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prope angulos acutos anticos tenuissimo, supra aequaliter subsparsim punctulato ; elytra medio valde 

 rotundato-dilatata, sicut in P. obesa punctulata. Processus sternalis validior oblique descendens. 

 Long. 27-28 millim. $ . 



Hdb. Mexico \ Cordova (Salle). 



Two examples, both females. This species bears the name P. lacordairei in the Salle 

 collection. 



4. Phalangogonia pariHs. (Tab. XVII. fig. 4.) 



Minor, paullo angustius ovata, fulvo-testacea, nitida, subtus cum pedibus piceo-nigra ; clypeo angustius 

 quadrato, confluenter punctato, margine antico arcuato, angulis distinctis sed valde obtusis, fronte sparse 

 punctato punctis minutissimis intermixtis ; thorace medio angulatim dilatato, sparse punctato et subtiliter 

 punctulato prope latera scabroso-punctato, margine laterali usque ad angulos incrassato ; elytris conspicue 

 juxta costas lineatim punctatis ; pygidio crebre striguloso-punctato, subopaco. Processus sternalis 

 mediocriter elongatus, borizontalis. Tibiae anticae bidentatae. 



Long. 20-22 millim. 



Hdb. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (Champion). 



Among the numerous examples examined no sexual differences can be detected. In 

 all, the major claw is forked at the apex in all the tarsi. Some examples, which may- 

 be males, have a rather shorter and more quadrangular clypeus than the others. 



5. Phalangogonia championi. (Tab. XVII. fig. 5.) 



Oblonga, sat robusta, nigra, nitida, vertice et basi suturaque elytrorum prope scutellum fulvis (raro toto nigra), 

 subtus (pectore densius) griseo-birta ; clypeo mediocriter transverso, omnino confluenter punctato, margine 

 antico valde arcuato, fronte sat dense vertice sparsius punctato punctis minutis intermixtis : tborace 

 medio valde subangulatim dilatato, margine laterali passim crasso, conspicue punctato, dorso sparsim 

 versus latera densius confluenter strigoso-punctato ; elytris sparse sed conspicue, apud costas lineatim, 

 punctatis ; pygidium densissime undulato-strigulosum, breviter apice longius setosum ; pectus et abdo- 

 minis latera minute dense punctulata. Processus sternalis conicus, minus elongatus. Tibiae anticae tri- 

 dentatee, dente superiore interdum obsolete 



Long. 23-25 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (Champion). 



Seven examples, apparently all females. The tarsal claws are rather small and 

 slender, and the major claw is not longer or thicker than the other, but is forked at 

 the apex. 



PLATYCGELIA. 



Platyccelia, Burmeister, Handb. der Eat. iv. 1, p. 452 (1844). 



A genus characteristic of the elevated regions of tropical South America, whence 

 twelve species have been described and many more exist unnamed in collections. 



1. Platyccelia humeralis. (Tab. xvil. fig. 8.) 



Oblongo-ovata, aequaliter et valde convexa, dilute pomaceo-viridis (ventro sternoque interdum nigris), thoracis 

 margine anguste, scutello elytrisque margine laterali, flavis, bis interstitiis alternis flavo-viridibus ; tarsis, 



