South Americmi Eumolpidm. 457 



tlinn twice as broad as long, the sides angulate below the middle, the 

 rest of the margins oblique, the svirface with a few minute punctures 

 at the middle of the disc, the sides strongly and more closely punctured, 

 the punctures round and deep, but not confluent ; scutellum im- 

 punctate ; elytra strongly convex, their greatest elevation before the 

 middle, strongly narrowed at the apex, the surface finely punctate- 

 striate, more strongly so at the sides, the interstices at the same place 

 towards the apex, near the lateral margins^ costate ; below and the 

 legs dark blue, the last joint of all the tarsi fulvous, posterior femora 

 with a tooth. 



Hob. Amazons. 



This species cannot well be tbc C.fnlgida, Lef. which 

 is described as nigro-piceons bebow, with differently coloured 

 antennae and tarsi, the tboiax with foveolate and confluent 

 punctures and angulate hcfore the middle. The "habitat" 

 of that species also differs. 



Lamirrosphxrus himaculatus, sp. n. 



Oblong, pale fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennee fuscous, 

 thorax extremely minutely and closely punctured, elytra finely 

 punctate-striate, each with a black, oblong spot below the base. 



Length 5 millim. 



Mas. Head with a few fine punctures, the clypeus more closely 

 punctured, distinctly separated, antenna) extending below the middle 

 of the elytra, the lower three or four joints testaceous, the others 

 fuscous ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, greatly narrowed 

 in front, the sides strongly roi;nded,tlie angles not produced, slightly 

 thickened, the surface extremely finely and closely punctured ; elytra 

 oblong, with a shallow depression below the base, finely and closely 

 punctate-striate, the punctures rather larger within the depression, 

 extremely fine at the apex, each elytron with an oblong black spot 

 near the middle, placed rather nearer to the sutural than to the 

 lateral margin ; below and the legs entirely fulvous, elj'tral epipleurse 

 rather narrow below the middle. 



Hal. Kio Janeiro. 



T only know a single specimen of this species, quite 

 distinct in its system of coloration from any of its allies, 

 also more oblong in shape and with narrower elytral 

 epipleune than is generally the case in this genus. 



Lam.prosjjhienLS was established by Baly on species of 

 very rounded and convex shape, differing from Chrysodina 



