenti-rufis) pedibusque fulvo-testaceis (individuis immaturis thorace

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elytrorumque marginibus fulvo-testaceis); foveis frontalibus punctiformibus profundis; thorace quadrato,

versus apicem rotundato-angustato, postice minus angustato nec sinuato, angulis posticis obtusis, basi

sparsim subgrosse punctata, foveis linearibus; elytris apice obtuse conjunctim rotundatis, vix sinuatis,

eleganter punctulato-crenato-striatis, interstitiis planissimis; tarsis posticis bisulcatis.

Long. 3-3} lin. $ Q.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Yolos (Sallé), Las Vigas (Hoge), Acambaro (Flohr); Panama

Tolé (Champion).

This species is more closely allied to LZ. opaculus from the Amazons than to the

Mexican L. infimus. The elytra have the same dull (often opaque even in the male)

lustreless surface in both species; but LZ. opaculus differs conspicuously in the sides of

the thorax being sinuated before the hind angles, and in the latter being slightly salient

and rectangular as in L. infimus.

CALATHUS (p. 91).

Calathus ovipennis (p. 91).

This species differs from the typical Calathi in the prosternal process being without

marginal rim at the apex ; in which it agrees with the genus Pristodactyla.

3. Calathus fuscus.

Calathus fuscus, Fabricius, Syst. El. i. p. 191; Dej. Sp. Gén. Col. iii. p. 71.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé).

One example, without special locality, in the Sallé collection belongs to this common

European species.

4. Calathus —— ?

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés, coll. Sailé).

One example, so nearly resembling the North-American C. gregarius (Say) that 1

hesitate to consider it as more than a slight southern variety of that species; it has

the same peculiar elongate parallel-sided thorax, the margins of which, however, are

distinctly less explanate-reflexed. The colour is the same, except that the thorax

is red.

PLATYNUS (p. 91).

4, Platynus chihuahua, n. sp.

Elongatus, niger, subopacus; antennis tarsisque rufo-piceis; capite gracile ovato, oculis haud prominentibus ‘

thorace ovato angulis posticis omnino rotundatis, anticis sat productis; elytris elongato-ovatis, basi

utringue valde sinuatis humerisque acutis, margine laterali explanato-elevato, apice oblique sinuatis, dorso

sat convexo, acute striatis, interstitiis alutaceis planis, 3° tripunctato.

Long. 54-63 lin. 3 Q.

Hab. Mexico, Chihuahua (Hepburn).

Resembles species of Colpodes allied to C. biovatus, but the fourth tarsal joint, even

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in the fore feet, is not more than emarginate ; and the species belongs therefore to the

Anchomenine group, the very short and broad metathoracic episterna bringing it within

the genus Platynus. The head is more regularly ovate even than in Platynus compla-

natus; the thorax is that of a slender Agonwm.

ANCHOMENUS (p. 93).

1(4). Anchomenus brunneomarginatus.

Anchomenus brunneomarginatus, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. 1848, ii. p. 196".

Hab. Norta America, California 1—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

1 (8). Anchomenus charmis.

A, extensiolli var. elegantulo similis, sed latior, preecipue thorace minus elongato fere sicut in A. encolo (Leconte)

elytrisque grossius striatis, interstitiis convexis; supra sat nitidus, capite thoraceque cyaneis, elytris

cuprascenti-nigris ; antennarum scapo, palpis pedibusque (femoribus a medio ad apicem nigro-fuscis exceptis)

rufo-piceis ; elytris interstitio tertio punctis 6 grossis; tarsis posticis bisulcatis sulcis dorsalibus.

Long. 43 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico, near the city (Flohr). One example only.

1(c). Anchomenus bicoloratus.

Platynus bicoloratus, Harold & Gemminger, Catal. Col. i. p. 368.

Platynus bicolor, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1854, p. 48° (nom. przoccup.).

Hab. NortH America, California !.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Anchomenus extensicollis (p. 93).

To the localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Morrison’s numerous examples belong to a form quite distinct from the Central

Mexican one mentioned at p. 93. They are of a delicate violaceous blue, with the

head and sides of the thorax tending to brassy green; legs and 1-3 or 1-4 joints of

the antenne testaceous red.

1(p). Anchomenus decorus.

Feronia decora, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. ii. p. 58.

Anchomenus decorus, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. iii. p.115; Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. Y. iv. p. 223°.

Hab. Nort America, generally distributed in the United States 1.—MExIco,

Northern Sonora (Morrison).

1 («). Anchomenus texanus.

Platynus texanus, Leconte, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1878, p. 374).

Hab. Norra America, Texas !.—Muxico, Northern Sonora (Morrison), Mexico city

(Flohr).

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Anchomenus cyanopis (p. 94).

To the localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Morrison’s numerous examples are of a clearer blue than those from Mexico city.

He labelled them erroneously as Platynus funebris, Lec.

2 (a). Anchomenus xanthocnemis.

A, meesto affinis, sed thorace magis quadrato, transverso ; supra paullo letius sneus, nitidus; palpis, antennis et

pedibus nigro-piceis, femoribus (apice infuscatis exceptis) trochanteribusque fulvo-rufis ; thorace trans-

versim quadrato, postice perparum angustato, lateribus vix rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusissimis fere

rotundatis, margine haud vel vix perspicue elevato, fovea basali lata, levi; elytris punctato-striatis acute

insculptis, interstitiis sat planis, tertio tripunctato, apice sat profunde et oblique sinuatis ; tarsis 4 posticis

lateraliter sulcatis, supra levibus nitidis.

Long. 4 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico (Sallé). One example only.

Belongs quite to the boreal type of the genus Anchomenus (§ Agonum) ; but it differs

from all Old-World and North-American species known to me.

4 (a). Anchomenus cyclifer.

A. anthracino (Dej.) affinis; differt colore toto nigro subnitido, thorace magis circulari, elytris profundius

striatis interstitiis paullo convexis ; antennarum scapo obscure piceo.

Long. 5 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico, near the city (Flohr).

A. anthracinus varies considerably in the outline of the thorax, which is more or less

rounded on the sides and sometimes nearly circular; there is, however, always conspi-

cuous an elongate fovea on each side of the base, which exists also in A. cyclifer. The

number of punctures on the third elytral interstice also varies from three to five, and

the striz at the apex differ much in their mode of termination ; but the prevailing form

is the continuation of the seventh and eighth to near the sutural angle, which is also

the character of A. cyclifer. The new species differs, nevertheless, conspicuously in the

deeper striee and more convex interstices.

6 (a). Anchomenus placidus.

Feronia placida, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 43 (1823).

Agonum morosum, Deéj. Sp. Gen. Col. iii. p. 145 (1828).

Platynus placidus, Leconte, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. i1. pp. 49, 57.

Hab. Norra America—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

13. Anchomenus ovatulus, n. sp.

A. dominicensi primo intuitu similis, latius ovatus elytrisque subtilius striatis. Nigro-piceus, nitidus, thorace

castaneo, elytris olivaceis, antennis et pedibus testaceo-rufis; capite ovato, oculis minus prominentibus’;

thorace late ovato, fere orbiculari, angulis posticis omnino rotundatis, anticis vix productis, margine

laterali equaliter sat late explanato, levi; elytris breviter ‘oblongo-ovatis apice perparum sinuatis, plica

basali arcuata integra, subtiliter striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio tripunctato; metathoracis episternis

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elongatis, sed latius et postice minus angustatis quam in Agonis ; tarsis tenuibus articulo 4° angusto emar-

ginato, 4 posticis bisulcatis.

Long. 33 lin. @.

Hab. Mexico, Chihuahua (Hepburn).

An Anchomenus belonging to the section Agonwm, but with rather broader and slightly

less elongated metathoracic episterna. The hind angles of the thorax are perfectly

rounded off. Except for the explanated margins the thorax (as also the head)

resembles that of A. maculicollis (Mannerh.), but the species has the shorter ovate

form of A. dominicensis.

14. Anchomenus —— ?

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sallé).

A small species, doubtfully belonging to the genus.

GLYPTOLENUS (p. 98).

4. Glyptolenus latitarsis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 19.)

Castaneus, nitidus ; capite castaneo-rufo, elytris iridescentibus, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque testaceo-fulvis ;

capite ovato sulcis frontalibus profundissimis extus versus oculi marginem continuatis ; thorace subqua-

drato, medio rotundato, versus basin subsinuatim modice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, fere rectis ;

elytris brevibus, oblongo-ovatis, convexis, ad humeros latis, apice vix sinuatis, dorso punctato-striatis,

interstitiis convexis, tertio 3-punctato.

3 tarsis intermediis brevibus et dilatatis, plantis hirsutis nec squamosis, articulis 1°-3™ (sicut in tarsis poste-

rioribus) plurisulcatis.

Long. 33 lin. C.

Hab. Panama, Boquete (Champion). One example only.

The facies of this species is peculiar, and the dilatation of the middle tarsi in the

male rather more pronounced than in G. rugicollis and G. ater, in which it seems to

exist in both sexes.

5. Glyptolenus janthinus.

Anchomenus janthinus, Dejean, Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 721°.

Colpodes janthinus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 357; id. ibid. 1878, p. 381°.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sovrn America, Colombia !, Amazons, South

Brazil } 2.

COLPODES (p. 100).

Colpodes stricticollis (p. 102).

To the localities given add :—Costa Rica (Van Patten).

8 (a). Colpodes nyctimus.

C. transfuge (Chaud.) affinis et similis; differt elytris profunde et acute striatis, interstitiis convexis ; sat

convexus, nigerrimus, nitidus; palpis, antennis tarsisque rufescentibus ; palpis apice fusiformibus parum

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acuminatis ; fronte convexa foveis duabus rotundis impressa ; oculis parum prominentibus, collo sat crasso

transversim depresso ; thorace fere sicut in (. transfuga, subcordato, antice et medio rotundato, ante basin

valde sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis paullo productis acutis sed basi juxta angulos obliquato, basi

utrinque fovea profunda, brevi, marginibus angustis reflexis ; elytris ovatis, convexis, utrinque punctis

tribus discoidalibus parvis sed distinctis ; tarsorum articulo 4° lato sat valde emarginato, posteriorum 4

articulis 1°-3" bisulcatis, sulcis fere dorsalibus.

Long. 63 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Tenancingo (Flohr).

A handsome ebony-black species, with deeply striated, almost sulcated elytra. The

usual dorsal punctures are much smaller than in C. transfuga, and situated in or close

to the strie.

9 (4). Colpodes minimus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 17.)

C. nugaci (neglecto, Chaud.) affinis, sed-differt thorace multo latiore angulisque posticis obtusissimis fere rotun-

datis. AMneo-niger ; palpis, antennis pedibusque (interdum epipleuris) piceo-fulvis ; capite sat late ovato,

oculis parum prominentibus ; antennis relative curtis, robustis; palpis apice angustatis, subacuminatis ;

thorace subovato postice magis quam antice angustato, angulis posticis fere rotundatis ; elytris sat grosse

striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis, 3° tripunctato, apice oblique nec profunde sinuatis ; metathoracis

episternis brevibus et latis; tarsorum articulo 4° lato, emarginato.

Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Mzxico, Jacale (Sailé).

Belongs to the same group as C. mestus, and similar at first sight to C. nugax and

allies. It differs from all these in the form of the thorax, which has very obtuse,

almost obliterated, hind angles.

11 (a). Colpodes petilus.

C. conciso (Bates =anguloso, Chaud.) proxime affinis et similis ; differt statura majore, thorace precipue latiore,

latius cordato, angulis anticis productis, acutis, postice valde sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis acutis,

margine laterali sat late ab apice usque ad basin explanato-reflexo, rufescenti ; palpis, labro, antennis

pedibusque rufis.

Long. 32 lin. (74 millim.).

Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (Hége).

C. concisus, C. suffectus, and C. petilus are so closely allied that one is tempted to

consider them as varieties only of one and the same species. They are of the same

pitchy-brown colour (slightly eneous on the elytra), with pale tawny-red palpi, antenne,

and legs; similar oval head (rather shorter than in C. nugax and simplicior and fuller

behind the eyes) and similar ovate elytra, with fine striz and perfectly fiat interstices.

But the differences in the outline of the thorax are too great for mere varieties, and are

such as we are accustomed to find existing between allied species in this genus; and

notwithstanding that the thorax varies a little in each supposed species, being a little

broader or narrower, with the hind angles more or less acute, it seems better to distin-

guish the three prevailing forms by separate specific names.

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13 (a). Colpodes eudemus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 16.)

C. agili quoad formam et colores similis, sed differt metathoracis episternis brevioribus et postice multo latio-

ribus. Elongato-ovatus, subdepressus, C. agili paullo latior, nigro-piceus; elytris viridi-auratis, politis ;

palpis, antennis, pedibus marginibusque thoracis et elytrorum testaceo-fulvis ; capite ovato, collo supra

depresso, oculis modice prominentibus ; thorace quam in C. agili magis quadrato, postice minus angustato

vix sinuato, angulis rectis, margine laterali sat late explanato-reflexo ; elytris relative curtis, apice sat

profunde et oblique sinuatis, singulatim productis, apice obtuse rotundatis, dorso acute subpunctulato-

striatis, striis prope apicem profundioribus, margine laterali explanato-reflexo; disco tripunctato ; tarsis

posticis utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato, tarsorum 4 anteriorum articulo 4° profundius emarginato,

angulo exteriori producto, articulo 5° haud ciliato.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).

Though belonging to a different section, resembles C. agilis in the shorter and

broader form of the metathoracic episterna, which, however, are not so short as in

C. nugax (neglectus, Chaud.), to which species it is otherwise allied.

41 (a). Colpodes epilissus.

C. metallico affinis, sed metathoracis episternis multo latioribus; quoad formam et colores C. rutilanti similior,

sed episternis longioribus. Elongato-ovatus, sat convexus, niger, nitidus; elytris purpureo-cupreis,

leevissimis ; oculis modice convexis ; thorace fere sicut in C. metallico, sed latiori, medio rotundato, antice

usque ad collum angustato, post medium breviter sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris fere

sicut in C. rutilante ovatis, apud humeros paullo minus obliquatis, apice singulatim subtriangulariter

productis, dorso fere levi, striis subobsoletis sed punctis discoidalibus 3 magnis; punctis marginalibus

magnis ocellatis cum alteris parvis versus apicem intermixtis ; tarsis posticis bisulcatis, articulo 4° anguste

bilobato, 4 posticis lobo exteriori elongato.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

According to the length of the metathoracic episterna this species would be placed

in Section II. (“‘ Episterna postica latitudine parum longiora”) of Chaudoir’s Mono-

graph. It bears some resemblance, in fact, to some species in that section, such as

C.rutilans, C. grandicollis, &c., but it differs from them in the three discoidal punctures

of the elytra being large and conspicuous, and in the hind angles of the thorax being

produced. In these characters it more nearly resembles the species allied to C. metal-

licus, in which, however, the metathoracic episterna are long and much narrowed behind.

The striation of the elytra varies; in some examples there are distinct rows of small

punctures (not impressed in strie), but in others the elytra are almost as smooth as

in C. rutilans. The species appears not to have been described by Chaudoir.

57 (a). Colpodes lucilius.

Elongatus, gracilis, cyaneo-niger, politus; elytris lete viridi-cwruleis, splendidis ; thorace angusto, elongato,

lateribus parum rotundatis, postice vix angustato, angulis posticis obtusissimis fere rotundatis, margine

laterali angusto, dorso subtiliter transversim striguloso ; elytris subtiliter sed acute striatis versus basin

lateraque posteriora areis depressis, apice oblique valde sinuatis, singulatim sat productis, interstitiis

planissimis, 3 co nspicue tripunctato ; antennis fuscis, articulis 3 basalibus rufis; tibiis tarsisque obscure

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piceo-rufis ; pedibus gracilibus; tarsorum omnium articulo 4° emarginato, posteriorum articulo 5° ciliato,

articulis 1°-3" bisulcatis ; metathoracis episternis elongatis, angustis.

Long. 5 lin. 9.

Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé). One example.

Resembles C. cwruleus in tarsal structure and in form, excepting that the elytra are

less oval, or more oblong and broader, and the antenne relatively much shorter. The

colour of the elytra is a more brilliant greenish blue, and the thorax, though very

similar in its ovate outline, has much narrower lateral margins. It was named

C. chaudoiri (Coq.) in the Sallé collection, evidently by mistake, as that species is

smaller, and has produced hind angles to the thorax, besides being of dark shining

bronze colour.

94 (a). Colpodes cleanthes.

C. atrato (Chaud.) affinis ; differt capite minori elytrisque cuprascenti-eneis, nitidis etc. Parum convexus, nigro-

piceus, nitidus; antennis, palpis, pedibus margineque thoracis rufioribus; thorace fere sicut in C. atrato

quadrato-cordato, angulis posticis fere rectis, margine laterali explanato-reflexo rufo ; elytris eneis certo

situ cupreo-micantibus, parum convexis, apice sat profunde sinuatis, apud suturam parum productis, apice

ipso subtruncatis, dorso punctulato-striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planissimis, punctis 3 dorsalibus

sat conspicuis; tarsorum omnium articulo 4° emarginato, angulo exteriori paullo elongato.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten).

Of similar form to C. atratus, but head smaller and coloration very different. Still

more nearly allied to C. zwnilensis, with which it accords in colour, but not in the form

of the thorax, the latter being much broader and with more produced hind angles.

