South American Eumolpidai. 4(il 



indistinctly separated from the face, with a few ])unctures only, 

 autenntc extending slightly below the middle of the elytra, black, 

 the lower six joints fulvons, the basal joint stained with black above ; 

 thorax dark metallic greenish or ajneous, strongly transverse, the 

 sides feebly rounded at the middle, the surface evenly, finely and 

 closely punctured ; scutellum broad, metallic green ; elytra oblong, 

 slightly narrowed posteriorly, with a transverse depression behind 

 the fulvous portion, more strongly punctured than the thorax, the 

 punctures arranged in closely approached rows, the basal i)ortion 

 fulvous in shape of a transverse band, its lower edge strongly 

 obliquely narrowed at the suture, the posterior portion of the elytra 

 metallic bluish ; below and the legs greenish-ceneous or bluish. 



Hal). Bolivia ; also Ecuador. 



Of somewhat similar coloration to L. hche, Baly, and L. 

 pnlchcr, Baly, but with metallic bluish underside and simi- 

 larly coloured posterior elytral half, the thorax evenly and 

 closely punctured and the antcnnse of different colour. 

 All the specimens contained in my collection seem again to 

 be females, the other sex being apparently much rarer in 

 all cases, but the sexual differences do not seem to be so 

 marked as in other genera. 



Lamprosphxrus angulicollis, sp. n. 



Oblong, dark fulvous, thorax short, black, the sides subangulato, 

 finely and closely punctured, elytra strongly and closely punctate- 

 striate, fulvous, the posterior half black, extreme apex fulvous. 



Var. a. Head and thorax fulvous. 

 „ h. Like mr. a, but the elytra entirely black. 



Length Z-Zh millim. 



Head with a few fine punctures, the basal portion fulvous, the 

 rest blackish, the epistome not separated from the face, antenna) 

 filiform, fulvous, the apical two or three joints more or less black, 

 tlie third and following joints elongate ; thorax very short and 

 transverse, the sides strongly oblique anteriorly and posteriorly, 

 angulate near the base, the anterior angles slightly thickened, the 

 surface very minutely and closely punctured, black, scutellum 

 obscure piceous, elytra with a very shallow depression beloAv the 

 base, closely and rather strongly punctate-striate, the anterior half 

 and the extreme apex fulvous, the rest black ; l^elow and the legs 

 fulvous, the sides of the breast obscure piceous. 



Hal. Amazons. 



