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from both C. lacerata and C. retusa only in the black colour of body and limbs, and in 

 the more triangular emargination of the basal lobe of the thorax. 



PELIDNOTA. 



Pelidnota, MacLeay, Horse Ent. i. p. 157 (1817); Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, p. 392; 

 Lacordaire, Gen. Col. iii. p. 355. 



Sixty species of this fine genus have been described. It is, like the preceding genera, 

 American, but has a wider range, being spread over the temperate zone of North 

 America, and in the South extending to the latitude of Buenos Ayres. 



1. Pelidnota belti. (Tab. XV. fig. 22.) 



Pelidnota belti, Sharp, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. p. 132 \ 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt \ Jansori) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Trbtseh), Volcan de 

 Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (Champion). 



Many examples, including type specimens named by Sharp. It is the only species 

 in our fauna belonging to Burmeister's first section with bidentate clypeus. 

 A specimen from Chiriqui is shown on our Plate. 



2. Pelidnota notata. (Tab. XV. fig. 23.) 



Pelidnota notata, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 212 \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 , Tlacotalpam (Salle) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, El Tumbador (Cham- 

 pion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Eica (Bogers) ; Panama, Chiriqui 

 (Bible, Trbtsch), Bugaba, Tole (Champion). 



An elongate-oblong reddish-testaceous species, having three black spots on each elytron 

 in the same position as those of the common North-American P. punctata, but the spots 

 are much smaller and sometimes absent. The elytra are somewhat flattened and dull 

 silky-shining owing to the extremely fine punctate-granulate sculpture, and the sutural 

 apex is produced into a distinct spine. The upper surface (including the crown) is 

 unicolorous, except for the slight metallic tinge of the head, thoracic margins, and 

 scutellum. The under surface is dark brassy, punctate-shagreened, and clothed with 

 grey hairs, the legs being testaceous-red, rarely metallic. 



We figure an example from Tlacotalpam. 



3. Pelidnota prolixa. (Tab. XV. fig. 24.) 



Pelidnota prolixa, Sharp, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. p. 132 \ 

 Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1 ). 



Very closely allied to P. notata ; still more elongate and depressed, the elytra much 

 biol. cente.-amer., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 2, August 1888. 2 NN 



