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genera of the subfamily, to Tropical America. I follow Lacordaire in limiting it to 

 one only (II. B.) of Burmeister's four sections, in which the mesosternal process is very- 

 short and the scutellum small and cordate, but eventually the genus will have to be 

 further subdivided. 



1. Chlorota terminata. (Tab. XV. fig. 14.) 



Pelidnota terminata, Serville, Encycl. Meth. x. p. 317 1 . 

 Chlorota terminata, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, p. 364 3 . 



Sab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch). — Guiana, Cayenne 1 2 ; 

 Amazons. 



An example from Chontales is shown on our Plate. 



2. Chlorota cincticollis. (Tab. XV. fig. 16, d .) 



tJ . Chlorota cincticollis, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 208 \ 

 ? . Chlorota limbaticollis, Blanch, loc. cit. 2 



Sab. Mexico x 2 , Cordova (Salle) ; British Honduras, R. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux), 

 Bonacca Island, Bay of Honduras (Gaumer) ; Nicaragua (Salle), Chontales (Belt, 



Janson). 



In the male the thorax is broadly margined with yellow, and the elytra are quite 

 smooth ; in the female the sides of the thorax only (sometimes narrowly) are yellow, 

 and the elytra are punctate-striate, with the sides and apex thickly punctured. These 

 differences are found in individuals from all the above localities. 



We figure a specimen from Nicaragua. 



3. OMorota flavicollis, (Tab. XV. fig. 15.) 



Olongo-ovata, subtus cum pedibus et pygidio fusco-cuprea, capite splendide cupreo-aurato, thorace flavo aureo- 

 nitenti maculisque vagis fuscis, scutello viridi-aurato, elytris fulvo-castaneis laevibus ; clypeo 6emi-ovato, 

 subtiliter striguloso, margine reflexo, vertice laevi ; thorace subtilissime sparsim punctulato, post medium 

 rotundato-dilatato, postice perparum angustato, margine basali utrinque prope scutellum leviter sinuato, 

 lobo mediano levissime rotundato. Pygidium sat acute et dense confluenter strigosum, apice lateraliter 

 compressum. Mesosterni processus brevi acuminatus ; pectore rufo-birto. J . Tarsi antici ungue majore 

 crasso fisso, 4 posteriores unguibus simplicibus. 



Long. 23 millim. tf $ . 



Eab, Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 



Three examples, all males. 



The mandibles are unarmed on the outer edge, except for the dentiform recurved 

 outer angle, in which they differ from those of the strongly dentated C. hcemorrhoidalis, 

 the type of the genus (sensu Lacordaire). The labrum is short and horizontal, with 

 a well-defined bisinuated front edge ; in C, hcemorrhoidalis it is deeply and broadly 

 sinuated, nearly bilobed. 



