68 Mr. J. S. Baly on new Phjtophagous Insects. 



rotundato, magis distincte punctatis ; elytris subcrebre fortiter 

 punctatis, punctis aciculatis, interstitiis elevatis. — Long. 5^-6^ lin. 

 Hah, Brazil. 



Cryptostetha rufipennis, 



C ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, puncto frontali elytrisque testaceis, 

 his tenuiter subseriatim punctatis, punctis ad latera confusis, inter- 

 stitiis obsolete strigosis ; thorace longitudine duplo latiore, remote 

 tenuiter punctato, lateribus fere rectis, antice angustato-rotundatis. 

 — Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Genus ELYTROsPHiERA, Blanch. 

 Elytrosphcera flavipennisj Dej. MSS. 



E. oblonga, convexa, nitido-purpurea ; thorace fortiter et irregulariter 

 punctato, punctis (praesertim ad latera) varioloso-confluentibus ; 

 elytris ovatis, valde convexis, fulvis, utrisque sulcis 1 1, primo ab- 

 breviato, horum singulis serie unica punctorum magnorura im- 

 pressis, interstitiis elevatis, convexis ; abdomine subcrebre punc- 

 tato, segmento anali fulvo. — Long. 6-6|^ lin. 



Hab, Brazil. 



This common insect, although well known by collectors under 

 the above name, has not as yet been described. 



Elytrosphcera Dejeanii, 



E. oblongo-ovata, convexa, obscure metallico-viridis, nitida, abdo- 

 minis segmento anali elytrisque fulvis, his ovatis, convexis, utris- 

 que seriebus 1 1 e punctis magnis subremotis impressis, prima ab- 

 breviata ; thorace hie illic fortiter punctato. — Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Elytrosphcera confusa, 



E, oblonga, convexa, obscure nigro-aenea, nitida ; elytris rufo-fulvis, 

 ovatis, valde convexis, subseriatim, disco confuse punctato-sulcatis, 

 punctis fortiter impressis, seneo-micantibus, interstitiis elevatis, 

 subtuberculatis ; thorace longitudine vix dimidio latiore, fortiter 

 punctato, punctis irregulariter confluentibus. — Long. 5-Q lin. 



Hab, Brazil. 



Elytrosphcera luridipennis, 



E. oblonga, convexa, nigro-aenea, nitida; thorace longitudine fere 

 duplo latiore, lateribus hie illic sparse confluento-punctatis ; elytris 

 obscure rufis, oblongo- ovatis, convexis, fortiter subseriatim, apicem 

 versus confuse, punctatis, interstitiis subelevatis. — Long. 6 lin. 



Hab, Brazil. 



Genus Stilodes, Chevr. MSS. 



Caput subdeclive, thoraci ad oculorum marginem insertum ; anten- 

 nis capite cum thorace vix longioribus, modice robustis, subfili- 



