262 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



punctured, scarcely depressed between the eyes ; antennas extending 

 very nearly to the base of the thorax, entirely fulvous, the apical 

 joints slightly darker, the fourth and following joints broadly trans- 

 verse ; thorax twice as broad as long, convex, the sides rounded, the 

 median lobe strongly produced and truncate, the surface very closely 

 and finely punctured throughout ; scutellum impuuctate ; elytra not 

 narrowed posteriorly, rather regularly and finely punctate-striate, the 

 interstices with a few very fine punctures only here and there ; the 

 shoulders not prominent ; the disc black, with a slight aeneous gloss, 

 margined with a narrow band of fulvous, which is more or less inter- 

 rupted at the sides below the middle, where it is also much narrowed, 

 leaving part of the lateral margin of the ground colour, from the basal 

 margin, this band extends obliquely downward towards the suture, 

 where it ends near or below the middle ; under side thickly clothed 

 with yellow pubescence ; legs fulvous, tarsi fuscous, moderately 

 robust ; mesosternum truncate at its apex. 



Hah. — Brazils, Maranos. 



This species can only be compared to U. hamatifera, Lac, 

 "which it entirely resembles in regard to the pattern of the 

 elytra, but the fulvous antennae and legs will at once distinguish 

 it ; the thorax in the present insect is also much broader and 

 more distinctly punctured ; the apical fulvous mark is in shape 

 of an ovate spot. It is the only species of the genus having 

 fulvous-coloured legs. Two specimens are contained in my 

 collection. 



Glyptoscelis gigas, n. sp. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, piceous, covered with white pubescence ; 

 thorax broader than long, marked with three white bands ; elytra 

 finely rugose, with longitudinal bauds of white pubescence of variable 

 width. Length 12 mill. 



Head closely covered with white pubescence, impressed with a 

 narrow central groove ; the epistome not separated from the face ; 

 labium and palpi piceous ; antenucB extending slightly beyond the 

 base of the elytra, piceous, the second joint half the length of the 

 third, this and the fourth joint equal, terminal joints slightly shorter 

 and thickened ; thorax subcylindrical, one half broader than long, the 

 sides slightly rounded at the middle, the posterior margin broadly but 

 moderately produced, the disc very closely and finely rugose-punctate, 

 the pubescence forming a broad band at each side and a narrow one at 

 the middle of white hairs or scales ; scutellum broader than long ; 

 elytra slightly transversely wrinkled here and there, everywhere 

 clothed with short scale-like white hairs, forming narrow longitudinal 

 bands, with a broader and more conspicuous one at each side, below 

 likewise densely pubescent ; the legs slender, the claws bifid ; the inner 

 division very short. 



Hah. — Brazils. 



This is not only the largest species of the genus, but of the 

 whole of the group Myochroinge, to which Glyptoscelis belongs. 

 The single specimen I have seen is contained in the collection of 



