340 Mr. BuTLEU on various genera of the 



3. Stictopelta hrpunctata. 



Darnis hipunctata, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 171, 4 

 (1836). 



Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Brit. Mus. 



4. Stictopelta adusta. 

 Darnis adusta, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 170, 2 (1836). 

 Mexico, Oaxaca (Salle). Brit. Mus. 



5. Stictopelta sti^igifrons. 

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Darnis strigifrons, Eairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 481, <S 

 (1846). 

 Mexico. 



6. Stictopelta ? cruenta. 



' Darnis cruenta, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 173,8 (1836). 

 Brazil. 



7. Stictopelta prcecox. 

 Darnis pra'cox, Bvirm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 173,9 (1836). 

 , Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Brit. Mus. 



I 8. Stictopelta indeterminata. 



Darnis indeterminata. Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 148 

 ' (1858). 



Santarem (Bates). Type Brit. Mus. 



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 9. Stictopelta fraterna, n. sp. 



Bright reddish fulvous, gradually changing into greenish- 

 yelloAV at the back and sides of the pronotum, the lateral margins 

 bright sidphur-yelliiAV : m form as well as in colour much like 

 the preceding sj)ecics, l)iit ditfcriug in its somewhat less pro- 

 minent humeral angles, the pronotum even more finely granulose 

 punctate, much more abruptly acuminate at the tip, which is 

 black, not speckled with whitish ; and not clothed with hair, 

 as in D. indeterminata ; the legs not banded with piceous. 

 Length 9, width at humeral angles 4 mm. 



Mexico, Oaxaca (Salle) ; Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Type 

 Brit. Mus. 



The Peruvian example onl}- differs fi'om the Mexican one in 

 being sliglitly brighter in colour. 