96 (a). Colpodes viridans.

C. cyanonoto et C. chontalenst proxime affinis, sed gracilior, thorace preecipue angustiore et multo minus rotun-

dato; coloreque differt, elytris saturate viridi-zeneis, politissimis. Gracilius oblongo-ovatus, subtus nigro-

chalybeus, capite thoraceque nigris viridi-eneo tinctis, elytris viridi-eneis ; thorace subquadrato, antice

multo magis quam postice angustato, medio parum rotundato, lateribus ante basin sinuatis, angulis posticis

exstantibus acutis ; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planissimis, punctis

tribus discoidalibus conspicuis, apice singulatim subtriangulariter productis; tarsis sicut in C. cyanonoto

et affinibus.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A distinct species of the C. cyanonotus group, distinguished by its slender form (more

slender than C. cyanellus) and the scarcely arcuated sides of the thorax, the form of

the latter otherwise being nearly the same as in C. cyanonotus. The colour is metallic

throughout above and beneath, and the elytra are greener in tint than in C. chonta-

lensis (which is bluish green), highly polished, and with brassy, almost golden, reflections

posteriorly.

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Colpodes cyanostolus (p. 122).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Colpodes princeps (p. 124).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Colpodes chrysopterus (p. 124).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

107 (a). Colpodes rufulus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 18.)

C. bicolori (Chaud.) proxime affinis, sed differt statura minori, thorace multo breviori elytrisque violaceo-nigris

rufo translucentibus, basi et marginibus rufis. Omnino testaceo-rufus, elytris violaceo-nigris exceptis ;

thorace transverso, medio subangulatim dilatato, postice haud magis quam antice angustato, angulis

posticis obtusis, lateribus ante angula haud sinuatis ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis sat convexis.

Long. 3% lin.

Hab, Guatemaua, Tocoy (Champion).

One example only.

135 (a). Colpodes ;

Hab. Mexico, Chiapas (Saldé).

ONYPTERYGIA (p. 130).

11 (a). Onypterygia valdestriata, n. sp.

O. cyanee affinis, sed differt thorace fere quadrato elytrisque acute et forte striato-punctatis.

subcyaneo-viridia, elytris ceruleo-violaceis nitidis nec alutaceis; antennis piceo-nigris, articulis a 3° basi

rufis; thorace relative angusto, lateribus parum rotundatis angulis posticis rectis; elytris apice oblique

Caput et thorax

sinuatis, versus suturam rotundatis.

Long. 5 lin. ¢.

Hab. Mexico, Chihuahua (Hepburn).

One example only.

17. Onypterygia rubida.

O. famini proxime affinis ; minor, rufo-testacea; elytris viridi-eeneis rufo-translucentibus ; capite convexo, collo |

depresso ; thorace subovato postice paullo et recte angustato, angulis anticis depressis valde rotundatis,

posticis obtusis nullo modo exstantibus, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo, basi fovea lata utrinque

levi; elytris apice singulatim minus productis, obtuse rotundatis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis convexis ;

unguibus brevius 5-denticulatis.

Long. 4 lin. 6.

Hab. Mexico, Patzcuaro (Flohr). One example.

Distinct from all other species by its colours, shining rusty red on the upper surface

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of its head and thorax, paler red on under surface and limbs, and brilliant light brassy

green on the elytra, where the reddish ground-colour shines through the metallic

surface.

TACHYTA (p. 137).

Tachyta autumnalis (p. 137).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

4, Tachyta ——.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

A single example of a distinct species, apparently belonging to this genus; but the

antenne being defective, it cannot be placed with certainty.

LYMNASTIS (p. 138; to follow the genus Tachyta).

Lymnastis, Motschulsky, Etud. Entom. xi. 1862, p.27; Chaudoir, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 21.

A genus of small, sublinear, flattened insects closely allied to Tachys, but distin-

guished by the head being sunk in the thorax as far as the eyes. Species are known

from North, Temperate, and Tropical America, Egypt, and India.

The following species differs in the eyes being distant from the thorax, owing to the

length and width of the posterior part of the head; but the anterior angles of the

thorax embrace closely the sides of the neck, and the species resembles Lymnastis in

general form.

1. Lymnastis capito.

Oblongus, depressus, pallide testaceus; capite magno, post oculos prominentes et conspicuos, lato, parallelo ;

thorace cordato; elytris obsolete striatis.

Long. 1 millim.

Hab. Guatemaua, San Gerdnimo (Champion).

TACHYS (p. 138).

Tachys diploharpinus (p. 138).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Tachys chiriquinus (p. 139).

To the localities given add:—Panama, San Miguel, Pearl Islands (Champion).

A dwarfed form, measuring only | lin.

4(a). Tachys monostictus.

Tachys monostictus, Bates, Entom. Month]. Mag. viii. p. 11 (1871) *.

Hab. Panama, Peta Blanca (Champion).—Sovutn America, Amazons 1.

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Tachys castaneicolor (p. 139).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

4(s). Tachys limbatellus.

T. corusco magis elongatus, subdepressus, fulvo-testaceus ; capite elytrorumque sutura et marginibus fuligineo-

fuscis; palpis, labro et pedibus pallide testaceis, antennis plus minusve infuscatis; thorace parum trans-

verso, postice sat angustato, angulis posticis valde obtusis nullo modo prominentibus ; elytris (stria suturali

excepta) vage 2- vel 3-striatis (striis exterioribus curvatis).

Long. 13 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

More elongated and parallel-sided and flatter than T. coruscus, T. monostictus,

T. chiriquinus, and allies, approaching in these respects T. scutellaris. The colour is

rather dingy pale testaceous, with the greater part of the head, the suture, and external

borders of the elytra sooty brown, and the dusky colour being ill-defined. The elytra

have an opalescent silky gloss, not so strong as in 7. coruscus; and the shallow strie,

two to three or four on each side of the sharp sutural strie, have an appearance as

though converging inwards towards the base.

4(c). Tachys diminutus.

Tachys diminutus, Bates, Entom. Monthl. Mag. viii. p. 11 (1871) *.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sovuta America, Amazons }.

Much smaller than 7. coruscus, and further distinguished by the hind angles of the

thorax being salient. In my original description I mentioned only one, the sutural,

stria as being distinct; this does not reach the base, and there are faint indications of

two or more other much abbreviated striz, which are rather more conspicuous in the

Panama than in the Amazons examples.

4 (p). Tachys vorax.

Tachys voraxz, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 194’.

Hab. Nortu America, Rivers Gila and Colorado 1.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Mor-

rison).

19a). Tachys insularum.

T. amplicoll affinis ; paullo minor, sat convexus, rufo-testaceus ; antennis, basi pedibusque pallidioribus ; thorace

valde transverso, antice rotundato-ampliato, postice sat angustato, sinuato, angulis rectis ; elytris ovatis,

stria suturali basin attingenti, 2* profunde impressa, 3* minus distincta et multo abbreviata; punctis

setiferis utrinque duobus discoidalibus, striola recurva, curta.

Long. $ lin.

Hab. Panama, San Miguel, Pearl Islands (Champion).

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Distinguished from 7. amplicollis by its smaller size and the distinctly impressed,

though abbreviated, second and third strie.. From T. jansoni it differs in the much

broader thorax and the simple or very faintly punctured second and third striee.

Tachys jansoni (p. 143).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

24 (a). Tachys duplex.

T. cribellato proxime affinis. Castaneo-fuscus (capite thoraceque interdum rufioribus) supra subseneo tinctus,

macula indistincta humerali elytrorumque margine plus minusve rufo-castaneis; palpis, antennis pedibusque

fulvo-testaceis ; thorace sat late transverso, antice valde rotundato, postice sinuato-angustato, angulis

posticis rectis, sulco basali recto, punctulato-crenulato, prope angulum carinula obtusa obliqua; elytris

utrinque striis punctatis quinque, 5? laterali valde abbreviata, suturali versus apicem tantum acute im-

pressa ibique impunctata.

Long. 1 lin.

Hab. GuateMaLa, San Gerénimo (Champion).

Rather larger and broader than 7. tmmaculatus; the fifth stria much shorter, termi-

nating at about one third the length of the elytra, whilst in 7. «mmaculatus it extends

beyond the middle, and is not perceptibly shorter than the fourth.

24 (s). Tachys immaculatus. .

Pericompsus immaculatus, Bates, Entom. Monthl. Mag. vii. p. 2461.

Var. Capite elytrisque cum plaga communi discoidale enescenti-fuscis.

Hab. PanaMA, near the city (Champion).—Soutn America, Amazons }.

This species will be better placed in Tachys than in Pericompsus, owing to the total

absence of the sixth elytral stria, which is the only structural character of the latter

genus. With 7. duplex, T. cribellatus, and the following (TZ. gracilior) it forms a

section of Tachys which approaches Pericompsus not only in the number of the strie,

but in these being all, including the sutural (except near the apex), equally incised.

In Tachys (typical) the sutural stria is distinguished from the rest (except always, of

course, the marginal) in being more acutely impressed.

24 (c). Tachys gracilior.

Pericompso ephippiato (Say) quoad formam simillimus ; differt elytris 5 striatis, striis conspicue punctatis,

haud impressis: rufo-testaceus, elytris utrinque pone medium macula vaga angulari rufo-fusca apiceque

flavo-testaceis.

Long. 14 lin.

Hab. Mzxico, Yantepec (Flohr).

Differs from the other 5-striated Tachys by its more slender form, in which it

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resembles Pericompsus ephippiatus. The thorax is rather narrowly cordate, more

sinuated behind than in P. ephippiatus ; the elytral strie are not impressed, but form

five rows of rather large punctures.

PERICOMPSUS (p. 143).

5. Pericompsus quadrillum.

P, stictico quam proxime affinis; sed differt maculis flavis elytrorum majoribus, precipue prima a margine

usque ad striam quartam extensa. Paullo longior, viridi-sneus, antennis fuscis, articulis 1°-3" pedibusque

flavo-testaceis, elytris utrinque maculis duabus flavis, prima ut supra descripta, secunda ante apicem trans-

versa paullo obliqua.

Long. 1} lin.

Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé).

One example only.

6. Pericompsus histrionellus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 20.)

Quam P. ephippiatus brevius ovatus; fulvo-testaceus, thoracis disco utrinque plaga fusca, elytris nigro-fuscis

macula ovata basali prope suturam, altera longiori basali juxta marginem fasciaque abbreviata (vel macula

ovali transversa) paullo ante apicem, fulvo- vel flavo-testaceis; thorace cordato angulis posticis acutis,

sulco basali crenato-punctato, elytris ovatis convexis, striis punctatis integris sex.

Long. 1 lin.

Hab. Panama, Los Remedios (Champion).

7. Pericompsus sellatus.

’ Pericompsus sellatus, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 191’.

Hab. Norvu America, Colorado River —Muxico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

XYSTOSOMUS (p. 146).

4, Xystosomus ampliatus.

X. belti affinis ; differt thorace post angulos anticos magis rotundato-dilatato, lateribusque latius explanato-

reflexis, rufis, Ovatus, supra purpurascenti-fuscus, subopalescens, antennis dimidio basali (ceteris fuscis)

thoracis marginibus pedibusque rufo-testaceis; elytris multo grossius punctato-striatis, stria 7% minus

profunde impressa.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

Distinguishable from YX. delti at first sight by its dark purplish-brown colour and

somewhat larger size. The broader reflexed margins and the anteriorly more rounded

thorax seem to be good specific characters.

BEMBIDIUM (p. 147).

1(4). Bembidium cyclodes.

B. spherodero proxime affine, sed differt elytris multo minus convexis, subtiliter striato-punctatis, macula

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indistincta humerali alteraque majori obliqua ante apicem rufis; antennis palpisque fusco-nigris, illis

articulis 1-3" rufis ; pedibus flavo-testaceis, femoribus, tibiis apice tarsisque infuscatis.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (fHége).

Similar in form to B. spheroderum and in the glossy bronzed black colour; but the

elytra are flattened above, and have much finer rows of punctures, the sutural one alone

reaching to the apex, gradually becoming an impressed stria, the others (four on each

elytron) being much abbreviated ; the last only half the length of the elytron. The

head is broad, with large and prominent eyes, and the forehead has two impressed lines

near each eye, enclosing a setiferous puncture. The thorax approaches a circular form,

but is muck broader than long.

1(s). Bembidium poculare.

B. cyclodi simile, sed differt palpis, pedibus antennarumque articulis 4 pallide rufis ; supra planatum viridi-

eneo-nigrum, elytris grossius punctato-striatis utrinque macula magna curvata subhumerali, altera sub-

ovata ante apicem, rufo-testaceis.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Mexico (Flohr).

The red humeral spot begins at the base, and occupies for a considerable length the

sixth and seventh interstices; at its end it passes to the fifth interstice, on which it

forms a small spot. The eyes seem larger and more prominent than in B. cyclodes,

and are much larger than in B. spheroderum.

4(a). Bembidium flavopictum.

Bembidium flavopictum, Motschulsky, Kif. Russ. p. 13 (1850).

Bembidium pictum, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. iv. p. 461 (1848) (nec B. pictum, Falderm. 1885).

Hab. Norra America, California, Texas.—MeExtico, Northern Sonora (Morrison), San

Pedro Coahuila (Dr. Palmer).

Bembidium vernale (p. 149).

Var. Antennarum articulo primo solum rufo, elytrorumque striis exterioribus longe ultra medium prolongatis

sed fere obsoletis.

Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).

The variety differs from the Mexican type-form only in the unimportant points

above mentioned. Mr. Champion’s fresh specimens, however, show a brighter bluish-

green colour. With its polished uniform metallic coloration and clear reddish legs it

makes a handsome species, distinguishable at once from B. mexicanum both in colour

and its smaller size.

8(a). Bembidium satellites.

B. vernali proxime affine, sed differt elytris antice gradatim angustatis (haud oblongis) multo profundius

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punctato-striatis, striaque 7* conspicua; coloribus autem corpore supra eneo- vel olivaceo-nigro, nitido,

antennis obscure rufis, articulis 1°-3™ et palpis clare rufis ; capite thoraceque ut in B. vernal.

Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).

Apparently found in company with B. vernale. It much resembles the European

(and British) B. affine, and is barely distinct from it as a species.

Bembidium mexicanum (p. 148).

To the Mexican localities given add :—Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Many examples (labelled Bembidium, n. sp.) from Morrison, precisely similar to the

bluish form of this species from the ‘ tierra templada’ of Mexico.

Bembidium scintillans (p. 150).

To the localities given add: — NortH America, Arizona (Morrison). — MEXxico,

Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Morrison’s specimens (labelled Bembidiwm, n. sp.) differ from Central and South

Mexican ones by the strie being a little less impressed for a short distance near the

apex, and free from punctures for about a fifth of their length from the apex; in

typical examples the punctuation of the striz continues distinctly further towards the

apex. The difference is scarcely worthy of a name as a local form.

ANCHONODERUS (p. 152).

1(a). Anchonoderus myops.

Anchonoderus myops, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 39°.

Var. A. duplicatus. Differt a typo solum macula parva flava prope humerum. (An A. reichei, Putzeys,

Mitth. Miinchener ent. Vereins, ii. p. 57 ?)

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Sovutu AMERICA, Colombia?.

A. myops, according to Reiche’s diagnosis, differs from A. binotatus in its somewhat

larger size and its wider thorax (“thorax capite paullo latior”), A. dinotatus having

“thorax capite vix latior.” These features distinguish the numerous series taken by

Mr. Champion at Bugaba. The additional red spot near the shoulder is not accompanied

by any other difference, and I doubt if the variety be A. retchei, Putzeys, from Colombia,

as he says the thorax is shorter and “ plus brusquement rétréci avant les angles de la

base.” There is no difference in the form of the thorax from A. myops.

3 (a). Anchonoderus infirmus.

A, subaneo affinis, at minor graciliorque, elytris subtilissime punctulatis, Castaneo-rufus, capite thoraceque

obscurioribus eenescentibus, antennarum dimidio basali, partibus oris pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; palpis

apice gradatim acuminatis; capite politissimo impunctato; oculis parum prominentibus; thorace quam

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caput paullo angustiori, anguste cordato, prope basin profunde sinuato, angulis posticis subacutis, dorso

obsolete ruguloso ; elytris subdepressis apice obtuse truncatis, acute (vix punctulatim) striatis, interstitiis

planis, minute et crebre punctulatis.

Long. 22 lin.

Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).

A very distinct species, of slender form and fine but close punctuation of the elytra.

LACHNOPHORUS (p. 153).

Lachnophorus guttulatus (p. 153).

This species is apparently very closely allied to LZ. angusticollis, Putzeys (Mitth.

Miinchen. ent. Ver. ii. (1878) p. 55) from Medellin, Colombia; agreeing in the

markings of the elytra, but differing in the dark piceous colour of the legs (“ testaceis ”

in Putzey’s description), the nearly smooth thorax (not “‘crebre punctatus”), and the

very deeply incised elytral strize (far from the “striato-punctata” of the description

referred to). My. Champion took a large series of the species at Bugaba.

Lachnophorus pictipennis (p. 154).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Tolé (Champion).

EUPHORTICUS (p. 156).

2 (a). Euphorticus lucidus.

