CALLIMICEA. 165 



3. Callimicra violaceipennis. 



Elongato-oblonga, eonvexa, nitida ; capite thoraceque viridibus ; elytris violaceis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Salle). 



This species is very close to C. obtusa, but is relatively longer and a little less broad. 

 The head is closely vermiculate-striolate, with the punctures less strong and not quite 

 so close together; the impression in front is more elongate. The thorax is very 

 similar, but differently coloured, and has the punctuation rather finer ; the lateral 

 margins are scarcely impressed and are less distinctly rugose ; and the fine ridge at the 

 side is not continued to the posterior angles. 



s 4. Callimicra lucida. 



Elongata, eonvexa, nitida ; capite thoraceque aureo -viridibus ; elytris cyaneis. 

 Var. Capite thoraceque aureis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



This insect is longer and narrower than any of the foregoing species. It is very 

 close to C. violaceipennis, but narrower ; some of the specimens have the head and 

 thorax pale bluish-green, and others have these parts golden ; these differences may be 

 sexual. The specimens with the head bluish-green have the front very delicately 

 reticulate-striolate and punctured, the punctures distinct and slightly separated from 

 each other ; there is a shallow, longitudinal, median impression, with a fovea rather 

 below the middle. The specimens with the head golden have the front rugose, with the 

 punctures stronger and a little closer, and the fovea is large and deep. The thorax 

 has the convex disc almost smooth, moderately strongly punctured, the punctures not 

 very close together, the impressed margins and the base on each side rugose (rather 

 more rugose in the specimens with the golden colour) ; near the side and a little 

 removed from the hind angles there is a fine, short, raised line — in the examples with 

 the bluish colour this line more nearly extends to the hind angles. The scutellum is 

 bronzy. The elytra are dark steel-blue or inclined to violet, with the surface slightly 

 uneven and punctured, the punctures not very deep and not very close together. 



s 5. Callimicra breviuscula. 



Elongato-oblonga, eonvexa, nitida ; capite thoraceque cupreo-aureis, punctulatis ; elytris cyaneis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba, San Miguel del Rio (Salle). 



This species closely resembles C. obtusa, but is not quite so obtuse at the apex of 

 the elytra. The head is rugose and punctured, the punctures not very close together. 

 The thorax has the disc convex, the base and posterior angles impressed ; the surface 



