240 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



parallel from the base to the middle, thence slightly 

 rounded and narrowed towards the apex ; the anterior 

 angles very broadly and very obliqviely truncate ; the 

 hinder angles produced, acute, basal margin rather 

 strongly lobed ; disk convex, shining, the basal sulcations 

 trisinuate, produced on either side to the lateral margin, 

 the latter broad, its surface rugulose. Scutellum nigro- 

 Eeneous, trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, subquadrate-ovate, attenuated at the 

 apex ; above very convex, slightly excavated on either 

 side below the basilar space, finely but distinctly punc- 

 tured. 



Pelonia elegantula. 



Anguste elongata, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis, basi 

 exceptis, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; thorace subquadrato, 

 lateribus paullo rotundatis, disco Irevi ; elytris elongatis, 

 tenniter punctatis, metallico-violaceis, utrisque limbo, 

 basi excepto, rufo-fulvo. 



Long. 2 — 2\ lin. 



Hah. — Chanchamayo. 



Head not longer than broad, trigonate, eyes large, 

 prominent, black ; antennae filiform, three-fourths the 

 length of the body, the three lower joints rufo-fidvous, 

 stained above and at the apex with piceous, the under- 

 surface of the three upper joints also piceous. Thorax 

 subquadrate; sides moderately rounded; all the angles 

 produced, subacute ; disk shining, impunctate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, parallel on the sides, moderately 

 convex, finely punctured. 



Nephrica hasalis. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, subtus cum capite piceo-fidva, 

 antennis piceis ; supra fulva nitida, scutello rufo-piceo, 

 oculis profunde emarginatis ; thorace minute punctato, 

 sulco basali obsoleto ; elytris subcrebre tenuiter punctatis, 

 utrisque plaga subquadrata transversa, ad suturam an- 

 guste, ad marginem lateralem late abbreviate, picea 

 ornatis. 



Long. 3g lin. 



Hab. — Peru. 



EncarpjB well defined, thickened, contiguous ; carina 

 obsolete ; clypeus impressed on either side with a deep 



