178 PHYTOPHAGA.—SUPPLEMENT. 
35(s). Lamprosoma ovulum. 
Lamprosoma pediculus, huj. op. p. 101 (nec Lacord.). 
Ovate, narrowed behind, black ; above bright reddish-cupreous ; head shining, finely punctured ; thorax finely 
_ and distinctly punctured ; elytra strongly and remotely punctate-striate ; prosternum longer than broad, 
longitudinally sulcate. 
Length 14 line. 
Hab. GuatemaLa, Chacoj in Vera Paz (Champion). 
‘Of the same size as . guvencum, but distinctly narrowed behind. ‘The head is finely 
punctured (not granulate), the space between the eyes proportionately narrow. The 
thorax is also finely but distinctly punctured, and the punctures are remotely placed. 
The punctuation of the elytra is proportionately strong, and the punctures are rather 
widely separated. The prosternum is quite different in form from that of L. juvencum, 
it being longer than broad and longitudinally sulcate. 
35 (c). Lamprosoma pusillum. | 
Ovate, slightly narrowed behind, black ; above bright cupreous; head impunctate, the anterior margin of the 
epistome raised into a ridge; thorax distinctly punctured; elytra strongly punctured, the interstices 
_ finely punctate; prosternum slightly longer than broad ; claws simple. 
Length 1 line. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Of short, convex shape, scarcely narrowed behind, and separated from L. ovulum by 
the impunctate head and the narrow but distinct transverse ridge which forms the 
anterior margin of the epistome; the antenne have the first joint metallic above, the 
rest black; the thorax is much more distinctly punctured than in Z. juvencum and 
L. ovulum ; the punctuation of the elytra is strong and deep, and the punctures are 
closer than in L. ovulum. The claws in the present species appear to be simple. In 
one specimen the head and the anterior legs are metallic green. | | 
85(p). Lamprosoma intermedium. 
Oblong-ovate, slightly narrowed posteriorly, black ; above metallic reddish-cupreous; head and thorax finely 
punctured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured; prosternum slightly broader 
than long, finely punctured. 
Length 13-1? line. 
Hab. Mexico, J nquila (Flohr), Ohilpancingo in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), La Parada 
(Sallé). 
Of somewhat elongate shape, scarcely narrowed behind, and distinguishable from 
L. pediculus, Lac., by the finely punctured head and thorax and the shape of the 
prosternum. ‘The head, when seen under a strong lens, is minutely granulate and 
very finely punctured, with a shallow depression at its lower portion; the thorax is as 
finely punctured, except near the base where the punctures are stronger, the median 
