BLATT^RIJE. 1 5 



6. POLYPHAGA CRYPTOSPILA. 



Fcem. Nigra, ovata, convexa, subnitens, suhlilissime scahra; caput apud 

 OS testaceum ; palpi testacci, arlictdo 3o nigro lanceolato 2o paullo 

 longiore ; prolhorax antice leslaceo marginatus, caput paullo superans; 

 abdomen apice bicornulum ; lamina subanalis rufescente bimaculatum, 

 nan incisum ; ventris latera Jlavo maculata ; tibice apices versus Jlavo 

 vitiatcB. 



Female. Black, oval, convex, slightly shining, very minutely scabrous. 

 Head testaceous towards the mouth. Palpi testaceous; third joint black, 

 lanceolate, a little longer than the second. Prothorax mostly testaceous 

 beneath, arched in front, extending a little beyond the head, angularly 

 dilated on each side hindward; a testaceous line along the fore border; 

 hind border slightly excavated on each side; a slight lyre-shaped mark in 

 the disk ; a very slight longitudinal keel and on each side a smooth trans- 

 verse streak ; these marks also appear on the mesothorax and on the meta- 

 thorax ; these latter are much dilated on each side. Metathorax obliquely 

 covering on each side the first and second abdominal segments. Abdomen 

 with a short lanceolate horn on each side of the subanal lamina, which has 

 a reddish spot on each side and is not notched ; two stripes of irregular 

 yellow spots ou each side beneath ; outer stripe partly double. Legs stout; 

 knees yellow ; tibiffi armed with strong spines, striped with yellow towards 

 the tips; tarsi slender; a rudimentary arolium between the ungues. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



It differs somewhat in structure from P. ^gyptiaca. The prothorax 

 is more arched in front and its hind angles are elongated, and it is much 

 more elevated than the hind part of the body. 



a. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



7. POLVPHAGA MexICANA. 



Homeogamia Mexicana, Burm. Ilandb. Ent. ii. 490 — Polyphaga (Homeo- 

 gamia) Mexicana, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 326, f. 36, 37. 



Mexico. 



8. Polyphaga Brasiliana. 

 Polyphaga (Homeogamia) Brasiliana, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 328. 

 Brazil. 



Genus 2. LATINDIA. 



Latindia, Stal, Eng. Resa, 311. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 229. 



1. Latindia maurella. 



Latindia maurella, Stat, Eng. Resa, 312, pi. 5, f. 3. Sauss, Hist. Nat. 

 Mex. iv. 230. 



Brazil. 



