STELIDOTA. . dll 
be a variety of the latter I do not think that anything we have received can be 
identified with it. 
3. Stelidota pallens, sp.n. (Tab. X. fig. 3, 2.) 
Ovalis, convexa, testacea, parum nitida; elytris obsoletissime sulcatis, seriatim brevissime pubescentibus ; 
prothorace basi utrinque sinuato, lateribus haud explanatis. 
Long. 2-33 millim. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Taboga I. (Champion). 
Closely allied to 8. strigosa, but the axillary space outside the middle coxa is quite 
small, as in S. geminata; and also distinguished by being more pallid in colour, by 
the minute series of hairs on the wing-cases being duplicated (the outer row of each 
pair being almost as large as the inner), and by there being also a feeble interstitial 
pubescence. In the male the dilated part of the hind tibia is rather long, and has a 
straight inner edge. 
The very feeble sulcation of the wing-cases and their quite dull surface distinguish 
the species from most of the other species except 4. strigosa. 
4, Stelidota solitaria, sp. n. 
Late ovalis, minus convexa, ferruginea, supra picea, capite, antennis, prothoracis lateribus elytrorumque 
signaturis ferrugineis ; elytris ad basin levissime sulcatis, interstitiis nitidis, pubescentie seriebus brevibus 
haud ineequalibus. 
Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé, Hoge), Atoyac, Teapa (H. H. Smith); Guatemana, 
Zapote, Panzos (Champion); Nicaraeua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Bugaba 
(Champion). 
This species is distinguished essentially from S. strigosa by the absence of the minute 
interstitial sculpture on the wing-cases, and more resembles S. geminata, from which 
it is easily separated by the grooves on the elytra being quite obsolete except at the 
apex; the maculation of the elytra is similar to that of S. geminata. ‘The antenne are 
more or less infuscate towards the extremity. The thorax is broad and short, much 
narrowed in front, and sinuate at the base, with the sides explanate ; the surface densely 
punctured, and with a scanty, fine, short pubescence. The serial pubescence of the 
elytra is very even, and the alternate interstices are not at all raised: each series 
consists of two rows of hairs, but the outer row is so short that it is not easily detected. 
The axillary space on the metasternum is moderately large—larger than in S. pallens 
or 8. geminata, but smaller than in S. strigosa. The middle tibie of the male are much 
curved, and possess an elongate dilatation at the apex. 
