and sj^ecies of South American Eumolpidce, §'c. 291 



middle; inflexed limb oblique, concave at its extreme 

 base. 



La7nj)rosph(x.rus pulcher. 



Rotundatus, valde couvexus, nitidus, subtus piceiis, 

 abdominis apice pedibnsque rufo-fiilvis ; supra rufer, an- 

 tennis fulvis, harum articulis 7""°, 10'"° et 11"'° infuscatis ; 

 thorace distincte, subremote punctate, apice et lateribus 

 nigro-piceis ; scutello elytrisque nigris, liis seriatim punc- 

 tatis, utrisque vitta lata a basi ad longe pone medium 

 extensa margineque apicali rubris. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. — Amazons ; collected by Mr. Bates. 



Head strongly but not closely punctured, obscure rufous, 

 tinged with metallic green ; sparingly clothed with fine 

 adpressed sillvy hairs; clypeus subcampanulate, its an- 

 terior margin slightly concave ; antennre slender, filiform. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded 

 and converging from base to apex, all the angles acute, 

 the hinder ones produced slightly backwards ; disk dis- 

 tinctly but not closely punctured, obscure rufous, the apex 

 and sides, together with the extreme basal margin, tinged 

 with metallic green. Scutellum semiovate, shining black, 

 with a metallic tinge. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 convex, punctate-striate, black, each with the extreme 

 apical margin, together with a broad vitta extending from 

 the base to far below the middle, rufous. 



Lamprosphoerus generosus. 



Rotundatus, valde convexus, nigro-piceus, rufo tinctus, 

 nitidus, capite thoraceque obscure rufis, hoc disci medio 

 remote punctato, anguste piceo limbato, anteunis nigris, 

 basi sordide fulvis ; elytris sat fortiter, subseriatim punc- 

 tatis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. — Amazons ; collected by Mr. Bates. 



Head rather coarsely but not very closely punctured ; 

 clypeus longer than broad, pentangular, its apical angle 

 acute, its anterior border bidentate ; antennas nearly two- 

 tliirds the length of the body, the five lower joints obscure 

 fulvous or fulvo-piceous, the rest black. Thorax nearly 

 three times as broad as long ; sides rounded and con- 

 verging from base to apex, all the angles acute ; basal 



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