36 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



84. P. Maillei, Percheron, Monogr. Passal., Suppl., i, p. 31, t. 78, fig. 6. 

 Hah. Pacific slopes (5000 feet). A widely-distributed species in tlie 



northern part of South America, and in Central America. 



85. Pertinax morio, Percheron, Monogr. Passal., p. 83, t. 6, fig. 4. 



Hab. Nanegal (3 - 4000 feet). Five exami^les. Recorded also from 

 Colombia and Mexico. 



86. Nelcus imndatissimus, Eschsch., Nouv. Mem. Mosc, 1829, i, p. 19. 



Hab. Pacific slopes (below 1400 feet). One example. A common insect 

 in Peru and Colombia. 



Tribe LONGICORNIA. 

 Fam. PBIONID.^. 



87. Parandra glabra, De Geer, Mem., iv, p. 351. 



Hab. Chillo (9000 feet). One example. A widely-distributed species in 

 Ti'opical America. 



88. /'. luciana, Thorns., Mus. Scientif., p. 86. 



Hab. Milligalli (6200 feet) ; Nanegal (3-4000 feet). Four examples. 



Three males and one female of a species which answers fairly well to 

 Thomson's desci'ijition of P. luciana. 



89. Prionocalus Whyniferi, n. sp. 



Hab. Milligalli (6200 feet). Two S and one $ examples. 



^ . P. BucMeiji proxime affinis, diffei't tantum elytris versus apicem magis 

 angustatis abdominis apicem tegentibus, sculpturaque toti corporis paullo 

 subtiliori, crebrerrime et usque ad elytrorum apicem tequaliter vermiculato- 

 rugosis : pedibus et palpis nigris. 



Long. 40-45 millim. 



9 . A P. BucMeyi $ valde differt ; elytris valde elongatis, abdominis 

 apicem longe transeuntilius, lateribus fere oaqualitei' rotundatis, apice suturali 

 rotundato : sculptura sicut in (^ crebriori et subtilioii (|uam in P. BucMeyi : 

 pedibus et palpis piceo-nigris. 



Long. 65 millim. 



If the $ example above described really belongs to the c^ , this species 

 is certainly distinct from P. BucMeyi, the elytra in P. Bucldeyi $ being very 

 much shorter and not covering the pygidium. Tlie only (diaracters dis- 



