120 ALLORHINA INSIGNIS. 



and the basal margin smooth, the lateral margins slightly 

 raised and bisinuous, the basal angles rounded and pro- 

 minent, the basal lobe broad and depressed over the scu- 

 tellum. Scutellum smooth and very acute at the apex. 

 Elytra very coarsely and closely punctured , the punc- 

 tures rather more sparse and arranged somewhat in rovrs 

 in the region of the scutellum but very close and confluent 

 at the sides and apex, the suture depressed at the base 

 and slightly elevated posteriorly, the outer margins fringed 

 with short brownish golden hairs. Pygidium slightly con- 

 vex, coarsely and very closely strigose and with rather 

 dense brownish golden pubescence. Beneath coarsely punc- 

 tured, strigose and pubescent at the sides; mesosternal 

 process short, broad and rounded at its apex; the white 

 marks on the abdomen nearer together and almost united 

 in the centre on the penultimate segment. Legs punctured and 

 pubescent , the tibiae without lateral teeth. — Length 35 mm. 



Chiriqui. 



This fine species is very distinct from all others that 

 are known to me, in general aspect it more resembles 

 Desicasta metallica Jans., than any of the described species 

 of Allorhina. 



The unique specimen which I possess is a male. 



Notes from th.e Leyden JMuseuoi, "Vol. X. 



