and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 17 



first antennal joint (^) long, second 

 with a short appendage . . . quadricolor, n. sp. 

 c\ Elytra blue, with suture and outer limb 

 testaceous, the prothorax and 

 anterior femora also testaceous ; head 

 nigro-violaceous,uniformly punctate ; 

 antennae (S) testaceous, joint 2 

 with a short appendage, the following 

 joints broad and sharply serrate; 

 elytra subtuberculate .... granellus, Fall. 

 d^. Elytra each with a broad, blue or green, 

 anteriorly constricted vitta on disc, 

 leaving the inner and outer margins 

 testaceous; prothorax spotted or 

 immaculate ; head uniforml y punctate, 

 c^. First antennal joint {^) broad, and 



second with a shorter appendage, vittatus. Say. 

 d^. First antennal joint {^) narrow, 

 and second with a longer appen- 

 dage flavolimbatus, n. sp. 



e^. Elytra cyaneous, with three trans- 

 versely placed flavous spots, the 

 common median one extending down 

 the suture to the tip; prothorax 

 subcordate, nigro-fasciate ; head imi- 



formly punctate [lebasi, Er.] 



/^. Elytra with the base, or a patch on 

 each, and a still larger subapical 

 patch on disc, blvie or green, for the 

 rest rufous or testaceous, like the 

 prothorax. 

 e^. Head uniformly punctate. 



c'. Head dark to anterior margin; 

 first antennal joint (cj) rounded 

 at tip, the second with a short 

 appendage. 

 /*. Legs black. 



g^. Second antennal joint (c^) 

 transverse, broadly spatu- 

 late externally : species 



large illustris, n. sp, 



A*. Second antennal joint {^) 

 longer than broad, with an 

 oblique dentiform projec- 

 tion arising from the base 

 externally : species smaller . 4:-maculatus, F, 

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