Eu. pubescenti brevior et latior. Supra lete subaurato-eneus, elytris purpurascenti-fuscis eneo-tinctis,

utrinque plagis duabus obscure rufis, prima subhumerali plus minusve late virguliformi, secunda ante

apicem fasciam arcuatam (a stria 24 usque ad striam 8™ extensa) formanti; palpis antennisque fusco-

testaceis, his articulis 1°-5™ pedibusque fulvo-testaceis; capite lato, vertice utrinque sparsim grosse punctato ;

oculis magnis ; thorace breviter rotundato-cordato, juxta basin constricto angulis posticis rectis, dorso

grosse ruguloso sed polito ; elytris acute striatis, stris usque ultra medium grosse punctatis, interstitiis

uniseriatim punctatis hic illic rugulosis.

Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba, David, Tolé (Champion).

Very closely allied to E. guadrinotatus (Bates) from Rio de Janeiro; differing in its

much brighter coloration and the form of the red spots on the elytra.

CASNONIA (p. 160).

1 (a). Casnonia pennsylvanica.

Attelabus pennsylvanicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 620.

Casnonia pennsylvanica, De}. Sp. Gen. Col. i. p. 170°.

Hab. Norra America 4, widely distributed in the United States.—Mexico, Northern

Sonora (Morrison).

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2(a). Casnonia lineolata. (Tab. XIII. fig. 23.)

C. cyanescenti (Chaud.) affinis, quoad formam simillima, sed differt inter alia elytris utrinque plagis duabus ex

lineolis formatis albo-testaceis, prima ante medium extus versus humerum obliquata interstitia 4"-8™,

secunda transversa ante apicem interstitia 5"-8™, occupanti. Nigra, nitida; antennis et pedibus piceo-

fuscis, illarum articulis 1°-4™ fulvis, 8°-9™ albis, femoribus basi, tibiis annulo lato, tarsisque partim,

testaceo-albis ; capite post oculos elongato, recte triangulariimpunctato ; thorace elongato-angusto, versus

medium perparum dilatato, supra transversim haud acute striolato ; elytris elongato-oblongis, apice extus

breviter dentatis, supra utrinque areis duabus depressis, punctato-striatis, striis apud areas depressas

profundis ibique interstitiis convexis ; interstitiis 3° et 5° seriatim punctatis.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba, David (Champion).

CALOPH/AENA (p. 168).

Calophena bicincta (p. 163).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

GALERITA (p. 164).

1(a). Galerita mustelina.

G. jelskyt (Chaudoir) proxime affinis et similis, sed differt occipite sparsim punctato fere levi. Elongata,

angusta, nigra, opaca (capite thoraceque subnitidis), tarsis rufo-piceis; capite(¢) quam in G. jelskyi (¢)

(preecipue spatio inter oculos) conspicue latiori, pone oculos vix prominentes curto, rotundato, convexo,

fronte ruguloso-punctato, occipite fere levi nitido; thorace elongato angusto, antice gradatim modice

angustato, crebre punctulato; elytris sicut in G. jelsky? elongatis, versus basin angustatis, humeris nullis,

costis et costulis geminatis modice elevatis.

Long. 9 lin. 3.

Hab. Costa Rica (coll. Bates).

I have had this species for many years in my collection among a series of G. jelskyt

from Ecuador. It is apparently closely allied to G. stenodera (Chaud.) from South

Brazil, but with narrower or less ovate elytra.

1(8). Galerita championi.

G. musteline affinis ; differt capite post oculos multo longiori, semiovali. Elongato-angusta, nigra, subopaca ;

tarsis fulvo-piceis; capite (¢) ovato, oculis parvis parum prominentibus, post oculos minus convexo,

passim grosse, sed haud profunde, crebre punctato; thorace adhuc magis elongato; elytris sicut in

G. jelskyz elongatis, antice gradatim usque ad basin angustatis, humeris nullis, costis et costulis geminatis

acutius elevatis.

Long. 10 lin. 3.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).

One example only.

6(a). Galerita americana.

Carabus americanus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 671.

Galerita geniculata, De}. Sp. Gén. Col. v. p. 297°.

Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—West Indies!. SourH AMERICA,

Cayennel.

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DIAPHORUS (p. 166).

1(4). Diaphorus elegans. (Tab. XIII. fig. 21.)

Diaphorus elegans, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1862, iv. p. 317°.

Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion).—Soutn America, Amazons}, Sta. Catharina,

S. Brazil.

BRACHINUS (p. 169).

13 (a). Brachinus ——?

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer).

A large species, which, in the present confused state of the literature relating to the

allied North-American species, it is not possible to determine.

14. Brachinus fidelis.

Brachinus fidelis, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1862, p. 524’.

Hab. Norta America, New Mexico, Arizona, Lower California!.—Mexico, Northern

Sonora (Morrison).

15. Brachinus hirsutus, n. sp.

Quoad formam B. mexicano simillimus, sed differt corpore supra (precipue thorace) longe et dense pubescenti.

Testaceo-rufus, antennis concoloribus, abdominis margine atro-fusco, elytris olivaceis sutura et costis 1°—4"

solum distincte et acute elevatis; thorace sicut in B. mexicano lato et postice valde constricto sed

subopaco.

Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Hepburn).

TETRAGONODERUS (p. 171).

Tetragonoderus mexicanus (p. 173).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Tolé (Champion).

MASOREUS (p. 174).

Masoreus piceolus (p. 175).

To the localities given add :—Panama, Tolé (Champion).

PHLCOXENA (p. 176).

Phicoxena graphiptera (p. 177).

Var. 6. (Ph. limbicollis). Thoracis limbo lato laterali fulvo.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

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COPTODERA (p. 180).

14. Coptodera robusta.

Oblonga, nitida, nigra ; elytris enescentibus ; palpis, labro, antennis et tarsis piceo-rufis ; labro sat brevi apice

late triangulariter exciso ; thorace transversim quadrato, medio sat rotundato, ante basin. sinuato parum

angustato, angulis posticis rectis, lateribus alte reflexis sulco marginali ruguloso ; elytris oblongo-quadratis,

apice sinuato-truncatis angulis rotundatis, profunde striatis, striis inconspicue punctatis, subcrenatis,

interstitiis fere planis, tertio tripunctato, puncto primo prope basin, tertio prope apicem, sito.

Long. 5j lin. 9.

Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten).

A remarkable species, differing from all other known Coptodera in the rather shor,

triangularly excised labrum. In this respect it approaches Mycteis, from which it again

differs in the robust tooth in the emargination of the mentum, a character of Coptodera.

I have seen one female example only.

PINACODERA (p. 187).

6. Pinacodera punctigera.

Cyminds punctigera, Leconte, Ann. Lyceum N. York, v. p. 178°.

Pinacodera punctigera, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1875, p. 4.

Hab. Nortu America, R. Colorado and Gila !.—Mexico, N. Sonora (Morrison).

7. Pinacodera —— ?

Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugeés, coll. Sallé).

A single example, much resembling North-American species allied to P. platycollis.

CYMINDIS (p. 188).

2. Cymindis laticollis.

Cymindis laticolis, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soe. iv. p. 413; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. x. p. 150

(1882),

Hab. Nort America, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico 1.—Mexico, Northern Sonora

(Morrison).

3. Cymindis uniseriata.

C. planipenni (Lec.) affinis, sed elytris absque macula humerali, interstiisque punctorum unica serie. Paullo

latior et magis depressa, nitida parce setosa, piceo-nigra, nullomodo metallica; antennis, palpis, pedibus,

thoracis et elytrorum marginibus epipleurisque pectorisque medio ferrugineo-rufis; capite et thorace sicut

in C. planipennt, sed paullo parcius punctatis ; elytris versus basin sat angustatis, acute punctato-striatis,

apice sinuato-truncatis.

Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Hepburn).

The interstitial punctures are larger than usual in this section of Cymindis and are

in a single row, as in C. elegans, Lec.

ADEPHAGA. 297

APENES (p. 188).

11. Apenes calligramma. (Tab. XTII. fig. 22.)

Parva, gracilis, parum nitida, castaneo-fusca ; capite fere nigro ; palpis, antennis, pedibus elytrorumque signaturis

fulvis ; capite ovato, post oculos rotundato-tumido, supra crebre haud profunde striguloso ; thorace cordato-

quadrato angusto, ante basin sinuato, angulis posticis fere rectis, lobo basali perparum producto, supra

subtiliter confuse striguloso vel coriaceo; elytris elongato-oblongis (postice parum dilatatis), apice sinuatis,

macula humerali lineolam apud interstitium 6™ emittente, fascia valde arcuata (ab humero usque fere

ad medium curvata, deinde per interstitium 2™ usque ad basin recurvata), fasciola maculari ante apicem

(interstitia 5"-8™ occupante), macula apicali marginibusque angustis, fulvis.

Long. 22 lin.

Hab. Panama (Champion).

12. Apenes nebulosa.

Apenes nebulosa, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1866, p. 364; Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.

x. 1882, p. 158°.

Hab. Nortn America, Arizona, Lower California!.—Mexico, Northern Sonora

(Morrison).

APRISTUS (p. 191).

Apristus tropicalis (p. 191).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Bugaba, Tolé (Champion).

Three examples taken by Mr. Champion differ from A. meaicanus and A. longulus

pretty nearly as required by Motschulsky’s description, and in accordance with the

observations in my remarks on the species. It can, however, scarcely be specifically

different from A. mexicanus.

PLOCHIONUS (p. 197).

Plochionus pallens (p. 198).

M. Sallé informs me that P. valens, Leconte (New Species Col. i. p. 5), from Penn-

sylvania, is to be added to the synonymy of this species.

ONOTA (p. 198).

2. Onota fulvella. (Tab. XIII. fig. 25.)

O. angulicolli affinis, sed differt statura majore, colore toto testaceo-rufo, vitta laterali viridi-enea excepta, ab

humeris usque ad elytrorum dimidium extensa, interstitia 8"-9" occupante ; capite et thorace sicut in

0. angulicolli; elytris relative longioribus, elongato-oblongis, striis profundius impressis yix conspicue

punctulatis, interstitiis sat convexis.

Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

PHILOPHEUGA (p. 202).

Philopheuga viridicollis (p. 202).

Var. Violascenti-cyanea.

Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

BIOL. GENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, August 1884. 2 qq

298 SUPPLEMENT.

Numerous examples, agreeing with Texan specimens of P. viridicollis, Lec., in form

and in the possession of wings, but differing in their constant dark blue colour with

violet reflections, especially on the elytra. Similar specimens, rather more finely

punctured, occur near Mexico city and at Las Vigas.

CALLEIDA (p. 203).

1 (a). Calleida platynoides.

Callida platynoides, Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. x. p. 1387 (1882)’.

Hab. North America, California and S.W. Utah.—Mexico, Northern Sonora

(Morrison).

27(a). Calleida tinctipes. (Tab. XIII. fig. 24.)

Elongato-oblonga, rufa, nitida; palpis, antennis (scapo basi excepto), femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsis, sutura

anguste margineque apicali elytrorum nigerrimis; capite levi; thorace fere sicut in C. metallica sed

lateribus late explanato-reflexis, et superficie tota transversim rugulosa; elytris profunde striatis, inter-

stitiis convexis, tertio punctis magnis duobus, primo versus basin, secundo versus apicem sito.

Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Panama, Tolé (Champion).

There is one example only of this strangely coloured and distinct species.

LOXOPEZA (p. 218).

11 (a). Loxopeza atriceps.

Lebia atriceps, Leconte, New Spec. Col. 1863, p. 5°.

Hab. Nortu America, Nebraska !.—Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

METABOLA (p. 221).

2. Metabola vivida, n. sp.

Lete fulvo-rufa; capite, elytrorum margine basali (circa scutellum ampliato) et fascia latissima ante apicem

viridi-cyaneis ; antennis nigris, basi et apice rufescentibus ; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi tibiisque extus

flavo-testaceis ; capite grosse passim punctato; thorace ruguloso et minus grosse sparsim punctato; elytris

sat acute punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis punctulatis.

Long. 6 millim.

Hab. Nortu America, Arizona——Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison).

Agrees with Metabola rufopyga in all the characters in which that species differs

from the true Lebiew, except that the palpi are not so broadly truncated and the

antenne not so stout. The thorax has more distinctly explanated and reflexed lateral

margins, and is much more finely punctured ; the head, on the contrary, is rather more

coarsely punctured, and the elytral striz more deeply impressed. ‘The species connects

Metabola with Lebia. Dr. Horn informs me that this species is new to him, and I

infer that it has not been described.

ADEPHAGA. 299

LEBIA (p. 222).

Lebia corcula (p. 236).

To the localities given add:—Panama, Bugaba (Champion).

The Panama examples are a little smaller (12 lin.) than those from Chontales.

66 (a). Lebia ——?

Hab. Mexico, Guajuco, Nuevo Leon (Dr. Palmer).

A single specimen in very bad condition of a species apparently very near Diancho-

mena leptodera, Chaudoir.

AGRA (p. 249).

31. Agra truquii.

Agra truquiit, Chaud. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. 98.

Hab. Mexico.

I am indebted to M. Sallé for pointing out that [ had omitted this species. It is

possibly from South Brazil, where Truqui (who is said to have taken it in Mexico) also

formed a collection.

2 qq 2

INDEX.

- [Names in small capitals refer to Families &c.; those in roman type to the chief reference to each species included in the work ;

those in italics to species incidentally mentioned, synonyms, &c. ]

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ABARIS oo... cece eee eee eees BE | AGIA Loc cece eee 159 Agra panamensis ............ 262

ABATIS. ccc cece eens 86 OT 252, 258 PANUMENSIS woe. ceveeeee 253

eequinoctialis .......... 86 r=) 1:10) Fr 246 —— purpurea ............4. 251

bigenera ..........008. 86 auronitens......... 0008: 252 PUIPUTCH vocececeverece 252

—— prcipes ....... eee reese 85 AUPONULENS Woe eee eee eee ee 253 regularis ..........000. 248

StIIOLALA. Lo ee ees 85 Brevicornis.. ccc eeecees 249 resplendens ............ 248

ADATYS coc e cies ence een enes 85 | ———castaneipes ..........4. 246 resplendens ....seeseeee 247

@quinoctialis....... 6400. 86 castanetpes ...seveeeeee 247 PUPFESCENS .iceecesvcenes 254

AbrOpus occ c ccc ccecenvevves 100 championi............4. 253 TUPIPCS ie cecevvcveees . 245

SEMUPUFUS 666. vec ceees 128 —— chlorocera .....ceccveees 249 rufiventris............45 248

ACINOPUS wo. cece cece eens 73, 275 —— chrysopteryx .......... 251 TUPVENEIIS. occ ceeeeees 249

Acupalpus .iccccecsevees 70,183 | —— cytherea............ 250, 251 rufo-zenea ......... 0000s 253

ctrcumdatus ....... eee. 72 —— dimidiata .............. 253 rugoso-striata .......... 254

JOR. ccc ewes 72 dominula wo... cece cceees 246 rutilipennts ......ecc00% 251

—— lugubris occ. cece ce ces 71 elaind .... ec eee e ee eee 250 | —— semifulva .............. 249

MIUSCUUS Wi ce ceeccnveeee 71 eurypelma...........0.. 245 soccata ........... eee 247

ODESUS. 6. cece eee eee 71 CUTYPELMA. .occvvvcreaes 246 truquil .............00. 299

obsoletus .... cee eee eee 71 fada ..... ee cee eee eee ee 248 -VATIANS . 1.64. eee ee ees 251

-—— rotundicollis ..........4. 71 Jada Licicvevcccccueees 249 virgata wo... eee eee eee 254

ADEPHAGA wiv ece ec cceeees 1 femorata wivcccsesccues 250 AGTIMGA Coc ciccccccccueceues 245

ADRIMUS ......e ee cece eee 87 fulvicauda............6. 249 | AGRINA......... cee cece eee 245

Adrimus......... beeen eee eee 88 GEMMALA Lecivevceeceee 246 ALLOTRIOPUS ..........000. 81

CLEPEPUS. oc eee ence eens 87 GPAs oie cece eeceseees 248 | Allotriopus serratipes ........ 81

—— olivaceus .............. 87 Ictina..... csc eee eee eee 252 | AMARA.............0008 79, 277

AMphnidiu8 cee ccc ccc eeees 174 a 250 | Amara ...... eee c cece eee 75

PUCeOlUs vee ee vececenes 175 infuscata ....... ... 247, 248 Poe ceececcececeeceaces 277

AGMOSOMA .... cece een eecnee 64 InSidiOSA ..... eee ee ee 246 AZTECA ee ee sees ee seeee 79

Agonoderus ...sesevevevcees 70 | ——leticolor .............. 250 AOlOSA. eee eee e eee 78

Agonum .... 93, 108, 280, 281, 282 | —— latwes ............000. 245 impuncticollis .......... 79

AICYONEUM Love cc eee cenes 94 | —— macracantha............ 246 MEXUCUNA oo. veeees .. 78.

anthracinum..........ee 94 | —— mexicana.............. 251 ——sall@i......... 0... eee 79

JUAVUpOS Lovee ccvcvcennee 97 —— MEXICANA we eee eeeeeceee 252 Sallet oc. ccccceccccceees 79

foveicolle ...... cece eee 95 ——— MOIENS vee cccccaes 246, 247 Ce) 79

Tuctuosum wi. cere cceee 95 | ——multisetosa ............ 250 tebialis oo... eee eee 46

MOTOSUM ve csccervvcees 281 NIQTIPCS. 6... eee cece eee 247 | AMARIN@ ...............00. 75

orbicollts oc. e eee ees 95 NUGTUPCS Wee cnn ecceens 254 | Amblycoleus ............ 158, 160

plactdum ..eccceevevaes 95 oblongo-punctata........ 247 | AMBLYGNATHUS.......... 66, 276

—— TUf{PES reece rrcccnees 95 —— oblongo-punctata .... 248,254 | Amblygnathus mexicanus .... 66

—— suturdle...cccccrccecees 95 | ——~- obscuripes.............. 254 nigripennis ............ 276

VIAUUM voce cece scenes 87 —— oliviella..............6. 250 ruficollis ........ weeee, 276

AGRA... cece eee eens 245, 299 palmata...... Seen eeee 245 Amblytelus. cc cccccccccceces 158

302

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ANATRICHIS ...... cece 47, 269

Anatrichis alutaceus.......... 48

GlUtACEUS . 16. eee eeees 269

longulus ..........006- 48

PICeUS ..... eee ee eee 47, 269

PUCEUS ..04. Leen eee 48

Anaulacus .....6.... bene eeeee J74

ANCHOMENINE ....eeeeees 91

ANCHOMENUS,. .... ..ee. 93, 280

Anchomenus , .88, 91, 92, 96, 97, 99,

101, 103, 104, 110, 115, 281, 282.

a a 282

—— @NCOUS oer ee ceveees 280

AUDUPES Levee cece ee ene lil

—— alcyoneus .............. 04

GICYONEUS Lo eee ee eee eaee 95

—— anthracinus ..........-. 94

anthracinus ........ 95, 281

bicoloratus ............ 280

—— brullet vie ccc eee eeu j19

brunneomarginatus ...... 280

CAVALUS .. eee eee ee 95

charmis...........0000- 280

CONCISSUS ve eee eee evens 104

CYanopls.........00- 94, 281

— cyclifer............000. 231

—— decempunctatus ........ 96

decorus ........ eee eee 280

dominicensis............ 96

dominicensis ........ 281, 282

elongatulus ........600. 93

extensicollis ........ 93, 280

extensicollis .........44. 94

extensicollis, var. elegan-

CUNUS vec cece eee ene 280

JAMMRINUS voc eve ceneees 282

maculicollis ........00ee 282

—— misellUS v6... cece cneees 104.

