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nine or ten submarginal setigerous punctures laterally on the prono- 

 tum; and (3) the original description stated that the mesopleural 

 evaporatorium was "separee de la suture par un espace lisse atteignant 

 les deux tiers pres des hanches," while in the type this structure ex- 

 tends along the suture and reaches the lateral margin of the segment. 

 These three features as described suggest that sallei is a member of 

 the northern subgenus, Homaloporus. Perhaps the description was 

 drawn from the Venezuelan specimen and not the Mexican one which 

 now bears the type label. If this is true, the problem is still not solved. 

 The author is not aware that any member of that subgenus occurs on 

 continental South America and so cannot guess which, if any, of the 

 known species of subgenus Homalo-porus it might be. So, until the 

 Venezuelan specimen is examined, the author accepts the Mexican 

 individual as the type and places the name where the specimen ob- 

 viously belongs, as a synonym of piceatus. Lastly, petersi also presents 

 certain problems. As yet, the type has not been located so work must 

 be done in reference to the original description and illustration. Of all 

 the specimens which were small enough to be considered as meeting the 

 "4 mill." size stated for this species, some were docilis, as delimited by 

 the ventral subbasal angulation on the posterior tibia, and the remain- 

 der were piceatus. These included several specimens from the type lo- 

 cahty of Peru. None of them showed the two submarginal setigerous 

 punctures on the submargin of the jugum as described and illustrated 

 by Signoret. But the present author has developed such a distrust for 

 Signoret's "Revision" that he does not have much faith in either its 

 text or its illustrations. If the text and figures are accurate concerning 

 this species, then it is the only one in the genus lacking the lateral 

 primary setigerous puncture immediately anterior to the eye. Since 

 the presence of the three primary setigerous punctures is characteristic 

 for all the known species of the genus and because Signoret's work has 

 been found to be far from accurate in a number of other instances, the 

 present author prefers to believe that Signoret failed to correctly 

 interpret this part of the animal. Until a specimen is found which 

 agi-ees with Signoret's works and disproves this belief, the author will 

 cling to it and assign petersi to synonymy under piceatus. 



Two of the Costa Rican specimens bear labels indicating they had 

 been collected from cultivated plants, one from strawberry and the 

 other from beans. 



Pangaeus {Pangaeus) punctinotum^ new species 

 Plate figures 47, 74, 232 



Diagnosis.— The numerous distinct punctures behind the subapical 

 impression and on the midhne of the anterior pronotal lobe (fig. 74) 

 mark this species as distinct from all others in the genus. 



