204 ' [Febniary, 



H. CASTANEA, S]). 71. 



S ■ Entirely glossy castaneous, the prothorax more or less dappled with dusty- 

 black ; anteniiEe, legs, and organs of the mouth yellowish-ferruginous ; head finely 

 and sparsely punctured, horned (and epistoma tubereled in front) as in S. armata ; 

 protliLirax very minutely and distantly punetulate ; the piuictuation on the elytra is 

 similar to that on S. armata, but much fainter and more dispersed ; pro- and meso- 

 sterna as in H. armata. 



In the ? the horns are represented by two large broad tubercles, there is also 

 a strong foveate depression on the middle of the crown, and the epistoma is simple. 



Long. Corp. 3| lin. 



Hah. : New G-ranada ; two examples, (J aud $ . 



Differs from S. armata by its larger size, ligMer colour, aud 

 mueh fiuer aud more sparse puuctuatiou. 



H. LATERALIS, SJp. 01. 



S ■ Grlossy, prothorax and seutellum rufo-castaneous, the former dappled with 

 dusky-black, having the appearance of polished mahogany ; elytra pitchy-black, with 

 the margins, base, and for one-third the length of the suture, rather broadly rufous ; 

 head rounded in front ; antennary orbits slightly reflexed ; epistoma not reflexed — 

 and with two conical tubercles — at the front ; horns rather slender, sub-cylindric, 

 distant at the base, directed forwards, slightly arched, slightly convergent ; the head, 

 between the horns, is slightly concave, the usual deep, rounded excavation on the 

 middle, behind the horns, is in this species wanting, or is only slightly represented 

 by a faint, rounded depression ; the eyes are less prominent than iisually obtains in 

 this genus, and are somewhat narrowed posteriorly, above, by a slight expansion of 

 the cheeks, — they are thus intermediate in form between typical Hoplocephala and 

 Evoplus ; prothorax moderately convex, arcuate-emarginate in front, fore angles 

 distinct, sides almost regularly rounded, more contracted at apex than at base, 

 indistinctly, minutely, and distantly punetulate, a foveate, punctui-ed, sub-marginal 

 depression at each side, near the middle ; elytra seriate-punctate, intervals rather 

 broad, flat, smooth, indistinctly punetulate ; under-side dull red, mouth organs and 

 legs clear red, antennae darker ; prosternal process lanciform, terminating behind in 

 a slightly recurved point ; mesosternum iu front sub-horizontal, sub-vertical, deeply 

 and clearly excavated. 



$ . Epistoma simple, horns I'cpresented by tubercles, eyes (above) broader, 

 not contracted behind by an expansion of the cheeks, the punctured fovea at each 

 side the prothorax obsolete. Long. corp. 4 lin. 



Hah. : "Colombia;" two examples, ^ and $ . 



A very distinct and handsome species, and remarkable by the 

 cJ not having the usual deep excavation on the vertex. 



Note. — Jloplocepliala (Neomida) haladica, elongcda (== sulcata), and 

 striata, Montrouzier. These three species, as represented 

 in the Collection Done, belong : — the 1st to the Helopides, 

 and is identical with Strong ylium viridipenne, Mont. ; the 

 2nd also belongs to the HeJopides, near (I think) Isopus ; 

 and the 3rd is a Platydema. Judging from description, 

 Platydema oriticiim, Pascoe, = P. striatum, Montrouz. I 

 have received this species from New South Wales, as well as 

 from New Caledonia. 



Leicester : December, 1872. 



