revision of tJie Lampijndce. 85 



disco subfusco, sutura et llneis duabus paUidis ; pectore, 

 scutello abdomine basi et apice picco. 



Long. lin. 6^ — 7. «?, ?. 



3Ias. — Abdominis segmentis qiiinto et sexto Itete flavis, 

 ad margines albis, utrinque impressis, late emarginatis ; 

 septirao fusco emarginato, apicali parvo, elongato-ovali : 

 Oculis parum majoribus, Femina, — segmentis tribus ultirais 

 pallidis, ad basin fuscis, marginibus miniatis, apice exciso. 



Head yellow, antennas and palpi fuscous, the former 

 with the basal joint pale, presternum rosy. Legs and 

 underside of body dark pitchy-fuscous, extreme base of 

 thighs paler. Abdomen fuscous, with the ventral segments 

 paler in the middle at the apical margin ; in the male two 

 diaphanous segments. 



The rather elliptical form and entirely pale margin of 

 the elytra with an obscurely fuscous spot, will distinguish 

 this species. 



Guatemala, Capetillo ; coll. Godman and Salvin. 



Var. ? Elytris postice magis angustatis ; corpore sub- 

 tus, pedibusque totis pallide flavis. 



Nicaragua, Chontales ; Eio Janeiro 1 

 There is undoubtedly a Brazilian species very closely 

 allied to, if not identical with this. 



Aspidosoma depictum, n. sp. 



Nigro-piceum, nitidum, prothorace, elytrisque sub- 

 diaphanis, his disco maculisque duabus, una subhumerali, 

 altera paulo post medium fuscis, illo disco nigro-picco 

 extus late miniato, et ad angulam externam infuscato. 

 Elytrorum disco linea singulari et sutura tenuiter pallidis. 



Long. lin. 7. <?, ¥. 



Mas. — Oculis majoribus, abdominis segmentis quinto et 

 sexto Itete flavis, limbo laterali fuscis. 



Fcmina. — Segmentis ventralibus duobus penultimis 

 flavis, fusco maculatis, apice bi-mucronato. 



Head, presternum, and pleural fold of a carmine red, 

 the first with a dark dot between the eyes ; thorax twice as 

 wide as long, its disc pitchy and glabrous, with a very 

 narrow central red line, but the apex diaphanous ; the 

 outer angles have a large fuscous spot. 



The elytra have the discoidal portion, a basal spot, and 

 a lateral larger one fuscous ; the discoidal portion divided 

 by a single narrow line. The scutellum and body beneath, 

 with the legs and antemue, arc fuscous, almost pitchy. 



