444 Mr. J. S. IBuI y\s descriptions of 



Podar/rica Psijche. 



Late orata, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, autennis cxtror- 

 sum infuscatis, ociilis iiigrls, elytris cyancis. 

 Long. 1?| liii. 

 Ilab. — New Guinea. 



Head smootli, impimctate ; antenna} nearly equal to the 

 body in length; seven outer joints stained -with fuseous; 

 third joint nearly twiee as long as the second. Thorax 

 one-halt" broader than long; sides rounded, anterior angles 

 produced into an obtuse tooth ; surface smooth, impunc- 

 tate. Scutellum trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra much 

 broader than the thorax, ovate, distinctly punctured. 



Genus PiiKYNOCEPiiA, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. i. 20 L 

 Phrynocejjha Deyrollei. 



Elongata, modice convexa, rufa, nitida, antennis, basi 

 exceptis, scutello, pectoi-e, abdomine, tarsisque nigris; ely- 

 tris svd)nitidis, metallico-viridibus. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. — Mexico. A single specimen, formerly in the 

 collection of the late A. Deyrolle. 



Head porrect, subquadrate, rugose ; carina linear ; en- 

 carpce raised, smooth, impunctate ; vertex nigro-piceous ; 

 antermae moderately robust, attenuated toAvards the apex, 

 two basal joints, together Avith the lower two-thirds of the 

 following joints, rulbus. Thorax nearh' twice as broad as 

 long at the base ; sides rounded and diverging at the base, 

 thence obliquely convei-ging to the apex, anterior angles 

 thickened, subacute ; surface transversely excavated at the 

 base, broadly excavated in front on either side the medial 

 line, leaving the latter as a raised longitudinal ridge, 

 coarsely but not closely punctured, the interspaces graiui- 

 lose-pnnctate. Scutellum trigonate, its ajx^x obtuse ; the 

 surface smooth, impunctate. Elytra rather broader than the 

 thorax, sub})arallel, moderately convex, slightly flattened 

 along the suture ; the surface closely granulose-punctate, 

 finely but distinctly punctured ; on each elytron near the 

 outer margin are two broad, shallow, longitudinal excava- 

 tions, which run tlie whole length of the elytron. 



