STRONGYLIUM. 349 
prothorax short, strongly transverse, the sides immarginate, subangularly extended about the middle, 
and thence to the base and apex obliquely converging, a little more narrowed in front than behind, the 
apex straight and rather strongly margined, the anterior angles prominent laterally, the base bisinuate 
and rather strongly margined and with the median lobe somewhat produced, the hind angles subacute, 
the disc obsoletely canaliculate, transversely impressed in the middle behind, and with a transverse 
impression on each side immediately above the deep basal fovere (and in one example confluent with 
these externally) and another on each side a little before the middle, the surface somewhat coarsely and 
deeply but rather sparingly punctured; scutellum triangular, nearly smooth; elytra moderately long, 
subparallel in their basal half, if anything widest a little behind the middle, striate-punctate, the punctures 
fine on the disc (coarser towards the base), but becoming very much coarser and more irregular and here 
and there confluent towards the sides, and very much finer and shallower towards the apex, the interstices 
smooth, nearly flat, scarcely raised at the apex, but a little convex and irregularly wrinkled and here and 
there transversely confluent towards the sides; beneath bright greenish-sneous or eneous, very slightly 
pubescent, finely and sparingly punctured, the sides of the metasternum and the flanks of the prothorax 
coarsely so; legs short, coarsely punctured, brownish-bronze, the basal half of the femora obscure red, the 
tarsi slightly tinged with cyaneous, the first joint of the hind tarsi shorter than the apical joint. 
Length 10-11 millim.; breadth 33-4 millim. (¢.) . 
Hab. Nicaraeva (Sallé), Chontales (Belt). 
_ Two female examples. This species is not closely allied to any other here enume- 
rated; in general facies it much resembles certain forms of Tarpela. 
_ Elytra rather broad and convex, with rows of oblong fovew to the middle, thence to the 
apex very finely striate-punctate, and with the interstices flat, the apices divergent ; 
eyes small; upper surface very shining, greenish-bronze. 
15. Strongylium tinctipes. (Tab. XV. fig. 6, 2.) 
Elongate, depressed, bright greenish-eeneous with slight golden and cupreous tints. Head very closely and 
somewhat coarsely punctured, the intraocular space usually more coarsely so, longitudinally impressed 
between the eyes, the latter somewhat strongly transverse and rather widely separated; antenne ( 9 ) 
stout, rather short, joints 3 and 4 comparatively short, subequal, 5-8 wider and subtriangular, 9 and 10 
subparallel, longer than broad, 11 longer than 10, ovate, 1-5 cyaneous, the rest dull bluish-black ; pro- 
thorax large and broad, moderately transverse, feebly convex, the sides immarginate, nearly straight 
behind, narrowing and a little rounded in front, and armed in the middle with a short more or less distinct 
tooth, the anterior angles rounded, the hind angles rectangular or subacute, the disc very shallowly 
and indistinctly canaliculate and deeply impressed (in one example only shallowly so) in the middle just 
before the base (the impression extending obliquely upwards on each side), the basal fovee shallow, the 
surface rather uneven and very coarsely (in one example more finely) but somewhat sparingly punctured ; 
scutellum subtriangular, sparingly punctured; elytra long, rather broad, a little depressed, subparallel 
to beyond the middle, the basal margin on either side of the scutellum somewhat strongly raised, striate- 
punctate, the punctures on the basal half (on the basal third only near the suture) in the form of coarse 
deep irregular excavations (the excavations still coarser and deeper outwardly and here and there con- 
fluent) and thence (abruptly) to the apex very fine and oblong in shape, tke interstices broad and quite 
flat (except between the excavations) on the disc, very slightly raised at the sides and extreme apex, and 
very minutely and very sparingly punctured, the suture and base tinged with cupreous, the apices obliquely 
cut off and almost pointed ; beneath glabrous, very bright greenish-neous, the sides tinged with golden 
and the fifth ventral segment and the epipleure with cyaneous, very finely and sparingly punctured, the sides 
of the metasternum and the flanks of the prothorax coarsely so; prosternum broad, convexly produced and 
received by the broadly excavate mesosternum ; legs comparatively short and stout, sparingly but coarsely 
(the femora deeply) punctured, greenish-sneous much tinged with cyaneous, the basal half of the femora 
