230 PHYTOPHAGA. 
Hab. Muxico!—3, Chilpancingo, Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Matamoros Izucar, Panistla- 
huaca in Oaxaca (Sallé), Misantla, Tapachula (Hége); GuateMaLa, Zapote (Champion). 
Apparently a scarcer insect than most of the allied forms. C. coronata resembles 
C. hieroglyphica, but it has the rows of punctures on the elytra less interrupted by 
flavous reticulations, the punctures themselves placed in deep striz towards the suture 
posteriorly ; the antenne usually with the eighth and ninth joints infuscate or black ; 
and the flavous spots on the discoidal patch of the prothorax more extended, the central 
ones often forming a coroniform mark. In a variety from Matamoros Izucar the elytra 
have a large black patch at the base, not extending to the scutellum. We figure a 
typical C. coronata from Chilpancingo and a variety from Tapachula. , | 
V-_—-17. Ctenochira hieroglyphica. (Tab. XIII. figg. 15, ¢; 16, 2, var.) 
Coptocycla hieroglyphica, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 503*, and iv. p. 484°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. 
Mus. ix. p. 201°. 
Hab. Mexico 1-8, Playa Vicente, Cordova, Tuxtla, Orizaba (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge), 
Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Teapa in Tabasco (Hoge, H. H. Smith); Guatemaua, Senahu, 
San Juan, Teleman, La Tinta, and Sinanja, all in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Var. a. The discoidal black patch on the prothorax with a single arcuate flavous spot before the base ; the 
punctures on the elytra much finer and shallower towards the apex, the flavous reticulations larger and 
tending to form broad fascia. (Fig. 16.) 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Veragua 2°. 
Var. 3. The punctures on the elytra coarse and placed in deep strize towards the suture posteriorly, the flavous 
reticulations usually less distinct. 
Hab. GuatemMata, Las Mercedes, Capetillo, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaragua, 
Chontales (Belt, Janson). 
Var. y. The discoidal black patch on the prothorax with a single transverse flavous mark in front; the elytra 
with a large cordate black patch at the base, extending to the scutellum, and a broad space beyond it 
flavous, the sides only of the disc variegated with black, the punctures coarse and placed in deep strize 
behind. 
Hab. GuateMata, San Isidro (Champion). One specimen. 
The typical form of this species is not uncommon in the Mexican States of Vera Cruz 
and Tabasco, and also in Vera Paz. Of the var. w, which is perhaps distinct, we have 
only a single specimen. ‘The var. 8, which is not rare in Guatemala and Nicaragua, 
is almost intermediate between C. hieroglyphica and C. coronata, as it has the elytral 
punctures placed in strie towards the apex as in C. coronata. The antenne are flavous, 
with the tip of the apical joint black. The prothorax has a large triangular basal 
black patch, enclosing three transverse flavous marks, which are sometimes partly obso- 
lete ; in one specimen (from Chontales) the anterior spot extends completely across. 
The scutellum is yellow. The elytra have the disc black, irregularly reticulated with 
yellow markings, which interrupt the rows of punctures. 
