of the, Sitb-family PelidnotiniB. 253 



b. {^) Hind tibia) strongly 

 compressed. 



c. ( (^ ) Hind tibia' toothed 

 at iipper margin : hind 



tarsi very long . . . Chalcoplethis^ Burm. 

 c.c. {$) Hind tibia not 

 toothed at upper mar- 

 gin : hin 1 tarsi less 



elongate Epichalcoplethis,n. gen. 



b.b. ( c^ ) Hind tibia very stout, 

 but not strongly com- 

 pressed Aglycoptera, Sharp. 



D.D. Prosternal process wanting . . Homonyx, Guer. 

 C.C. Outer claws all widely cleft . . . Lasiocala, Blanch. 

 B.B. Elytra with a feathery fringe to outer 

 border. 

 a. Pro- and meso-sternal processes 



well-developed Hoplopelidnota, n. gen. 



a.a. Mesosternal process wanting , . Xenopelidnota, n. gen. 



TaUe of the siiceies of the Genus PELIDNOTA. f 



A. Base of thorax not margined, the 

 median lobe truncated in front of the 



scutellum qioadripunctata, n. sp. 



A.A. Base of thorax margined (except in 



lucida and cupritarsis), the median 



lobe always rounded behind. 



B. Pygidium with a distinct rounded 



depression, or strongly impressed 



line at extreme apex, which is 



strongest in the 5 rostrata^ Burm. 



{viridana, Blanch.) 



B.B. Pygidium without depression, or 



impressed line, at extreme apex. % 



C. Clypeus with the front margin more 



or less strongly excised at the 



middle in both (^ and $ , the 



excision always narrower and 



deeper, and the clypeus more 



narrowed and recurved, in the $ . 



t The names of all species unknown to me have a prefixed *. 

 t With a single exception only — in the $ of P. bivittata, Swed. 



