27() [May, 



Gtmnoceeus Badexi, 11. sj). 



Oblongo-ovatns, supra cinereo-alhus,ft(sco-var{egatus; thoracis dorso valide tri-tu- 

 herculato ; elytris disco postlco hicostatis, hasi granulatis ; antennis articido tertio 

 apice perpaalnm, ■iio mac/is, incrassatis, nudis; ariiculo Wno ^recedenti hand breviori} 

 mesosterno hituberciilato. Long. 8 lin. S ■ 



In general form and facies similar to Anisocerus scopifera and 

 onca ; but having the form of antenna? o£ Gymnocerus (especially G. 

 monachimis). The head is brown and punctured in front ; ashy- white 

 on the crown. The thorax has a strong conical lateral spine, and three 

 large tubercles in triangle on the disc ; the tubercles and other lesser 

 elevations are black, the space between them tawny-brown, the rest 

 ashy-white. The scutellum is tawny. The elytra are relatively nar- 

 rower and more trigonal than in the typical species ; the basal part is 

 granulated, densely so only on the elevations, and on the posterior disc 

 of each are two raised lines united behind ; the general colour is ashy- 

 white, the granules and some patches dark brown, the largest patches 

 forming a flexuous belt from the shoulder towards the scutellum and 

 suture (with a separate round spot near the latter), and a second short 

 belt behind the middle varied with long tawny streaks. The legs and 

 antennae are pitchy-red ; the tarsi ashy, with the claw joint red. 



Frontino, New Granada ; coll. Dr. Baden and H. W. Bates. 



HOPLISTOCERUS DIYES, 11. Sp. 



Obloigus, ceneo-viridis, glaber, elytris crebre cBqualifer piinctatis, vix nitidis ; 

 pedibus anlennisque nigro-chalybeis, femoribus posticis abdomineqiie Icete rubris. 



Long. 5 lin. J . 



Head brilliant golden-green, front convex, closely and confluently 

 punctured, vertex transversely strigose, labrum red. Thorax unarmed, 

 but sides slightly tumid, brilliant brassy-green, and surface transversely 

 strigose. Scutellum broad, truncated behind, brassy-green. Elytra 

 dark silky-green with purplish reflexions, uniformly punctured. Legs 

 and tarsi dark steel colour, hind femora and abdomen red. Antenna) 

 ( J ) longer than the body by one-half ; scape forming an elongated 

 smooth club ; 2nd to Ith joints with a strong sharp spine at their 

 apices; 11th short, claw-like. 



Bahia ; taken by Mr. Edwyn Eeed. 



The species is perfectly congeneric with JT. gloriosus, and the form 

 of the scape of the latter (thickened from near the base) proves to be 

 only a specific character. 



The genus Demopiioo, Thorns., admitted by Lacordaire, cannot 

 be separated from Hoplistocerus. D. hatnciius, which I have had an 



