of the, Suh-family Pelidnotinfe: 263 



^. Clypeus strongly notched in front, the angles rounded and 

 reflexed ; strongly and rather densely rugose-punctate : head coppery- 

 green, with the usual depression, moderately and not closely punctured: 

 thorax widest — -and subangulate — at the middle, median basal lobe 

 broad ; very finely and sparsely punctured on the disc, more strongly 

 and closely at the sides : scutellum a little wider than long, feebly 

 punctulate : elytra but little widened from the base, very faintly 

 seriate-punctate, the intervals irregular, very delicately and not 

 closely punctulate ; the post-humeral rugosities not strong : pygidium 

 entirely clothed with rather long greyish hairs, and entirely aciculate- 

 rugulose, gradually declivous behind, the apex rounded : under-side 

 and legs shining coppery-green, tarsi brilliant coppery-green : sides 

 of breast and abdomen clothed — but not thickly — with long hairs : 

 4th and 6th abdominal segments delicately — but not at all closely 

 — aciculate, the last segment short and smooth : antennse testaceous, 

 the club a little infuscate. 



? . Clypeus a little more — and sinuately — narrowed anteriorly, 

 a little more deeply notched and more strongly reflexed in front ; 

 thorax more strongly punctured, the sides a little sinuate behind 

 the middle : elytra more distinctly seriate-punctate ; abdomen not 

 at all coppery, the segments — especially 4-6, more strongly and 

 closely aciculate-rugose. 



Long. 19-5—22 mm. Lat. 9-75— 11-75 mm. 



Hah. Colombia (Caucathal). 



Some examples are moi'e uniformly testaceous, with 

 but very slight green reflections. 



It is possible this may be the P. testaccovirens, Blanch., 

 but the author of that species gives the length as 23 — 2^ 

 mm. and the pygidium as "dense striolata" without any 

 mention as to its being pilose or not. 



P. actotipennis, n. sp. 



$ . Oblong-ovoid, dark metallic bronzed-green, with slight purplish 

 reflections : clypeus sinuately narrowed to the front, which is lightly 

 notched in the middle, and strongly reflexed, closely and finely 

 punctured : head sparsely and finely punctured, the angular depression 

 well marked : thorax finely and thinly punctured on all its surface, 

 with several shallow foveae near the sides, side margins reflexed ; 

 widest at about the middle, thence a little sinuately narrowed to the 

 base ; median basal lobe very distinct : scutellum minutely punctu- 

 late : elytra moderately convex, but little widened behind, the 

 sutural apex acutely produced ; ridged along the base, humeral callus 

 rather strong, with a well-marked depression on the inner side ; very 



