Mr. J. S. Baly on the Eumolpidae. 29 



Genus Epiphtma, 



Caput perpendiculare, thorace insertum ; oeulis oblongis, intus sinuatis ; 

 antennis (fig. 4 a) dimidio corporis longioribiis, subfiliformibus, artieulis 

 tertio ad sextuin gracilibus, fere fequalibus. quinque ultimis paullo 

 elongatis et incrassatis, filiformibus ; j)alpis maxiUaribus articiUo ultimo 

 ovato. Tliorax transversus, antepectoris segmcnto antero-Interali (fig. 4 b) 

 .subcuneiformi, augulo postico obtuso, aiigulo exterior! ad thoracis 

 angulum anticuni non extensum. Sctitellum breviter oblongiini, apice 

 rotundato. Elytra oblonga, convexa, thorace latiora. Pedes robusti, 

 tarsis (fig. 4(?) articulo primo duobus seqiientibus fere seqiiali, umjuc 

 valido, unguiculo (fig. 4 e) vix ante medium appendiculato. Pro- 

 stermnn (fig. 4/) postice ampliatum, lateribus bisiiiuati.s ; mesostentum 

 pentagonum. Corpus anguste oblongum, valde convexum. 



T^^e, Epiphyma intestinorum (Thorns.). Brazil. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Genus Mekoda. 



Caput thorace fere insertum, facie lata, perpendiculare ; antennis gi-acilibus, 

 filifonnibus ; oeulis vix promiuulis, intus emarginatis. Thorax trans- 

 versus, lateribus marginatus ; antipectoris segmento antero-laterali (fig. 

 2 b) postice in lobum oblougum producto, angulo exteriori ad thoracis 

 angulum anticum extenso. Scutellum latum, subhemisphsericum. 

 Elytra oblonga, convexa. Pedes antici incrassati ; femorihus anticis 

 valde ampliatis, subtus dente acuto productis ; tibiis ejusdem paris 

 arcuatis ; tarsis (fig. 2 d) articulo primo duobus sequentibus fere fequali ; 

 unguiculo (fig. 2 e) medio appendicidato. Prosternuni (fig. 2f) ad apicem 

 ampliatum, lateribus bisinuatis, mesosternum subpentagonum. Corpus 

 oblougo-elongatimi, valde convexum. 



Tj'pe, Meroda costata, Baly. 



Meroda costata. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



M. anguste oblonga, convexa, nitido-picea. antennis obscure fidvis ; ely- 

 tris costatis, interspatiis confuse bifariam punctatis. — Long. 3-4 lin. 



Narrowly oblong, convex, shining piceous, antennae pale fulvous; 

 elj'ti-a punctate-striate, the interspaces costate. Head closely strigose- 

 pimctate, front impressed with an elongate fovea ; labrum smooth, pale 

 piceous; antennse two- thirds the length of the body, tenninal joint 

 stained with piceous ; palpi fulvous. Thorax nearly twice broader than 

 long at the base ; apex indistinctly produced in the middle, slightly 

 sinuate on either side ; sides rotundate-angustate, anterior and posterior 

 angles produced into an obtuse tooth ; above transversely convex, 

 deflexed at the anterior angles, surface deeply but subremotely punc- 

 tured, puncturing on the sides subvariolose. Scutellum semirotundate, 

 surface minutely punctvired, opake. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, each elyti-on with nine smooth and shining elevated costse, the 

 first abbreviated ; interspaces deeply punctate, the pimctm-es irregularly 

 arranged in a double row. Body shining beneath, segments of abdo- 



