260 IMATIUM. 



may, however, at once be separated from it by its more transverse 

 thorax and the less deep punctuation on the elytra ; from H. aesti- 

 valis it may be separated by its striation as well as by its pubescence. 

 Taken by the late Mr. Squire in the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro. 

 In the collection of Mr. Baly. 



37. Hypolampsis suborbicularis. 



H. ovata, robusta, punctata, siibpubescens, fiavo-ferruginea ; capite 

 brevi, transverso, subtiliter granulato, impubescenti ; thorace trans- 

 verso, Jlavo-pubescenti, punctato ; eh/tris latis, robustis, brevibus, 

 ante medium transverse depressis, punctato-striatis ; antennis 

 subincrassatis, Jiavis, art. 5-8 fuscis ; pedibus jiavis, femoribus 

 posticis rufo- flavis. 



Long. corp. 1 lin., lat. \ lin. 



Ovate, robust, punctate, finely pubescent, flavo-ferrugineous. 

 Head short, transverse, not produced in front ; the eyes are in form 

 oval, situated at the base of the head, lateral ; immediately above 

 the base of the antennae is a small medial longitudinal fovea ; the 

 surface is finely granulated and impubescent. Thorax transverse, 

 slightly broader than the head; the anterior angles are depressed 

 and almost obsolete ; the sides subsinuate and finely flavo-pubescent ; 

 punctate. Scutellum minute, triangular. Elytra much broader and 

 more robust than the thorax, short, antemedially transversely de- 

 pressed ; rows of punctures arranged in the form of striae are di- 

 stinctly apparent at the base and medially, but become obsolete near 

 the apex. Antenna; short, subincrassated, the third joint being 

 attenuate, the sixth to the ninth subincrassated (the rest are 

 wanting) ; in colour flavous, the joints fifth to eighth being fuscous. 

 Legs flavous, the anterior tarsi being suffused with fuscous, and the 

 posterior femora rufo-flavous. 



Brazil. In the collection of M. Deyrolle. 



Genus 39. IMATIUM*. 

 Palpi maxillares robusti, subincrassati, art. ultimo haud elongato. 

 Palpi labiales attenuati, subcylindrici. 



ANTEXNiK approximates, robustce, incrassatoz, art. 5-10 brevibus. 

 Caput depressum, subverticale haud productum, granidatum,pubeseens. 

 Thorax transversus, antice plus minus emarginatus, depressus, pu- 

 bescens. 



* ifictTiov, Testis. 



