Neio Species of BuiorestidcB. 5 



on the disc, and very thickly on the sides ; disc with a 

 widely impressed dorsal line ; sides slightly impressed 

 above the posterior angles. Elytra regularly punctate- 

 striate, once and three-quarters as long as wide, finely 

 and thickly punctured about the shoulders, with numerous 

 irregular golden foveee scattered over their surface ; no 

 foveas however occur on the basal quarter ; sides slightly 

 sinuate above the middle ; apex of each finely and 

 obliquely truncate. Beneath, finely rugose ; legs deeply 

 punctured. 



Length 15 lines ; breadth 6 lines. 



Hah. — Buenos Ayres. 



I have named this species after Mr. H. W. Bates, Pres. 

 Ent. Soc, who kindly presented it to me. 



PSEUDHYPEEANTHA, n. g. 



Caput antennarum cavitatibus rotundis prope ocuIo3 

 positis; antennis a tertio articulo serratis. Thorax 

 postice latior. ScuteUum triangulare, elongatum. 

 Elytra elongata, apicibus truncatis et bidentatis. 

 Prosterimm gibbosum. Tarsi dilati. 



Head rounded in front; antennary cavities round, 

 situate near the eyes just above the epistome ; antennas 

 with the first joint elongate, subpyriform, longer than 

 the second and third together ; the second short ; the 

 third rather longer and pyriform ; the rest serrate, and 

 with a few long hairs. Thorax short, widest at the base. 

 ScuteUum of an elongate triangular shape, flatj in form 

 most like that of Belionota. Elytra widest at the 

 shoulders, apex of each widely truncate and bidentate. 

 Prosternum much rounded ; apical segment of the abdo- 

 men very long, bidentate. Femora and tibiae nearly 

 straight; tarsi with the joints of equal length, dilated. 



The difficulty I have experienced with this genus has 

 not been how to distinguish it from its allies, but to find 

 its allies with which I might place it. As far as I can 

 make out, it should be placed between Capnoclis and 

 Cardiaspis. It resembles, in general form, the genus 

 Hyperantha, from S. America, but has the antennary 

 pores on each side of their joints, so that it will come 

 into the division '^ Chalcophorides " of Lacordaire. This 

 brings it in form nearest to Capnodis, which is placed at 

 the end of Lacordaire's division, and as Cardiaspis stands 



