12 Mr. C. C. Babington's Descriptions 



Obovate, testaceous above, impunctate. Crown of the head 

 inclosing, by a wavy line, a bilobed testaceous spot. Antennae 

 testaceous. Thorax transverse, short, the anterior angles pro- 

 minent, acute, testaceous ; on the anterior margin a uniformly 

 broad black fascia, and on the posterior another, which is broader, 

 emarginate in the middle, and narrowing off into a slender line as 

 it approaches the testaceous lateral margins. Scutellum black. 

 Elytra ovate, thickly covered with rather large black dots, which 

 become confluent at about the middle, and form a broad irregular 

 transverse fascia, which is succeeded by a pale spot, variegated 

 with black clouds and dots, and extending to the apex ; on the 

 disk are three rows of deep punctures. In the female the thorax 

 and elytra are minutely strigose punctate. Body beneath black, 

 several segments of the abdomen having a pale spot on each side. 

 The four anterior legs testaceous, the posterior variegated, the 

 femora testaceous, with a large black patch on the inner side, ex- 

 tending from the base to three-fourths of their length ; tibiee black 

 or dark fuscous, tarsi fuscous. 



This beautiful insect is a native of Rio de Janeiro, and Laporte 

 has described it from specimens obtained in the island of Cuba. 



HypHiDRus, 111. Steph. 

 1, (16.) H. maculatus, Bab. 



Ovatus, brevis, gibbus, fuscus, capite, thoracis lateribus elytro- 

 rumque maculis testaceis, subtus fuscus, antennis testaceis, 

 pedibus fuscis. (L. c. 2; lat. 1| lin.) 



Short, ovate, gibbous, the whole upper surface coarsely punc- 

 tate. Head testaceous ; in one specimen fuscous. Antennae 

 testaceous. Thorax transverse, similar to //. ovatus, fuscous. 

 Elytra ovate, much dilated near the middle, the apex rounded, 

 fuscous, except a bilobed spot at the base; the humeral angle, 

 the anterior half of the lateral margin, a longitudinal abbreviated 

 line near the centre of the suture, one on the middle of the disk 

 connected with a triangular transverse spot on the margin, and 

 two small triangular spots connected with this last, and with each 

 other within the apex, which are testaceous. Body beneath fus- 

 cous, coarsely punctured, very gibbous. Legs fuscous. 



This pretty little insect was obtained at St. Jago. 



Erichson and Brulle concur in describing the posterior tarsi of 

 this genus as possessed of two claws, which are said to be un- 

 equal, the upper one fixed, and the lower shorter and moveable. 



