188 [August, 



NOTES ON TEOPICAL AMERICAN LAGRIIDAE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF NEW SPECIES, 



BY G. C. CHAMPIOK, F.Z.S. 



(Continued from -p. 154.) 



20. — Disema oclireostifjma, n. sp, 



cJ. Moderately elongate, Avidened posteriorlj^ dull above, sLining 

 beueatli ; piceous, the large opaque depression ou the elytra ochreous ; 

 clothed with scattered bristly hairs. Eyes extremely large, almost con- 

 tiguous. Antennae long, stout, strongly serrate from the third joint, 11 a 

 little longer than 9 and 10 united. Prothorax uneven, subquadrate, rounded 

 at the sides in front, the basal margin feebly raised ; closely impressed with 

 intermixed coarse and tine punctures, triangularly depressed at the base, and 

 shallowly sulcate anteriorly. Elytra moderately long, at the middle more 

 than twice the width of tlie protliorax ; finely, deeply crenato-strinte, the 

 punctures transverse, the interstices convex, becoming narrow towards 

 the sides, 3 and 5 with a few scattered setigerous impressions, 1 also with 

 two others near the apex ; the ochreous, opaque lateral depression transversely 

 grooved, elongate-oval, extending from the fifth stria to near the margin. 

 Ventral segment 5 unimpressed, truncate at the apex, leaving the genital 

 armature partly exposed, the latter consisting of a pair of long, curved, slender 

 hooks, two shorter and stouter pieces, and a compressed downwardly curved 

 aedeagus. Legs comparatively smooth, the femora more or less grooved 

 beneath ; anterior tibiae feebly sinuate within, the others almost straight, 

 simple. 



Length 7, breadth 2^-2> mm. 



Hah. : IjKAZIL, Baliia (Seed). 



Two males. A small form, piceous in colovir, with strongly serrate 

 antennae, very large eyes, a subquadrate, uneven, coarsely punctured pro- 

 tliorax, a large opaque ochreous stigma on each elytron, and almost simple 

 legs. The genital armature, so far as visible, is characteristic. 



21.— Disema fulvipes. 



(Plate II, ^^^. 11, anterior tibia, S .) 



S- Barsenis fulvij^es Pasc., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xx, 

 p. IS, pi. 1, fig. G (1887). 



c? . Antennae long, joints 3-10 flabellale, 11 as long as 9 and 10 united ; 

 eyes extremely large, contiguous ; anterior tibiae strongly bowed inwards, 

 broadly arcuato-explanate on its lower external edge, concave and sericeous 

 within; elytra with a large, oblique, elongate, opaque lateral patch extending 

 between the striae 4 and 0. 



Hah. : Amazoxs, Ega [type] and Santarcm {H. W. Bates) ; 

 Brazil, Jatahy, Province of Goyas {Pujol, ex coll. Fry). 



