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The single example from Chiriqui is unusually small (5J millim.), but offers no other 

 difference. The species bears in some collections the MS. name of //. nebulosa, Deyr. 

 A specimen from Jalapa is figured. 



14. Hoplia guatemalensis. 



H. squamiferce affinis et similis ; differt corpore subtus pilis parvis incumbentibus subsparsis vestito, clypeo 

 semiovato (margine reflexo), elytris sat dense seriatim setosis setis gracilibus. Supra squarais parvis 

 densissime vestita ocbraeeo-fusca, thorace vittis quatuor elytrisque fascia lata undulata paullo ante apicem 

 obscurius fuscis ; raro pallide fusca unicolor ; antennis runs. 



Long. 7 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala {Salle), Capetillo {Champion). 



15. Hoplia albisparsa. (Tab. Viir. fig. 9.) 



H. squamiferce affinis ; differt colore nigro-fusca, supra et subtus squamis cinereis conspersa ; corpore toto 



sqnamoso ; clypeo sat elongato et angustato, margine alte reflexo ; elytris setis gracilibus fuscis obsitis. 

 Long. 6-7 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Totosinapan {Salle). 

 Three examples. 



16. Hoplia — ? 



Hab. Costa Eica, Volcan de Irazu {Rogers). 



A single example of what appears to be a species distinct from H. squamifera. 



17. Hoplia surata. (Tab. vm. fig. 10,) 



Oblongo-ovata, supra squamis rotundis adpressis dense vestita, fulva, vittis quatuor elytrorum (1» prope suturam 

 multo latiore) interdum indistinctis cinereis, subtus alba squamis nonnullis opalescentibus ; clypeo semi- 

 ovato, margine reflexo; femoribus tibiisque rufis politis, tibiis posticis apice tarsisque omnibus nigris, 

 posticis argenteo-squamosis ; antennis 10-articulatis (articulo 7° minuto, 6° magno), nigris, articuiis 2 

 basalibus rufo-nitidis. 



Long. 6| millim. 



Hab. Costa Eica, Volcan de Irazu {Rogers). 



Three examples. The shining red legs and much swollen hind tibiae are conspicuous 

 characters of this species. 



Subfam. SERICIN^E. 



AST^NA. 



Astama, Erichson, Archiv fiir Naturg. 1847, i. p. 101 ; Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. iv. 2, p. 125 

 (1855). 

 As revised by Burmeister this genus embraces a considerable diversity of specific 

 forms allied to the genus Serica, all inhabiting South America, chiefly the intertropical 



