revision of the Lampr/ridce. 27 



p]eui"a3 beneath, being yellowish-red. Antenna half the 

 body's length, compressed. Elytra sub-coriaceous, nervui-es 

 hardly visible, margin not expanded below the middle. 

 Abdomen in the male with the sixth segment emarginate, 

 and the seventh acutely cut out, the genital dark ; in the 

 female the sixth is triangularly cut out and a little com- 

 pressed in the middle, and the seventh is fuscous Avith the 

 sides yellowish. 



Guatemala, Calderas ; coll. Godman and Salvin. 



Photiaus lunicollis, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovalis, griseo-niger, opacus, thorace sub-nitido, 

 ntrinque vitta obliqua lutea in medio miniata, mai'gine 

 laterali nigro-fusco, punctorum linea submarginali, disco 

 canaliculato. 



Long. lin. 4 — 4|. $ ,2. 



Depressed, thorax short, semicircular, posterior angles 

 acute, the oblique vitta is of a beautiful carmine colour in 

 the middle, and this colour also extends beneath to the 

 pleural portion (probably, however, the colour fades as the 

 specimens dry in the collection). Scutellum punctured. 

 Elytra greyish-black, obsoletely pimctured, the lateral 

 margins more expanded than in the preceding species. 

 Antennae only of moderate length. Abdomen black, with 

 only two faintly paler spots on the seventh plate in both 

 sexes. 



Guatemala, Capetillo ; coll. Godman and Salvin. 



Obs. — This species and P. GuntemaloB have a good 

 deal of resemblance to P. coruscus, L. 



Pliotinus rujicollis, n. sp. 



Fumeo-niger, opacus, thorace sub-nitido luteo disco 

 rubricato, canaliculato, abdomine, coxis et femoribus 

 pallide flavis. 



Long. lin. 4 — 5. <?, 9. 



Head black, mouth and palpi pale, tinged with fuscous, 

 antennae half the body's length ; thorax rather short, hind 

 angles acute, Avider at the base in the female, margin 

 punctured ; scutellum red. Elytra greyish, or smoky- 

 black, nervures rather distinct. Abdomen nearly entirely 

 pale yellow in the male, more clouded with fuscous in the 

 female. Sexual characters as usual in this genus, i. e., 

 the sixth and seventh segments of the ventral side are 



