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ti. Plusiotis brevis sp. nov. 



?. P. bivvis, (ivalis, laete pomacea ; iufra jjariim argentea, all)0-villos;i. Capitc 

 pi'othoracecine ruodico deuse jmnctatis, hoc ante mediimi laterilms levissinie augulato, 

 jioiie angulo anterioro minime siiiuato, ante et jxist medium fere recto ; flyjieo 

 semicirciilari. Sciitello basi villoso, jniuctato, ajrice sublaevi. Elytris sat fortiter 

 striatis, striis irregiilariter punctulatis, interstitiis dorso paucis jiniictis iustractis ; 

 lateribus fere impiinctatis, post liumeros ])arnm impressis, margiue externo uou 

 dilatato. Pj'gidio villoso, dense punctata, ])iinctis medio sparsioribns, convexo, 

 margiue ajiicali snbtrnueato. Mesosterno processu iutercoxali brevi ; metasterno 

 lateribus dense, medio sparsim, abdomine lateraliter sat crasse sed nou dense, 

 ]mnctatis, segmento ultimo brevi, paucis punctis instructo. margine a])icali versus 

 inferum reflexo. Tibiis parum ani'eo-iiitentibns, soabris. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. IG, lat. !:>. 



Elytra with about nine stripes each, the outer ones of which are irregular and 

 feeble ; the third and fourth insterstices more raised behind, where they are con- 

 fluent, the thiid stripe becnming obsolete beyond the middle; the sides somewhat 

 rugose, especially in the rather slight depression behind the shoulders ; the outer 

 margin not dilated, and only very faintly flattened beside the posthumeral impression. 



This species has almost the same size and outline as P. lecontei Horn., but is more 

 rounded, has a pale aij])le green colour, and golden green tibiae ; its pubescence is white ; 

 the head is broad as in P. Ian ice lit ri.-^ and allies, and not small as in P. Icr-oiiU'i. The 

 ])rocess of the mesosteruum is a little longer than in /-'. lanicentris ; the last abdominal 

 segment transverse, trnncate, and transversely depressed before the apical margin. 



Hnh. West Mexico (taken on a jonrney from Durango to the Pacific). 



T. Anoplostethus laetus sp. nov. (PI. xiii., fig. 13.) 



A. laete viridis, parum auratus, clypeo, tibiis tarsisque aureis. Caput 

 cly])co sat minute ruguloso-pnnctatum, frcinte grossins, sed parum s])arsius jiune- 

 tatnm. Prothorax angulis anticis rotuudatis, disco sparsim, laterilms densius 

 punctatus. Scutellum basi utriuque pilis albis vestitum, lateribus paucis punctis 

 instmctmn. Elytra subtiliter (parum seriatim) punctata, in singulo disco tribus 

 striis levissime impressis. Pygidium densissime rugnloso-granulatum, margine 

 apicaji sparsim ciliatum. Pro- et mesosteruum, laterac[ue metasterni transverse 

 ruguloso-striata, albo-])ilosa ; abdomen lateraliter punctulatum, sjiarsim rugatum, 

 pilosum, medio paucis punctis umbilicatis transverse dispositis. 



Long. 2() mm., elytr. 1.5, lat. 13. 



Distinguished by the rich apple green colour with a tint of gidd ; clypeus, 

 tibiae and tarsi more golden than the rest of the body. Upperside glabrous, only 

 base of the scutellum with sparse white hairs at the sides. Under surface clotlied 

 with sticii white long hairs on the pro- and mesosternum, sides of the metasternum 

 and first abdominal segment, these hairs standing in umbilicate punctures, wliieli 

 merge into one another and form irregular transverse striae. 



Elytra rather sparingly punctured, the interstices being five or six times as 

 large as the punctures, which are serially arranged here and there; one regular row 

 iif imnctures close to the suture, and two slightly impressed rows on the dise, a third 

 discal, faintly imi)ressed line beiug devoid of punctures, ol)liijue, short, scarcely 

 reaching the middle of the elytron, anteriorly confluent with the second one. 

 Pygidium exceedingly densely rugiilose-granulate, its extreme margin golden. 



Ihtlj. Cardwell (Queensland). 



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