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acute trans versim plicato : scutello nudo ; elytris casta- 

 neis politissimis^ apice utrinque bispinosis ; prosterno 

 ante coxas ut in X spinipenne profunde bisulcato ; cor- 

 pore subtus pedibusque rufo-castaneis nitidis. 



Long. 1 unc. 3 lin. ? . 



One example, in Mr. Belt's collection. 



Xestia sagittaria, n. sp. — Nigra, polita, elytris ochraceis, 

 vitta suturali, ad basin quadrato-dilatata et post medium 

 iterum dilatata, sagittiformi, margine exteriori et maculis 

 duabus marginalibus prope humeros, nigris ; capite spar- 

 sim punctato, tuberibus antenniferis hand sulcatis, medio 

 separatis et fronte bisulcata; thorace oblongo, lateribus 

 vix rotundatis, supra tuberoso, sparsira irregulariter punc- 

 tato; elytris passim asqualiter punctatis, sutura breviter 

 spinosa; antennis articulis linearibus, compressis, supra 

 leviter sulcatis; corpore subtus pedibusque nigerrimis 

 politis, metasterni episternis tomentosis. 



Long. 1 in. 1 lin. 



A distinct and handsome species of the elegans (Gory) 

 and lateralis (Erichs.) group. One example, in Mr. Belt's 

 collection. 



Gnaphalodes Trachyderoides, Thoms. Syst. Ceramb. 

 p. 235. — Specimens taken by Mr. Belt at Chontales agree 

 perfectly with Calif ornian examples. 



Pantomallus fidigineus , n. sp. — T. villosicorne (Lacord.) 

 robustior, capite thoraceque multo latiores ; cylindricus, 

 fusco-obscurus, omnino fusco-griseo pubescens ; thorace 

 lato transverso, tuberculisduobus disci, alteraque utrinque 

 laterali (ante spinam), nigris; elytris thorace vix latiori- 

 bus, apice versus suturam oblique truncatis, angulo externo 

 unispinosis, supra dimidio basali dense punctato, maculis 

 eburneis geminatis nigro-cinctis duabus, prima basali 

 (geminis tequalibus), secunda ultra medium (exteriore 

 triple majore) ; antennis robustis. 



Long. 9-14 lin. 



The ivory-like spots are much broader than in the 

 other known species of the genus. The surface of the 

 body is destitute of erect hairs. Apparently common at 

 Chontales. * 



Ehuria proletaria, Erichs. (Fauna Coleop. Peruana, p. 140) and E. mo- 

 rosa, Serville, belong to the genus Pantomallus, which is distinguished 