——— MOSTUS Lee ccc cccccnee 281

—— mMmontezUM@ ..... cece 92

NUGAL vvvevvvceveavees 104

— obsoletus ............., 95

ovatulus.............00. 281

——patinalis .............. 95

—— placidus................ 281

Placidus . 6... cece cece eee 95

—— punctiformis............ 95

— scutifer ................ 94

—— soutifer vee cee recccccnes 95

—— simplicior oo... cee cee 104

strigicolls ... eee ee 95

SUPfECHUS. Lecce cee eeene 104

suturalis .............. 95

—— texanus.............04, 280

transpunctatus .......60. 94

CS 1 94

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Anchomenus variolatus........ 97

CUCUUS eee ccccnnnnees 87

VUVSETIALUS eee 97

xanthocnemis .......... 281

ANCHONODERUS ........ 152, 292

Anchonoderus oo... 6. eens 88, 153

binotatus ...........65- 153

Dinotatus voce cece ce eeee 292

duplicatus .... sce cece aee 292

infirmus..........00000% 292

——— MYOPS .... eee ee eee 292

POUREL voce cc cence cnnes 292

subeneus ...........00- 153

SUDENCUS oo eee ee ce nenee 292

subtilis ........ 00.0 eee 153

ANCISTROGLOSSUS .......... 167

Ancistroglossus dimidiaticornis . 167

ovacilis ....... eee ee eee 167

ANILLUS woe. cece eee eee ees 145

ANUlUus coc ccc cnn enes 144

integripennis .......... 145

ANISOCNEMUS Looe cece cnces 62

ANISODACTYLINE .......... 49

ANISODACTYLUS ........000 52

Anisodactylus ......... 0008. 50

AMATOUMCS occ ee eee 52

anthracinus ............ 52

ilatatus occ eeccececes 52

rotundangulus .......... 52

subangusttor 6.6.0... 52

ANISOTARSUS ........006- 49, 269

ANISOLAVSUS Loe cece eee 51, 58

brevicollis.............. 49

— brevicollis ..........004. 270

Castaneus ...........0005 270

— chloroderus ............ 50

—— cyanippus.............. 51

foveicollis...........0.. 269

—— leviusculus ............ 49

lamprotus.............. 51

—— mexicanus ............ 51

ocreatuS ...... eee eee 50

ocredtus........ 269, 270, 273

poeciloides ...... cece eee 50

purpurascens............ 50

virescens ...........04. 50

Anophthalmus ....... 6.000. 92

APENES.........0.00005 188, 297

Apenes brevivittis............ 189

ealligramma............ 297

circumcincta............ 189

COMIS... ee eee ee ee eee 190

hamigera .............. 190

WUNIGETAL oe eee 190

lunulata .............. 190

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Apenes nebulosa ......++++-- 297

obscura ..... esse eee eee 189

pallidipes ......+-..+++- 189

PAUlipes vsvsececcerecves 189

parallela ........eeeeee 189

parvula .........ee eee ee 190

peryphoides ........+++- 190

PUPUTUPENTUS 6. sevens 190

quadripunctata......+++- 189

SINUAA oii cece vere eens 190 —

VATUGALA vo vec even ennes 189

Aphelogenia. .236, 237, 289, 240, 243

—— amabilis... 0... cece eee 241

Divittata... ccc ee eee 241

Miscoprcta oo. cece veevees 237

Re 242

——hilaris oc ce ccecveeeeee 241

—— quadriplagiata .......66 241

VUELALA ccc cen eeeeee 240

Aptoderd. ccc cece cccncennees 160

CPANSPATENS .ecvesveneee 161

APRISTUS 2... eee eee eee 191, 297

Apristus laticollis 1.1.1... 05s 191

longulus ..........0 ee 192

longus. ..... seen 191, 297

—— Mexicanus............6. 191

MCXUCANUS . oe vc vvevceeee 297

SUDENCUS voc cecevvenees 191

SUbsUlcatUs sicseceeeees 191.

tropicalis .......... 191, 297

ARDISLOMIS 10... cee eee eee 33

Ardistomis batesit.........04. 34

CONSEIUEA . ccc ee es 34

——— CONVEXA... ee eee ee ane 34

—— dyschirioides............ 34

—— educta ............000, 34

labialis ............000. 35

JUCWPES vic evvccevcvenes 35

propingua...........08. 35

rotundipennis .......... 34

sertepunctatd... see ceeeee 34

10) 0) 34

StTIQ@ .. eee eee eee 34

tuspanensis ............ 35

Argutor strenuus ........006. 87

ASPASIA voce ccc eee e eens 201

ganthoptera ....... eee. 201

ASPASIOLA. .. ce eee eee eee eee 200

Aspasiola vi ieee cee cee eee 201

UNCED vec ecvccvccenes 201

lemoides .............. 201

rutilans.............00. 201

ASPIDOGLOSSA .......0eeeeee 36

Aspidoglossa brachydera...... 37

> brachyderus oo... cece 37

CULTA eee eee ee 36

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Aspidoglossa distincta........ 36

—— mexicana ...........06, 36

—— subangulata ............ 37

torvida .... see eee eee ae 36

ATHROSTICTUS .........0.00. 65

Athrostictus chlenioides ...... 66

Opalescens..........008- 66

PAGANUS. . occ cvccnveees 66

sericatuS ...........00. 66

Attelabus pennsylvanicus ...... 293

AUGASMOSOMUS 1.1... cee eee 39

AXINOPALPUS ...ese cece eee 192

Axinopalpus oo. ccccceeecneee 191

biplagiatus. .. 1... eee 193

—— californiceus ....ceeceaes 198

fuscicepS .........ee eee 193

jucundus .............. 193

MeCXICANUS..... 6... eee 193

Axinophorus. ..ccccceeeee 90, 255

BARYSOMUS 10... cece ee eeees 67

Barysomus hoépfneri .......... 67

metallicus...........64. 67

Basoleta oi. ccc cece eens 80

Basota occ c ccc c cece ences 90

MEXICANA iv cveccvccaes 90

BEMBIDIINE .......0 eee seca 137

BEMBIDIUM ..........46. 147, 280

Bembidium......0c cca 186, 150

5) 292

1 292

—— championi.............. 148

cognatum ......... ee eee 148

cyclodes.......... eee ee 290

CYClodes 6... cece eee nes 291

ephippratum vo... cceeees 145

flavopictum ............ 291

flavopictum ..cceeeeeeee 148

flohri....... ce eee eee 150

immaturatum oc... 149

UNCUTUUM voeccevenceuce 140

MOTNATUM. 1... eevee ees 137

lucidum. ............00. 149

mexicanum ........ 148, 292

MEXICANUM .....00. 149, 291

NANUM voc ccevecccnnees 137

PUCtUM over rvvccees 148, 291

placitum ...........0.. 151

poculare......... eee eee 291

TOQCVSL . 6... cece eee eee 148

SAUL. ec cee 148, 149

satellites ...........0.. 291

scintillans.......... 150, 292

—— scintillans . 0... cee cee 151

semifasciatum .......... 150

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Bembidium sparsum.......... 151

spheeroderum .......... 147

—— spheroderum 148, 290, 291

—— spretum .............. 150

—— SpreLWN occ necnees 151

—— submaculatum.......... 149

vernale ............ 149, 291

VEINALE Lee eee en eeees 292

BLECHRUS...........0.00008 192

Blechrus glabratus .......... 192

NGVUA occ cence cccccens 192

NUGTINUS eee 192

Bothriopterus. 00... ccc ee 82

Brachtdius ... 0... cece eee 90

BRACHININE. 1... ee eee eee 169

BRACHINUS .........0.. 169, 295

Brachinus Pee e eee 295

arboreus .........0.05- 171

azureipennis ............ 170

brevior vo. ccc eee ee eee 170

carinulatus ............ 170

cinctipennis ............ 171

—— cogmatus ...........00 170

COMpPLANALUS we. ceeee sees 169

consanguineus .......... 170

CONVEEUS vive ccevaceens 169

—— elongatulus ............ 170

—fidelis ................ 295

geniculatus ............ 170

hirsutus............000- 295

lateralis............00.. 171

melanarthrus .......... 171

—— mexicanus.............. 169

MEXUCAUNUS Wee cece eens 295

rhytiderus............0. 170

0 Co) 171

ventralis... eee veeeveees 170

Brackhynus o 0.00 ccc es 169

AZUNCIPENMS Lecce eeeeee 170

COGNALUS ieee eee eeee 170

CONSANGUINEUS ......6055 170

elongatulus ......e.eeee 170

genicoulatus vos. cece eee 170

daterQls 6... cece eee 171

melanarthrus ....66..ee 171

rhytiderus ...cveccccvees 170

SL 171

Bracteon. 0... ccc c cece eee 136

BRADYCELLUS .......... 71, 277

Bradycellus...... 67, 68, 69, 70, 74

angulifer ...........04. 73

circumdatus ........ 72, 277

circumdatus .. 66... eee 73

-—— congener .....-.....005 277

flohri... 2... eee eee, 72

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Bradycellus limbicollis .... 78, 277

Longulus... 6... cve eens 72

Wucrdus viv ccccvvcevcees 71

-— melanochrous ......0008 71

—— nigrellus............ 73, 277

MIGVUPENNIS vi svessvveeee 71

—— MUTAUS Lecce cc eeuee 72

obsoletus ........00000 71

TUPESEYUS voce c eee cneas 72

subobsoletus .......000ee 71

Br0scus voc ccc ccc eens 39

—— basalis oo c ec ce eee 39

Glaber voice eevee cans 39

Buderes oo. cc ccccccevcccaas 88

CALATHUS .......e.e0 ee 91, 279

Calathus wo... ccc eee 57, 2738

Pec cence eee eeees 279

——fuscus ..............0, 279

—— 9VOGAPWUS Lee eee eee, 279

—— mexicanus.............. 91

ovipennis .......... 91, 279

CALLEIDA ..........0.00. 203, 298

Calleida........ 168, 201, 202, 212

CPUGINOSA vee eve enne 205

—— amethystina...........,. 218

St 208

auredla ......... 0. eee 204

AULFeSCENS ...........00. 204

—— AUTESCENS Lee eee 218

AUTOS Lee eee eee 2138

basalis ...........0.00. 214

bella... . ee. eee ee eee 214

brunnea............000. 203

brunnea ...... 208, 214, 215

championi.............. 210

CRAMPIONE . oe cee 211

chryseis.............0.. 209

CRIYS8CUS ee ees 210

circumcincta .......... 212

cordicollis.............. 214

cupreveincla ... 6... 210, 212

cyanippe .............. 206

CYANOPLETA vee ccceaees 214:

Aimtdiata oo eevee cece 2138

MVS voce eaeee 204, 209, 210

festiVG Liveccivecceeeee 213

— fimbriata .............. 212

0 215

— flohri.................. 211

SJlOWI cece ccc cece 212

—— hogei..... ss... eee eee 213

ignobilis .............. 205

jJaMsONl ....... eee eee 206

JANSON occ ccecvvenes 209

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Calleida lacunosa .....+..00es 206

leetipennis........++.+- 205

Jampra ..... eee eee ee eee 204

Ck 205

Vindtgt ...sevvveeee 210, 211

metallescens............ 208

metallescenS .....4.. 209, 211

metallicd ....s.euee 210, 298

— misella .........0. eens 206

—— misella voc cc cvcvccvcves 207

—— onypterygioides ........ 209

onypteryGuowdes ...eeeeeee 206

pallidipennis............ 214

pallidipennis ......sevees 160

planulata ....eceveveees 208

—— platynoides ............ 298

—— pulcherrima ............ 204.

punctulata ............ 213

——— PUNCLULALA . eve venns 212

purpuripennis .......... 206

—— TEQINA ose e cece ee ees 207

resplendenS .....eeeevee 207

TUSLICA vo. eee eee eee 213

sanguinicollis .......... 214

—— scintillans..........006- 210

— semicincta...........6.- 211

semifacta .........0006- 208

— semirubra............4. 210

SEMUTUDIA 2c cee ee anne 211

SEMATUFA vec vecevevnees 214

sericinitens ............ 203

SIMMALA . ec cece eee eee 206

— similis ................ 205

splendida ...ceceveveees 2138

SUDETED occ cccvcccceues 206

— sulcatula .............. 214

—— sumptuosa.............. 207

LOSEACEA . 6. ee cece sere eee 215

tetrapora ..... eee ee eee 205

tinctipes ...........06e 298

EPUSELS. ccs 208

—— tropicalis .............. 209

truncata ..........00ee 208

variolos€A .........0000. 207

VUPTMIAUT EA ose ee cece 207

viridicincta ............ 211

—— VITIMIS, ec ccccccecees 202

CALLEIDINE ... 0... cece eee 190

Calida oo c ccc cece nc ccenees 203

amethystind ......eeeee. 2138

QUTAA Lecce cece ena 209

basalts... wees 214

Della cove ccc cece eeceeee 214

Cordicollas . oc. c cece ceves 214

AWvVeS vi cvcvccccaceveues 204

—— metallescenS or. ccecceees 208

MUSEU vrvcecvecvcecves 206

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Calhida onypterygioides........ 209

pallidipennis .....e.eeee. 215

Ppunctulala ovr cvecvceees 213

—— PUP PUFIPENNIS vee cevceee 206

sanguinicollis .......... 214

SIMUUS eee ee ceeecnneee 205

sulcatuld .... eee eee eae 214

UWUNCALA Loic c cece eeeee 208

VUUAICINCELA 6. eee evens 211

Callisthenes ... cee cece eee 24

Calochrod oi. ccc ccc ee eee 16

CALOPACHYS...... ccc e eee eee 24.

Calopachys viridissimus ...... 24.

