Mr. Balv on new Pliylo]i]iagous Coleojitera. 185 



teniiiter puuctato-striatis, striis integris, interspatiis minute 

 granulosis, tenuiter ruguloso-strigosis. Long. 2| lin. 

 Hab. Bi'azil, New Priburg. 



Thorax scarcely broader tlian long, sides narrowly margined, 

 straight and parallel, rounded and converging at the apex ; 

 apical margin sinuate on either side, its middle portion produced; 

 basal margin deeply concave on either side, the miedial lobe 

 obtusely rounded ; above finely and distantly punctured, general 

 surface, seen under a deep lens, very minutely granulose. Scu- 

 tellum pentangular, the lateral angles rounded, the apical one 

 moderately produced, acute. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax ; sides parallel, faintly sinuate in the middle, rounded 

 and converging from the termination of their middle third to 

 the apex, the extreme apices conjointly emarginate ; apical 

 margin finely serrulate ; above finely punctate-striate, the stria^ 

 distinct to the apex, interspaces granulose, finely and irregularly 

 strigose. 



Stcnisjia atteiiiKitu. mihi. 



Filiformis, postice attenuata, sub-cylindrica, obscure cu])roa. 

 nitida, antennis nigris : thorace tenuiter, sul^-remote ])imctato ; 

 elytris ante medium ad apicem atteuuatis, tenuiter pimctato- 

 striatis, striis apicem versus deletis. Long. 2| hn. 



Hab. Panama. 



Head finely piuictured, front and u])i)er portion of face 

 impressed with a fine grooved line, which terminates on the 

 vertex in a small fovea ; antennfe slender, rather more than a 

 third the length of the body, entirely black. Thorax slightly 

 longer than liroad, sides straight, narrowly margined, anterior 

 angles produced, sub-acute ; apical margin slightly sinuate on 

 either side, its middle portion slightly produced ; basal margin 

 deeply concave-emarginate 'on either side, the medial lobe 

 obtusely rounded ; up[)er surface sub-remotely punctured, the 

 interspaces (seen under a deejj lens) very finely granulose- 

 strigo.se ; on the basal margin on either side the medial lol^e, is a 

 small fovea. Scutelliim large, ])entagonal, the lateral angles 

 acute. Elytra rather broader at the base than the thorax, sides 

 ])arallel in front, attenuated from before the middle to the apex, 

 the latter conjointly emarginate, a[)ical margin finely serrulate, 

 the sutural angle armed with a minute tooth ; above convex, the 

 humeral callus .shghtly thickened, finely pimctate-striate, the 

 jiuncturing entirely ol)solete near the a])ex, interspaces minutely 

 granulose, here and there I'aintly reticulate-strigose. Apical 

 segment of abdomen concave-emarginate. 



