occurring in the Coleopterous family Lycicla, Sfc. 107 



joints yellow. Thorax a little broader than long, entirely 

 i-onnded in front, scarcely sinnate at the sides, yellow, 

 with a mesial black stripe, the margins finely reflexed, the 

 posterior angles slightly directed outwards, acute, disk 

 with a mesial carina, which divides and encloses an elon- 

 gate narrow areolet in the middle, and then again becomes 

 a single carina just before the posterior margin. Elji^ra 

 snbparallel, a little wider towards the apex, yellow, with 

 a sutural stripe extending a little beyond the middle, and 

 the apex black ; each elytron Avith nine costte, the 2nd, 

 4th, 6th and 8tli only distinct, the 4th and 8th the 

 strongest, the pvmctures in the intervals are close and 

 rather strong. 



Hab. — Cuenca, Ecuador. Brit. Mus. 



Genus 15. Lyponia dehilis, sp. n. 



Rubro-fiiscus ; thorace limbo elytrisque rufis ; antennis 

 fere nigris; thorace requali, marginibus parum reflexis, 

 disco linea longitudinali impresso ; scutello piceo ; elytris 

 postice perparum empliatis, quadricostatis, interstitiis, 

 biseriatim fortiter punctatis, punctis transversis, seriebus 

 a costis tenuibus divisis. 



Long. 4§ lin. 



Thorax rather flat on the disc, with a mesial fine im- 

 pressed line (not extending to tlie anterior nor posterior 

 margins), the sides gently reflexed. Scutellum pitchy, 

 truncate at the apex. Elytra with the 4th, 6th and 8th 

 costfe reaching to the apex, the 4th turns towards the 

 suture a little before the apex, by which means the 1st, 

 2nd and 3rd are somewhat abbreviated ; the 5th and 7th 

 costffi join the 6th some distance before the apex, the 9tli 

 is only visible at the shoulder when viewed laterally ; the 

 interstices have each a row of strong transverse punctures. 



The tegument of the elytra is unusually delicate and 

 somewhat transparent. 



Hab.— Qhinsi (J. C. BowTing, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Genus 16. gracilis, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, paraUelus, depressus ; thorace nitido 

 IfBvi ; elytris flavis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis angustis, 

 costiformibus ; tarsis piceis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



AntennjB about as long as the elytra, subfiliform ; the 

 2nd joint distinct. Thorax slightly transverse, rounded in 



