6 SEREICOENIA. 



2. Halecia cupreosignata. (Tab. I. fig. 7.) 



Olivaceo-senea ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, singulis maculis quinque cupreis notatis. 

 Long. 11 lin. 



■ Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 



A species having somewhat the form of H. rugijpennis, Gory, but with the thorax less 

 angular at the sides, and the elytra truncate at the apex. Head closely and rather 

 strongly punctured. Thorax gently narrowed from rather behind the middle to the 

 front, nearly straight (or very slightly sinuate) at the sides behind the middle ; impressed 

 on the disk and with an obtuse longitudinal, median, coppery channel ; sparingly and 

 finely punctured on the disk, thickly and strongly punctured towards and at the sides, 

 with some few transverse punctures intermixed ; there is an indistinct impression on 

 each side in front ; and at the base (at a little distance from the posterior angle) there 

 is a distinct round fovea ; the posterior angles are slightly prominent and acute. Elytra 

 a little broader than the thorax, strongly striated rather behind the middle, the striae 

 continued to the base by lines of strong punctures ; the strise are themselves punctured ; 

 the intervals are convex between the strong stria?, and nearly smooth, towards the sides 

 they are finely rugulose and more irregular and finely punctured. Each elytron has 

 the following coppery frosted impressions — a round one above the shoulder, another 

 small one a little removed from the base on the third interstice, a large one about the 

 middle (united to a small one below the shoulder), a large transversely ovate one 

 behind the middle, and a smaller round one near the apex; the fourth interstice 

 is continued to the apex as a distinct costa; the apex of each elytron is slightly 

 emarginate ; the apical margins are strongly serrate. 



I have only seen two examples of this species, which probably represent both sexes. 

 The specimen found by the late Mr. E. Janson is rather narrower than the one from 

 which I have taken the above description ; it also has the thorax gradually narrowed 

 from the base to the apex, and the posterior angles are not at all prominent. The spot 

 under the shoulder of the elytron is also quite separate from the one on the disk. 



3. Halecia Mtii. (Tab. I. fig. 6.) 



Halecia beltii, Saunders, Cist. Ent. i. p. 232 \ 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales 1 (Belt). 



4. Halecia guttata. (Tab. I. fig. 9.) 



iEnea, nitida ; elytris fortiter punetato-striatis, guttis quatuordecim purpureo-chalybeis notatis. 

 Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 



Very close to H. beltii, and might be taken for a variety of that species. It is, 

 however, of a uniform seneous colour instead of being golden. Head very thickly 