CALOPHAINA ........0005 163, 294

Calophena acuminata ........ 168

arcuata ...... cee eee eee 164

—— picincta............ 163, 294

complanata .....ee eee 164

cruclata.... cee eee eee ... 168

— levigata ...........66. 163

TT 163

vitticollis ............4.. 164

CALOSOMA .... cee eee ee 20, 262

Calosomad oo... cece cece 22, 263

affine ....... eee eee ee eee 21

—— alternans ......cee seas 20

angulatum ........ 21, 262

angulicolle . 6... cece 21

anthracinum............ 22

armatum ..........eee 20

ATMALUM ccc cccceeees 262

atrovirens ...........006 23

aurocinctum..........6. 20

—— blaptoides.............. 23

blaptoides ..... 6. cece 262

carbonatum .iseeceeeeee 262

—— Chevrolatti ....... 000. 22

cicatricosum........ 238, 262

costipenne............4. 23

COMAIE Lecce eee eee 21

- depressicolle............ 23

depressicollé .......0004. 262

dolens .............04. 23

flohri....... eee ee eee 262

glabratum ove cece eae 22

—— lwve ..... eee ee ee ee eee 22

—— AVE rec sevcccvcevcas 262

—levigatum ............ 22

—— levigatum oo... cece 262

TE 21

peregrinator ........ 21, 262

—— politum .............00, 28

politum oo. ccrcececeveens 262

—— PPOMINENS 6. eee eenes 21

| 262

serutator ............0. 20

SCYULATOT voce cece cneee 262

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Calosoma splendidum ........ 20

striatipenne ............ 23

strtatipenne vivvsvcrnees 262

— striatulum.............. 23

—— striatulum ... cc eee e ances 262

viridisulcatum .........- 21

CALYBE 2... ccc ete cece eres 157

Calybe belti ....... eee eee ees 157

CAMPTODONTUS ...--eeeeeee 30

Camptodontus cayennensis .... 380

isthmius ........eee eee 30

CARABIDE. .. ee cece eee eens 19

CARABINA. .. cece eee cece ees 20

CARABUS J. cece cece eee eeee 261

Cardbus vo. cc cccevevevevenes 263

ENCUS coves cvevcveves 58

AYASSIL. 6 eee eeeeee 261

AMEVICANUS ss ceseveeee 294

amethysttnus ......eeeeee 213

Divettatus vs. cece eee ence 241

COMPIANALUS . 6. ceevenee 169

ACChENt vec ccccvcvevcves 261

FOYVEVL occ eee ee ee eee 261

pallens vicsecvceveveces 198

—— planus vee evsccacaveuee 169

—— preslit. cece cc ccceeveee 263

quadristriatus ........4. 137

—— serutator ...... bee ceeae 20

SYWVOSUS Cove cece eee eees 261

—— tedatus .... ee ceececenee 261

VULALUS Lecce eee eens 240

CAPENUM. Lecce ccc ceceeenes 27

Cascelius .. cece cece cee eeeee 39

CASNONIA ...........00. 160, 293

CASNONIA 6 cece cece cee 152

championi.............. 162

COTTUSCH Lee eee eee 162

CYANESCENS . 6. cee ce ences 294

irregularis.............. 161

lineolata .............. 294

—— marginestriata .......... 161

marginestriatd .......4.. 162

MAPMOVALA oe eee ee ees 161

pennsylvanica .......... 293

—— picta ... eee, 160

pilatel ...........0..0.,. 161

—— plat ooo e eee c cece 161

——- subdistincta ............ 161

——- sulcicauda.............. 162

—— tetrastigma ............ 160

tripustulata oo... ee cee 161

tristigma .............. 161

tubulifera .........0.00. 162

CATAPIESINE ..........005. 90

CATAPIESIS ........0.0005 .. 90

Catapiesis mexicana .......... 90

sulcipennis ............ 90

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CATASCOPUS .........0...0., 178 Chlenius menevillei.......... 42 Cicindela curvata ............ 11

Catascopus ..... 6... e cee eee 180 obscuripennis .......... 45 cyaniventris ............ 13

— angulicollis ............ 179 —— obsoletus .............,. 44 a 14

QUPALUS Coe cece 180 —— orbus.................. 43 CYANOSPAYSA oo. cece veces 14

—— chontalensis ......... 1.. 179 —— patruelis... 0... cece ee 43 decostigma ......eeceee 9, 10

—— guatemalensis .......... 178 PAUP vo ivccecccecccuce 45 dugesi .............00- 258

—— mexicanus.............. 179 perplexus .............. 45 —— duodecimguttata ........ 258

—— obscuroviridis .......... 179 —— planipennis ............ 44 —— dysenterica ............ 7

—validus ................ 178 —— planulatus............., 266 —— dyssenterica ........000. 7

VANAUS oo. eee eee 179 poeyt cece cece cece eneees 45 euthales..........,..0.. 256

CELta a a 76 posticus Cece e eee eeeeeune 43 favergeri vce t bee e be wed 258

Cea... eee cece 79, 277 —— purpureus .......... 45, 267 CC): 10

championi a ee 77 regularis .....-....000, 267 ferrugdta ...ce eee e eee 9

costaricensis ............ T rodriguezi............0. 42 Jlammula wee cc ccc eens 5

dolosa a 78 POdriquezt oo... cece eae 43 flavopunctata .......... 10

hgei-...... eee, 77 ruficauda............ 43,967 | —— flohri................ 9, 260

hoger Pee ee emer rere renee 78 ruficauda eee e eee eeenee 266 gabbi seem e reer caer ence 11

lugenms .............0., 76 |) 42 | —— Gabbit ........ ccc 11

mexicana .............. 78 sallet oo ccc ccc cee cee 42 graphiptera ............ 11

—— mexicana.......... 76, 77, 79 scabricolligs ............ 42 ——— JUSTINE eee ccncccene 14

—— merens................ 76 SOCCALUS . oe ccc ec cee 44 guttifera ....... 0s 258

—— MAIENS oo eee cee cece 77 —— soginoides.............. 41 —— hemorrhagica .......... 9

1 79 SPAVSUS wo. cece cece eee 43 hamata ...........c eee 11

SETA eee ccc ccc ce aes 78 tricolor .........00. 44, 267 hemichrysea............ 14

tenebrionella............ 78 validuS .....ccececceeee 4] harticollis .... ccc ee eee 10

xanthognatha .......... 78 VIGIANS 6. cece ccc c ees 44 hogel ..........06. wees 6

Ceneus... ice cc cece cee cuee 86 VIOIACEUS’ oo cece ee uee 44. —— humeralis ..........04.4. 10

Cerotalis.. 0... cece ce 39 VITCNS oe cece ncccucucces 45 hydrophoba .......... 8, 259

Chalybe oo. ccc cece 157 viridicollis...........e5. 44, —— hydrophoba ..........4. 7

Tr 157 CICINDELA ....ee.eeeeeee 4, 256 INCH vevvcccccccvccvces 11

Chelonodema ............400, 243 Ctcindela .......44. 6, 11, 15, 257 Te A 10

CHL@ENIINE ............0.., 41 eeneicollis .........0005. 13 INSPETSA oe ccc ueences 14

CHLENIUS ...........0.. 41,266 | —— eneicollis .............. 14 1OCSSA. Le eee eee eee 5

Chleenius aberrans ........ 42,266 | —— equinoctialis............ 169 VOCSEA . eee eeeeveee 256, 257

amavilis... 0... eee cea, 4] apicalts oo. cece cece eas 11 WSIMNENA veer eerie recees 7

apicalis oo... eee eee, 43 argentata .......e...00. 14 | ——klugi...............00. 9

azurescens.............. 44 ALETTIMA eve ce cues 5 —— FlUGt vcr vcvccnceccvees 10

i 41 AUTATIA 2... eee ee eee 12 —— Klugit occ ccc cccenee 9

— ceruleicollis ........ 42, 266 QUYOTA eee cee eee ee eee 12 latesignata...........005 4

chalybeipennis .......... 44 belt? eee cece aes 9 lemniscata............65 258

— Chevrolati .............. 44 calochrotdes .......00 00 8 lugenS «1... eee eee 5, 258

—chlorochrous ........ 43, 267 CAPDONATIA . Le eee e eee e eee 5 luteolineata .......... 5, 259

—— chrysopleurus .......... 4] CAPOUNA 2... cee eee we. 1 —— macrocnema ............ 12

chrysopleurus ........ 42, 266 carthagena ............ 9 MAPGINANS . 66. eee eee ee 13

circumcinctus .......... 45 castissiMA .........0000% 260 —mellyi ................ 8

——CUrSOr ............00.. 43 CARATING ve veccecceeeee 256 —— Mellie cc cvccvcccceces 7

CUPSOP oe cece eee cea 266 —— catharine............ 6, 259 MEXICANA 26... .. cee eee 9

—— dimidiatus .............. 43 Chevrolatit... 6.06. c cee 12 MISA vo ccvccssceccues 14

forreri .............00. 266 chlorocephala .......... 12 nebulosa ..........0005 14

glaucus ................ 267 chontalensis ............ 13 nephelota ............85 257

guatemalenus .......... 43 chrysippe .............. 257 ODIIGUUNS weve ceeceeeees 11

—— herbaceus .............. 43 —clarina .............. 6, 259 — obsoleta...........eeeee 256

herbaceus ... cece cece as 266 LT 13 OCCMALA Lecce ccc ncnnees 10

leucoscelis .......... 42, 266 CTAVET] wo... ee eee eee 5 —— palliat a oo. eccecccaees 12

MATUNER oo. ce ceveeeeee 42 Craver... cece eee eee 5 —— pallifera.............00, 11

—— melanarius.............. 44 Cristofort ...ccecee eens 11 —— paludosa...resecveees wo. «14

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Cicindela panamensis ........ 12

papillosa ..........6- 18, 260

PCTUVIANA Lo cceccceveees 11

—— phosphora............-- 6

—— ponderosa ....... ee eeee 10

—— pulchra ....eccceccevces 257

—— punctulata...........66. 260

—— punctulata........ oeeee. 258

PUNEWMN vce ceveceveees 15

—— quadrinad ......seeeeees 16

—— quinque-notata .......... 8

—— radians ................ 13

rectilatera ........4. 10, 260

TOURED occ cceccnccceceee 11

roseiventris ............ 9

PUDTIVENETIS oo. cece eee 7

rufiventris............ 7, 259

TUPWENETIS oe vce ceees 8, 258

Salle... ccc cece cee eee 7,8

scutellaris 66... cece aes 15

semicircularis .......... 6

semicircularis. ........ 7, 257

SEPPENS occ cscceccveces 11

SEVETA wee ee eee eee eee 12

sexdecim-punctata .... 7, 259

SUJMOTAEA oo. eeeveceeee 11

SUQNALA oo. cece cece eeeee 260

smaragdina ........0066. 5

sommeri .........000., 9

CATCLANA. 6. eee ce eens 259

tenuilineata .........25. 10

—— togata ...... cece eeeee 12

tortuosa....... ee eee eee 11

—— trifasciata ......6 6. e eee. ll

—— unicolor .........-4. 15, 260

vasseleti........... 0000 18

Vasseletit .......ceceeee 13

ventralis... ce cee cece 15

—— viatica ...........00. 5, 259

OY 2, a 6

VUTGINUCD vee cee cee renee 3

viridisticta .......... 14, 260 —

VUTUTINA oo... cece eee 256

Walkeriana ..........4. 13

CICINDELIDZ ...........0. 1

CLIVINA 2... cece eee ee ee ee 32

Chivind oo ccc cece cece eee 33

adstricta ..........606. 33

bituberculata .......... 32

brunnea............000 33

—— brunneipennis .......... 32

—— brunnipennis ........006. 32

cruciata...... 2. eee ee eee 82

dentifemorata .......... 33

—— dilutipennis ............ 33

distigma ............4. 32

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Clivina fasciata ...........4.. 83

labialis... ccc ceca eens 35

lucida ..... ee eee ee eee 382

MEXICANA .eececvcecceees 36

—— parvidens ...........04. 33

—— planicollis .............. 32

—— planulata ............-- 32

SPinipes ..... eee ee eee 33

tuberculata...... cece eee 32

Cnemalobus... 0... cence eee 39

Cnidus rostratus... 0... cece 137

COLPODES .........+0-65 100, 282

Colpodes.. 96, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103,

108, 115, 278, 279

ee 286

acuminatus ............ 115

ACUMINALUS 26. cere eee 119

—— equinoctialis .......... 118

—— ampliatus .............. 127

——amplicollis ............ 110

—— anchomenoides ........4: 103

—— angulosus ........6. 104, 283

—— aphedrus ........... ee 112

approximatus .......... 129

1 98, 99

atratus ......... eee eee 122

atratus oo... cece eee 108, 285

aurotinctus ............ 111

AZUTEIPENNIS 2.6... eee eee 129

— bicolor ................ 124

bicolor wie eee eee eee eee 286

biovatus .............. 106

DrovatUs .... ccc seeee 109, 279

Dispinis .............00. 109

brachyderus ............ 112

brullei ......... ecco 119

Brullet vce cece cece wees 123

—— brunnipennis ........066 103

buckleyt .. 0... cece wees 122

—— ceruleomarginatus ...... 128

ceruleomarginatus .. 122, 124

— ceruleus .............. 114

CRVUlEUS. 6. ce cee eee 285

castanipes .............4. 108

—— castanipes ...... 6... 0e 109

—— chaleopterus ......0.006+ 118

—— chalybeus ........eeeuee 129

— championi.............. 107

chaudoiri ..........0... 125

Chaudotri: oo. cece cece eee 285

—— chiriquinus ............ 111

chloreus..........ee eens 115

— chontalensis ............ 122

chontalensis ........000% 285

chrysopterus........ 124, 286

— cleanthes .............. 285

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Colpodes columbinus ......-. 114

CONCISUS...... eee eee eee 104

—— CONCISUS . cc eevecerccee 283

conicicollis .......+e+e. 128

—— CONVETZENS ..++.- scenes 127

Cordatus........e ee ee eee 119

COTUALUS . ve veer ee eeees 118

CYOSSOMETUS ......-+.06- 114

cyanellus ..csececeeeees 285

cyanides ........++eee 112

—— cyanipennis ......6.6+6. 110

CYANIDENNIS 6. cece eaneee 111

—— cyanonotus ..........44- 122

—— CYANONOLUS 6 oer eecccees 285

—— cyanostolus......... 122, 286

cycloderus ... ccc cee eaee 114

delicatulus............-. 111

delicatulus ....ccceceeees 112

deyrollei .........-00-- 116

dilutus ...........0eeee 120

—— dilutus oc. cc cccceceees 113

—— duplex ...........0.00. 105

—— durangensis ............ 105

—— dyschirioides............ 128

ebeninus ............5- 109

—— epilissus..............4. 284

erythrocerus ..........+- 126

——eudemus .............. 284

—— eueides ..........0 ee eee 107

—— evanesceMS..........006- 108

femoralis ..........006. 119

ferontoides . 6... 6.60 ee eee 106

forreri ..... ee. eee eee 109

fragilis .....e... cece eee 1138

fratellus............+0.. 126

gracilis ..... ee. ee eee eee 120

—— grandicollis .........60. 284

BTATMS Leese ee ee ee ee eee 105

GVALUS eevee cece veees 111

—— guatemalensis .......... 103

hemicyclicus............ 127

horni ....... 00... eee ee 112

ignicauda .............. 129

incomis ..............6. 120

incommodus............ 121

incultus.............06. 108

7000) 128

INSIGNIS . eee cecceeees 124

intergeneus ............ 111

£0 (610) (6) a 129

jalapensis .............. 126

JaNthinus.. 0.0.06. 0 0. 98, 282

lactipes ............005. 121

—— letiusculus ............ 1138

lamprotus ............ .. 118

lamprotus oo... .ccccenes 117

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Colpodes lebioides .......... 129

—— leucoscelis.............. 121

—— limbicollis.............. 128

——lissomus .............. 127

longipennis....ce...ceees 122

—— longipes.............. 115

—— lucilius ................ 284

——lugens ................ 108

—— UGENS ec cenne 108

lyratus ............002- 121

lyrophorus ............ 110

MACTOUS .........0 2000s 113

—— marginicollis ........... 102

megalops .............. 116

melanius .............. 117

melanocnemis .......... 116

—— melanocnemis .......... 110

metallicus.............. 125

metallicus .. 126, 127, 128, 284

minimus .............. 283

—— mostus................ 103

— mestus. 104, 105, 106, 109, 283

—— monachus.............. 115

MOPOSUS . cece ec ee cece 105

nebrioides .............. 110

—— neglectus .......... 104, 284

NIVEL... . ee eee ee ee eee 117

CO 98

nitidus ..............6. 120

—— nitidus ........... 0000 121

NUGAX .... swe eee eee 104

—— nugar ........ 105, 288, 284

—— nyctimus .............. 282

obscurellus........66006. 122

—— obscurus .............. 121

olivaceus .............. 113

—opalescens ............ 117

orbicollis .............. 125

orbicollts ........... 127, 128

pallidipes .............. 116

parviceps ...........0.. 126

— pectoralis .............. 124

petilus ............00.. 283

——pheolomus ............ 125

picicornis .............. 123

— planicollis ............4.. 120

POUtus oo ccccssvcceces 124

—— porrectus .............. 112

princeps ........... 124, 286

—— pristonychoides ........ 107

procephalus ............ 106

procephalus .........64. 107

prolixus..............4. 110

prolongatus ............ 114

PPOPINQUUS ...ceeeeveee 119

—— prostomis ............ .. 10l

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Colpodes prostomis.......+000% 102

proteinus .............. 123

—— pterostichoides.......... 102

—— purpuratus ............ 118

purpuripennis .......... 129

purulensis.............. 110

—— quadridentatus.......... 122

—— quadrilaterus .......... 128

reflexicollis ............ 124

reflexus................ 125

robustus .............. 103

rubidus ................ 113

—— ruficornis .............. 125

rufulus .............00. 286

PUCUANS 6... eee eee eee 284

scabricollis ............ 126

semiopacus ............ 106

SCMIOPACUS ........ 105, 107

semirufus .............. 128

CT 129

—— SeVErUS ..... 0... e eee 107

sexfoveolatus .......... 115

sexpunctatus ... 6.66000. 125

—— simplicior.............. 104

simplictor .......06. 105, 283

SUNUOSUS. Le eee eee 117

sphodroides ............ 109

— sphodroides ............ 121

spinifer ................ 116

SPINIPENNIS 6... eee eee 109

striatopunctatus ........ 118

—— stricticollis ........ 102, 282

subauratus ............ 113

subcyaneus ............ 118

—— suffectus .............. 104

SUPFECTUS. 6c cece ee ee 283

superbus .............. 123

tenuicornis ............ 114

teter ..... cece cee ee eee 107

transfuga ...........0.. 108

— transfuga .......... 282, 283

— transversicollis.......... 123

Tt 103

—— unilobatus ............ 117

Validtis .............00- 119

—— validus ....... cece eee 118

variabilis .............. 119

variabilis ...... 116, 118, 120

violaceipennis .......... 119

viridans. ...........0005 285

—— viridiauratus............ 124

gunilensis .............. 120

ZUNUENSIS . 6.6... eee eee 285

COPTODERA ............ 180, 296

Coptodera .......eceeees 188, 184

acutipennis ............ 181

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Coptodera amazonica.......... 183

