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account Blepharida from Notozona. In several of Clark's and Mr. Baly's species an 

 examination of the palpi proves them to be jflliform. Another distinctive character 

 given by Chapuis is the punctate-striate elytra ; Notozona jansoni, Baly, has, how- 

 ever, closely and irregularly punctate elytra. Taking it altogether, I think that 

 Notozona ought to be united with Blepharida, of which we have several species, and 

 which I am unable to separate structurally from the present genus, as the shape of the 

 palpi alone does not seem to be a good constant character. If the emargination of 

 the posterior tibise is looked upon as a structural difference, it will not hold good 

 either, as a more or less distinct emargination may be seen in most species of Notozona 

 (N. histrionica, for example). 



1. Notozona histrionica. (Tab. XXII. fig. 9.) 



Notozona histrionica, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3 ser. ii. p. 433 (1865) \ 



Eab. Mexico \ Cordova, Orizaba, Playa Vicente (Salle), Jalapa (Edge). 



2. Notozona guatemalensis. 



Notozona guatemalensis, Duvivier, Comptes rendus de la Soc. entom. de Belgique, p. cccxii (1884) 1 . 

 Eab. Guatemala 1 . 



Allied to N. histrionica, but differing in the punctuation and pattern of the elytra. 



3. Notozona elegans. 



Notozona elegans, Clark, Journ. of Ent. ii. p. 411 (Nov. 1865) \ 

 Eab. Mexico 1 . 



This species seems to me to be identical with N. histrionica, Baly, according to the 

 description of Clark. 



4. Notozona semifasciata. (Tab. xxn. fig. 10.) 



Fulvous ; the six terminal joints of the antennae black ; elytra regularly punctate-striate, black or fuscous, 

 two spots at the base, a transverse irregularly dentate band before the middle, and three large spots, 

 placed triangularly at the apex, flavous. 



Var. Elytra dark fulvous, the anterior band separated into three spots. 



Length 4-4| lines. 



Head with a few fine punctures near the inner margin of the eyes and at the vertex ; thorax nearly three 

 times as broad as long, the posterior margin sinuate at each side, the lateral margins rounded, the 

 anterior angles thickened and produced outwards, the surface rather closely and finely punctured, inter- 

 mixed with a few larger punctures ; scutellum black ; elytra very convex, robust, and scarcely narrowed 

 behind, regularly punctate-striate, each elytron with ten rows of punctures, the flavous spots and bands 

 are placed as follows : — a small spot at the shoulder, a larger obliquely shaped one near the scutellum, a 

 transverse short band below the middle near the lateral margin, a triangular spot near the suture, and a 

 more transversely shaped one at the extreme apex, the anterior band is deeply dentate near its middle 

 and extends from there to the suture in an oblique direction. 



Eab. Guatemala, Yzabal (Salle), Chacoj in the Polochic valley (Champion). 



