of the Sub-family Pelidnoii7im. 265 



P. chiriquina, n. sp. 



(J. Elongate, subelliptic, rather depressed, testaceous with green 

 reflections : clypeus rounded and entire in front, margins lightly 

 reflexed, densely and finely punctulate, and reticnlately rugulo8e,witli 

 strong gi'een reflections : head moderately punctured, more coarsely 

 and a little rugosely at the sides : thorax widest just behind the 

 middle, hind angles obtuse, front angles rather prominent and acute, 

 median basal lobe narrow, finely and not at all closely punctured 

 on the disc, with smaller punctures between ; at the sides ver}' 

 delicately closely and reticnlately rugulose-punctulate ; front and 

 hind borders vivid green : scutellum a little wider than long, 

 testaceous-green, faintly punctulate : elytra a little paler and less 

 shining than the thorax, somewhat abruptly declivous behind, basal 

 border not ridged, widest at about the middle, suture green, the 

 apes toothed ; the entire ground surface very delicately shagreened, 

 very sparsely and minutely punctulate, with a few irregular faintly 

 impressed, and vaguely punctured, strife ; and here and there trans- 

 versely rngulose : pygidium green, rather convex, subvertical ; 

 delicately aciculate-rugulose-punctulate, the apex a little smoother, 

 and rounded ; thinly but entirely clothed with short decumbent 

 hairs, with the usual setae at sides and apex : under-side, and the 

 legs beneath, shining green ; legs above purplish-castaneous with 

 green reflections ; tarsi bluish castaneous : metasternuni, and sides 

 of abdomen (broadly), rather thinly pilose ; disc of abdomen smooth, 

 the last segment feebly punctured at the sides. 



5 . Larger, broader, more expanded behind, than in the ^ : head 

 dull coppery-green, and more coarsely sculptured : clypeus longer, 

 narrower and more recurved in front ; the side margins scarcely 

 reflexed : thorax with coppery and green reflections, the rest as in 

 the (J : elytra with the impressed lines, etc., still more vague : 

 pygidium without short decumbent hairs, closely and entirely 

 granulose-rugose, not convex, gradually declivous, with the apex 

 narrowly rounded : abdomen with a row of setose punctures across 

 the segments, the last segment transversely aciculate-riigulose at the 

 sides and along the base. 



Long ^. 26 mm. $. 305 mm. Lat. (^ . 14 mm. ?. 16-5 mm. 



Hah. Panama (Chiriqui). 



I have received this species from the Continent, under 

 the name I have adopted. In the $ specimen the elytra 

 are acute but somewhat retracted at the sutural apex, 

 which, however, I regard as an individual character only, 

 as in F. costaricensis and punctata there are individuals — 



