152 DEsaioNorA. 



pubescentes. Protliorax aeijeus, sub-nitidus, latiludine po- 

 stica duplo brevioi-, antice leviter i otundato-emai ginatus, 

 lateribus tiltra medium sensim, dein versus basin citius 

 rotundato-ampliatus, postice utrincpie leviter bi-sinuatus, 

 lobo medio sat magno, retrorsum producto, sub-triangu- 

 lari, apice truncato, angulis lateralibus prominulis, acu- 

 tisj supra modice convexus, subtiliter, remote punctu- 

 latus, dorso canalicula tenuissima, brevi, antice prceser- 

 tim abbreviata, et utrinque foveolis quatuor vel quinque 

 parvis insculptus. Scutellum triangulare, loeve, obscure 

 leneum, parum nitidum. Elytra prothorace plus quam 

 triplo longiora et ejus basi non latiora, a;nea , subnltida, 

 antice singulatim leviter sinuata, huineris sub-rotundatis; 

 pone basin seiisim nonnihil ampliata, a niedio apicem 

 versus paullo angustata, apice conjunctim rotundafa , su- 

 pra valde convexa, dorso ante mediuin gibbosa, subtilis- 

 sime, crebre coriacea, punctis remotis, inediocribus, hinc 

 inde subseriatis et congestis, incequaliter insculpta; mar- 

 gine modice explanato. Corpus subtus obsolete striola- 

 tum , nigro-cyaneum , nilidum. Pedes subtiliter punctu- 

 lati, senei, nitidi. 



13. aurolimbata: (Dupont) oblongo-quadrata, modice con- 

 vexa, nitida, supra senea , aureo-marginata , subtus 

 cupreaj prothorace inogquaii, remote rugoso, lateribus 

 antice oblique ampliato, postice recto; elytris pro- 

 funde, crebre punctato-striatis, interstitio secundo an- 

 tice sub-carinato. — Long. 8, lat. 5 millim. 



Patria: Bahia, Mus, Dom. Dupont. 



D. metallica nonnihil latior et dimidio longior. Ca- 



put sub-remote punctatum, obscure cupreum, nitidum, 



postice canaliculatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, 



ni<MMS Antennse validae, articulis duobus basalibus cupreo- 

 o • , ...... 



micantibus, 3 — 5 sneis, nitidis, glabris, reh'quis nigris, 



pubescentibus. Prothoi ax latitudine postica fere dnplo bre- 



vior, apice late, sat profunde rotundato-emarginatus, la- 



teribus fere ad medium oblique ampliatus, dein sub-re- 



ctus; postice utrinque profunde sinuatus, lobo medio 



