208 COCOINELLID^E. 



instead of grey ; in fresh examples it is equally dense on the elytra, but usually appears 

 to be worn off. A series of about twenty examples was obtained by Mr. Champion,, 

 some below, but the greater part above, 4000 feet. 



4. Poria rubicunda. 



Oblongo-ovata, rufa, pube brevi grisea tenuiter vestita ; elytris fortiter crebre irregulariter punctatis. Long. 

 7-9 millim. 



Eab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet, Bugaba (Champion). 



Entirely deep rusty-red, sometimes the thorax has an indistinct cloudy marking near 

 its centre, and in a few examples the middle of the metasternum is dark. The head 

 and thorax are hardly visibly punctate, but the elytra are almost rugose, the larger 

 punctures being numerous and confluent. P. rubicunda is very nearly allied to 

 P. batesi, a Brazilian species described by Crotch, the type of which is now before me ; 

 but the punctuation of the elytra is coarser, and other small differences in colour incline 

 me to think it is probably distinct. There is, however, no other specimen of P. batesi 

 than the type in Crotch's collection, and it is not in very good preservation. 



A series of examples was collected at Bugaba, but only a single specimen from the 

 Volcan de Chiriqui. 



5. Foria sanguinitarsis. 



Poria sanguinitarsis, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, se*cur. p. 885 * ; Crotch, Eev. Coccin. p. 289 2 . 

 Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). — South America, Colombia 2 , Brazil x 2 . 



A single example, received from the late Mr. Belt. 



6. Foria marginithorax. 



Prodilis marginithorax, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 276 1 . 



Eab. Mexico l (Salle, ex coll. Sturm), Orizaba (SalU), Amula and Chilpancingo in 

 Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Jalapa (Edge). 



Crotch, in describing this insect, associated it with Prodilis pallidifrons, a South- 

 American species. I have examined the type of the latter, and find that P. marginithorax 

 differs in many essential particulars from it. The punctuation of P. pallidifrons is 

 uniform, though deep and sparse, and the thorax in our insect is not margined. It, in 

 fact, agrees with the smaller species of Poria, which have shorter antennas than the 

 typical forms. The punctuation of P. marginithorax is strong and close ; the larger 

 punctures are stellate, often confluent, and the whole surface is crowded with the 

 smaller punctures. Two specimens obtained by Salle at Orizaba have an irregular, 

 ring-like marking common to the two elytra, and have also the head red, and the thorax 

 red with only a dark mark on the base. These may probably represent the male. 



