Phi/topliugous Culeopfera, Sfc. 245 



funtlo; clytris tlioracc paullo latioribus, lateribus parallelis, 

 modice convexis, lajvibus. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. — Chancliamayo. 



Head longer than broad, subcuneiform ; vertex and front 

 closely pvmctured on either side ; eyes black, slightly 

 sinuate within ; encarpffi thickened, contiguous ; clypeus 

 wedge-shaped; carina elevated, linear; antennas filiform, 

 about three-fourths the length of the body, the 2nd joint 

 short, the 3rd one-half longer than the 2nd, one-third 

 shorter than the 4th; two lower joints piceous, the rest 

 black. Thorax twice as broad as long at the base; sides 

 obliquely converging and very slightly rounded from the 

 base towards the middle, anterior angles broadly and 

 somewhat obliquely truncate, slightly produced laterally 

 into an acute tooth; basal margin feebly lobed, bisinuate 

 on either side ; disk nitidous, very minutely punctured 

 (the punctures only visible under a deep lens), basal 

 sulcation deep, entire. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax, parallel on the sides; above moderately convex, 

 slightly flattened along the suture, not excavated below 

 the basilar space; nitidous, impressed with very minute 

 punctures, even less distinct than those on the thorax. 



The larger size, together with the form of the clypeus, 

 will separate the above insect from similarly-coloured 

 species. 



Lactica jieruviana. 



Ovata, convexa, cyanea, nitida, pcctore abdomineque 

 nigro-piceis, antennis pedibusque pallide flavis ; elytris 

 tenuissime subremote punctatis, metallico-casruleis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. — Peru. 



Face triangular; vertex and fi'ont shining, Impunctate; 

 encarpas subrotundate, contiguous; carina broad, strongly 

 elevated ; antennie four-fifths the length of the body, pale 

 yellow, the three lower joints stained Avith piceous ; extreme 

 apex of terminal joint also piceous ; eyes rotundate-ovate, 

 slightly sinuate within. Thorax twice as broad as long ; 

 sides straight, slightly converging from the base towards 

 the apex, the anterior angles broadly and obliquely trun- 

 cate ; disk shining, impunctate, basal groove deeply 

 impressed, its middle portion dilated posteriorly. Scu- 



