590 Mr. fl. S. In^'s descriptions of a 



clytris sjiarse setosis, iiifrti basin uon dcpressis, reg-ulariter 

 2>uiictato-striatis. 



I-fOng 1 liii. 



Hub. — Brazil, Xew Friburg. 



Vertex smootli, impunctate ; encarpse gmall, trigonate, 

 their inner angles nearly contiguous ; clA'jieus trigonate, 

 thickened towards the apex ; carina not defined ; antcnnie 

 two-thirds the length of" the body, second and two follow- 

 ing joints nearly e(inal in length. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long; sides parallel, bisinuate, anterior angle 

 very obliquely truncate ; basal margin sinuate on either 

 side the medial lobe, the latter moderately pi'oduced, 

 rotundate ; ujiper surface sparingly and sub- remotely })unc- 

 tured ; the basal groove nearly straight, its hinder border 

 faintly sinuate in the middle, deeply im})ressed, its surface 

 rugose-])unctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, convex, 

 not depressed below the basilar space, regularly punctate- 

 striate, the interspaces plane. 



Ej)itrix segrcf/ata. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, pedibus piceis, 

 tibiis tarsisque pallidioribus ; suj)ra metallico-coerulea ; 

 antennis nigris, basi f'ulvo-piceis ; thorace remote ]nmctu- 

 lato, sulco basali vix flexuoso, medio minus fortiter im- 

 press© ; elytris sat fortiter punctato-striatis, sparse griseo- 

 setosis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hub. — Bahia : collected by Mr. E. Ilced. 



Head elongate-ti'igonate ; vertex smooth, impunctate ; 

 fi'ont impressed on either side near the upper and inner 

 angle of the eye by one or two deep fovere ; encarj);i3 

 narrow, oblique, se{)aratcd by the apex of the linear 

 carina ; antenna? nearly two-thirds the length of the body, 

 less robust than in E. coiruleata ; first, second and fourth 

 joints equal in length, the third distinctly shorter ; first 

 and second incrassate, nearly equal in thickness ; four 

 lower joints obscure fulvo-piceous, the basal one darker 

 above. Thorax nearly tAvice as broad at the base as long ; 

 sides nearly straight, slightly converging from base to 

 apex, anterior angle very oblicjuely truncate, produced 

 laterally into an obtuse tooth ; basal margin w-ith its 

 medial lobe produced, subaeutely rounded; iq)per siu'face 

 nitiilous, very finely and remotely punctured; basal groove 

 strongly impressed on either side, less distinctly so in the 



