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tunda, marginali, albida," do not apply to this insect, which has the thorax narrowly 

 margined with white in front and just round the hind angles, the white margin often 

 with three linear denticulations in front ; also that it is described as a little larger 

 than C. cacti. 



8. Cycloneda maeander. 



Daulis mceander, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 335 \ 

 Cycloneda mceander, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 166 2 . 



Hah. Mexico 1 2 . — South America, Cayenne 1 2 , S. Paulo 2 . 



Mulsant x gives " Mexico " as a locality for this species on the authority of Hope. 

 I have not seen any specimens from there, and think the statement needs corroboration. 



9. Cycloneda gilardini. (Tab. IX. fig. 25.) 



Davlis gilardini, Muls. Monogr. Coccin. p. 214 1 . 

 Cycloneda gilardini, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 166 2 . 



Hab. Mexico, Toxpam {Salle). 



The unique type is now before me from Salle's collection. The locality " Colombia " 

 seems to be an error of Mulsant's \ and Crotch following him does not seem to have 

 seen the insect. A second error is that Crotch says 2 , " elytra each with ten spots : " 

 this is due to a misprint in Mulsant's description, where "dix" is printed for "six," as 

 may easily be seen by the context. 



10. Cycloneda electra. (Tab. x. fig. 3.) 



Subhemispbserica, nigra, perobsolete alutaeea, vix punctata; capite prothoracisque lateribus late albidis; 

 elytrorum basi, macula apicali subquadrata epipleurisque flavis. Long. 7, lat. 6 millim. 



Hal. Guatemala (Salle), San Geronimo (Champion). 



This species is evenly but not very strongly convex, the margin of the elytra a little 

 expanded. The head is white ; the antennae and palpi yellowish. The thorax is black 

 in the middle, this colour extending narrowly along the base on each side of the rather 

 wide central vitta ; the extreme apex of this vitta is, however, whitish. The base of 

 the elytra is yellow for about a quarter of their length, but more widely so a little 

 before the margin than at the suture. In one of the two examples before me the entire 

 limb of the elytra is black ; but in the one from Salle's collection the black margin 

 ceases at the shoulders and at the apex. The legs are black; the tibiae on their 

 internal sides and the tarsi are fuscous. 



This species might almost be placed with Neda, but it has the elytra less expanded 

 than in If. marginalis. - 



The specimen figured is the one from Salle's collection. 



