242 HYPOLAMPSIS. 



12. Kypolampsis pnmilio. 



H. ovata, lata, robusta, nigro-ferruginea; capite antice longitudi- 

 naliter obsolete carinato, punctata ; thorace transverso, ad basin 

 constricto et depresso,jlavo-pid)escenti, punctato ; elytris robust/*, 

 punctato-striatis, ante medium transverse depressis, nigro-fer- 

 rugineis, ad scutellum piceo suffusis; antennis rufo-testaccis, 

 art. 6-8 piceis ; pedibus flavis, posticis rufis, ad femora piceo 

 suffusis. 



Long. corp. 1^ lin., lat. -| lin. 



Ovate, broad, robust, of a nigro-ferrugineous colour, impubescent. 

 Head short, slightly produced in front ; below the base of the an- 

 tenna) is a triangular plane depression ; above the antennae (when 

 viewed obliquely) is a longitudinal medial ridge, almost obsolete, 

 extending to the basal line ; eyes tolerably large, situated at the 

 base of the head ; the surface is finely and thickly punctate. Tliorax 

 transverse (almost quadrate), constricted at the base ; the anterior 

 angles are depressed, the sides marginate ; at the base is a broad 

 and distinct transverse depression ; the surface is very finely flavo- 

 pubescent (when examined under a high power), and finely punctate. 

 Scutellum triangular, piceous. Elytra broad, robust, deeply punctate- 

 striate; from the antemedial suture a distinct depression extends 

 obliquely upwards towards the shoulders ; the surface is of a dark 

 ferrugineous colour, suffused (near the scutellum, and irregularly 

 throughout) with piceous. Antenna} rufo-testaceous, the sixth, seventh 

 and eighth joints being piceous. Legs: the anterior flavous, the 

 postical rufous, the femora being suffused with piceous. 



This species (closely allied to H. nana in form and size) is sepa- 

 rated from it not only by its distinct colouring, but by the form of 

 its thorax, which is less transverse (almost quadrate) ; there is also 

 an entire absence of any transverse depression near its anterior mar- 

 gin, which is so apparent in that species. 



Rio Janeiro. In the cabinet of the Rev. H. Clark. 



13. Hypolampsis ferrugineo-notata. 



H. oblongo-ovata, subcylindrica, impubescens, rufo-flava ; capite 

 inter oculos striato, punctato ; thorace quadrato, ad basin con- 

 stricto, ad basin distincte (et ad apicem tenue) transverse notato ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, ad basin triangulari macula rufo-fer- 

 ruginea notatis ; antennis et pedibus rufo-jlavis. 



Long. corp. li lin., lat. f lin. 



Oblong-ovate, subcylindrical, impubescent, rnfo-flavous. Head 

 short, transverse, not produced in front ; above the base of the an- 



