296 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of new genera 



Trichochalcea rugata. 



Anguste oblongo-ovata, valde convexa, cuprea, nititla, 

 griseo sericea, antennis labroqiie piceo-fiilvis ; capite 

 tlioraceqiie crebre riigosis, hoc trausverso, lateribus 

 rotundatis ; elytris oblongis, rude rugosis, irregulariter 

 transversim elevato-strigosis. 



Long, 3 lin. 



Hab. — Brazil. 



Head short, closely rugose-punctate, front unpressed 

 with a longitudinal groove ; clypeus not distinctly sepa- 

 rated fi'oni the upper face, its anterior border truncate ; 

 labrum and palpi obscure rufo-fulvous, the latter stained 

 with piceous ; ja-\vs black ; antennas scarcely half the 

 length of the body, the basal joint thickened, subclavate, 

 the 2nd short, nodulose, the 3rd to the 6th slender, 

 filiform, nearly equal in length, the five upper ones 

 shorter, thickened, slightly compressed and forming a 

 • slender elongated club ; all the joints stained with 

 piceous. Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, 

 converging in fi-ont, the hinder angles mucronate, the 

 anterior ones acute ; apical margin produced anteriorly, 

 sinuate on either side, the basal border margined, very 

 slightly oblique and faintly bisinuate on either side ; disk 

 convex, slightly excavated on either side at the base, 

 surface closely rugose-punctate, rather sparingly clothed 

 with adpressed griseous hairs. Scutellum semirotundate- 

 ovate, slightly concave, its surface granulose-punctate. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, rather 

 closely covered with adpressed griseous hairs, very 

 ( irsely rugose-punctate ; interspaces thickened and 

 forming very irregular transverse rug:^ and wart-like 

 excrescences, which cover the whole surface. Legs short, 

 robust, the anterior pair strongly thickened, the under 

 sin-face of the anterior thighs angulate ; all the tibial 

 increasing in thickness from base to apex, compressed 

 and tricarinate, the anterior pair incurved at the base. 



Typopliorus (eneipennis. 



Subelongatus, subcylindricus, niger, nitidus, pedibus 

 f.hds, coxis, genubus, tibiis apice, tarsis et mesopectore 

 pallide piceis, capite thoraceque rufo-testaceis; antennis 

 (basi fulva excepta) nigris; elytris viridi-aeneis, distincte 



