306 Eev. W. W. Fowler on neiv 



Crotchia vagahunda, n. s. 



Tota senea, nitida, elongata, sat lata, convexa, postice sensim 

 acuminata ; capite fortiter punctato, antennis rufis, clava abrupte 

 triarticulata, oeulis fortissime grannlatis ; protliorace subquadrato, 

 longitudine panllo latiori, fortiter niarginato, marginibus antice 

 productis et callosis, parcius punctato, ad basin valde depresso, basi 

 bisinuata ; scutello sat magno, transverse ; elytris fere glabris, 

 ordinibus punctorum leviter seriatim instructis, convexis, ad apicem 

 sensim depressis et acuminatis, apicibus rotundatis ; pedibus piceis 

 vel rufo-piceis. L. 7 — 8 mm. 



Entirely aeneous and shining ; head rather strongly punctured ; 

 antennse abruptly three-jointed ; eyes very coarsely granulate ; 

 prothorax rather broader than long, but not very strongly trans- 

 verse, rather sparingly but distinctly punctured, with strong 

 margins, which at the anterior angles are somewhat reflexed and 

 callose ; sides not sinuate, almost straight ; base bisinuate, much 

 depressed, depression terminated on each side by a very small 

 stria or depression ; elytra convex, as broad at base as base of pro- 

 thorax, widest a little behind shoulders, and gradually contracted to 

 apex, with rows of very fine punctures ; apices separately rounded; 

 legs pitchy or pitchy-red ; under surface ferruginous, glabrous, 

 very obsoletely punctured. 



Constantia ; Brazil. In Mr. Crotch's collection. 



Var. punctata. Capite thoraceque fortius punctatis, elytrorum 

 seriebus distinctius impressis. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



This species appears to vary considerably in sculpture, 

 and to a certain extent in colour, being lighter or darker 

 aeneous. 



Crotchia metallica, n. s. 



Praecedente latior et convexior, capite j)rothoraceque minus 

 evidenter punctatis, hoc breviori, lateribus antice leviter rotimdatis 

 et ante basim sensim late sinuatis ; elytris evidenter latioribus, 

 leviter gibbosis, ad basim depressis, ordinibus punctorum obso- 

 letissimis seriatim dispositis, pubescentia erecta jparcissime in- 

 structis; antennis ferrugineis, pedibus seneis vel rufo-aeneis. 

 L. 7i mm. 



Resembles the preceding, but is distinctly broader and 

 more convex, with the head and tborax less distinctly 

 punctured, and the sides of thorax distinctly though not 



