144 Mr. G. C. Champion’s Notes on 
e*, Elytra distinctly or faintly striate 
on disc ; upper surface glabrous. 
a*, Upper surface more sparsely 
punctate, bluish; elytral striae 
more distinct . . . . . striatus, Gorh. 
b3. Upper surface more _ closely 
punctate, piceous or black; 
elytral striae less distinct . . eaxiguus, Gorh. 
f?. Elytra not or very obsoletely striate 
on disc. 
c*. Upper surface pubescent. 
a’, Thorax and elytra densely, 
rather coarsely punctate: 
body blue above Come caeruleus, n. sp. 
b4, Thorax rather densely, he 
elytra more sparsely, punc- 
tate: body nigro-piceous : 
species very small . . . dejeant, Pic. 
d’, Upper surface glabrous; thorax 
and elytra sparsely, minutely 
punctate: body ferruginous : 
species very small. . . . ovulum, Gorh. 
g'. Surface punctuation double. 
g?. Upper surface very densely punc- 
tate and pubescent; vertex not 
carinate: species larger . . . pubescens, Gorh. 
h?. Upper surface more shining and 
less densely punctate, pubescence 
long; vertex carinate: species 
verysmall. . . . . ©. «© comatus, n. sp. 
Hupactus punctatus. 
Lioolius punctatus, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. i 
2, p. 203 (part.) (nec pl. 10, fig. 15). 
Oblong ovate, convex, very shining; cyaneous above, black 
beneath, the head, legs, apical margin of the elytra, and abdomen 
rufo-piceous, the antennae partly or entirely ferruginous; glabrous, 
Head densely, finely punctate; eyes large, angularly compressed ; 
antennae with joints 2-8 strongly, irregularly serrate, transverse , 
3 triangular, 4-8 extremely short, 9-11 very broad, 9 longer than 
10 and 11 united, the latter closely articulated; thorax closely, 
finely punctate; elytra oblong, dilated at the sides posteriorly, 
broadly rounded at the tip, rather sparsely and distinctly more 
