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femoribus et tibiis anterioribus intus, flavis. Thorax lateribus sat regulariter arcuatis et anguste mar- 

 ginatis, sparsim punctulato ; elytris striato-punctatis vix impressis ; pectore nigro-fusco, villoso. 

 Long. 15-17 millim. <$ $ . 



Rah. Mexico, near the city % (Flohr), Duraznal (Salle). 



I received the first example (a male) seen of this species from Mr. Julius Flohr, sent 

 from the city of Mexico. 



RUTELA. 



Rutela, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. x. p. 201 (1804) ; Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, 

 p. 381 ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. iii. p. 352. 

 Nine species of the genus Butela, as restricted by Burmeister and Lacordaire, have 

 been described, all from Tropical America. It is remarkable that no fewer than five of 

 the number are restricted (or nearly so) to the islands of the West Indies. 



1. Kutela striata. 



Cetonia striata, Oliv. Ent. i. no. 6, p. 79, t. 11. fig. 102 l . 

 Rutela striata, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, p. 386 2 . 



Hob. Mexico, Tehuantepec (Smnichrast, in coll. Salle). — West Indies, Guadaloupe 1 2 . 



Apparently common in the island of Guadaloupe. In the Mexican collection of 

 Salle there is only one example, which is perfectly similar to the ordinary black form 

 from Guadaloupe, and must be considered a doubtful native of the mainland. 



2. Kutela specularis. (Tab. XV. fig. 20.) 



Elongato-ovata, supra Isevissima, sanguinea, vertiee lateribus, thorace vittis dorsalibus duabus antice abbreviatis, 

 scuteilo elytrisque fasciis duabus subflexuosis (prima obliqua ante medium latera haud attingenti, secunda 

 latiore apieali), nigris ; subtus nigra polita, pedibus nigris partim castaneo-rufis ; capite sparsim punctulato, 

 clypeo acute bidentato ; tborace augusto sat elongato, post medium subangulatim dilatato, angulis posticis 

 obtusis sed distinctis vel subrectis, margine basali medio late rotundato leviter producto utrinque versus 

 angulum sinuato ; elytris anguste marginatis (striola marginali prope medium duplicata) ; pygidio lsevi, 

 basi tantum sparse striguloso, sanguineo apice nigro : metasterno polito, inter coxaa intermedias late 

 producto, apice obtuso. Pygidium, J , ante apicem valde rotundato-convexum, $ apice verticaliter declive 

 et concavo. 



Variat : toto nigra. 



Long. 15-17 millim. <S $ . 



ffab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Salle). 



Three examples only of this very distinct species have been received. 



3. Kutela sanguinolenta. 



Rutela sanguinolenta, Waterhouse, Ent. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 53 (1874) \ 

 Eab. Costa Rica (Van Patten) ; Panama (coll. Bates).— South Ameeica, Colombia 1 . 

 The single example from Costa Eica is of the typical colours of the species as described 



