20 SEEKICOENIA. 



PTOSIMA. 



Ptosima, Solier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. ii. p. 277, t. 10. f. 8 (1833). 



The species of this genus, some dozen in number, are found in the United States, 

 Europe, South Africa, India, China, and the Philippine Islands. 



1. Ptosima laeta. 



Cylindrica, nigro-cyanea, nitida, griseo-albo pubescens ; capite creberrime subtiliter punctato ; thorace latera 

 versus nigro-velutino, creberrime sat fortiter punctato, linea mediana (antice abbreviata) lsevi ; elytris 

 evidenter striato-punctatis, striis suturalibus et omnibus ad apicem impressis, interstitiis uniseriatim 

 punctatis, vitta bumerali lata fasciaque ante apicem (ad suturam interrupta) flavis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Salle, Brit. Mus.). 



Resembles P. undecimmaculata, Hbst., in form and sculpture, but the punctuation of 

 the thorax is closer and finer. The humeral spot does not cover the shoulder. 



ACM^EODERA. 



Acmceodera, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i.p. 9 (1829). 



Species of this genus are found throughout America and Africa, in Southern Europe, 

 in Persia, Syria, &c, and two or three species are recorded from India. 



1. Acmaeodera viridissima. 



Acmceodera viridissima, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. fasc. iv. 

 Acmceodera viridescens, Lap. & Gory, Mon. i. p. 5, t. 1. f. 6. 

 Acmmodera viridissima, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. vii. p. 369. 



Hab. Mexico (Brit. Mus.). 



2. Acmseodera cuprina. 



Acmceodera cuprina, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. vii. p. 367. 

 Acmceodera hirtula, Gory, Mon. Suppl. p. 29, t. 5. f. 27. 



Hab. Mexico, Alvarez Mountains (Br. Palmer), Jalapa (Hoge), Parada (Boucard, coll. 



Salle). 



3. Acmaeodera kaupii. 



Acmceodera kaupii, Thomson, Typi Buprestidarum, 1878, p. 58. 

 Hab. Guatemala. 



. I only know this species from description. It is compared to A. Jlavomarginata, 

 Chev., but is uniform aeneous, broader and more triangular, with more reticulate 

 sculpture on the elytra. It appears from these characters to be more allied to 

 A. cuprina, Spin. ; but I know no species which has the apex of the elytra " truncate 

 and minutely plurispinose ;" an approach to this, however, is seen in my A. flavosparsa. 



