266 Rev. H. Clark on Dejean's Genus Coelomera. 



variety in which the transverse band is represented by a medial 

 spot, the margins being obscurely flavous. 

 Mexico. A common species. 



4. M. splendida. 



M. versus apicem leviter ampliata, punctata, Isete viridis ; caput ob- 

 solete punctatum ; thorax crebre punctatus, ad medium transverse 

 depressus ; scuteUum subquadratum, leviter punctatum ; elytra 

 crebre punctata (punctis minutissimis) et leviter rugosa ; corpus 

 subtus fusco-viride, testaceo pubescens ; antennae nigrse ; pedes 

 nigro-virides. 



Long. Corp. lin. 7^, lat. lin. 4|. 



Conspicuous among its congeners by its uniform brilliant 

 green colour. 



Para. I have in my collection a single example, received 

 from the Marquis La Ferte. 



5. M. consularis, Dej. 



M. subparallela, postice paulum dilatata, satis robusta, vix depressa, 

 tomentose rugosa, vix punctata, rufo-flava, elytris (fascia media 

 excepta rufo-flava) viridibus ; caput longitudinaliter foveolatum, 

 rugosum, rufum ; thorax rugosus, rufus ; scuteUum rufum ; ely- 

 tra subparallela, apice transverse rotundata et subdilatata, sub- 

 tiliter rugosa, cserulea, fascia media transversa aequali rufo-flava ; 

 antennae fusco-nigrae, art. 1" rufo ; pedes et corpus subtus rufa. 



Long. Corp. lin. 6| ; lat. lin. 3|. 



This species resembles as to pattern the Pyesia laticornis of 

 Germar; but, besides being a larger insect, it is more robust, 

 less depressed, and the surface is not, as in that species, punc- 

 tate, but thickly rugose and tomentose. 



Brazil. One of the examples in my collection is labelled 

 Mexico. 



Section IL 



Elytra for the most part flavous, with darker markings. Sp. 6-12. 



6. M. illustris. 



M. satis lata, subparallela, crebre punctata, pube flava subvestita, 

 rufo-flava, elytrorum apicibus fuscatis ; caput fronte foveolatum, 

 punctatum ; thorax transverse ad medium depressus, punctatus ; 

 elytra leviter pubescentia, punctata, rufo-flava, apicibus nigris ; 

 antennce, pedes et corpus subtus nigra. 



Long. Corp. lin. 6 ; lat. lin. 3^. 



Cayenne. 



7. M. coryli, {Coelomera) Say, Acad. Philad. iii. 1824, p. 455; 



Complete Writings, vol. ii. p. 220. 



. This is the only species which represents the genus on the 



