246 LAMELLIC0KN1A. 



91. Anomala villosella. (Tab. xm. fig. 19.) 



Phyllopertha villosella, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 179 \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 , lzucar {Salle), Matamoros Izucar in Puebla, Iguala in Guerrera 

 (Edge). 



Evidently closely allied to A. micans and A. xantholea, notwithstanding the hairy 

 clothing of the whole body, which is very dense and erect on the crown and thorax, 

 and long, ashy-coloured and recumbent on the pygidium, denser still on the propygidium. 

 The elytra have fourteen similarly punctured striae with narrow interstices, but they are 

 in some examples somewhat confused by transverse rugae ; the median dilatation, espe- 

 cially in the female, is well marked and explanated, but not much thickened. The 

 chief difference from A. micans and others of the group lies in the thorax having a fine 

 basal margin; this, however, is sometimes widely interrupted in the middle, and it does 

 not then differ essentially from A. wantholea, in which the margin is often very distinct 

 along the sinus on each side. The greater claw of the anterior tarsi of the male is 

 especially wide nearly to the apex, where it has almost the appearance of being 

 obliquely truncated, the upper tooth being very slender and somewhat shorter. 



The general form is compact and ovate, and the legs and tarsi are robust ; the species 

 cannot therefore be referred to Phyllopertha. 



92. Anomala nitidula. 



Anomala nitidula, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 190 \ 



Hab. Guatemala (Morelet, Salle), Duenas (Salvin), Escuintla, San Geronimo, Quezal- 

 tenango 7800 feet (Champion) ; Hondueas (Salle) ; Costa Kica (Van Patten). 



Blanchard says " thorace toto viridi ;" but not one amongst the many examples I have 

 examined is without at least a narrow, if somewhat ill-defined, yellowish lateral vitta. 

 The base of the thorax is emarginate, except in some individuals, on the sides near the 

 angle ; the elytra have only thirteen punctured striae, one of which (the eighth) is much 

 abbreviated, and the lateral margin is dilated and thickened before the middle. The 

 pygidium is convex, sometimes gibbous, posteriorly glossy metallic with a few long 

 hairs. The mesosternum is prominent, briefly conical and laterally compressed. The 

 colour above is apple-green with a metallic lustre, but sometimes (often the elytra 

 only) testaceous with pale green lustre, and the thorax with two broad dark brassy- 

 green vittae. The locality given by Blanchard 1 is " Amer. Merid." 



93. Anomala nutans. (Tab. XIII. fig. 21.) 



Late ovata, fere sicut A. vidua supra glabra, toto nigra yel supra fulvo-castanea vertice thoraceque medio nigris, 

 pedibus rufo-testaceis, raro supra toto pedibusque flavo-testaceis, interdum toto nigra, callis humerali et 

 apieali rufis ; capite toto confertim punctato, clypeo transversim quadrato, angulis rotundatis, margine sat 

 alte reflexo ; thorace a basi ad apicem angusfcato, paullo ante medium leviter obtuse dilatato, basi bisinuato 

 immarginato, supra sat dense et grosse transversim subconfluenter punctato ; elytris 11-sulcatis, sulcis 



