Po K P H V R ASP IS, •.)*) 



lelrorsiim piodiicto, truncalo; supra convexus, tlisco uie- 

 diocriler, sat crebre, lateribus lucle, reinotius puiictatus, 

 uititlus, cyaneus, extrorsum cyaneo-viresceus. Sciitellum 

 magnuni, sub-triangulare, subtiliter, crebre punctiilatum , 

 cyaneum, nitiduin, apice obtusuin. Elytra prothorace 

 plus tluplo longiora et basi ejus iionniliil latiora, cyanea, 

 uitida , liumeris antrorsum promiiuilis, acutis; niox infra 

 basin paullo ampliata, apicem versus sensim, apice ipso 

 late rotundata, supra valde convexa, profunde, crebre, 

 regulariter punctato-striafa , interstitiis angustis, sub-con- 

 vexis. Corpus subtus obsolete punctatum, nigro-c<eru- 

 leum , siib-nitidum. Pedes remote punctulati, nigri; tar- 

 sis dilatatis, flavis, subtus pallido-spongiosis; unguiculis 

 ferruijineis. 



10. Besckei: sub-ovata, minus convexa, atro-cyanea, ni- 

 tida; ant^nnis, plaga triangulari pectoris, abdomine 

 pedibusf|ue rufo-testaceis; prolliorace brevissimo, disco 

 laevi, lateribus sub-remotc punctulatis; elytris regu- 

 lariler, subtiliter puuclato-striatis, — Long. 5^, lat. 4 

 millim. 



Patria: Brasilia, prope novum Fribuigum Doni. Descke, 

 Mus. Dom. SoMiVtEPi. 



Porphyr. erythrocera vix latior scd nonniliil longior, 

 minus convexa. Caput prominulum, mediocre, obsolete 

 punctatum, rufo-testaceum, infra antennas macula nigra 

 insignitum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, glaucis. An- 

 tennai prothorace vix longiores, sat validoe, rufo-testa- 

 ceae, parce et lenuiter pubescentes. Prothorax brevis, 

 latitudine poslica plus duplo brevior, atro-cyaneus, niti- 

 dus, apice profunde rotundato-emaiginatus , mox ponc 

 apicem subito, lateribus sensim rotundato-ampliatus, po- 

 stice leviter bi-sinuatus, lobo medio lato, parum pro- 

 ducto, sub-truncato; angulis baseos sub-rectis; supra in 

 disco nonnihil convexus, laevis, lateribus modice explana- 

 tus, sub-remote, distincte punctulatus. Scutellum ma"fnum, 

 sub-triangulare, luivissimum , nigro-cyaneum. Elytra 

 prolhorace triplo longiora et basi ejus haud latiora, atro- 