AUTATA Lo. ccc eee eee eee 180

—— championi.............. 180

— cloris............5.000- 182

cupreotincta............ 183

elongata ..........0 eee 180

ClONGAEA. 6. eee eee eee 181

fasciato-punctata ........ 185

flavodisca .............. 182

Jlavodisea 6.6... ec cee 183

—— immaculipennis.........- 182

lebtoides .. 0... cece eee 182

—— megalops .........0 eee 181

Se 181

5, 182

— pecila ................ 183

—— robusta ................ 296

—— schaumi ............... 180

scintillans.............. 181

—— SIGnala . 6... cece eee eee 17

SPUMUYPENNIS vs cecsceees 181

Cesselatd ccs ecsvcseveees 183

tessellata .............. 183

—— tripartita .......... 182, 242

—— umicolor..............4. 181

—— variegata .............. 180

COPTODERINE .........0006- 175

Cordistes... ccc ccc cece eee 163

AVCUALUS oe cece eee 164

breinctus 6... eee ee eee 163

Cratocard oi. ceccceccceeeces 74

CRATOCERINE ..........000. 90

CRATOCERUS..........000005 90

Cratocerus sulcatus .......... 91

Cratognathus....... cece eee 74

Crossocrepis 0... 0. cece ce eee 267

CRYPTOBATIS ..........0045 201

Cryptobatis ........ 190, 200, 215

chontalensis............ 202

MeqUANS ..... cece aes 202

—— janthoptera ............ 201

—— janthoptera .........4.. 202

laticollis.........64. 202, 215

Clenodactyla .... ccc cece eaee 158

CTENODACTYLINE . ........ 158

CTENOSTOMA .......... 17, 261

Ctenostoma ibidion ...... 18, 261

MSUGNE oo. cece eee veees 18

——leticolor .............. 18

macilentum .......c000. 18

—— maculicorne............ 18

metallicum. .......eevees 18

alltel... cee eee ee eee 18

7 18

BUJMA. Lee cscvcccececes 18

CURTONOTUS............0. .. 75

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Curtonotus ..... cece e eee 76

deparcuS ..........006. 76

—— putzeysi .........000e, 76

SUbSHIALUS. 6. ee ce ees 76

CYCRTUS oo cc cece eee eens 263

ClevatUS . oe cece eee 263

CXCAVATUS Lo. eee ee eens 263

——_ MEXICANUS 6.0 eee eee 263

CyclOSOMUS. 6.6 e cence neens 174

Cylindronotum ......... 0006. 199

A) ar 199

CYMINDINE ..........00000 186

CYMINDIS ...........00- 188, 296

Cymindis ....cvvevvcees 168, 226

— Pee e cece eee eee 188

AETAA vce cece een eae 187

cribricollis ... 6. cae cee 188

C1EGANS 66. eee cece eee 296

-—— laticollis .............. 296

MUGTUA cic cccccveeees 187

pallidypes .......... 00s. 189

parallela .... cece eens 189.

planipennis ............ 296

PUNCHIGETAL... ceca eens 296

uniseriata ...........04. 296

vir~dicolls 6.6... eee 202

UUIUMIS eee ccc e neces 202

CYRTOLAUS .......-..000 008 99

Cyrtolaus ....... eee 102, 277, 278

furculifer .............. 99

—— furculifer ......... ees 100

—- lobipennis .............. 100

lobipennis ........4. 102, 278

spinicauda ............ 100

Daptus occ cece ccs 78, 277

Demetrias oo... occ ee 191

Dianchomena........ 239, 240, 243

abdominalis ............ 240

anchorifera oo. ccc cee ens 239

—— humeroguttata .......... 239

MLEPMEMIA. . rece reves 240

—— leptodera ..........044. 289

TUGALYTONS ... cece e ee. 239

UICINA. oe cece eee 239

Diaphoromerus oo... 0c. cca 68

DIAPHORUS ............ 166, 295

Diaphorus elegans............ 295

hogei...............00, 166

— tenuicornis ............ 166

DICHLUS 10... .. ec eee eee 48

Diceelus flohri .......... 49, 269

levipennis oo... ccc ee eee 269

Didetus oo. ceeececc cece eens 216

Didymocheta.........44. 188, 189

Ramagera .ovceccecveves 190

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Didymocheta parvula ...... .. 190

DIPLOHARPUS .........0000- 133

Diploharpus exstriatus........ 133

l@ViSsIMUS Wee scenes 134

MeXICANUS..... eee eee eee 134

perpolitus.............. 134

SUTtOIALUS Lec eee ee ee 134

DISCODERUS ............ 62, 275

Discoderus oi... cease 58, 64, 274

cee eee eee eee e eee 276

acinopoides ............ 275

amblyderus .... ccc cee 275

——arcuatus ............0, 63

—— ANCUABUS ec eccvccccaes 62

——_ CUIVUPES Lecce cece ee 64

—— cyanellUs occ cececeaee 63

—— difformipes ............ 63

— difformipes 64, 274, 275

distortus .......... 63, 275

distortus 6... eee 274

impotens .............. 276

UNPOCENS vee vccvvceues 274

— melanthus.............. 275

—— parallelus ..... ec cee ee 275

piger....... ce cece ee eee 63

—— PUP ve cecccnens 274, 275

pulvinatus ............ 275

LL 63

OT 63

Discolus nitidus . 0... 0... cee 120

Disph@ricus oo... cece cceveee 39

DISTICHUS..... 0.000000 29, 264

Distichus gagatinus .....60.6 30

lacordairet........0. cee 30

septentrionalis ...... 30, 264

CPUWIANS Ce eee 30

Drepants occ cece ccc ceneee 255

Drimostoma mexicanum ...... 134

DROMIUS ......... cece eee 193

DromMis ccc cece cece en ees 191

decempunctatus ........ 96

flohri... ee... eee eee 193

—— ONT cee 194

glabratus oi. ee eee 192

guatemalenus .......... 194

longuus......cccceceeee 192

— multiyuttatus .......... 184

PUCOUS Lecce ee eececcaes 193

Dry eee ccc ce cece 163

DRYPTIN® 2.0... ee eee ee 164

DYSCHIRIUS ............ 31, 265

Dyschivius oo... cca eee 82, 34

analis............00000, 265

QlobOSUS . Le eee 31

guatemalenus .......... 31

—— planiusculus ............ 31

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Dyschromus ..... se be breetaece bes 84

Dyscolus oo. cc cvccccecceaes 100

ACUMINALUS wee cee eeeee 115

anchomenoides .......64. 103

— ceruleomarginatus ...... 123

chalcopterus ...ccccveves 118

CUPIUPENNIS vr eeeees 110, 119

CYANIPENNIS oo. eccvevees 110

CYANONOLUS vce sceeevee 122

nebrioides ... 1... eee eee 110

pallrdipes oe ievsscveeee 116

PUPPUTATUS vo ceeesvnees 118

CATUADUIS v6 cece ee ceaee 119

EGA cece ccc cece eee eee 157

Ega fuscoseenea .......... 000: 158

leetula wo... eee eee eee 157

Sallei.... cece eee ee eee 157

Sallet oc ccc een ee eee 157

Hlaphrus minimus... 0.0.6.0 66s 137

EMO voce cee ees 216

ELLIPTOLEUS ...,....eeeeee 97

Elliptoleus acutesculptus...... 98

crepericornis............ 98

curtulus............000, 97

CUTLUIUS. oo cere neveennee 98

flavipes... ... cece eee eee 97

JUAVIPlS oe ec cccececvecee 98

vixstriatus ............ 97

VINSEIUALUS . oe eee eee 98

Eimydopterus oo. ccc ccceeecaes 27

rotundipennis ......000 29

Enaphorus.. cee. ee eevee veeee 166

EYPUs eee cc cee eens 389

scydmenotdes ....eceee. 40

D1 (a 168

EUCHEILINE ...........005 168

EXUCHROA «0... eee eee eee 84

Euchroa dimidiata .......... 85

flohri.. ss... eee ee 85

nitidipennis ............ 85

STC cs 85

SAME LLL eee eee eee eee 85

EUPHORTICUS .......... 156, 293

Euphorticus eneolus ...... 156, 157

—— leucoscelis ............ 156

lucidus ..............0. 293

pubescens .............. 156

—— pubescens .......... 157, 293

guadrinotatus ...... 156, 293

Fuplynes. cece 158

EUPROCTUS ............000. 194

Euproctus .......... 196, 211, 212

abjectus .......... 008, 196

deliciolus .............. 195

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Euproctus fenestrellus ........ 195

metricus ...... 194, 1£5, 196

ornatellus .............. 195

—— quadrinus.............. 195

—— quadriplagiatus.......... 194

sigillatugs .............. 196

subdeletus.............. 196

—— subdeletus ...........04. 197

EURYCOLEUS............0005 185

Eurycoleus belti ............ 186

fasciato-punctatus ...... 185

—— fusciato-punctatus........ 186

macularius ............ 185

octosignatus ............ 1386

ormnatus .......... eee eee 186

tredecim-punctatus ...... 186

Buryoda. ccc cccccvccvcceces 15

EBurytrichus oo. eee ccceees 49

Eluthenarus oe... cece cee eee 70

EVARTHRUS ..........0-000. 80

Eivarthrus oo. eens 75

constrictus ............ 80

Feromia oo. eee eee 81, 83

LL er 84

brachyptera oo... cece eee 81

I 280

extensicollis ......6..46. 93

—— fUnesta occ ce ccceccces 103

LUgensS .iivecescsvesees 103

—— MCA re cesecvceeee 103

MONACRA .iveecevevcees 115

Ohsoleta 6. ee cee eee ees 95

—— OPACA. eee ceceeceaee 103

—— placida oo. vcceccceecaae 281

punctiformis ... 6... ee 95

SEPTAUUIPCS oo ccc cee eee 81

submarginata .......... 83

Pers voce c ccc cence eens 175

quadricollis .........00 176

GALERITA.............. 164, 294

Galertta 0... 6. cece 163, 166

eequinoctialis............ 164

—— e@quinoctialis............ 165

—— americana.............. 294

EY 1 165

—— beauvoisi .............. 165

beauvorstt .. 6. cece eee 165

XC) (rr 165

boucardi .............. 165

boucardw ....... cece eee 165

—championi ............ 294

C1CEGANS . 1. cece eee 164

erythrodera ...cececeae. 165

forreri ....... 00.0000 165

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Galerita geniculata .......... 294

tnsulavts Le eeeeeeeeeee 165

Jelshyt voce cvvceeeeeas 294

longicollis... cc cece eenee 165

Mexicana ...........00. 165

—— mustelina .............. 294

—— M1QTA. eee eee eee eee 164

—— ruficollis .............. 165

—— simplex.............04. 164

—— stenoder@ ..... ccc cena 294

thOPaCiCa vo. eee ee ee eee 165

GALLERUCIDIA ......... e000 216

Gallerucidia championi ...... 216

erotyloides ............ 215

erotylotdes ... ce. .e cae eee 216

GALLERUCIDIINE..........., 215

Geobenus congener .......... 277

Glyptoderus aurolimbatus ...... 41

chrysopleurts oe. ceca 41

—— Guerin... cece cece 42

—— Menevillet ......... 0.00. 42

CANAUS oo eee ceca 4]

Glyptogaster vo... cece ee eee 30

GIyptogrus ... ccc ce cece eneee 30

GLYPTOLENUS .......... 98, 282

Glyptolenus ater ............ 99

ALEP ccc eee enee . 282

—janthinus .............. 282

latitarsis ...........00. 282

-—rugicollis .............. 98

TUGICOUS Lo eeeccveeeee 282

transformatus .......... 99

Gontotropis. . cece cece eee ee 25

GYNANDROPUS.......... 65, 276

Gynandropus ... 0. eee ee 64

cee eee eee ence eee 276

agonoides .............. 65

AgONOIdES . oi. cc eeeeeee 276

—— cyclogonus ... ee eee eeeee 276

——hylacts ....... cc eee 276

intermedius ............ 65

—— levicollis .............. 76

—— mexicanus.............. 65

MEXICANUS 6... cece ee eee 276

Habroscelis obliquata.......... 11

HIARPALINA ....... 000.000 ee 56

HARPALUS ............ 56, 271

Harpalus 57, 58, 62, 64, 65, 71

occ eee eee eee e ees 271

@NCUS ... ee ee ee ee eee 58

——- @quilatus ..... cece eeeee 49

agonoderus .........0. 51

alienus ............000. 57

amputatus.............. 58

anthracinus ......6..05. 52

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Harpalus cupripennis ........ 49

CYANEUS Lecce cence aes 51

—— ellipsis ....... 0.00008. 271

FOUURUS Lovie cece cnneens 57

hebescens ............4- 57

——— WINUS cnc cceees 274

Hols... ee. eee eee eee 58

marginicollis ..... cee eeee 271

—— mexicanus ........ 57, 271

MELUCANUS Lecce cneeee 51

MONUCOVMS Lo. cee eveees 89

——~ 067CUUUS. cece 50

—— platyderus ............ 57

VUCSCENS eee ce ce ceees 50

HELLUOMORPHA ..........4. 167

Helluomorpha oo... cece eee 168

ferruginea............4. 167

longicollis............., 167

MCXICANA ....... ee eee 167

HELLUONINA .........0.00. 167

Heteromorpha vevecccscccaee 255

Hexagon oo. eee cvcccccces 158

Flologaster oi... cece eee eens 30

FTololissus vec cee cee ee 90

Homalomorpha ... 6.6.6 cc eee 90

HYBOPTERA ..........000005 200

Hyboptera vo. ccc cece 201

tuberculata ............ 200

FTyperton voc vcecceeneas 88

SChVOtErt ee cece 81

HIYPHERPES .............00. 81

TTypherpes occ cvvceccevanee 88

AMOXLUS eee eee ee eeees 82

ampliatus ...........04. 82

ANGUSEUS 06... eee eee 81, 82

brachypterus .......... 81

—— longissimus ............ 81

teeniola ........... 0.0, 82

Aypolithus ic cceceeeeeee 65, 66

PAGANUS Voce ec cee cune 66

TCHNUS voce cece cece 25

Tllaphanus . 6. cece ecces 145

INNA wo... eee eee ee eee 168

Inna costulata .............. 168

TRESIA oo... cece eee eee ee eee 17

Tresia boucardi .............. 17

boucardwt 1... ccc eee eee 17

pulchra ................ 17

ITHYTOLUS ...........00005 277

Ithytolus anomalus .......... 278

—— lobipennis.............. 278

LACHNOPHORIN®............ 152

LACHNOPHORUS ........ 153, 298

310

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Lachnophorus .......++. 156, 157

angusticollis .....+eeeees 293

— axillaris.........-0-00e0- 156

COYTOSUS .....eeee ee eee 154

elegantulus ....eseeeees 155

femoralis .........+e00- 155

—— guttulatus ........ 153, 293

— humeralis.............. 153

—— humeralis oo... .. cece 156

GJUVENCUS vee cece eee enee 155

— levicollis ........cceeee 156

Teucoscelis ..... cece eeeee 156

longulus ...........4.. 155

MaCcuUlatUS . 6... ce eeeeaee 154

——— MGYELF . eee ccccncccees 156

pictipennis ........ 154, 298

pubescens oo... cceeeeees 156

sculptifrons ............ 155

—— semirufus .............. 154

subauratus ............ 154

tessellatus............0- 155

LEBIA ...........0008- 222, 299

Lebia...... 216, 236, 237, 239, 240,

243, 298

—— Pee cece eee 243, 299

— abdominalis ............ 240

—— acutipennis .........66- 181

YTD. Le cccccvcceevees 230

AFiNIS oc cece eeee 222

—— agnata ..........e ee eee 225

CL 223, 226

—— amabilis................ 241

ANAUS. 6. ec eee 237

anchora..........e cece 229

anchora ...... 230, 231, 239

anchorifera ............ 239

angusticollis ........000 198

annulipennts ........0065 233

apicalis .............00. 222

arietiS ..... cece ee ee eee 232

Tr 298

Atriventris .. cc. cece eens 220

— biannulata.............. 234

biannulata... cc cece eae 235

DiCtNCLA 6. eee eee 228

— bifasciata .......... 227, 228

—biforis ................ 234

—— bipunctata ............ 228

—— biteniata ...........06. 228

pivittata 2.6... . ce cee 241

bivitticollis ............ 233

Donellat 2. cece eee ee eee 229

brachinoides............ 292

brachinoides .......-006- 223

— calliope.........seeeeee 231

——calliparis ........ weeres 240

INDEX.

