and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 43 



a*. Head more or less elongated 

 behind the eyes, 

 a^. Body not uniformly coloured 

 above. 

 a^. Elytra violaceous ; legs 



black ; head narrow . 

 b^. Elytra testaceous, each with 

 the base and a large oval 

 patch violaceous. 

 a'. Head oblong; legs com- 

 paratively stout ; tibiae 

 and tarsi clear testace- 

 ous : species larger 

 6'. Head subovate ; legs 

 slender ; knees only 

 testaceous : species 



small [cj unknown] 

 6^. Body uniformly coloured 

 above, black or aeneous 

 (the anterior portion of 

 head, and sometimes the 

 outer limb of elytra also, 

 flavescent in A. malachio- 

 ides). 

 c^. Head entirely dark; legs 

 black or piceous. 

 c'. Elytra scabrous and sub- 

 opaque, densely pube- 

 scent and hirsute ; pro- 

 thorax densely punc- 

 tate [cJ unknown] . 



d'. Elytra finely punctate, 

 shining, the longer 

 hairs fine ; prothorax 

 polished .... 

 cf®. Head sharply flavo-margin- 

 ate in front; legs pale; 

 elytra densely punctu- 

 late ; prothorax shining . 

 6*. Head shorter, transverse as seen 

 from above. 

 c*. Body not uniformly coloured 

 above. 



nitidiceps, n. sp. 



connexus, n. sp. 



ovatice-ps, n. sp. 



gorhami, n. n. 

 [sericans, Gorh.]. 



nigritulus, Gorh. 



malachioides, n. sp. 



