PotCILASPlS. 391 



sct^iilibiis. Prolhorax hilituiliiic poslicii tliiplo brevior, 

 antico i;ite rotuiidalus, extrorsuin tcnue leHexus, lateri- 

 bus longe pone mediuni versus basiii citius rotundalis} 

 postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, lobo inedio retrorsuni 

 modice produclo, apice rotundato, angulis obtusisj su- 

 pra niger, subtiliter, remote punctulatus, dorso convexi- 

 usculus, sub-nitidus, extroisuin explanatus, o[)acus, me- 

 dio canalicula tenui , longitudinali , antice posticcque ab- 

 breviata notatus. Scuteiluin triangulare, nigrum, nili- 

 dum, \x\e. Eiytra prothorace triplo longiora et ejus 

 basi latiora, antice singulatim vix sinuata, humeris an- 

 trorsum non prominulis, leviler rotundatis; in medio 

 haud ampliata, dein apicem versus sensim angustata, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata , supra convexa, nigra, pa- 

 rum nitida, sat crebre sanguineo-reticulata , reticulo ele- 

 vato, IiL^vi, nitido, areolas parvas iiia^quales, ad sutu- 

 ram sub-seriatas, remoie mediocriter punctatas inclu- 

 dentej margine modice expianato, sub-dedexo, Corpus 

 subtus nigriim, nitiduin, subtiiiter, transversim strioia- 

 tum; al)domine utrinque serie e maculis riiro-testaceis. 

 Pedes remote punctuiati, nigri, nilidi. 



7. pictipenms: ovata, convexa, sub-nitida, uigra; anten- 

 narum articuiis 2 — 4 ferrugineis^ protiiorace subtilis- 

 sime, sub-remote punctulato, tenuiter canaiicnlato, au- 

 tice utrinque late sanguineo-marginato; clytris sangui- 

 neis, remote, mediocriter punctatis, maculis sat ina- 

 gnis, numerosis, sub-seriatis, ieviter impressis, nigris 

 notatis, interstitiis latiusculis, pauilo elevatis. — Long. 

 121, lat. 10 iniilim. 



Palria: Columbia, Mus. Dom. Dupont. 



Primo intuitu P. macularia'- simillima nonnihil 

 lainen major, elytrorum maciilis nigris minoribus, ma- 

 gis remotis, minus profunde imprcssis, interslitiis non- 

 nihil latioribus, minus elevatis. Caput subtiiiter, cre- 

 bre piinctulatuin, nigrum, sub-nitidum , medio cana- 

 liciilatum; oculis ovatis, inodice convexis, nigris. An- 

 lennDe nigrae, glabroe, cxlrorsum pubescentcs, articulis 



