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sublimate spot on each elytron bej-ond the middle, extremities flavescent, and 



much rounded, sides nearly straight, slightly margined. 

 Abdotncn with pygidium exposed, piceous. 

 Lrgs short, yellow. 

 I'ndcr parts wholly rufo-testaceous. 

 Differs from L. oci'llattim in its broader and not attenuated form, much deeper 



sculi)ture, and in the shape and colour of the marks on the elytra. 

 Habitat, North America. 



Sacium tropicum, sp. n. 



L. c. ^J lin.- 1'37 mm.— Oblongo-ovale, valde convexum, vix nitidum, pilis 

 aureis dense vestitum, profunde et confertissimc punctatum, proiioto rufescenti, 

 elytris nigris, fasciii lata rufu postice in angulum acutum utrinque productii ornatis ; 

 pronoto sat parvo, antice attenuato, rufescenti, in disco obscuriori, antice ovaliter 

 rotundato, retlexo et late peilucido, sat profunde et confertissime punctato, inter- 

 stitiis glaln'is, nitidis, linen basali obsoleta, margine basali profunde sinuatu, angulis 

 acutis ; eb/trin nigro-piceis, fascia lata rufa, postice in elytro utroque acute angu- 

 lata. pone media ornatis, pronoto sat latioribus et plus quam sesqui longioribus, 

 prope liumeros latissimis, profunde et confertissime punctatis, interstitiis glabris, 

 nitidis, stria suturali profunda, lateribus marginatis, apicibus valde rotundatis et 

 late rufis ; abdomine parum exserto, piceo ; pedibus atque antennis rufescentibus, 

 femoribus obscuratis. 



Body oblong-oval, very conxex, scarcely shining, thickly clothed with golden hair, 

 deeply and very closely punctured ; thorax rufescent ; elytra black, with a 

 broad fascia beyond the middle, angulated at its hinder margin, and the 

 extremities red. 



Head small, rufescent ; eyes moderate ; antennse rufous. 



Thora.r rather small, attenuated, ovallj' rounded, reflexed, and broadly pellucid in 

 front, rather deeply and very closely punctured, interstices smooth and shining, 

 basal line obsolete, basal margin deeply sinuated, with the angles acute. 



Sciitellum large, rounded at the apex, very closely and deeply punctured. 



Elytra nigro-piceous, with a spot, often indistinct, on the shoulder, and a broad red 

 fascia beyond the middle, angulated at its hinder edge ; rather broader and 

 more than one-half longer than the thorax, widest near the shoulders, deeply 

 and very closelj' punctured, interstices smooth and shining, sutural stria deep, 

 sides margined, extremities much rounded and broadly red. 



Abdomen not much exserted, piceous. 



Lecjs moderate, rufescent ; femora dusk3\ 



Under parts piceous; mouth, prothorax, and first ventral segment red; meta- 

 sternum and first ventral segment closel}' and minutelj' punctured. 



Differs from others in its deep and close sculpture, dense pubescence, and angulated 

 fascia on the elytra, and short yellow antenna;, of which the fifth joint is not 

 enlarged. 



Habitat, America. Eeceived from Mexico, and from Venezuela, by M. Salle. 



Sacium latifasciatum. 



S. latifasciatum, Matthews, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Col. iii. pi. i. p. 110, 1889. 



L. c. \l lin. = 1"37 mm. — Elongato-ovatum, convexum, nitidulum, pilis aureis 

 modice vestitum, subtiliter punctatum, nigro-piceum, pronoto, macula humerali, 

 atque fascia lata transversa pone media elytrorum rufis ; pronoto sat lato, antice 

 ovate rotundato late reflexo atque peilucido, rufo, plus minusve in disco obscurato, 

 minute et confertim punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, linou basali distincta, mar- 

 gine basali sinuata, angulis rectis ; elytris nigro-piceis, macula ad basim utriusque 



