134 ME. D. SHAUP ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF 



I see no iudicatiou of sexual character, except that in one in- 

 dividual (which is, I suppose, a male) the pygidium is rather longer 

 and narrower. 



This species is allied to A. prasina and A. psittaeina, Burm. ; 

 and I have also in my collection a species of Thyridium from Co- 

 lumbia which so extremely resembles A. gratiosa that, without 

 examination of its generic characters, it would be considered con- 

 specific with the Nicaraguan insect. 



Phalangogonia sperata, n. sp. Supra fulvo-testacea, nitida, 

 elytris pallidioribus, subtus cum pedibus chocolatina, pectore utrinque 

 densius pubescente ; elytris subtiliter punctatis ; mesosterni processu 

 sat elongato. Long. 27 millim. 

 Clypeus with the front margin a little rounded, densely and finely ru- 

 gose, so as to be dull ; the vertex sparingly punctured. Thorax on the 

 middle very finely and very sparingly punctured, at the sides more 

 closely punctured, but the punctures very indistinct. Elytra finely 

 and sparingly punctured, but the punctures more distinct than those 

 on the thorax, the punctures are not arranged in rows, and there are 

 no striae ; but on careful examination there are seen indications of 

 two longitudinal smooth spaces limited by fine punctures. The under 

 surface is of a uniform chocolate- colour. 

 Central America. A single specimen from W. W. Saunders's col- 

 lection. 

 The individual described is, no doubt, a male ; all the tarsi are 

 stout, and the three basal joints on the four posterior ones are 

 densely clothed beneath with setae ; the front tibiae are very stout, 

 and their upper tooth obsolete, the two lower ones moderately 

 prominent : the hind tibiae are stout, but are not broader at the 

 extremity than in the middle, and show outwardly only a few 

 coarse punctures. 



P. STIPES, n. sp. Supra fulvo-testacea, nitida, elytris pallidioribus, sub- 

 tus rufescens, abdomine nigricante, pectore utrinque densius pubes- 

 cente ; elytris subtiliter punctatis, mesosterni processu sat elongato. 

 Long. 26 millim. 

 Nicaragua. A single individual from the collection of W.W. Saunders. 

 This species is very closely allied to the preceding, and, it is 

 possible, may prove a variety of its female ; but it has the meso- 

 sternal process considerably more elongate, and the longitudinal 

 spaces on the elytra are more distinct, the colour of the under 

 surface is darker and less unicolorous, the ventral segments being 

 black ; the hind femora, which, like the rest of the legs, are reddish, 

 have a black patch on the middle. 



