Tauroma. 57 



angulis retrorsum prominulis, acutis, superne paullo convexus, 

 viridis, sub-opacus, in cupreuni nonniiiil vergens, subtiliter, 

 sat crebre punctulatus, dorso nitidus, medio canalicula longi- 

 tudinali distincta, antice posticeque abbreviata foveolisque 

 utrinque duabus parvis insculptus, extrorsum nonniliil eviden- 

 tius punctatus. Scutellum parvum, triangulare, laeve, caeru- 

 leum. Elytra sub-quadrata, viridia, sub-opaca, antice singu- 

 latim leviter sinuata, prothorace triplo longiora, ad humeros 

 in spinam sat validam, longam, subtus emarginatam, apice 

 nonnihil reflexam, antice posticeque impressam, supra caeruleo- 

 carinatam excurrentia, pone humeros apicem versus paullo 

 angustata, apice conjunctim obtusa, superne convexa, subtilis- 

 sime, crebre coriacea, remote, subseriatim, disco profunde, 

 rude, ad scutpilum et extrorsum subtilius punctata, punctis 

 fundo caeruleis, opacis; singulo elytro in dorso carinis duabus 

 pone medium abbreviatis instructo. Corpus subtus viridi- 

 caerulescens, nitidum, subtiliter, parce punctulatum. Pedes 

 viridi-nitidi, remote punctulati. 



*9. sinaragdina. (Bhn.) Bhn. Mnn. Cassid. I. p. 119. 'i. — Cat. of Co- 

 leopt. Iiis. IX. p. 20. 4. 



Patria: Brasilia (Ega). 



10. Ammon: oblongo-subquadrata, convexa, smaragdina, sub- 

 nitida, anguste viridi-aureomarginata; prothorace profunde, 

 crebre rugoso-punctato, lateribus oblique ampliato; elytris 

 ad suturam seriatim, antice parcius, disco profunde, crebre, 

 vage punctatis; corpore, femoribus ultra medium tibiisque 

 posterioribus, apice excepto, cyaneis; huraeris lateraliter 

 extensis, tenuioribus, compressis, apice reflexis. — Long. 

 11, lat. 8i millim. 



Tauroma Ammon Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 20. 5. 

 Patria: Peruvia (Moxos) Dom. Pavon. Mus. Reg. Berol. 



T. smaragdinae proxima, nonnihil minor, prothorace 

 aliter formato, elytris crebrius punctatis. Caput smaragdinum, 

 sub-nitidum; subtiliter rugoso-punctatum, medio canaliculatum. 

 Oculi ovati, modice convexi, nigri. Antennae articulis sex 

 primis smaragdinis, nitidis, glabris, quinque ultimis viridi- 

 aeneis, opacis, pubescentibus. Protliorax viridi-caerulescens, 



