EPTEIS. 451 



B. Prothorax elongated, longer than broad, the pronotum not raised abruptly above the 

 prosternum ; the lower discoidal cellule usually obliterated ; head smooth or but 

 slightly punctured. 



4. Epyris viridis. (Tab. XIX. fig. 16.) 



Viridis, flagello antennarum abdomiueque nigris, trochanteribus, tibiis tarsisque testaceis ; alis fumatis, apice 



fusco-violaceis, stigmate nigro. $ . 

 Long. 7 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Juan in Vera Paz (Champion). 



Antennae stout ; the first joint as long as the following three joints united ; the second 

 joint a little longer than the third. Head shining, finely punctured ; eyes large, not 

 reaching to the mandibles but near to the front ocellus, being situated more to the rear 

 than to the front. Pronotum finely aciculated, and bearing some scattered punctures, 

 the pleurae and sternum impunctate. Mesonotum finely aciculated, without punctures ; 

 the parapsidal furrows complete, slightly converging towards the scutellum, narrow ; a 

 deep elongate fovea on the mesopleurae. Metanotum with five distinct keels down 

 the centre and another down the side, a keel round the top of the apex and another 

 down the centre of the latter ; between the central keels it is transversely but rather 

 irregularly striolated ; the sides and apex are finely transversely, the pleurae longitudi- 

 nally, striolated. The apex of the abdomen is acutely pointed and brownish ; the 

 segments at their point of junction are also of this colour. 



As with most metallic-green species, the green runs into blue and coppery shades. 



5. Epyris nitidiceps. (Tab. XIX. fig. 17.) 



Niger, nitidus, capite fere punctato, antennis, mandibulis, pedibus abdominisque apice rufis ; alis fumatis, 



stigmate et nervis pallide testaceis. S $ . 

 Long. 2 5 9 millim. ; c? , fere 6 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion). 



Antennae a little longer than the thorax ; the scape bare ; the flagellum shortly 

 pilose ; basal joint thickened, curved on the lower side, and as long as the following 

 three joints united ; the second and third joints subequal and a little shorter than the 

 fourth. Head shining, bearing fine scattered punctures. Mandibles finely punctured, 

 sparsely covered with glistening white hairs ; apical tooth blackish, acute ; opposite to 

 the latter are two short blunt teeth. Pro- and mesothorax shining, sparsely and very 

 finely punctured ; scutellum impunctate. Metanotum with five keels in the centre, 

 the central keels straight, the lateral ones more curved ; the keeled central portion is 

 transversely striated ; the apex is semiperpendicular ; the sides are smooth, the central 

 part hollowed and transversely striated ; the non-striated parts of the metathorax are 

 indistinctly aciculated. Abdomen shining. Legs (especially the femora) stout; the 

 tibiae and tarsi covered with a stiff bristle-like pile ; tips of the tarsal joints blackish. 



3 mm 2 



