124 MR. A. BOUCARD ON THE GENUS PLUsIoTIS. [Mar. 2, 
I have the greatest pleasure in dedicating this species to my 
intimate friend M. Auguste Sallé, in honour of his numerous entomo- 
logical discoveries in St. Domingo, Central America, Mexico, &e. 
PLUSIoTIS LANIVENTRIS, Sturm, J. ¢. p. 339, t. 3. f. 5. 
P. laniventris: oblonga, ovata, supra lete viridis ; capite, thorace 
elytrisque crebre punctulatis, margine cupreo-micanti ; infra 
viridi-aurata, tibiis tarsisque aureis, antennis rufis. Length 
1 inch 3 lines. 
In Dr. Gemminger and B. de Harold’s ‘ Catalogus Coleopterum,’ 
P. latipennis of Sturm and P. serena of Klug are regarded as 
synonyms of this species. 
I have two specimens of this rare insect, which is also in the 
collections of MM. de Mnizech and Sallé. 
PLUSIOTIS MNIZECHII, sp. 0. 
P. mnizechii: oblonga, convexa, supra lete viridis, capite punctato, 
oculorum margine interiore aureo, clypeo antice rotundato roseo- 
violaceo ; thorace crebre punctulato, margine aureo ; elytris for- 
titer punctulatis, margine aureo-micanti, scutello eupreo ; infra 
viridi-cuprea ; femoribus, tibiis tarsisque aureis, antennis fuseis. 
Length 1 inch 4 lines. 
Head, thorax, and elytra strongly punctured, with a brilliant gold 
margin and suture; clypeus rufous, with purple reflections; thorax, 
elytra, and pygidium golden green; scutellum coppery, underside 
copperish green ; legs, tibize, and tarsi golden ; antennze rufous. 
Hat. Mexico. 
I have two specimens of this handsome species; and I have seen 
two others in the British Museum which seem to be similar. I do 
not know of any other specimen. 
I dedicate this fine insect to my honourable friend Count Georges 
de Mnizech, in honour of the magnificent collection of Coleoptera 
which he has managed to form by his great passion for entomology 
and his liberality. 
Puustoris vicrorina, Hope, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1840, p. 11. 
P. victorina: capite thoraceque profunde punctatis cupreo rujis ; 
elytris fortiter punctatis, splendide viridi-aureis, lineis maculari- 
bus rufis, margine cupreo; infra cupreo-rufa, tarsis nigris, 
antennis fuscis. Length 1 inch 4 lines. 
In the collections of the British Museum, Jardin des Plantes, 
Mnizech, Sallé, Bates, Candéze. I have three specimens of this mag- 
nificent species, which comes very close to the genus Chrysina from 
its large size and its general appearance. Thisis why I have placed 
this species the last of all; and for the same reason I began my 
list with P. resplendens, which is the species most closely allied to 
Pelidnota. They form natural links between these two genera. 
I found P. victorina for the first time on the 8th of May, 1857, 
on the road from Tepanzacualco to Istlan, about fifty miles from 
Oaxaca. They ‘vere devouring the young leaves of oak trees. 
