252 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions oj 



tignous, separated from the face by a deep transverse 

 groove ; carina raised, elongate ; labrum black ; antennee 

 filiform, four-fifths the length of the body, the basal joint 

 beneath fi^ilvous, the 3rd joint twice the length of the 

 2nd. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides straight and 

 parallel at the base, thence slightly rounded and obliquely 

 converging towards the apex, the apical angles thickened, 

 produced anteriorly into a conic obtuse tooth ; upper sur- 

 face nitidous, the sides broadly margined, middle disk 

 with an irregular transverse purple patch. Scutellum 

 trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong-ovate, 

 moderately convex, slightly excavated below the basilar 

 space, nitidous, very minutely punctured, the punctures 

 only visible under a strong lens ; metallic purple, the 

 outer limb and a broad transverse band across the middle 

 flilvous. Hinder tibia slightly emarginate before its apex ; 

 hinder claw swollen. 



Asjihcera livihifera. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, subtus pallide picea, nitida, 

 femoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque nigro-piceis ; thorace 

 abdomineque sordide ful\4s ; supra fulva, antennis piceis, 

 scutello elytrisque metallico-purpureis, his limbo exteriori 

 fulvo. 



Long. 3 1 lin. 



Hab, — Peru. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpjB subtrigonate, 

 contiguous ; carina narrow, wedge-shaped ; clypeus thick- 

 ened ; antenuffi filiform. Thorax twice as broad as long ; 

 sides obliquely truncate at the extreme base, thence 

 rounded and converging to the apex ; apical angles thick- 

 ened, produced anteriorly into a subconic obtuse tooth ; 

 disk shining, impunctate, lateral border broadly mar- 

 gined. Scutellum not longer than broad, trigonate. 

 Elytra narrowly oblong, not dilated posteriorly, convex, 

 flattened along the suture, slightly depressed beloAV the 

 basilar space, very minutely puncture'd. Hinder tibia 

 slightly emarginate before the apex ; hinder metatarsus 

 equal in length to the following two joints united ; hinder 

 claw only slightly thickened. 



CEdionycltis signifera. 



Anguste ovata, modice convexa, nigra, nitida, capite 

 piceo, clypeo flavo, antennis extrorsum nigris; thorace 



