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that of the posterior one) subangulate near the base, the disc 

 minutely granulate, aeneous, with distinctly reflexed metallic- 

 green lateral margins, the punctures fine and rather remote at 

 the middle, stronger and more closely placed at the sides, the 

 interstices with some extremely fine punctures, scutellum spa- 

 ringly and finely punctured, elytra with two or three irregular 

 double rows of punctures near the suture, strongly and irregu- 

 larly punctured at the sides, the interstices at the latter place 

 rather strongly transversely rugose or convex, costate near the 

 apex, the extreme lateral margins metallic green; below and 

 the legs aeneous, with a more or less metallic green gloss. 



Hab. Puerto 14 de Mayo, province of Chaco Boreal in Para- 

 guay. 



The reflexed, subangulate sides of the thorax are characteristic 

 of this genus, and the variegated metallic colours of the head 

 and the dark aeneous tint of the other parts will characterise 

 the species. 



I-Iei'inesia, lampros , sp. now 



Below metallic blue, above reddish cupreous, the basal joints 

 of the antennae flavous, thorax finely and closely punctured, 

 the margins metallic green, elytra closely and rather strongly 

 punctate-striate. 



Length 4 mill. 



Head strongly and rather closely punctured , cupreous and 

 partly metallic green, the vertex with a central longitudinal 

 groove, clypeus distinctly separated from the face, coarsely punc- 

 tured, its anterior margin nearly straight, labrum dark fulvous, 

 antennae rather robust, extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 dark purplish, the basal three joints fulvous ; thorax more than 

 twice as broad as long, the sides obsoletely biangulate, strongly 

 rounded, not narrowed in front , the lateral reflexed margins 

 metallic green, the disc bright cupreous, rather closely and finely 

 punctured, the sides more strongly punctate, scutellum metallic 

 green, elytra with a very feeble depression below the base, 

 more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures arranged 



