584 Mr. O. E. Janson's descriptions of 



Allied to E. viorosa, O. Jans., but larger, more convex, less 

 punctured, more pubescent, with the antenna3 shorter, the legs 

 more robust and the colour different. Given to me by the late 

 Ed. Steinheil, with the MS. name of Jansoni. 



Evphoria ptinicea, n. sp. 



$ Dull red, varying to olivaceous, opaque and s^^arsely 

 pubescent, elytra with small irregular Avhite spots, head, 

 pygidium, underside and legs shining, with long whitish hairs. 

 Head coarsely punctured, with a slight transverse ridge between 

 the eyes, clypeus rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, the 

 apex strongly elevated and emarginate. Thorax coarsely but 

 not Yevj closely punctured, the punctures confluent near the 

 anterior angles, smooth and emarginate in front of the scutellum. 

 Elytra sparsely punctured in rows, the sides and apex strigose, 

 the discal carinas and suture moderately elevated and smooth, 

 the apical angles slightly produced. Pygidium convex, coarsely 

 strigose. Beneath strigose, mesosterual j^rocess short, very 

 broad and slightly rounded at the apex, abdomen with three 

 impressions on each side, deeply and broadly impressed in the 

 centre, anterior tibiaa with two large teeth before the apex. 

 Length 16-17 mm. 



The female is broader, more coarsely sculptured, has the 

 thorax more rounded at the sides, the legs stouter and the 

 abdomen convex in the centre. 



Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (lUingwoith). 



Allied to E. SteinlwlU, O. Jans., but narrower and more con- 

 vex, with the pygidium larger, the underside more j^ubescent, 

 the mesosternal process broader, and the colour different. 



EupJioria avitft, n. sp. 



9 Dull greenish-black, sparsely pubescent, elytra with irregu- 

 lar yellowish undulating marks and spots, a central line, the 

 margins and a small spot on each side of the thorax, the clypeus 

 and base of the scutellum obscure red, beneath shining, sides 

 of the breast and legs pitchy-red. Head closely punctured, 

 clypeus elongate, the sides straight, the apex slightly elevated 

 and sinuous. Thorax coarsely punctured, the punctures con- 

 fluent at the sides, with a slightly raised median line, the base 

 shallowly emarginate lief ore the scutellum. Scutellum acute at 



