ACTENODES. 29 



Las Mercedes, El Eeposo, Torola, Pantaleon, Paraiso, Mirandilla (Champion); Nicaeagua, 

 Chontales (Belt, Janson). — Colombia 2 ; Venezuela (Brit. Mus.). 



2. Actenodes fulginea. (Tab. II. fig. 15.) 



Statura et color fere A. nobilis (Linn.). Capite cupreo, vertice viridi ; thorace nigro-purpureo, vittis tribus viridi- 

 aureis et eupreis ornato ; elytris pnrpureis, ad medium nigris, nitidis, macula basali vittaque apicali aureo- 

 viridibus, fasciisque duabus bene dentatis aureo-viridibus intus cupreo marginatis, regione discoidali 

 parcius subtilissime punctulata ; abdomine aureo-viridi. » 



Long. 5|-9 lin. 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt). 



This species is extremely close to A. nobilis (L.), and has the markings precisely 

 similar ; but it differs in having the elytra more delicately and less closely punctured, 

 especially in the discoidal area ; this gives the elytra a more shining appearance than 

 is the case in A. nobilis. 



In describing this species one is met with this difficulty. Under the head of A. nobilis 

 I find two species confounded : one has the elytra densely punctured and is somewhat 

 dull. All the specimens with localities are from Cayenne. 



The second is brighter in appearance, and has the punctuation of the elytra decidedly 

 less close and more delicate. The specimens are from Ega, St. Paulo, Santarem, and 

 Para. 



I have presumed that the specimens from Cayenne are the true A. nobilis (L.). They 

 are certainly the A. nobilis of Laporte and Gory. 



The Amazonian specimens above alluded to average smaller than those from Nica- 

 ragua, are more uniform in colour, and have less coppery margining the bands on the 

 elytra. These differences, however, are slight, and I think it better to consider them 

 merely varieties of A. fulginea. 



Care must be taken not to confound these species with A. aurolineata, which has 

 precisely similar markings, but has more coarsely punctured elytra and a leaden-green 

 abdomen. 



3. Actenodes regularis. 



Chrysobothris regularis, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. p. 32, t. 6. f . 46 l . 

 Hab. Mexico \ Orizaba (Salle) ; Hondueas. 



In the British-Museum collection there is an example from Honduras which differs 

 from the specimen from Mexico in being smaller (only 5 lines long) and more strongly 

 sculptured on the elytra; the head is more closely punctured, and instead of being 

 brownish bronze is green, with a coppery hue on the vertex, and with the longitudinal 

 furrow much deeper and violet in colour ; the apical spot on the elytra is at the apex 

 instead of being just within it. 