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Lebia callizona..........006- 227

CALZONA oo. cece ee eeeeee 228

centromaculata.......... 232

centromaculata ...... 236, 237

— chalybe...........-056 237

Chalybe ...ccevecceceee 238

charilla ...........-005- 223

charina ........ eee eee 228

— chelostigma ..........6. 232

chiriquensis ..........+- 234

chirtquensis ......6 230, 235

chloroptera .ssceseevees 220

chlorotica ..........008: 233

——CliO cess cece es eeeee 229

—celina ............6... 224

COUNA occ ccc ceeeeeeee 225

coptoderina ..........-. 242

corcula ........654- 236, 299

Cordelia...... cee ee eens 236

croceicollis ........+... 225

crocetcollis .... csc cece ees 227

CULSOP oc eee eee ee eeee 238

CYANCA wee ecccceecveacs 223

cymindoides......-.2+6- 226

—— discopicta .........eeeee 237

-—— ditissima ....ccee.eeeee 239

dugesi ..........2- eee 224

duillia .........-...00. 230

extrema ......ceeeeeee 241

Falla clic cece cece eee 174

—— fimbriolata ............ 226

—— fimbriolata ....... eee 227

flammea ..........6.-. 223

SJlavovittata ....... cee 240

—— flohri...............0.. 227

Susciceps cece cceeeee 236

gaudichaudt ........600- 228

Glabrata vee eve ceeeees 192

BoniessA ..... eee ee eee 225

OS 227

granaria ........ eee eee 242

heraldica .............4. 242

——hilaris ................ 241

histrionica...........648- 240

—— humeroguttata.......... 239

Tgnita.. ccc c cess ewww eee 224

incoherens ............ 233

incommoda ............ 230

inconstans............6. 235

intermedia ...........4. 240

interrupta........ beeeee 229

—— latifascia ..... bocce eee 2335

limbicollis ....... ceeeees 222

longiloba 1... cee ewee ees 235

MACULATA 6 cece ceeeees 185

—— marginicollis............ 222

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Lebia mayA® ....eeeeeee seers 235

melantho ......eeeeeee- 238

melantho, var. macra .... 239

mesostigMa ....++eeee 242

—— microtes .......eeeeees 225

—— mirabilis ........-+00+5 238

MUradOrGa wvsvceececeeees 232

MOBEM vs cccsscvecceers 2238

neanthe.......eeeeeeees 231

—— nemoralis .....000+: 230, 234

NIQTICEPS 22... ee eeeeees 233

——— NIGYTICEPS avec ncceers 236

NUGVUPCNNIS veveeeeveere 226

MAGVUVENENUS oc esreeeceee 220

—— miyrosignata .....eeeeees 241

Oliviella..... cece eee eee 226

oliviella 6... cece eee eee 227

—— pleurodera.........-+++- 222

—— poecilura ..... eee eee eee 227

—— pumila ..... cece eee 224, 225

quadricolor ..........+- 222

—— quadricolor ........0065 240

quadrinotata........ 236, 244

quadriplagiata .......... 241

—— quadrivittata .......66. 241

quinguenotata .......44- 228

VetuSA...... cee eee eee eee 227

rhodope.........eeeeeee 231

—— rhodope .......cccceeees 243

— rufilia...... 2... ee ee eee 231

—— rufosuturd... ccc ecceeeee 220

rugatifroms ..........6. 239

scalpta ....... eee eee eee 230

scitula ............006. 233

1 a | 241

SCUAA oo. cece wees 245

SINADJA .. 6... eee eee eee 238

smaragdula .........ee 223

——— BOFOT oo. eee eee eee eens 232

—— striaticeps ...... 0. eee ee 230

—— striatifrons.............. 223

subrugosa .............. 230

BULTUGJOSA 1... eee ee en eee 231

SUICIPENNIS. Lee cea e ees 239

—— tolteca ................ 235

—— trivittata ..... cece eee 216

— tuberculata ..........0.. 200

variegata ...........00. 229

CAMIEGUA oo. eee eaee 230, 242

—— Vicina ......... ee ee eee 239

—— violaceipennis .......... 223

viridis ..............4, 223

viridis ..., 224, 225, 226, 227

vittata oo... ... eee ee eee 240

—— xanthogona ............ 224

——— wanthogona ......... ... 225

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Lebia xanthopleura .......... 233

xanthopleura ...ceceeee 239

yucatana .............. 233

12) 6 237

LTebidia ...... eta eee eee e eee 215

LEBINE ......... eee eee eee 218

Lecanomerus oo... ccc cee ees 67

9 0) 75

Leja cognatum ....cec ee eaaee 148

LELIS... 0... cece ec cece ee eee 185

OC 183

—-hicolor ................ 185

insculpta .............. 185

rufipes ...........0005- 185

LEPTOTRACHFLUS .......... 158

Leptotrachelus ...........44. 99

dilaticollis.............. 160

dorsalis .........44 158, 159

—fulvus ................ 159

mexicanus............-. 158

MEXICANUS 6. cee eee eeee 159

panamensis ............ 159

—— planus .............4.. 159

—— puncticollis ............ 159

suturalig .............. 160

trifasctata. .... ss eee eees 158

sh 7 243

DD, rn 215, 236

championi.............. 243

-—— champtont ..... 0... eee 244

—— decolor ............6.4- 245

—— duodecim-punctata ...... 243

Clegans ... cee cece veeee 243

femorata .......eeeeeee 228

melanocrepis........+-.- 244

— ocelligera ...........-.. 244

quadriannulata.......... 244

quadriannulata........0. 215

quadrinotata............ 244

sellata ......6e cece eee 245

LestACe . 2. cece ee cece ees 245

zunilensis ..........2++- 244

LICININE ...... eee eee ee eee 48

LORICERA ....... cece ee eeees 24

Loricera rotundicollis ........ 24

LORICERINE ....... 0 eee eee 24

LOXANDRUS......00eeeeee 86, 278

Doxandrus oi... ccc c cece eeees 87

—— infimus ................ 87

INfiMUB . 6. eee eens 278, 279

opaculus ...ceeeeeevaee 279

— sculptilis .............. 278

tetrastigma ............ 87

unistigma ...........065 87

Doxocrvepis ... cc eevee ececnees 100

LOXOPEZA........-00 06 218, 298

Loxopeza atriceps............ 298

Loxopeza atriventris

—— chloroptera

eooeeereeee ee eereenee

eee ere cece ee 0 0 0 MRO fT ATC foe ee errr error eevee

eoceee rere se eoe eee

Mimodromtus.....cccececcces

eee cere eee eee ere eee

Mioptachys breviusculus

eee ee eee ere eee ee 6 oo MR fT BELTULLUIUOY 2 ce ee ee ere re oee

MIzoTRECHUS

ee ee ey

melanocephala

eee ece ee ees eeee

eee cece ce 0 0 0 6 6 Meh hf OO HUY ULHS «ee reer ere eee eas

novemstriatus

Lecce cece eee eees — Rodriguest...........6..

Macracanthus ......0e00000. 174 | MORTIO 2... cece cece eee

eco ereere toe een eee BED ~~ APEUTED se oe eer eer eere eer ereoeereveve

eco er cece eee eee ee eo BOOg 404% (| WO CYAUMUUTENS. 22 ee oe ee eevee

ecco ecec eee eee eee ee REHE FTO OUT UAWUMS. we ee ee ero eee eee

MASOREUS.........0005- 174, 295

Masoreus piceolus

—— unicolor

Megacephala affinis

cece eee ee eevee oe CD f ATT OFFEILEYCT «eee eee veers.

eo oeceer ee ee ere eee eo eo 8B fF STR TUENTINTINAEG 5 oe ee ee ee ee oe eve

eee re eee eee ooo Mg CP Ff AIRUEULU OUTED se oo oe ee oe eee eros

eee cec cece ecec eos ee oe CD | LFLULEUSOUMEMSD 2.22 ee ee ee eo ee ve o

eee ee ee ee oe 6 oe Cf NN BY SV OUNULIO wee woe eo oe eereee

—— MEXICUNA wivseveceeeeee LL | Mouhotra ...ciccccccccccees

eoeceoeeree eee eee oe eo OW fF AER YOUUPUIUNO . 62 2 ee eo ee eee eee es

eoorr oor e soe eee

ececerevrevrec ee eo oe) 6H | AVOUIUULULUS OWS. oe ee eo ee ee oe eee

eee ere eer eee eee ee eee OO f = ANE RLAEVOLINSED 6 oe ee ee ee we woe

NEMOTARSUS

Nemotarsus...ccccccecvcccces 171

Menidius circumseptus

woe ere es ecece ee eo oe LOG =f; WTA LALIDD 2 eee nee ee eee eee seoe

eoececeer eee ee oe oe BYE fT FAH se oe eo ee ee oe oer er eoe

eee ee eee eee ee o SH BU | mom LTEEUTTLNETIOL 2 we ee ee wee oe owe

eee ere reer ec oee

eee er eer oe oe ee 0 Mei dg UO | LAVOSUP «e+ eee ere eo eee eee sees

Metabola rufopyga

oe es eee eer eros eee ve

dll

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199

200

202

144

134

133

135

134

133

173

174

312

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NOTIOBIA.... 0. ccc cece eee 52, 270

Notiobia —— ...........06- 271

wequata ..... cece eee eee 54

championi.............. 54

chiriquensis ............ 270

concolor........++.eee0s 53

Concolor ......eeeere 54, 270

cupreola ..........000. 54

disparilis ...........0.. 56

incerta ...........00eee 53

JUCUNAE Lee cece eens 270

leiroides .............. 54

limbipennis ............ 56

melena .........4.. 54, 270

obscura ......... eee 53

— pallipes.............0.. 53

parilis .............08, 55

TANG oivscsecevcneceees 55

TUfipalpis 6... eevee eeene 55

SUMS . eee e cc ceeeees 53

SINUCSSA..... ee cee eee eee 56

SUDAUTALA oo. cece eee 53, 54

—— umbrata ............ e. 69

wmbrata wo. cee eee 271

umbrifera.............. 271

VUENS. eee e eee ceeneeees 53

NOTIOPHILINE......00..000. 19

NOTIOPHILUS ........0e005, 19

Notiophilus semiopacus........ 20

specularis ...........0.. 19

NYCEUS ve vevvevnveveveceees 296

OCHROPISUS «1... eee eee eee ee 176

Ochropisus bembidioides...... 176

caudalis.............0.. 176

Ochthoxetus wicvevcseecuaees 186

Odacantha 6. ccevcceeevcues 152

bifasciata ..... cece eae 168

ODACANTHINZE ...........4.. 160

ODONTOCHEILA .......... 15, 260

Odontochetla wo... cceeececeuee 17

CT 17

championi.............. 16

—— chiriquina.............. 17

— cinctula................ 16

CUNCHUUG . eee eeeeee 260, 261

— exilis..........c ee eee 260

1 261

iodopleura............4. 16

todopleura ....ecceeccvee 261

leptalis .............0.. 15

—— mexicana .............. 16

—— nicaraguensis .......... 16

NUCATAGUENSIS. 6... eeveces 17

—— miettt ......00., cooveees 16

—— quadrina eooerttooeeonore 16

INDEX.

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Odontocheila salvini.......... 16

Omaseus validus .......0000. 4]

Omtastus oe cece cece eeceeee 100

Omototels o. 0. ccc c eee e eee 215

OMOPHRON ..........00 eee 19

Omophron gratus ............ 19

—— oblongtusculum .......46. 19

oblongiusculus.......... 19

—— sphericum,........0005. 19

—— sphericus.............. 19

OMOPHRONINE....... 00. eae 19

ONOTA 2... ce cee eee eee 198, 297

Onota..... cece ccc ee eee 200, 201

angulicollis ............ 108

angulicols wi... ee eee 297

bicolor... eee eee ee eee 198

fulvella.............00. 297

tenutcincta ..... sees eee 201

ONYPTERYGIA .......... 180, 286

Onyptery9ta viciececcccecces 278

eneipennis ............ 182

——- angustata .............. 132

Apricdlts . 6. eee eee cece 131

championi.............. 130

— chrysura .............. 131

—— CYANEA ....... eee eee 132

CYUNEA viv iecvceceraees 286

famini .............08. 181

FAMINE oo eee eens 286

FAMINE 6 oe ee 131

fulgens ............004. 181

fulgipennis ........ eae 131

——hopfneri .............. 180

—— humilis ..... 0... c ee eee 13

0 130

WU. eve veer ence receees 182

longispinis ............ 132

pallidipes .............. 132

pusilla ....... ee. e eee 1338

—— quadrispinosa .......... 130

tubida ............000, 286

—— sallei...............00. 130

0 180

—— thoreyi ................ 181

tricolor .............00. 131

valdestriata ............ 286

VITUPENMS oo ec eee scene 131

OODES 2.0... ee eee eee eee 45, 267

Oodes..... ccc eee 46, 47, 48, 52

AMEYICANUS ove eecenee 45

Chlorophanus... 0.0... 00. 46

—— duodecimstriatus ........ 46

CLEGANS vec secvcevevcees 47

femoralis ... 0... eee ce ees 46

—— humilis oo... eee eee. 46

—— mexicanus .......... 45, 267

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Oodes pallipes......csereveeee 268

quatuordecimstriatus .... 268

striatelUus ... cece cece eee 268

CUDtANS eee e eee eee 46

Oodtellus... 01.0 cece beceeee 269

MEXICANUS 6 occ cee evens 269

OODINE.... cee cece eee eens 45

Oodinus ... cc cece ee eeaee 47, 269

PUCOUS . ose ce eeeeeee 47, 269

OOSOMA vice ccc rr cnc ecncees 67

OphryodactylUus . 6... ce ceeeees 100

aequinoctialts........000- 118

OPHRYOGASTER ....-+. eee 83

Ophryogaster ... 6... cece eens 86

anomalus ..........000% 84

flohri ... eee eee eee 84

Ophryognathus ..... cece eee 174

Orthomus oo... cece cece eeees 86

OTOGLOSSA wo... eee e eee eee 198

Otoglossd oo. eee ee ee eee eee 200

coclestind 2... ieee eee eee 198

marginella............65 199

obscurella.............. 199

rufitarsis ......... ee eee 198

TUPULATSIS Voce ccc e eee 199

termUnalis ....cececseces 199

OXYCHEILA ....... 0... eee 4

Orychela vivccrcvcccvcceees 3

polita... s,s... eee eee 4

OXYDREPANUS............ 31, 265

Oxydrepanus mexicanus.... 31, 265

OXYGONIA ... eee eee eee 4

Oxygonia boucardi .......... 4

OZBNA wee cece eee ewes 25

Ozeena brevicornis............ 25

CYAMPENNIS oo. ee ce eeens 27

CYANOPLEV AL Lovee ce ecens 27

—— filiformts voi ceccecccees 26

MERUCANA oc cececcvecae 27

VETtUCANS oie vccecccas 25

OZMNINE oo... eee eee eee eee 24

Pachymorphus oo... cc ccc caee 83

PACHYTELES ............ 25, 263

Pachyteles ..... eee eee, 24

bacillus ...........0000. 26

biguttatus .... 6.6... 268

cyanipennis ..........., 27

@XCISUS ........00. 00, 26

— filiformis .............. 26

fuliginellus ............ 26

funcki ...............,. 25

— Funchtt cece eee, 25

inflatus .........0.0.0.. 264

longicornis ............ 263

marginicollis 263

Ce ry

Pacheteles mexicana

—— mexicanus

—— oxyomus

—— punctulatus |

—— verticalis

ee ee ee eeneeeoe

eee es eaee ae eee

Panageus mexicanus

ee eee eee ersreeee

eee eee ereeerssrervnoeoe

eee rere ese eee eee ee

—— californicus .

— cardioderus

—— intermedius

—— metallicus

—— mexicanus

—— punctulatus

—— purpuratus

—— quadricollis

—— rodriguezi

—— rotundipennis

eee eer esrseeeoece

eee teeceeee seen

—— splendidus

—— subangulatus

_ --— tolucanus

eoeoesre ser eeeceeves

eres ese see ese se oesee

ere ree eer eosr ere se oso eee

eo ee ee soeo tt osar

eoreeeresreeeeereee

eoecesevresree er eeoeee

Pelecium aterrimum

—— microphthalmum

—— scydmeenoides

—— subceecum

—— subdentatum

eeoerere see eoee

eoeoeeeseeseoeeees

PELMATELLINZE

PELMATELLUS

@oeeereee ec eves

—— cyanescens

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INDEX.

