of the S^ib'family Pdidnotinm. 259 



a.a. Thorax very short, silicate 



down the middle, side margin 



uniformly carved .... Ghevrolati, Sol. 



(j.g. (c^) Hind legs strongly incrassated ; 



the hind outer claw widened and 



sinuate — or broadly toothed — at 



the lo^ver edge. 



n. ( cj ) Clypeus entire in front, the 



margins all lightly reflexed : 



elytra not ridged along the base. 



sp. 1. ((^) Clypeus narrowly 



rounded in front 



(parabolic) ; thorax 



with a large rugged 



fovea at each side 



which extends to the 



anterior border f . simiptuosa, Vigors, 

 sp. 2. {^) Clypeus broadly 

 — and subsinuately 

 — rounded in front : 

 thorax with a small 

 round fovea at each 



side cyardtarsis, Gory. 



sp. 3 *L(mgsdorJi,'Mann. 



sp. 4 *e7nerita, 01. 



n.n. ((^) Clypeus emarginate in 

 front, all the margins 

 strongly recurved : elytra 

 ridged along the base. 

 ( ^ ) Pilosity of pygidium short, 

 sparse, grey, and decum- 

 bent : of the $ coarser, and 

 forming a tuft at the apex . ignita, Oliv. 

 ( 1^ ) Pilosity of pygidium long, 

 coarse, and of a rusty-red 

 colour : of the $ dense, 

 silky, and of a pale golden 



colour var. cJiamgeleon, 



[Herbs t. 

 1 know not where to place the following species ; — 

 *fuscosenea, Blanch. — *metallica, Cast. — *Osculati, Guer. — *syba- 

 ritu, Harold (sumptnosa, Cast.). 



f A like fovea is found in P. nitescens. 



