Dynasi'idse from Tropical America. l-il 



lateribus sequaliter curvatis ; scutello punctate ; clytris sat grosse 

 punctatis : § elytroriira marginibus post medium explanatis, 

 inf uscatis ; pygidio puuctato-rugoso : d pygidio opaco, subtilis- 

 sime rugoso et setoso. 

 Long. 13 mm. 



Ifab. Panama^ La Clionera ; Venezuela. 



A specimen of this from Keiche's collection bears the uu- 

 publisiied name of dLscicuUis. The species belongs to the 

 same section of the genus as those just preceding. It is 

 closely related to C. luicrospila^ Bates, another Panama 

 species, which M. BioUej has recently sent from Costa Rica. 

 C discicollis, however, has the clypeus more distinctly 

 emarginate, is a trifle smaller, and considerably more marked 

 with brown. The four elytral marks, reduced to dots in 

 C. microspila, form elongate dashes, the suture is dark, 

 and in the female the marginal expansion of the elj^tra also. 

 The pronotum, with the exception of the lateral margins and 

 probably an occasional pale middle line, is dark and the 

 abdomen is tinged with brown. 



Cyclocephala sparsa, sp. n.] 



Breviter ovata, testaeea, capite nigro, prothorace elytrisque omniao 

 uigro-sparsis, clypeo parvo, arcuato, fusco-rufo ; capite protho- 

 raceque crebre at distincte punctatis, hoc valde transverse, angu- 

 lis anticis acutis, posticis obiiteratis ; scutello punctato ; elytris 

 contiuenter punctatis, punctis inagqualibus ; pygidio rugoso-punc- 

 tato, subtiliter setoso : § elytrorum margine post medium leviter 

 angulato, baud explanato. 



Long. 14 mm. 



Ilab. Mexico, Playa Vicente. 



A single female from Playa Vicente was acquireJ by 

 Messrs. (iodinan and Salvin from the Salle collection, and a 

 pair of the same species from " Mexico (Secata) " have been 

 since 1854 in the British Museum. It is related to 

 C. 14:-punctata, Mann., but is peculiar in having the thorax 

 and elytra splashed irregularly with small black spots. 

 Among these are more or less distinguishable six larger spots 

 upon the elytra, forming with the scutellum an almost perfect 

 circle. Tlie single female in our collection is more thickly 

 speckled than tiie two males. The front tibise are armed 

 with two acute terminal teeth, situated close together, and a 

 third placed before the middle, which is very minute but 

 separated by a very deep notch. 



Ann. dh May. N, Hist. Scr. 7. Vol. x. 11 



