368 LAMELLICOENIA. 



IV. 



15. Euphoria chontalensis. (Tab. XXIII. fig. 10.) 



E. morosce (Jans.) proxime affinis, sed differt inter alia tborace scutelloque politis nigro-a3neis. Oblongc- 

 quadrata, nigro-aenea, elytris solum opacis maculis plurimis transversis undulatis fulvis; supra capite 

 densius, elytris sparsius, fulvo-setosa ; subtus hirsutie sat rigida fulva ; capite densissime punctato, clypeo 

 prope apicem angustato apiceque alte reflexo nee sinuato ; thorace disco sparsius, lateribus densius arcuato- 

 punctatis, basi medio laevi, lobo basali sat fortiter emarginato ; elytris utrinque costis duabus validis 

 impunctatis, interstitiis distanter lineatim punctatis, apice suturali baud producto; pygidio sat dense 

 setoso, crebre striguloso, nigro-aeneo, maculis utrinque fulvis (interdum deficientibus). Processus sternalis 

 brevis et latus, antice rotundatus. Tibiae anticae d acute trideDtatae, duobus apicalibus approximatis et 

 exstantibus, 3° valde remoto. Antennae <S clava elongata, caeteris articulis conjunctis vix brevior. 



Long. 17 millim. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 

 Five examples, apparently all males. 



16. Euphoria precaria. 



Euphoria precaria, O. Janscm, Cist. Entom. ii. p. 583 \ 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trbtsch), Bugaba, Tole (Champion). — South America, 

 Colombia l . 



Closely allied to E. iridescens, Schaum. One of our examples agrees with Janson's 

 description with regard to the elytra being of a dark olive-green ground-colour (like 

 the rest of the body), with some small obscure yellowish spots on the elytra ; but in 

 others there is as much dark yellow spotty-colouring on the elytra as dark green, and 

 the sides of the elytra especially are yellow with a series of large, quadrate, but 

 irregular, dark green spots. The thorax is dark green, with a fine dorsal line and a 

 small basal spot on each side yellow ; but in one example the thorax has four dark- 

 green vittse as in E. iridescens. 



17. Euphoria iridescens. (Tab. XXII. fig. 1.) 



Euphoria iridescens, Schaum, Analecta Entomologica, p. 45 l j Burm. Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 388. 

 Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Izucar (Salle), Guerrero (Baron); Guatemala 1 (Salle), 

 Mirandilla 1700 feet, Aceytuno (Champion). 



y. 



18. Euphoria leprosa. 



Euphoria leprosa, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 379 \ 



Hab. Mexico *, San Andres Tuxtla (Salle), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith). 



The form of the clypeus is intermediate between that of Section IV. and that of 

 Section VII. There are two varieties of this species in our small series : — 



1. Smaller and narrower, dull black, with three narrow chalky-white vittee on the 



