GoJeoptera from Chontales. 193 



beres antennifera liaud elevata, apice nee acuminata. 

 Antennae c? corpore duplo longiores, tenues, apicem 

 versus tenuissimas, articulo llmo precedent! duplo long- 

 iori, appendiculato ; ? corpore baud longiores. Thorax 

 transversus, rhomboid eus. Scutellum late ti'iangulare. 

 Pedes elongati, tarsis posticis articulo basali reliquis 

 longitudine aequalibus. Mesosternumobliquum, aliquando 

 leviter tumidura. 



This distinct group, having the facies and colouration 

 of Purpuricenus, was indicated by Lacordaire (Genera 

 Col. vol. ix. p. 178, note) and seems confined to the 

 northern part of Tropical America. 



Metaleptus margineUus, n. sp. — Niger,, opacus, brevis- 

 sime sericeo-pubescens, marginibus elytrorum sanguineis, 

 margin e suturali (basi excepto) angustissime, basali et 

 laterali latioribus ; thorace lateribus medio angulatim 

 dilatatis nee spinosis, supra crebre punctulato ; elytris 

 creberrime sub-rugulose punctulatis, opacis, apice sub- 

 truncatis; corpore subtus dense cano-pubescente. 



Long. 5i-9^ lin. c? ? . 



Chontales. Also found in Mexico, The sexes are not 

 differently coloured. In one example from Chontales 

 the bright red margin is wider than usual, at the bas© 

 especially being of great width. 



Metaleptus coccinatus, n. sp. — Niger, opacus, subtus 

 dense cano-pubesceus, elytris Isete coccineis; thorace 

 crebre punctulato, lateribus medio fortiter acute tuber- 

 culato ; scutello nigro, medio rufo ; elytris apice singula- 

 tim rotundatis, supra discrete hand dense punctulatis ; 

 antennis ( $ ) corpore multo brevioribus. 



Long. 8i lin. ? . 



One example only of this very distinct and handsome 

 species, in Mr. Belt's collection. * 



EriphusproUxus, n. sp. — Maxime elongatus, cylindricus, 

 flavo-testaceus, capite antennis pedibusque nigris, elytris 



* Add : — Metaleptus hinoculus, n. sp. — Niger, opacus, subtus dense cano- 

 pubescens, elytris coccineis, utrinque pone medium macula discoidali, ob- 

 Ibngo-ovata, nigra ; thorace crebre punctato, linea dorsali laevi : scutello 

 nigro ; elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, angulis exterioribus breviter denta^ 

 tis, supra subsparsim punctulatis ; antennis ( $ ) corpore paulo brevioribua. 



Mexico. 



