DISTENIA. . 35 
The single example sent home by Mr. Champion agrees very well with the description 
of Lacordaire, who was ignorant of the locality of the specimen he described. It 
appears to be only a local form of D. pilatei, varying from the type in the brassy polish 
of the glabrous stripe bordering the suture and the greater prominence of the thoracic 
tubercles. 
3. Distenia geniculata. (Tab. VI. fig. 17.) 
Distenia geniculata, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 195. 
Hab. Nicaraaua, Chontales (Belt). 
4, Distenia pheocera. (Distenia rufipes, Tab. VI. fig. 16.) 
Distenia rufipes, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 196. 
D. columbine (Serv.) affinis, viridi-enea, nitida, brevissime setosa, pedibus rufis, antennis basi excepta fulvo- 
rufis; capite post oculos gradatim longe angustato; thorace disco valde inequali sparsim rugoso- 
punctato, spinis lateralibus longis acutis; elytris apice angustis, unispinosis, angulo suturali distincto, 
supra alutaceis et confertim punctatis, striis punctatis autem utrinque tribus discoidalibus, apice sub- 
levibus ; antennarum scapo fortiter clavato, antice sulcato ; femoribus paullulum incrassatis, haud spinosis. 
Long. 73-10 lin. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 
The examination of further examples has justified the suspicion expressed in re- 
viewing the Chontales Longicorns in 1872 (doc. sup. cit.), that this species is different 
from the D. rufipes of Colombia. The sculpture of the elytra is constantly different, 
the confused punctuation being closer and uninterrupted, except by the few lines of 
more regular punctures. The dull tawny-red colour of the antenne (except the basal 
two joints and base of the third) is also a constant character. 
5. Distenia fastuosa. 
Distenia fastuosa, Pascoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, viii. 1871, p. 274. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).—Soutn AMERICA; COLOMBIA. 
6. Distenia lineatopora. 
Gracilis, carneo-fulva, griseo incumbenti-pubescens et parce breviter setosa, elytris plaga scutellari fasciisque 
duabus obliquis nigro-fuscis; thorace disco 5-tuberculato, spinis lateralibus conicis; elytris apice iner- 
mibus, subacutis, dorso punctis magnis in seriebus quatuor ordinatis; antennis pubescentibus, articulis a 
tertio apice fuscis, scapo longe clavato; femoribus modice incrassatis, apice inermibus, medio tibiisque 
apice fuscis; corpore subtus fusco-nebuloso. 
Long. 7lin. SC. 
Hab. Guatemata, Calderas (Champion). 
A slender species, distinguished by its general tawny-pinkish hue and the four 
widely-separated lines of large punctures on the elytra, which gradually become less 
continuous in approaching the apex. The blackish-brown marks of the elytra are a 
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