190 Mr. H. W. Bates on Lonyicorn 



Ornithia Cheurolatii, Guer. Icon. R. A. texte, p. 228. 

 — Many examples, offering no difference from those from 

 Mexico. 



Chrysoprasis Beltii,n. sp. — Elongata, robusta, Isetissime 

 viridi-asnea, abdomine rufo ; capite supra rugoso-punc- 

 tato ; antennis corpore plusquam duplo longioribus, 

 parce ciliatis, nigris, articulo basali aeneo ; 3-7 apice 

 longe spinosis ; thorace elongato, latitudine nee breviori, 

 medio parum rotundato, supra utrinque transversim haud 

 profunde ruguloso, disco utrinque velutino ; elytris apice 

 recte truncatis, angulo exteriori dentate, supra brevissime 

 setosis, subtiliter punctatis, versus suturam subvelutinis, 

 juxta latera aureo-tinctis ; prosteruo ti'ansversim dense 

 rugoso-punctato ; metasterno splendide aureo,fere leevij 

 pedibus fortibus et valde elongatis, ajneis. 



Lc?ng. 8^ lin. S. 



Esquipula, Nicaragua. The handsomest species of the 

 genus. 



Chrysoprasis sohrina, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870. — 

 One example, ? . Differs from tj'pes of sohrina in the 

 more finely punctured thorax and elytra, and may prove 

 to be distinct on the comparison of a series of specimens. 



Chrysoprasis hirtula, White, Cat. Long. Col. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 150. — Found also in Venezuela.* 



8tenosphemis ochraceus, n. sp. — Robustus, elongato- 

 ellipticus, rufo-fulvus, ochreo-pubescens ; capite subnudo, 

 grosse sparsim punctate ; thorace a basi ad apicem rotun- 

 dato-attenuato, medio nudo, nitido, punctulato, lateribus 

 nigro-vittatis ; elytris apice truncatis et bispinosis, supra 

 lineis tribus nudis, paulo elevatis, exterioribus duabus, et 

 interiori basi, nigris ; antennis (articulis 2 basalibus ex- 

 ceptis) nigris, articulis 3-8 apice spinosis. 



* Add : — Chrysoprasis atrata, n. sp. — Nigra, elytris sericeis, capite et 

 thorace opacis, antennis et pedibus nitidis ; abdomine rufo ; capite et tho- 

 race creberrime uec grosse punctatis, hoc antice angustato, ante basin 

 paulo dilatato, basi ipso angustato ; elytris apice recte truncatis, extus 

 dentatis, supra modice punctatis et nigro-setosis ; prosterno ruguloso- 

 punctatis ; metasterno crebre sed discrete pvmctulato ; antennis ^ cor- 

 pore paulo longioribus, ? brevioribus, haud armatis. 



Long. 5 liu. S $ . 



Merida, Venezuela ((ioriug;. 



