456 Mr. M. Jacoby on 



Chrtjsodina latieollis, sp. n. 



Bluish black below, above redJisli cupreous, basal joints of tlie 

 antenriEe fulvous, thorax broad, minutely ami closely punctured, elytra 

 finely and closely punctate-striate, the last interstice longitudinally 

 convex. 



Length 5 millim. 



Fern. Of broad and robust shape, the head closely and finely 

 punctured, the clypeus broad, subquadrate, more strongly punctured, 

 its anterior edge nearly straight, slightly sinuate at each side, labrum 

 blackish, antennte extending to the base of the thorax, black, the 

 lower five joints fulvous, stained with piceous above, terminal joints 

 strongly thickened ; thorax very stronglj^ widened at the middle (in 

 a longitudinal sense) greatly narrowed anteriorly, the anterior margin 

 less than half the width of the posterior one, the sides strongly 

 oblique, rounded, posterior margin Ijroadly produced at the middle, 

 accompanied by a row of small punctures at the sides, the surface 

 finely and closely punctured, the interstices everywhere aciculate ; 

 scutellum broader than long, impunctate ; elytra broad and com- 

 paratively short, scarcely more strongly punctured than the thorax, 

 the punctures arranged in closely approached, semi-regular rows, 

 those at the base near the shoulders slightly larger, the last interstice 

 near the lateral margins from the middle to the apex costate ; below 

 and the legs bluisli black. 



Eah. Amazons. 



Larger, broader and more robust than most of the 

 nearly similarly coloured species ; the thorax broader and 

 much longer than in C. peruana, Jac, the punctuation of 

 the elytra finer and closer and the underside and legs 

 nearly black. 



Chcdcophyma Icfcxrci, sp. n. 



Dark violaceous Ijlue lielow, the basal joints of the antenna) and 

 the last joint of the tarsi fulvous ; above metallic reddish cupreous, 

 thorax strongly punctured at the sides, the latter angulate, elytra 

 more finely punctate-striate. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head greenish, finely transversely granulate and sparingly 

 punctured, with a central longitudinal depression, antenna) very 

 slender, extending beyond the apex of the elytra, the lower five joints 

 and the eighth more or less fulvous, the others fuscous, third and 

 fourth joints equal, the following ones more elongate ; thorax more 



