236 LAMELLICOKNIA. 



peetore Mvo-villoso. Tarsi antici articulo unguiculari subtus valide dentato. Tibia? anticse tridentatEe, 

 dente superiore brevi et lato. Mesosternum inter coxas latum, apice (juxta metastenmm) transversim 

 paullulum tumidum. <$ . Tarsi antici ungue exteriore medio perparum dilatato, dente superiore haud 

 abbreviato. 

 Long. 12-14 millim. <S £ . 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt); Costa Rica (Van Patten), Volcan de 

 Irazu 6000 to 7000 feet (Sogers). 



Two examples only from Chontales, the rest of the numerous series being from 

 Costa Rica. 



62. Anomala cincta. 



Anomala cincta, Say, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. i. p. 181 (1835) 1 ; Complete Writings, ii. p. 654; 



Burm. Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, p. 254. 

 Anomala latreillei, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 188 (sec. coll. Salle) (excl. var.) 2 . 

 ? Anomala fulgidicollis, Blanch, loc. cit. p. 187 3 . 



Eab. Mexico 1 2 3 , Cordova, Teapa (Salle), Cuernavaca, Jalapa, Plan del Rio, Yautepec 

 (Edge) ; Guatemala, Coban (Champion). 



Say described, with his usual aptitude, what must be considered the typical form of 

 this species, in which the elytra are pale tawny-testaceous with the suture (narrowly) 

 and the outer margin (especially near the shoulders) blackish-brown. The dark brown 

 colour in many examples is broadly suffused, and in extreme cases spreads over the 

 whole surface of the elytra ; it tends always to form vague vittse, never fasciae, hence I 

 very much doubt if the variety described by Blanchard belongs to the same species as 

 his A. latreillei, to which he refers it. 



In some of the localities there occurs what seems to be a variety or varieties in which 

 the elytra are deep black or bluish-black, metallic bluish-green or coppery, without 

 trace of pale brown hues. This comes extremely near to A. viridicollis, Burm., from 

 Colombia, if it be indeed specifically separable from it. All the examples have a small 

 third tooth on the outer edge of the anterior tibiae, in both sexes, a broad very sloping 

 mesosternum thickened and broadly subtubercular at its apex, unicolorous metallic 

 (very seldom rufous-translucent) thorax and under surface, and the hind margin of the 

 thorax interrupted (i. e. the marginal stria) in the middle. In A. cincta, type, the 

 elytra have punctured striae, sometimes faintly, sometimes rather deeply, impressed 

 with a broad second interstice having a moderate (but very variable) number of con- 

 fused punctures, and little or no tendency to the formation of geminated striae. The 

 pygidium is glabrous and shining, and not densely sculptured, with short transverse 

 striae intermixed with punctures. The variety is as follows : — 



Var. A.polycliaha., Cseruleo- vel viridi-aenea (capite tboraceque interdum eupreis), polita, elytris variant nigris 



leviter metallicis, ehalybeis, nigro-seneis et eupreis, capite interdum fulvo-rufo. 

 Long. 13-17 millim. 



