432 PHYTOPHAGA. 



Hob. Mexico, Puebla, Juquila, Durasnal, Huatusco, Yolos, Peras (Salle), Cerro de 

 Plumas (Edge), Michoacan (Flohr); Guatemala, Capetillo (Champion). 



At first sight (E. conspurcata so much resembles (E. maculata in the arrangement of 

 the pattern of the elytra, as to suggest the probability of its being a variety only of this 

 species ; but as I have more than forty specimens for examination, all differing in the 

 same way, I must conclude the species to be a distinct one. The differences to be 

 found are the following : in (E. conspurcata the head is always closely punctured on the 

 vertex (not smooth as in the allied species), and the entire posterior portion is black ; 

 the disc of the thorax is generally spotted with piceous, and has a distinct transverse 

 groove near the base ; the elytra have always a wrinkled appearance, and are generally 

 furnished with longitudinal grooves and alternate costee; lastly, the anterior black 

 elytral band is very strongly dentate, forming a distinct V-shaped mark across the 

 suture ; in the variety in which the bands are broken into spots, as in (E. maculata, the 

 rugose and costate appearance of the elytra remain the same. I retain a MS. name of 

 Chevrolat's for this species. 



A single specimen only was obtained at Guatemala by Mr. Champion. 



61. (Edionychis jansoni. (Tab. XXIV. fig. 24.) 



Elongate, flattened, testaceous ; head finely punctured ; thorax impunctate ; elytra with the suture, a trans- 

 verse spot at the hase, another at the middle, and a third near the apex, fulvous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head finely punctured ; the eyes large, closely approached ; antennae fulvous, the intermediate joints ohscure 

 piceous, the third and fourth joints of equal length ; sides of the thorax broadly flattened, the anterior 

 angles not produced, without any trace of a tooth ; elytra narrowed towards the apices, the lateral margin 

 rather broadly flattened anteriorly, hut gradually narrowed posteriorly, the surface finely punctured, 

 testaceous the suture narrowly, and three transverse hands (the two anterior ones of which do not extend 

 to either margin), fulvous ; first joint of the posterior tarsi longer than the second, the claw-joint strongly 

 swollen. 



Eab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Janson, coll. Jacoby). 



This species may be known by its flattened, posteriorly narrowed shape, the elytral 

 margin, and their design. I possess only a single specimen. 



62. (Edionychis qusBrula. (Tab. XXIII. fig. 19.) 



(Edionychis qucerula, Harold, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1881, p. 138 \ 



Eab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion), Colon (Boucard). — Vene- 

 zuela (coll. Jacoby); Beazil 1 . 



I have not much doubt that I am rightly referring the specimens from the above 

 localities to Von Harold's species, although the description makes no mention of any 

 structural characters except the punctuation of the elytra and their design. The 

 arrangements of the small elytral spots agree well with the description, with the 

 exception that there are two small spots visible near the apex in the Central American 

 specimens, while Von Harold only speaks of one. A single specimen from Colon has 



