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This species, which I have referred to the genus Ellipotoma 

 Spinola, has the antenna? eight-jointed in the male, while in 

 the female they are ten-jointed. EUipotoma (Apolopha] tri- 

 lineata Chevr. (Rev. Mag. Zool., 1874, p. 324) is very doubt- 

 fully distinct from laticornis. Our species is in any event bet- 

 ter placed in Ellipotoma than in either Apolopha or Ichnca, 

 I agree with the expressed view of Prof. Gahan that Ellipo- 

 toma should be removed from the group Hydnocerini and be 

 placed near Phylloboenus in the group Enopliini of the sub- 

 family Corynetinae. 



Eurycranus pulchellus sp. nov. 



Elongate, bluish-green, shining; abdomen, femora and pronotum 

 dark aeneous green, apical margin of the latter dark violaceous ; eyes, 

 antennae, parts of the mouth (labrum, mandibles, palpi), tibiae and 

 tarsi black ; prosternum and apical half of prothoracic flanks rufous ; 

 elytra brilliant green with slight metallic lustre and very shining. Head 

 not wider than prothorax at apex, rather finely and densely punctate ; 

 eyes feebly convex ; front biimpressed ; clothed with short, sparse, 

 whitish pubescence and long, moderately dense erect black pilosity ; 

 antennae shorter than the head and thorax. Thorax distinctly wider 

 than long, widest at basal third, base and apex sub-equal in width, 

 subapical constriction feeble ; sides broadly rounded ; subapical trans- 

 verse impressed line feeble; basal impressed line deep; a feeble fovea 

 each side at middle ; disk at middle longitudinally sulcate ; surface 

 coriaceous, rather coarsely and irregularly punctate; clothed with very 

 sparse, recumbent whitish pubescence and long erect black pilosity. 

 Elytra subparallel ; apices conjointly rounded ; rather strongly convex ; 

 humeri protuberant ; a distinct post-humeral fovea ; scutellar region 

 depressed ; coarsely, densely irregularly punctate at base, the sculpture 

 becoming scabrous toward apex ; entire lateral margin and apical two- 

 thirds of sutural margin bicarinate ; rather densely clothed with long, 

 semi-recumbent, coarse, yellowish white pubescence with longer, erect 

 black hairs intermixed. Body beneath moderately coarsely, sparsely 

 punctate ; legs finely, densely punctate. Venter and legs moderately 

 clothed with yellowish white pubescence. Length 6 mm. 



This is the second species of the genus to be made known 

 from elsewhere than Chili, which country is the metropolis of 

 the genus Eurycranus. Rev. Mr. Gorham (Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Col. Ill, 2, p. 165) described a species from Guate- 

 mala, to which he gave the name viridiaeneus. The present 



