150 PHYTOPHAGA. 
bador, Coatepeque, El Reposo, Las Mercedes, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion); Panama, 
Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Var. a. The prothorax usually with the sides, the base and apex in the middle, and two transversely placed 
spots on the disc, black; the elytra with a common, ovate, rather large spot on the suture below the base, 
a small spot on the humeral callus, and sometimes one or two other small spots on the disc or margin, 
_ black, the exterior limb also more or less infuscate or black ; the legs entirely black. 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten), Caché (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion). 
Var. 3. The sides and apex, and sometimes also the base, of the prothorax and the exterior limb of the elytra 
rufo-testaceous ; the legs partly or entirely black. 
Hab. Mexico, Tapachula (Hoge); Guatemaua, El Reposo, San Gerénimo, El Jicaro 
(Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David 
(Champion). 
It is with some hesitation that I retain C. gressoria as distinct from C. pubescens ; 
but as the elytra appear to be more gibbous, and the insect is constant in some localities, 
though occurring with C. pubescens in others, it is perhaps advisable to keep them 
separate. The sutural callosity of the elytra is larger and more rounded than in 
C. pubescens, and the spots between the humeral callus and the suture show no tendency 
to become confluent, so as to form an oblong patch. ‘The prothorax, the anterior 
margin and a small oblong spot on the disc excepted, and the legs are sometimes 
black.. The colour of the prothorax is very variable. C. gressoria has been collected — 
rather abundantly at Las Mercedes in Guatemala, and at various places in Chiriqui, 
unaccompanied by C. pudescens, which apparently does not extend south of Guate- 
mala. We figure one of Boheman’s types from Juquila, a male. | 
4, Chelymorpha sericea. (Tab. VI. fig. 22, 3.) 
Chelymorpha sericea, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iv. p. 195°. 
Hab. GuatEma.a (coll. Baly!); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Costa Rica (Sallé). 
I have seen only four specimens of this species, including the types in the Baly 
collection. ‘Three of these belong to the variety with immaculate elytra. We figure 
Boheman’s type. | 
5. Chelymorpha comata. (Tab. V1. figg. 23, 9; 24, 25, 3, vars.) 
Chelymorpha comata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. ii. p. 4’, and iv. p. 194?; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. ix. 
p- 73°. . 
Chelymorpha 17-notata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iv. p. 202+. 
Chelymorpha 18-punctata, Sturm in litt.’ 
Hab. Mexico !~* (Sallé, ex coll. Sturm), Playa Vicente, Tuxtla, Cordova, Vera Cruz 4 
