Mr. J. S. Baly ou ihr l^liytupliagu. 2U.'j 



Genus Metalepxa. 



Corpus elongatum. Caput exsertuin, modice porrectum ; antennis filifornii- 

 biis, modice robiistis, articailo basali curvato, a basi ad apicem incras- 

 sato, secimdo primo dimidio breviore, tertio pauUo elongato ; mandibulis 

 robustis, apice dentatis ; ^^a^j/s maxilhiribus articulo ultimo conico ; 

 mento brevi; ligula trigona; oculis modice promiuulis, subrotundatii?, 

 iutegxis. Tliorax transversus. Scutellum transversum, semirotundatum 

 vel obsolete trigonatum. Elytra fa:min<e. abbreviata, apice divaricata. 

 Abdomen focmince ultra eMra valde exteusum. Pedes elongati, nngui- 

 culis ante apicem dentatis. Prosternum gracile, postice abbreviatum. 

 3Ietasternmn (Plate XI. fig. 9) brevissimum. 



Type, Metalepta tuberculata, Baly. 



Although unwilling to found a genus on a single sex (and that 

 the female), I consider, in the present instance, the extremely short 

 metasternum quite sufficient to separate Metalepta from aU allied 

 generic forms. 



Metalepta tuberculata. (Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



M. elongata, obscure cuprea, siibnitida ; antennis pedibusque piceis, cupreo 

 vix micantibus ; capite thoraceque rugosis, hoc quadritubercidato ; elyti'is 

 abbreviatis, concavis, apice divaricatis, utrisque extrorsum reflexo-mar- 

 ginatis margine exteriori bisinuatisj scutello late transverso, obtuse 

 rotuudato. — Long. 5-6 lin. 



Hub. Peru. 



Head rugose; antenuoe moderately robust, filiform, six basal joints 

 pale, the five others dark piceous ; thorax nearly twice broader than 

 long, sides rounded, armed at each angle with a smooth prominent 

 romid tubercle, upper surface transversely excavated across the middle, 

 the surface rugose-punctate, transversely strigose, middle of the disk 

 impressed at the base with a large shallow fovea; elytra gi-anulose, 

 their surface impressed with numerous shallow circular pits, which are 

 more crowded towards the apex; legs pale piceous, third joint of tarsi 

 and the claws darker. 



Metalepta De Gandii. 



31, elongata, obsciu'e cuprea, uitida ; abdominis inflati dorso, corporeque 

 subtus, piceis, cupreo vix micantibus ; capite thoraceque rugosis, hoc 

 disco irregulariter excavato, lateribus a basin ad pauUo ante medium 

 ampliato-rotundatis, leniter reflexis, hinc ad apicem rotundato-emargi- 

 natis, angidis singulis in dentem brevem subacutum productis ; elytris 

 abbreviatis, concavis, retlexo-marginatis, rugosis, apice divaricatis, extus 

 flexuosis; scutello lato, obsolete trigonato, lateribus rotuudato, apice 

 obtuso. — Long. 5^ lin. 



Hab. Peru. 



This species differs from the preceding in tlie absence of tubercles on 



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