104 PHTTOPHAGA. 



localities given above, and differs from L. trochilus in its smaller size, colour, and 

 punctuation of the elytra, from L. longifrons in the normal shape of its head and 

 general colour, and from L. annectens in the punctured thorax and want of the elytral 

 waved striae. The Honduras specimens belong nearly all to the dark variety, while the 

 typical form has mostly been received from Guatemala, although also intermixed with 

 the darker form. 



42. Lamprosoma godmani. 



Ovate, short, black ; head minutely granulate ; thorax scarcely visibly punctured ; elytra finely punctate- 

 striate. 



Length | line. 



Head rather elongate, convex, very minutely granulate, opaque ; antennae black, the second joint fulvous ; eyes 

 very large; thorax rather convex and much deflexed anteriorly, the posterior margin almost straight, 

 surface extremely finely punctured, black, more shining than the head ; elytra distinctly narrowed behind, 

 much less convex than is generally the case, rather obsoletely punctate-striate, the interstices somewhat 

 finely rugose ; prosternum subquadrate. 



Hab. Guatemala, Chacoj {Champion). 



The uniform black colour and finely granulate head will separate this small species 

 from L. longifrons, to which it seems closely allied. 



43. Lamprosoma modestum. 



Broadly ovate, short, black ; antennae fulvous ; head, lateral margin of the thorax, and the legs metallic green. 



Var. Thorax and underside entirely black. 



Length | line. 



Head very finely granulate, metallic green, anterior margin of the epistome nearly straight ; parts of the mouth 

 black ; antennae fulvous, the basal joints more or less piceous ; thorax nearly four times as broad as long, 

 anteriorly very deflexed, posterior margin nearly straight at the sides, scarcely produced at the middle, 

 surface closely and rather distinctly punctured, black, the sides broadly metallic green ; elytra convex, 

 broadly ovate, scarcely narrowed behind, distinctly punctate-striate anteriorly, the punctures diminishing 

 in size towards the apex ; underside black ; legs more or less metallic green ; prosternum broad, slightly 

 broader than long. 



Hab. Guatemala, Chacoj (Champion). 



This very small species is evidently closely allied to the preceding one, and is there- 

 fore placed here, although its coloration would place it amongst the species of the first 

 section ; the much broader prosternum, more distinctly punctured thorax and elytra 

 will distinguish it from L. godmani. 



44. Lamprosoma hirta. 



Broadly ovate, convex ; underside, head, and lateral margins of the thorax reddish cupreous ; above dark 

 violaceous, closely and irregularly punctured and covered with white pubescence. 



Length 2£ lines. 



Head finely granulate, slightly convex, rather closely and strongly punctured, with a few long hairs in the 

 middle, cupreous, opaque ; base of the mandibulae of the same colour, their apex black ; antennae of the 

 same colour, basal joint cupreous ; thorax not more than twice as broad as long, the basal lobe almost 



