New Bvpresticlo'. 2S3 



shoulder and the suture, another, an elongate one, just 

 above the middle, close to the suture, the other three in a 

 line from the shoulder to the apex ; there is another spot 

 on tlie lateral margin below the middle. Hind margins of 

 the elytra not denticulate, apex of each with a sharp tooth. 

 Beneath and legs gTeen, punctured. 



Length, 6i lines ; breadth, 2^ lines. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua. 



Should follow cupriceps, E. S. 



Halecia igniventris, E. S, 



^neo viridis, elytris viridibus, cupreo micantibus. 

 Thorace linea dorsali impressa cuprea, lateribus cupreis, 

 postice foveolatis. Elytris utrinque maculis duabus 

 impressis cupreis ornatis. Subtus igneo-cuprea punctata. 



Head shining bronzy green, finely punctured, above the 

 mouth fiery copper colour. Thorax bronzy green, with 

 purple and coppery tints, depressed, punctured, the punc- 

 tures on the disk looking as if they had been driven in 

 sideways from the base ; dorsal line impressed especially 

 at the base, coppery ; there is a deep fovea near each 

 hind angle ; these and the lateral margins are also coppery. 

 Elytra widest behind the middle, dark metallic green with 

 coppery tints, somewhat flat, punctured and punctate 

 striate, each with two small round fiery copper coloured 

 impressions, one placed just above the middle, the other 

 midway between it and the apex ; posterior margin very 

 finely denticulate, the denticulations far apart, apices 

 bluntly pointed. Beneath and legs brilliant fiery copper 

 colour, punctured. 



Length, 8 lines ; breadth, 3 lines. 



Hab. Brazils. 



A very distinct and beautiful species. 



Pasiphae amazonica, E. S. 



Capita thoraceque viridibus, hoc utrinque postice 

 rotunde foveato. Elytris viridi-cyaneis, punctato striatis, 

 utrinque impressionibus minutis duabus viridibus ornatis, 

 marginibus postice denticulatis. Subtus aureo-viridis. 



Head and thorax green, disk of the latter with a some- 

 what cyaneous tint. Elytra dark cyaneous green, each 

 witli two small transverse green impressions, one just 



