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eariniform from about the basal third, 3 always more or less tumid at the base. Anterior femora 
strongly clavate. Anterior tibie moderately elongated, curved, sinuate towards the apex, unguiculate, 
and feebly denticulate. 
Length 43-61, breadth 2-24 millim. (d 9.) 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Brit. ; U.S. Nat. Mus.), Ciudad in Durango (forrer), Omilteme, 
Chilpancingo (H. H. Smith), Ixtapan, Parada (Sal/é). 
A widely distributed, variable Mexican insect, with a hairy prosternum, as in 
P. hirtipes. Some specimens have the alternate elytral interstices strongly raised and 
the suture abruptly declivous posteriorly. The five from Ciudad (taken as the types, 
fig. 21) have a large cinereous apical patch and the alternate interstices scarcely 
prominent. The cinereous scales sometimes predominate. One of the examples in 
the British Museum is much narrower than the rest and has subparallel elytra. 
27. Pandeleteius fasciatus, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. figg. 22, 22 a.) 
Pandeleteius fasciatus, Jekel, in litt. 
Moderately elongate, robust, ferruginous or obscure ferruginous ; variegated with a dense clothing of brownish- 
white and brown scales, the darker scales condensed into a median stripe or three vitte on the prothorax 
and numerous, transverse or oblique, partly confluent markings on the elytra (these sometimes extending 
over half the surface and almost surrounding two oblique, sharply defined, pallid fasciz) ; the surface also 
set with scattered, minute, curled, decumbent hairs. Head and rostrum together about as long as the 
prothorax, the rostrum transverse, flattened, and triangularly emarginate, the scrobes not extending 
beyond the eyes, the latter depressed. Prothorax about as long as broad, rounded at the sides, constricted 
towards the apex and at the base, sparsely punctate; vibrisse long. Elytra broader than the prothorax, 
widened to the middle, somewhat inflated posteriorly; finely punctate-striate, the interstices becoming 
convex towards the sides and apex. Anterior femora strongly clavate. Anterior tibie long, feebly 
curved, unguiculate, and armed with about six scattered teeth. 
Length 41-62, breadth 13-23 millim. (¢ ¢.) 
Hab. Mexico (Mus. Brit.), Jalapa, Cerro de Palmas, Oaxaca (Hoge) ; GUATEMALA 
(Mus. Brit.), San Geronimo (Champion), Chinautla (Sallé). 
Numerous examples, few of which, however, are in good condition. ‘The elytra 
vary greatly in colour, according to the predominance of the light or dark scales, the 
darker specimens only having conspicuous oblique pallid fascie. ‘The complete basal 
constriction of the prothorax and the shorter scrobes readily separate P. fasciatus from 
P. cucullatus and P. cuneatus, both of which, moreover, have strongly setose legs, less 
clavate femora, a more produced prothorax, and raised alternate elytral interstices. 
98. Pandeleteius undatus, sp.n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 23, 2.) 
Moderately elongate, obscure ferruginous ; densely clothed with brown scales, the prothorax broadly paler at 
the sides (leaving a distinct darker median vitta), the elytra with a transverse or oblique patch on the 
outer part of the disc at about the middle, and a common, undulate, sharply-defined, subapical fascia, 
whitish or pale brown; the surface also set with a few very minute, adpressed, curled hairs. Head and 
rostrum together about as long as the prothorax, the rostrum triangularly emarginate; eyes depressed, 
Prothorax about as long as broad, constricted at the base and towards the apex; vibrisse long. Elytra 
widened to the middle and somewhat inflated posteriorly, especially in 2 , punctate-striate, the interstices 
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