240 LAMELLICOBN1A. 



quadrato, anguhs rotundatis, margine oblique reflexo, toto capite dense punctato ; thorace postice diktat© 

 lateribus arcuatis, dense partim confluenter punctulato, margine basali viridi-asneo ; elytris toto dense 

 punctulatis, stria suturali versus apicem impressis punctulisque disci plus minusve seriatis ; pygidio dense 

 undulato-striguloso, opaco. Mesosternum latum, inter coxas tumidum vix porrectum. Tibiae antic© 

 bidentatae, 4 posticae breves vix suratag. 

 $ . Tarsi 4 anteriores ungue exteriore profunde fisso. 

 Long. 22-24 millim. $ . 



Eab. Hondukas, Ruatan Island (Gaumer); Nicakagua, Grey town (Belt). 

 Four examples. A Ruatan specimen is figured. 



74. Anomala praecellens. (Tab. xm. fig. 10.) 



Oblongo-ovata, valde convexa, laevis, resplendens, viridi-aenea, elytris melleo-flavis anguste aeneo-marginatis, 

 subtus nigro-aenea ; capite lato, subtiliter disperse punctulato, clypeo dense ruguloso transversim quadrato, 

 angulis rotundatis, margine elevato ; thorace lateribus sat late arcuatis, antice angustato, basi flexuoso, 

 sulculo basali late interrupto, supra subtilissime disperse punctulato ; elytris subtiliter striato-punctulatis, 

 nee stria suturali impressa, interstitiis subsuturali (lato) et humerali confuse multipunctulatis, margine 

 laterali mox pone medium obsoleto; pygidium politum, subtiliter undulato-strigulosum. Mesosternum 

 apice (inter coxas) breviter porrectum. Tibiaa anticse bidentatag, posticae sat gracibiter suratas. $ . Tarsi 

 4 antici ungue exteriore profunde fisso. 



Long. 20 millim. $ . 



Eab. Nicaeagua, Santo Domingo in Chontales (Belt). 

 Two examples. 



75. Anomala ? 



Eab. Mexico, Guyaco (Sturm, in coll. Salle). 

 One example of a doubtful species. 



76. Anomala plurisulcata. (Tab. xm. fig. 11.) 



A. microcepTialce et A. sulcipenni affinis. Subelongato-ovata, toto nigro-cyanea, viridi-aeneo-nigra, cuprea vel 

 thorace viridi-aeneo, elytris cupreis, polita, pectore griseo-villoso, antennis rufis ; capite confluenter, vertice 

 sparsim, punctato, clypeo subsemicirculari margine elevato; thorace medio subangulatim dilatato, sat 

 fortiter subdisperse punctato, margine basali medio late interrupto; elytris sulcis octo in fundo dense 

 transversim punctatis, sulco 2° prope basin abbreviato ibique confuse punctato, lateribus striis punctatis 

 tribus; pygidio dense confluenter striguloso et punctato, glabro, subnitido. Mesosternum latum, apice 

 tumido haud conico. Tibiae aaticae bidentatas (interdum dente tertio rudimentario), 4 posticae suratae. 

 <5 . Tarsi antici ungue majore haud medio dilatato. 



Long. 13-15 millim. tf $ . 



Eab. Guatemala, Zapote, Las Mercedes, Volcan de Atitlan, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 

 5000 feet (Champion). 



Numerous examples. A Zapote specimen is figured. 



