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10. Pelidnota cylindrica. 



Pelidnota cylindrica, Waterh. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 24 l . 

 Hab. Guatemala 1 . 

 A very elongate brassy-green species 16 lines long ; not contained in our collections. 



PLUSIOTIS (p. 276). 

 Plusiotis lacordairei (p. 280). 



To the Mexican localities given, add : — Omilteme 8000 feet, and Xautipa in Guerrero 

 (H. H. Smith). 



Plusiotis prasina (p. 282). 



To the Mexican localities given, add: — Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. II. 

 Smith). 



Plusiotis laniventris (p. 283). 



Mr. Flohr states that this species is confined in its range to the " tierra fria." He 

 finds it near the city of Mexico and also at the Hacienda de las Trojes, on the border 

 of the States of Mexico and Michoacan. It feeds on the leaves of the oak and alder. 



Plusiotis adelaida (p. 283). 



To the localities given, add : — Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (R. H. 

 Smith). 



This species also, according to Mr. Flohr, does not occur outside of the " tierra fria " 

 in Mexico. Hoge's localities Jalapa and Oaxaca are wrong ; his specimens were obtained 

 near Mexico city, Atlapango, and Parada. Mr. Flohr adds as localities, Quecholac, Xolo- 

 loya, on the slopes of the Cofre de Perote. It feeds on the young shoots of pine-trees. 



Plusiotis rodriguezi (p. 283). (Tab. XXIV. fig. 21, var.) 

 To the localities given, add: — Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. II. 

 Smith). 



One of Mr. Smith's specimens is a clayey-reddish-tawny variety similar to the corre- 

 sponding variety of P. costata mentioned at p. 282. It differs from that, however, in 

 the sides of the elytra and the under surface having a rich metallic tinge, thus corre- 

 sponding with the green typical form. 



20 (a). Plusiotis alticola. (Tab. XXIV. fig. 22.) 



P. lecontei proxirne affiuis, differt prsecipue corpore elongato-oblongo supra pallide viridi, capite, scutello, thoracis 

 elytrorumque marginibus argenteis ; clypeus sicut in P. lecontei parvus, brevis, subsemicircularis, dense 



biol. centk.-amek., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 2, December 1889. 3 GG 



