PARIA.—PHANATA., 239 
7. Paria binotata. 
Pale fulvous, the last five joints of the antennx piceous; thorax finely but distinctly punctured; elytra finely 
punctate-striate, the punctures indistinct near the apex, a short elongate spot near the base, and a more 
rounded one at the middle, black. 
Length 13 line. 
Head impunctate on the vertex; the clypeus with a few fine punctures, not separated from the face; antennz 
with the lower six joints fulvous, the others piceous or black ; thorax much broader than long, the sides 
rather strongly deflexed, the surface not very closely but distinctly punctured ; scutellum broader than 
long; elytra not visibly depressed below the base, more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures 
becoming almost obsolete towards the apex. 
Hab. Mzxico, Ventanas in Durango, Tupataro in Guanajuato (Hége). 
This species, of which more than a dozen examples were obtained, agrees very nearly 
with the description of P. le@vicollis, Crotch; this latter, however, is said to have the 
thorax impunctate. The basal spot on the elytra is elongate, and placed between the 
fourth and fifth strie, the other being round, and situated a little nearer the lateral 
margin. No varieties are to be found amongst the specimens. 
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PHANZETA (p. 185). 
2. Phansta (?) strigicollis. 
Metallic greenish, zneous, or bluish; the basal joints of the antenne and the base of the femora fulvous; 
thorax closely strigose-punctate ; elytra strongly and closely punctate-striate, the sides with a longitudinal 
costa near the margin, 
Length 13-12 line. 
Head strongly punctured, the interspaces finely granulate; eyes notched at their inner margin ; antenne with 
the terminal five joints strongly thickened, black, the lower six joints fulvous; thorax transversely 
convex, twice as broad as long, the sides straight at the base, strongly rounded in front, the posterior 
angles produced into a point, the surface crowded with elongate deep punctures which assume the shape 
of strigee at the sides; elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, convex, subcylindrical, the punc- 
tuation stronger than that of the thorax, and placed in close rows, the interstices scarcely perceptibly 
punctured, the sides with a narrow but acute ridge extending from the shoulder to the apex; underside 
ereenish-black, the breast metallic green; legs variable in colour—greenish-black with the base of the 
femora fulvous, or fulvous with black tarsi; the anterior margin of the prothoracic episterna strongly 
convex ; prosternum longer than broad, widened at the apex. 
Hab. Muxtico, Puebla (Sallé), Tacambaro in Michoacan, Tonila in Colima, Acapulco 
in Guerrero, Yautepec and Cuernavaca in Morelos (Hége). 
This insect bears a most striking resemblance in colour, shape, and sculpture to 
Spintherophyta thoracica (=cyanea, Lefévre); it can scarcely be distinguished from 
that species without an examination of the anterior margin of the prothoracic episterna, 
this being straight in Spintherophyta, and strongly convex in P. strigicollis. For this 
reason I have placed the species in Phaneta, notwithstanding its somewhat different 
general appearance. The colour of the elytra varies from dark to lighter blue and from 
green to zneous. 
