and species of South American EumolpidcB, §'c. 289 



gular rows at the apex and on the ]ateral margin, the two 

 outer interspaces thickened and subcostate. Four hinder 

 femora, each armed beneath with an acute tooth. 



Lamprosphoerus diver sicornis. 



Rotundatus, valde convexus, niger, nitidus, antennis 

 piceis, articulis 8^° et 9'"° fulvis, 6'°, 7'"°, 10'"° et 11™" 

 nigris, tarsis nigro-piceis ; thorace minus nitido, minute 

 gr,anuloso, fortiter punctato, punctis ad latera concinne- 

 disco disperse-dispositis ; elytris subseriatim punctatis. 



Long. If Kn. 



Hab. — Amazons (Bates). 



Head granulose, subopaque, impressed with large, shal- 

 low, round punctures ; clypeus semiovate, its apical margin 

 obsolete, its anterior edge obtusely bidentate ; antennas 

 half the length of the body, the five outer joints slightly 

 thickened; pale piceous, the 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th 

 black, the 8th and 9tli fulvous. Thorax scarcely more than 

 twice as broad as long ; sides obliquely rounded and converg- 

 ing from base to apex, all the angles acute ; basal margin 

 oblique and slightly sinuate on either side ; upper surface 

 finely granulose, subnitidous on the middle disk, impressed 

 with large round punctures, crowded on the sides, rather 

 more distant on the middle disk. Scutellum semirotun- 

 date-ovate, its apex acute. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 slightly attenuated towards the apex, convex, punctate- 

 striate, the punctures less regularly placed on the inner 

 disk ; interspaces plane, very minutely punctured, slightly 

 convex near the lateral margin ; inflexed limb oblique. 



Lamprosplicerus fulvitarsis. 



Subrotundatus, valde convexus, subgibbosus, subtus 

 metallico-viridis, nitidus, tarsis fulvis ; supra minus nitidus, 

 nigro-plumbeus, sfepe viridi micans, antennis nigris, basi 

 sordide fulvis ; thorace remote, minute punctato ; elytris 

 subseriatim punctatis. 



Long. 2\ lin. 



Hah. — Brazil. 



Head remotely punctured ; front impressed with a fine 

 longitudinal groove ; clypeus wedge-shaped, more closely 

 punctured than the upper face, its anterior margin slightly 