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Pelmatellus nitescens ........ 68

Obtusus ...... eee ee eee 68

stenolophoides .......... 68

—— vexator... esse eee ees 69

PENTAGONICA .....eeee cues 216

Pentagonica albipes .......... 218

Dicolor veces cece ce eeeee 217

bifasciata ..........008% 216

bifasciata ..... eee ee eee 217

JUAVUPES Liev ccevaceveees 218

gonostigma ............ 216

GONOSHGMA ......eeeeee 217

homostigma ........00.. 217

—— maculicornis............ 217

omostigma ............ 217

1 218

—— picticornis ............ 217

—— semifulva .............. 217

— trivittata .............. 216

PENTAGONICINE ......05.... 216

PERCOLAUS ......... 0000 eee 80

Percolaus ... cc cece veveeeees 88

—— championi.............. 80

PeveuS ie eevcccecevccaes 80, 88

Pericallus bifasciatus.......... 180

PERICOMPSUS ........6. 145, 290

Pericompsus os. ceeccceee 147, 289

ephippiatus ............ 145

ephippiatus .... 146, 289, 290

histrionellus............ 290

IMMACULALUS 66... cee e ees 289

—— jucundus .............. 145

longulus ...........0.. 146

—— quadrillum ............ 290

Sellatus .......... eee 290

sticticus ..........006. 146

SEUCEICUS 0. eee ee eenee 290

PERIGONA .... ccc cee eee eens 135

PCvUGONd vi vesecceecvevcces 183

— cordicollis.............. 135

—— levigata .............. 135

— levilaterts ... eevee eee 135

PERIGONINA..........0 eee 133

Peronoscelis ......00005 171, 172

MEXICUNUS oor ce ceccceees 173

Peryphus wivvvvvccccceveees 150

MELUCANUM oo ccececcces 148

submaculatum ..cccecees 149

PHEROPSOPHUS .....-...06. 169

Pheropsophus eequinoctialis .. 169

—— biplagiatus ............ 169

Mistinctus oo. cc ceveceeee 169

Philochthus @neus... 1... 0004. 147

PHILOPHEUGA ......005- 202, 297

Philopheuga brachinoides .... 202

—— PUP PUT ED vec cvcccccens 202

Philopheuga subcordata

—— viridicollis

PHLG@OTHERATES

—— quadricollis

Phieoxena chiriquina

—— geniculata

—— JENICULALA Le evcvccvenes

—— graphiptera

eerste erereeer eee

eee reer ee ee ere

eee ee eere ree eee e ere

ever e ere eee eeerneere

eoeeereeere es eos

ec eee eresr ene teens

eee ecoeerer esos

Phymatocephalus

eoeeeeseeoereraene

eee eee eee ers eerer sr eeoee

eeoereevreeee eee resesos

oor ee eoe een e ee seers

oot eer eer ee ee eee

eee oe re eeo ee rare eree

eee ee ee er oe eee e eee

Piesmus submarginatus

eeeceeseeeee oe

eee ee eeeeoeeeee

—— basipunctata

pene eres erescrns

eee reece orevreves

Cerro eerereccece

Corer eer rereseovee

—— platycollis

Peeve eoere reves

ee eee eee eee rs ees

eo eee erecer eee eresesreeee

eee eeeeoeeeeee

oes e eee ee eee eeoe

—— chihuahuse

—— complanatus

—— dominicensis

314

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Platynus larvalis ... 0... ee ee. 93

leptodes ........0ee eee 92

leptodes ......cceecveves 93

—— leptomorphus............ 92

—— montezume ............ 92

obsoletus ic eevee ccevees 95

PLACIUS vo occ v ve ve renee 281

COLANUS oc evervevceveee 280

PLATYSMA oo... cece eee ee eee 82

Platysma vec eccccvccvceees 108

RL 88

—— depar' vee ececcvccenes 76

oblongopunctata ........ 83

—— tropicalis .............. 83

PLEURACANTHUS ........00.- 168

Pleuracanthus cribratus ...... 168

Pleurosoma vcevscccccceeaes 100

PLOCHIONUS ........00eeeeee 297

Plochionus .... ccs eeceeee 191, 196

Boisduvaltt ......e eee. 198

— Bonfilstt ......... 000 198

— pallens ............ 198, 297

PAWeNs .icseveccceceees 197

VALENS. eee eeccvnveeeees 297

Peecilostola...... beet eee 239, 243

Poms ..........008 84, 278

Peecilus Pvc ee ee erence 278

CYANCUS Coc ccveeeveseces 84

—— cyanicolor ............. 84

cyanicolor, var. connexus.. 84

—— mexicanus.............. 84

—— MEXICANUS 6 eee ccees 278

MONEAUA vi ececacerecee 83

Pogonodaptus piceus.......... 277

POGonostOMa ...cveceseveveess 18

POGONUS vo. cece cence eaee 136

POLPOCHILA.........06. 74, 277

Polpochila capitata .......... 74

mexicana .......... 75, 277

— rotundicollis ........... 74

SCUTUNAES ooo cece ceeanes 74

POLYCHEATUS ..........005. 268

Polycheetus dejeani .......... 268

Polyderts ..ceeccuee 188, 140, 144

@quinoctiaus...... e668. 140

breviuscula ..sceceeeees 144

Polystechs...ccccccceccceces 168

Pristodactyla ... 0. cece cveees 279

Pristonychus ... 0.00.06 vee eeee 92

MEXICANUS..... cece e eee 92

Pristoscelis........ eee ee eeee 81

—— SEPTALUPES vie sccevesnees 81

Procephalus ...... cee eee eee 17

—— MACUNCOTNIS 6.6. eeceueees 18

PSEUDABARYS ......0.5+4.+. 86

Pseudabarys mexicanus ...... 86

INDEX.

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Pseudabarys substriatus ...... 86

Pseudaptinus 6.0... cece eee 166

PSEUDOMORPHA ............ 255

Pseudomorpha behrensi ...... 255

CrONKhttet oo cece 255

—— pilatei ................ 255

PsEUDOMORPHINE .......... 254

PSEUDOXYCHEILA .......... 3

Pseudoxycheila tarsalis ...... 4

PTEROSTICHINA ............ 80

Pterostichus ........0. 58, 64, 80,

81, 82, 83, 84, 102

—— multipunctatus .......... 102

Rhadine.. 0... cceeee. 91, 92, 93

RRAGOCKEPIS oo eee eee ncees 158

Rhagodactylus oo. cceceeeeee 52

Bhomboder@ ....ceccevcceees 216

VUGALA vice eee eee e ees 216

SCAPHINOTUS ..........000. 263

Scaphinotus mexicanus ...... 263

Scaphiodactylus ..... 60... 000. 100

SCARITES ..........000. 380, 265

SCarttes . 6. c cece eee e evens 29

GOOVGIR vi ivvvccccccanes 89

—— YUAATUCEPS Lecce ences 265

quadriceps, var. lissopterus. 265

subterraneus............ 265

—— texanus................ 30

SCARITINZE ........ ee cease 27

ScHIZOGENIUS .......... 387, 265

Schizogenius auripennis ...... 38

depressus ....... 0. ee eee 265

—— dyschiriordes ............ 37

—— longipennis .......... 37, 38

—— optimus................ 37

—— strigicollis.............. 38

tenuis ........000. 38, 265

—— tristriatus .......... 37, 265

EVUStPVAtUS eee e cece eee 38

tYUQUIL 6... eee ee eee 37

Scotodipnus ...ceceseee. 144, 145

SCYTHROPASUS.............. 24

Scythropasus elongatus ...... 24

SELENOPHORUS ........ 58, 271

Selenophorus .......44. 49, 62, 63,

64, 65, 66, 274

COCO Te 274

—— equinoctialis’........ 59, 271

—— affinmis...... ee. cece eee 273

—— alternans .............. 59

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Selenophorus amblyderus ...... 63

AVCUAEUS .ecceeeeee . 63

assimilis ..........000. 61

—— ASSUME. er ccccncveee 274

—— callistichus ..........6. 60

callistichus ....eseeeees 272

Chalybeus voc secvcevvees 2738

— chiriquinus ............ 60

CRAVIQUINUS cove ceeeeees 272

—— ChYYSeS 20... cee eee eee 272

CRLYSES oo cco veeceeeeces 273

CYASSUPES. os ee caeeeneeee 274

— crassiusculus............ 62

CYASSWUSCULUS . 6... eee eee 274.

—— CUIVIPES. .. eee eee eeees 62

—— IVES ... eee ee eee ee eee 273

flavipes ...........e eee 61

—— flavipes oo. ecercceces 66, 67

GAGAUNUS. 66. eve eeees 61, 274

—— hepburni .............. 274

WWINUS. 6... eee ee eee eee 274

lineatopunctatus ........ 59

MALS Voce eccccecccccecs 61

— multiporus ............ 272

—— punctatulus ............ 62

—— pyritosus .............. 58

—— quadricollis ............ 61

rodriguezi..... Beeeneese 59

TUFULUS wevveees eee eeee 61

—— sallei........... ee eee 59

—— semirufus ...........06. 61

—— seriatoporus ............ 60

SEYUALOPOTUS ..ceeee. 59, 272

—— splendidus.............. 61

SELGMOSUS eee eeecceecee 59

striatopunctatus ........ 60

—— SUAVIS oo... eee e cece eee 274

—— subeeneus ...... Seeeee .. 272

—— subsinuatus ........... ; 60

tarsalis ...... oeecesenes 61

tarsalis ..... Seceees 272, 273

tenuistriatus ....e.e.e... 59

—— tubericauda ............ 273

—— tubericauda ............ 274

—— valgus.............. 62, 274

VUCINUS ....065 rrr 273

yucatanus .............. 59

Sericoda ...... ccc ceeccecee 93, 96

bembidioides ...........4. 96

COTTOSA oe. cece eee wees 96

decempunctata.......... 96

A 1 135

Simodontus..... 0.000004, wee. 86

Spathinus .......... ceeeeeee 135

Spheracra ......00.. eo eees .. 158

Spongoloba punctata .......... 200

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SEENOCNEMUS ooo eee eve eevee 100

Chevrolatt...... cece eeene 115

—— pallidipes ...ccccceccee. 116

—— versicolor ..cceceveveues 114

STENOCREPIS............ 47, 268

SEENOCrEPIS oe cece ccc cece. 267

chalcas.............. 47, 268

chalcochrous .......400.. 268

—— duodecimstriatus ........ 268

GVANOSA ooo eee ccc ee eee 268

—— humilis 6. cece eee 47

Tepreeurt. .. cc cece veeeees 47

MEXICANUS 6... ccc seneees 45

Striatella ..... cs ceeeeee 47

STENOGLOSSA ..........005 184

Stenoglossa atriceps .......... 184

lineata ....... cece ee eee 184

nigrostriata ............ 184

—— pallida. ciccccvveveeee 184

picturata ...... stew eees 184

— transversa....... ee eee ee 184

—— undulata wisscvsssccaes 184

VATUGATA wsseeee vee eee 184

STENOGNATHUS ......-..44. 175

Stenognathus batesi.......... 175

platypterusS wvicsvsceees 175

quadricollis ............ 175

STENOLOPHINE........ reese 70

SSTENOLOPHUS .........0000, 70

Stenolophus.....+.+.+6- 67, 68, 69

conjunctuS ............ 71

JUAVUpes vevveceveceees 70, 71

Wimbalis oc. cece eee eaee 71

—— mexicanus............4. 70

STENOMORPHUS ..........6. 64

‘Stenomorphus rufipes ........ 65

SEENONOtUM ve ccvsseceveeees 199

STENOUS.....ceceeeecees 46, 268

Stenous chlorophanes.......... 268

duodecimstriatus .... 46, 268

—— elegans ..........00eeee 47

GVALLOSE vv eevee encecenese 268

gratiOSUs... 6... eens. 46, 268

GVUEUOSUS vee cess eenes 47

Decontet. .. secs ccevvees 268

—— metallicus .....sceeveee> 268

olivaceuS.........66- 47, 268

tibialis............4. 46, 268

CDUANIS eevee ccc eevvees AT

StereodeMa...cseccevecereves 88

StereostOMa .sssscvvvveveces 88

Steropus CONVELUS 6. .s.eeeeee 80

Stigmaphorus tesselatus ...... 155

SOTOLONIS woe cece reece eeens . 88

Stolonis intercepta .......... 88

Syllectus vvcvevevececvvenes .. 67

INDEX.

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Tachycellus ........ loess 69, 70,

71, 74

Tachylopha..cccccccaccecvnes 138

TachyMents voc ceccccvcccues 1387

TACHYS ...........00005 138, 287

Tachys...... 186, 140, 142, 144, 145,

147, 289

——— DSP. cee cee cceveceeee 148

——- equinoctialis............ 140

amplicollis ............ 142

amplicollis .......cee eee 288

AUSTANS. 6. ee cee eee 145

—— castaneicolor........ 139, 288

castanetcolor ......cee eee 140

— chiriquinus ........ 139, 287

—— CMriqUinu8... ce cccceeeee 140

——— COTTUSCUS voc scccseevees 1389

—— COTUSCUS...... cee eeeeeee 139

——— COFUSCUS vs veeeeeae 143, 288

cribellatus...........04. 143

Cribellatus oo. cece vec cees 289

cruciatus ...........06. 141

—— CUIVADS ..... 0. cece ee aee 143

—— CUTVANE Vo ev eceeccncenes 140

diminutus .............. 288

diploharpinus ...... 138, 287

duplex ............000. 289

flavicollis .............. 140

Globus... eee eee eeees 142

— gracilior .............. 289

immaculatus............ 289

UMCUPVUS. 6. cee ecaees 140, 141

insularum.............. 288

jamsoni ..........0. 148, 289

limbatellus ............ 288

—— lugubris................ 140

—— lymneoides ............ 139

—microspilus ............ 142

—— minusculus ............ 148

—— monostictus ............ 287

——- mundulus .............. 141

——_ mundulus ......cceceeee 142

nebulosus .............. 140

—— obtusellus.............. 141

—— pericallis .............. 141

—— platyderus.....ccceveees 142

—— pulchellus.............. 140

—— purgatus .............. 142

PIVULATIS. . eee eee eens 137

1 143

rufulus ............000- 148

seutellarts oo... cece eee 288

SQUITESE vo. cece ce eeeee . 148

tanta... cece eee eeees 140

tantillus............0.6. 140

—— vittiger ...........0000, 189

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Tachys Vorax.....sseeeeeeees 288

TACHYTA ...ccescseees 187, 287

Tachyt occ ccccccccees 138, 140

see seeenecevenvece 287

—— autumnalis.......... 187, 287

autumnalis ....eseveees 188

cucujoides........+0+04% 138

flavicauda.......04. 137, 188

—— marginicollis........008+ 138

—— TAD 0 eee eee eeeeees 137

paraela ..ssssscvveees 138

PUCUPES vc vvcceveceenees 137

Tachyurd vivcvcsvccnccevees 138

PUFULA oe vveveeneeeeee 148

Teniolobus.... ccc cecceeeee 29, 30

TOUS 0. ccc cence ee ennes 188

TETRACHA..... cesses ee eeees 1

Tetracha affinis...........06- 3

angustata .......eeeeeee 3

—— carolina.........eseeeee 1

CATOUNA. . cece eee cvene 2,3

carolina, var. cyanides.... 256

—— chevrolati............4. 2

—— Chevrolatit. ..... 0.00 eee 2

—— CHIENSIS 0 ce cevvcvnves 1

——cyanides .......seeeees 1

CYAN. eve e cee eennes 2

——_ CUphraticd. .. cc eeecccnee 1

—— fuligin0sa vo. ceveccceees 3

1 ED vc ccccccevenes 2,3

——— MEXICANA oe vssscvvvees 2

—— sobrina .......0. ce eeeee 2

—— SODIING oo. ereevesecees 3

VIFQINICA oo cece cece ee 3

TETRAGONODERINA........65 171

TETRAGONODERUS ...... 171, 295

Tetragonoderus ...+..seceeees 172

intermixtus ............ 172

—— mexicanus.......... 173, 295

NUQTOSETUATUS » eee sevveee 184

—— poecilus ....... cece eens 172

—— simplex... eee eee eeee 172

SINUOSUS..... ee eee eee eee 172

subfasctatus .......e00e. 172

EYANSVEVSUS vee scaeceecs 184

TRAYAUS. . ccc cc vvceceevevaes 166

PYGMAUS .iccevvcceeeee 166

THENARELLUS ..........644- 69

Thenarellus ..iccccvcceveves 67

—— leucopus ........++...- 69

ThENGrotes oo. vcccevcevrveres 67

Therates ......045 be ceceeeees 17

Thopeuticd ... cc ccscvccvceeee 15

Tracheuzus....cceceveveees .. 27

TrAchySQrus vsvcssvccveveues 70

TrechicuS ..scecoeeesees 183, 135

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TRECHINE,...... gee natee eee 136

TRECHUS ..... cece ceeeeeees 136

Trechus oc ccrvccccuceces 188, 144

Coarctatus........ eee ee 186

—— CONJUNCLUS oo ec aeccccees 71

—— mexicanus............6. 136

———_ MEXICUNUS ov ccceceees 137

—— panamensis ............ 137

rostratus .......ceee eee 137

TTi@na ....5. rr Serer 79

TRICHOPSELAPHUS ....eee00- 64

Trichopselaphus minor........ 64

SUDUTIAESCENS 640.0 ecceces 64

INDEX.

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Trichothorat .....cccevevees 216

TrOpopsts ve ceccsccccceeeees 25

Variopalpis ...ccccceseveuee 192

Wakefiellia .icccccccccceees 216

XENOCHOLAL vo vcccccccesenes 216

XYSTOSOMUS....eeeeeees 146, 290

AYSEOSOMUS ce sececeees 140, 147

ampliatus ........ e000 290

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Xystosomus belti ........000- 147

a 290

OUVACEUS vec seevccerees 147

—— sublevis .......eeeeeee 146

—— sulcicostis .......eeseees 146

ZADTUS vcevccecceerceraeces 22

FOMOrAtUs viceccccrcnees 22

Zuphtosoma ..cccvcsccveeees 166

—— ful errr ec vncnnnes 166

ZUPHIUM ...... eee eeeseges’ -166

Zuphium mexicanum ........ 166

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