202 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Chlamys constrictipennis, sp. n. 



Subquadrate, black, opaque ; the lower joints of the antennas and 

 the tarsi fulvous ; thorax with an isolated raised basal portion, tra- 

 versed by ridges, the sides tuberculate, minutely granulate and punc- 

 tured ; elytra constricted at the posterior half, bounded anteriorly by a 

 high deeply sinuate oblique ridge, apical portion obsoletely tuberculate, 

 remotely punctured. Length, 4 millim. 



Head strongly punctured at the clypeus only, the upper portion 

 nearly impunctate, finely coriaceous, deep black, opaque ; the very deep 

 indentations of the eyes with a slight greenish tint, anterior margin of 

 the clypeus deeply concave ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; antennte with 

 the fifth and following joints gradually transversely dilated, the ter- 

 minal five joints piceous, transversely subquadrate, the lower joints 

 fulvous ; thorax minutely granulate and remotely punctured, the basal 

 portion raised into an isolated rounded elevation, with a transverse 

 ridge at each side of the posterior portion at the top ; from these ridges 

 several smaller and more obsolete branches run downwards to the de- 

 flexed anterior part of the elevation, which is altogether surrounded by 

 a groove ; at the sides two larger and one small callosity are placed ; 

 scutellum with its posterior edge slightly concave, but entire ; elytra 

 with the anterior half widened, and bounded by a deeply indented and 

 highly raised ridge, the space within with two small tubercles at the 

 basal margin, placed obliquely one below the other, and a short oblique 

 ridge near the suture ; the posterior portion of the elytra with a trans- 

 verse rather feeble ridge below the middle, followed by three or four 

 transverse tubercles near the apex ; pygidium carinate at the middle, 

 impressed at the sides ; under side and legs rather strongly foveolate- 

 punctate ; tarsi fulvous, pygidium triangularly widened anteriorly, 

 strongly depressed in shape of a ridge at the posterior portion. 



Hah. Peru. 



This is a well-marked species, on account of the constricted 

 posterior portion of the elytra, and the high ridge dividing the 

 two parts ; the terminal joints of the antennae are not of tri- 

 angular but subquadrate transverse sha^e. 



(To be continued.) 



DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW LYCiENIDiE FROM 

 EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 



By Emily Mary Sharpe. 



Family Lycjenid^. 



OXYLIDES FEMININA, Sp. n. 



Allied to O.faunus, Drury, but with more white on the hind 

 wings of both sexes. 



cf . Fore wing : The blue area somewhat lighter in colour than 

 in O. faunus. Hind wing : The black line on the apex narrower ; the 



