prionid^e. 6 



gin angled behind the middle ; back smooth, the posterior angles 

 coarsely punctured. Elytra long, rather convex, shining, rather 

 thickly punctured ; edge of the suture black. 



" P. punctata, Guer. MSS." 



Length 9| lines. 

 Hab. Columbia (N. Grenada). From the Collection of M. 



Goudot. 



6. Parandra cylindrica. B.M. 



Parandra cylindrica, Dej. Cat. 341. Chevr. Coll. 

 Parandra Laciniator, Chevr. Dej. Cat. 

 Parandra collaris, Dup. Dej. Cat. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



7. Parandra Colombica, n. s. B.M. 



P. laevis; thorace antice sinuato, angulis anticis obtusis, an- 

 gulis posticis subrotundatis, margine postica medio subsinuata. 



Head in front margined with brownish black, vertex very 

 smooth, rather thickly dotted over the eyes. Thorax in front 

 widely sinuated ; anterior angles blunt, almost truncated ; pos- 

 terior angles rounded ; thorax in front wider than long, somewhat 

 narrowed behind ; back smooth, with scattered and often obso- 

 lete punctures. Elytra smooth, punctured. 



Length 8i lines. 

 Hab. Columbia. 



In Museum Collection with the MS. name P. longicollis, 

 Buquet, which must be changed, as it is by no means a long- 

 necked species. 



8. Parandra Caspica. 



Parandra caspica, Menetr. Falderm. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. 



Mosc. v. (1837) 261. t. 9. f. 9. 

 Hab. Shores of Caspian. (Introduced ?) 



2. TORNEUTES. 

 Torneutes, Reich, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 9. 



1. Torneutes pallidipennis. 



Torneutes pallidipennis, Reich, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 12. t. 2. 



f. 7. 



Blanchard, D'Orbigny, VAmer. Mer. 206. pi. 20. f. 3 <J ,4 ? . 

 Hab. Uraguay; Buenos Ayres. 



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