and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 47 



q'. Elytra unicolorous [(^ 

 unknown] .... 

 r'. Elytra with outer limb 

 and apex flavescent 

 [ (J unknown] . 

 5^. Elytra with outer limb 

 only flavescent [^ un- 

 known] 



d^. Body luiiformly coloured 

 above; legs in part or en- 

 tirely infuscate. 

 r^. Body black, the elytra at 

 most, faintly metallic, 

 shining. 

 f. Anterior legs in part and 

 base of antennae testa- 

 ceous; elytra sparsely 

 punctulate, black . 

 u'. Legs wholly piceous ; an- 

 tennae darker; elytra 

 with faint brassy lustre. 

 k^. Posterior tibiae 

 strongly bowed ; 

 eyes prominent ; 



vertex grooved ; 



elytra sparsely punc- 

 tulate [cJ unknown] 

 l^. Posterior tibiae 

 straighter; eyes not 

 prominent ; vertex 

 not grooved; elytra 

 closely punctate [^ 

 unknown] 

 s^. Body aeneous or greenish, 

 the prothorax at least 

 shining; legs (except in 

 A. laticollis) in great part 

 or entirely testaceous. 

 v^. Trochanters of ^ spini- 

 form or spatuliform . 

 vP. Trochanters of ^ (at 

 least in A. nigroaeneus) 

 simple. 



sapphirinus, Gorh. 

 glaucus, n. sp. 

 opalinus, Gorh. 



laeviusculus, n. sp. 



sulcifrons, n. sp. 



atratus, n. sp. 



cardboides, Gorh. 



