TEMNOCHILA.—EUPYCNUS. 415 
43. Temnochila belti, sp. n. 
Fulgida, viridi-aurata, capite prothoraceque medio longitudinaliter purpureo-vittatis, elytris ad medium 
purpureo-fasciatis ; tibiis, tarsis antennisque rufis, his articulo basali anterius metallescente. 
Long. 14 millim. 
Mas, area submentali medio fasciculo sat late armata; abdomine segmentis 1°-4™ fere dense punctatis. 
Hab. Ntcaraeua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 
This brilliant insect cannot be confounded with any other of our region; the colour 
of the surface, of the legs, and of the antenne being sufficient to distinguish it with 
certainty. The antenne, except the basal joint, are clear red, rather elongate, with 
elongate club. The head has a short, rather fine channel in front, and is very sparingly 
and finely punctate on the vertex, but in front of this more coarsely and closely, a 
broad purple stripe extends along the middle. The thorax is very shining, very 
sparingly punctured, and has a broad purple stripe along the middle continuous with 
that on the head ; it is rather elongate and narrow, not at all broader in front; the 
lateral margin is very fine and placed far down at the side. The elytra are almost 
impunctate, in front golden-green, at the extremity more of a golden-copper colour, with 
a purple band across the middle. 
We have received only two specimens of this brilliant insect, but I have seen others 
from the same locality in the collection of Mr. Geo. Lewis. It is not at all near any 
other species, and structurally appears almost as much allied to 7. virescens as it does 
to its neighbours in this group. 
TEMNOCHILODES. 
Temnochilodes, Léveillé, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. clxxxiii. 
This genus has quite recently been proposed for a single species from our region. 
We have not received an example of it. 
1. Temnochilodes dugesi. 
Temnochilodes dugesi, Léveillé, loc. cit.’. 
Hab. Mexico, Morelia (Dugés). . 
EUPYCNUS, gen. nov. 
Sulci antennarii latissimi, paralleli. Tibic late, extus spinulose. 
I propose this genus for an insect resembling some of the elongate, oblong species 
of Tenebroides. It is well distinguished by the peculiar antennary grooves on the 
underside of the head: these are very broad, and instead of being convergent behind 
are parallel; the margin that limits them internally is behind curved outwards and 
passes behind the eye. The eye is finely faceted, and prolonged inwards on the under 
