228 Mr. Edward Saunders' Dcaci-qMons of 



Halccia clirysodemoides, E. S. 



Viridi-aurea. Thorace punctate, linea dorsali impress^,. 

 Elytris utrinque quatuor costis suturaque elevatis, kevibus, 

 lateribus postice denticulatis. Subtus viridis, femoribus 

 tibiisque anterioribus cyaneis. 



Briglit golden green, head deeply and rugosely punctured 

 between the eyes. Thorax with the anterior margin and 

 the base nearly straight and with the sides only very 

 slightly rounded ; surface punctured, especially at the 

 sides, dorsal line impressed. Elytra irregularly and 

 rugosely punctured, each with suture and four lines raised, 

 of these the third is abbreviated and twice interrupted ; 

 sides slightly sinuate below the shoulders, denticulate 

 posteriorly ; apex somewhat truncate, finely denticulate. 

 Beneath green, punctured, two front pairs of legs with the 

 femora and tibiae cyaneous. Antennae cyaneous. 



Length, 10^ lines ; breadth, 3f lines. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua. 



Eesembles a Chrysodema in general aspect. It should 

 follow parcdlda, E. S. 



Halecia parcdlda, E. S. 



Viridiienea, capite piano, punctato. Thorace punctato, 

 linea dorsali postice valde impressa. Elytris parallelis, 

 punctato-striatis, utrinque foveis duabus punctatis discali- 

 bus ornatis. Subtus cuprea, pedilius viridia?neis. 



Bronzy green. Head flat in front, deeply and closely 

 punctured. Thorax with the sides rounded, hind angles 

 acute. Surface punctured, rugosely on the sides, dorsal 

 line deeply impressed at the base. Elytra cousidera])ly 

 wider and nearly four times as long as the thorax, deeply 

 and regularly punctate striate, each with two well-defined 

 transverse punctured foveas on the disk, one just above, the 

 other just below the middle. Sides nearly parallel for a 

 little more than two-thirds of their length, then converging 

 and denticulate to tlie apex. Beneath coppery, punctured, 

 covered with greyish hairs at the sides. 



Length 9^ lines ; breadth, 3^ lines. 



Hab. Peru. 



A very distinct species. It should follow rugicoUis, 

 E. S. 



