268 The late Mr. F. Bates's Revision 



side margins sinuate and lightly reflexed ; closely but finely rugose- 

 punctate : bead tbinly punctate, tbe depression well marked : tborax 

 widest behind the middle, rather thickly punctured on the disc, more 

 closely and coarsely but not rugosely at the sides ; median basal 

 lobe distinct : scutellum not wider than long, sparsely punctnlate, 

 narrowly margined with green : elytra but little widened behind, 

 each elytron with 9 rows of very distinct punctures set in lightly 

 impressed strife, and 2 shorter, 1 between the 1st and 2nd rows, 

 and another between the 5th and 6th rows ; the dorsal intervals 

 convex : pygidium dark purplish-brown at the sides, testaceous on 

 the middle (distinctly defined), finely — especially on disc and at 

 apex — aciculate-rugulose-punctate, convex and rapidly declivous, 

 the apex rounded : under-side dark purplish-brown, almost metallic 

 on the abdomen, the segments green along their upper border, very 

 finely and sparsely punctnlate down the middle ; the last segment 

 testaceous at the sides and along the hind border : metasternum 

 closely punctured and finely pilose : legs and antenme testaceous, 

 with the club of the latter dusky. 

 Long. 19 mm. Lat. 10"5 mm. 



Hah. Brazil (Jatahy, Province of Goyas). 



P. pallidipennis, n. sp. 



^ . Oblong-ovoid, depressed, moderately shining ; pale testaceous- 

 yellow, the head, thorax and scutellum a little darker, and showing 

 faint greenisli reflections : clypeus closely rugose-punctate, strongly 

 and bisinuately narrowed to the front, which is narrowly rounded, 

 entire and strongly recurved : head very lightly depressed, finely 

 and not closely punctured : thorax finely punctured on the disc, 

 the interspaces very minutely punctnlate; widest at the middle, 

 median basal lobe well marked, a shallow submarginal fovea at each 

 side: scutellum slightly tinged with green, punctnlate : elytra with 

 the ground surface excessively minutely punctulate-rugulose, with 

 larger — but still very small — ^junctures scattered over the surface, 

 together with five irregular fcel)ly impressed striaj down the disc, 

 and here and there transversely rugulose ; in and between the striae 

 and extending to the suture — but not reaching the apex — are irregular 

 rows of small pale spots each with a minute black point in the 

 centre : pygidium green at base and sides, testaceous apically (ill- 

 defined), very finely aciculate-rugulose, with a few rather lai'ge 

 punctures at the extreme apex, not abruptly declivous, the apex 

 broadly subsinuately rounded : under-side shining green ; sides of 

 breasts and of abdomen (the latter scantily) pilose ; abdominal 



