52 MALACODERMATA. 
pale vitta. I have seen, however, specimens of an insect I cannot distinguish from 
this one which were labelled “ Brazil” and ‘Buenos Ayres.” 
The upperside is entirely of an ochreous yellow; the prothorax has a very faint 
carina, and is scarcely at all transparent in front. The palpi are fuscous; the eyes of 
course black, being with the antenne almost the only dark parts; and, owing to its 
entirely yellow colour, the luminous portions are not clearly distinguishable. 
2. Cratomorphus dorsalis. 
Cratomorphus dorsalis, Gyll. in Schonh. Syn. Ins. ii. App. p. 24?; Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 36. 
Nec Cratomorphus dorsalis, Mots. Etud. Ent. ii. p. 34. 
Oblongo-ovatus ; fuscus, prothoracis disco basi piceo, lineolis duabus rufis; antennis, palpis, tibiis, tarsis, 
abdominis segmentibus quatuor primis macula utrinque piceis; elytris costatis, ad margines dilutioribus. 
Long. 22 millim. ¢. 
Hab. Nicaraaua, Chontales (Janson).—ANTILLES. 
The thorax is not so much narrowed towards the front as in C. fuscipennis, so that 
the hind angles are more nearly right angles; and there are two lunate clear patches 
in the valley of the reflexed front margin. The central carina is very fine indeed, 
almost obsolete, The underside is variegated with fuscous and yellow, the pitchy 
spots on the abdominal plates being conspicuous. I have a female without locality 
which I refer to this species, the underside of which is nearly wholly fuscous, with the 
exception of the fifth and sixth segments. ‘The apical ventral and dorsal plates are 
nearly similar in form, not truncate, the ventral one notched in the female. 
8. Cratomorphus picipennis. (Tab. IV. fig. 7.) 
Breviter oblongus, nigro-fuscus vel piceus; prothorace pallido, antice diaphano, medio subcarinato, pedibus 
basi dilutioribus. Long. 138-16 millim. 9°. 
Mas l\atet. 
Femina abdominis segmentis quinto et sexto (marginibus exceptis) albis, diaphanis, apicali triangulari, apice 
fisso, pygidio apice rotundato integro. 
Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sallé), GUATEMALA, San Juan (Champion). 
The figure represents the specimen from San Juan. 
Head, with the antenne and palpi, pitchy, mouth paler; prothorax pale yellowish 
white. In the smaller of the two specimens before me the disk is pitchy near the base ; 
the depressed portion immediately before the front margin is transparent, so that 
the antennee can be seen through from above; the carina divides this clear portion into 
two lunate spots. ‘The length of the thorax is about equal to the width at the base; 
the hinder angles are right angles, but the corners are rounded off. The scutellum is 
pale. ‘The elytra in the larger specimen, which is from San Juan, are pitchy, paler 
towards the apical half of the margin; in the smaller specimen they are dark fuscous, 
narrowly margined with pale yellow, as well as the suture. 
