208 CORYSTES. 



angles more rounded. A specimen from New York has the head 

 and thorax entirely black, but the feet are yellow. It is probably 

 the female of this sjiecies. 



Cryptognatha pnncticollis.* 



CEneis puncticollis, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. p. 135. 1. 



Breviter ovata, glabra, nigra, nitida, thorace parce punctato, 

 lateribus subrotundatis, elytris impunctatis. L. "07. 



Southern States. 



Broadly oval, convex, shining black. Head sparsely punctured, 

 black, with yellow palpi. Thorax very short, marked with a few 

 distinct punctures, base rounded, finely margined, sides rounded, 

 posterior angles slightly rounded. Feet black. 



Cryptognatha flavescens. 



(Eneis [?] flavescens, Mots. Bull. Mosc. xxxix. p. 423 (18G6). 

 Stat. Agathidii ; rotundata globosa nitida, glabra, testacea, 

 elytris paulo dilatioribus. L. | lin. (Nuria Ellia) Ceylon. 



Cryptognatha nigritula. 



(E. nigritula, Mots. I. c. 



Stat, precedenti sed nigra, orbiculata convexa, subglobosa, 

 nitida, glabra, nigra. L. h lin. (Nuria Ellia) Ceylon. 



Cryptognatha lateralis. 



(E. lateralis, Mots. I. c. 



Stat, precedenti, sed magis convexa; orbiculata globosa, nigra, 

 nitida glabra, thoracis lateribus pedibusque rufescentibus. L. £ lin. 

 (Nuria Ellia) Ceylon. 



Subfamily 4. Hyperaspides. 



Antenna? short, epipleura? deeply foveolate for the femora, 

 7 ventral segments apparent in the male. 



Corystes. 



Muls. Sj)ec. p. 50G (typ. hypocrita). 



Genae produced, hiding the base of the antenna? ; tibia? dilated, 

 punctuation fine obsolete, very close on the thorax, which is not 

 margined at the base, scutellum large. 



Corystes hypocrita. 



Corystes hypocrita, A fids. Spec. p. 507. 1. 



Cayenne (Dejean), Ega, Santarem, S. Paulo (Bates). 



<J. Head deeply sulcate between the eyes, the sides of the 

 clypeus being elevated ; thorax with an ocellated spot at the 

 sides, anterior tibia? dilated into a triangular tooth, punctuation 

 more visible, surface shining. 



