MORGAN HEBARD llo 



Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus) 



1767. [Blalta] surinamensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., eel. xii, p. 6S7. [Surinam.] 

 Jiminez, Cauca, 1600 feet, VII, 1907, (M. G. Palmer), 39, 



[A. N. S. P.]. 



Panchlora cubensis Saussure 



1862. P[anchlor(i] oibensis Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 2e ser., xiv, p. 2.30. 

 [ 9 , Cuba.] 



Caldas, Cauca, 2560 feet. V, 14. 1914, (H. S. Parish), 19, 

 [A. N. S. P.]. 



This specimen agrees fully with Cuban females of the species 

 before us.^^ In it the eyes are very narrowly separated by a dis- 

 tance about one-fifth the greatest ocular width; this feature ap- 

 parently varies in the present species. In fact so much variation 

 is seen to occur in the large series at hand of cubensis, that the 

 species is clearly one of the centers of difficulty in the proper 

 understanding of the genus. *^ 



The measurements of the specimen recorded are:- length of 

 body, 19.4; pronotum, 5.7; tegmen, 20.7 mm. Width of pro- 

 notum, 6.4; tegmen, 6.3 nun. 



Panchlora colombiae new sijpcies (Plate XVIIL fig. .3.) 



This plain green species is closely related to P. hidentula 

 Hebard, known only from the male sex, this sex of the present 

 species differing in the larger size, normally wider interocular 

 space and striking genitalic features. 



Compared with both sexes of P. cubensis Saussure, the present 

 insect is found to differ in the normally wider interocular space, 

 proportionate^ larger pronotiun, proportionately wider tegmina 

 and distinctive male genitalic features.^' 



From the insufficient description of P. punctum Saussure and 

 Zehntner, based on a single female from "Central America," a 

 possibility of the present niaterial representing that species might 

 exist, were it not for the fact that Central American material of 



^'See diagnosis: Hebard, Mem. Am. Ent. Soc, Xo. 2, pp. 197 to 199, pi. viii, 

 figs. 2 to 5, (1917). 



s-* See Hebard, Ent. News, xxvii, pp. 217 to 222, (1916). 



^^ We would note, however, that unless a large collection representing many 

 species of the plain green species of Panchlora is available, the student is certain 

 to have almost insurmountable difficulties in determining single females belong- 

 ing to this section of the genus. 



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