.132 SERRICORNIA. 



2. Brachys ovatus? 



Buprestis ovata, Weber, Observ. Ent. p. 76 \ 



Eab. Nokth America 1 . — Mexico, Zacualtipan in Hidalgo (Edge). 



A single example, which agrees in most of its characters with the North-American 

 B. ovatus, but is decidedly narrower, and has the elytra more acuminate. 



3. Brachys scapulosus. 



Brachys scapulosa, Chevr. Silberm. Rev. Ent. v. p. 104 \ 



Eab. Mexico, Orizaba 1 (Lesueur, Brit. Mus.), Cordova (Salle). 



/ 4. Brachys anthrenoides. 



Cupreus, nitidus ; elytris seneo-cyaneis, pube fulva vestitis, albo-maculatis, post medium plaga calva ornatis. 

 Long. lj lin. 



Eab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet, Taboga I. (Champion). 



The thorax is shining coppery, with some small punctures scattered on the front 

 margin, and some large, very shallow, punctures placed rather close together in the 

 basal impressions ; these punctures bear fulvous hairs, except at the sides (especially at 

 the front angles), where they are white, and there are two white spots in the middle of 

 the base above the scutellum. The elytra are obscure steel-blue, with an elongate 

 patch near the side, and the apex, coppery ; each elytron has three fine lines of fulvous 

 hairs, extending from the base to about the middle, the one next the lateral costa 

 not so distinct ; between each pair of lines there are two irregular lines of unequal 

 punctures; the fulvous hairs form an indefinite patch on the shoulder, and a more 

 distinct one next to the scutellum, a vague interrupted band across the middle, and 

 they almost cover the apex ; the white hairs form a spot near the base between the 

 first and second fulvous lines ; there is a small elongate white spot close to the suture 

 at the middle ; two rather larger white spots a little higher, above the central fulvous 

 band, and a vague white spot close to the costa, below the band ; and there is a trans- 

 verse white spot before the apex ; at the side beyond the costa there are three or four 

 whitish spots. 



The general form of this species is somewhat that of B. ovatus, but it is relatively a 



little narrower and has the elytra mere acuminate. It is very close to B. scapulosus, 



but is smaller and more acuminate posteriorly. 



We have also received single examples from Teapa in Tabasco (E. E. Smith) and 



Cerro Zunil and Chiacam in Guatemala (Champion) which appear to be referable to 



this species. 



5. Brachys distinctus. 



Elongato-ovatus, purpureo-cupreus, nitidus; thorace pube fulva sparso, disco maculis duabus calvis notato; 



elytris cyanescentibus, pube fulva et alba fasciatis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



