224 'Mr. H. W. Bates' Supplement to the 



apical. Across the top of the convex part of the thorax 

 is a patch of erect black hairs. The basal part of the 

 middle and hind thighs is blood-red. 



Rhopalophora cupricollis, Guerin, Icon. Regne An. 



p. 235. 

 This jNIexican species has been found by Mr. Belt. 



Rliopalophora Venezuelensis, Chevrolat, Thomson's 



Arcana NaturjB, p. 60. 

 One example, smaller and more slender than examples 

 from Caraccas, with which I have compared it. 



Entomosterna irucidata, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1862, 



p. 755. 

 One example, apparently 9. The species was pre- 

 viously known only from Yucatan. 



Fam. LAMIAD.E. 



Hammoderus nitidus, n. sp. Supra, ut in H. Lacor- 

 dairei nitidus, feneo-fuscus ; elytris maculis minutis 

 ochraceo-tomentosis irroratis, alteris magnis utrimque 

 quatuor, scilicet prima hand procul a basi, obliqua versus 

 suturam, secunda et tertia lateralibus ante et post medium, 

 quartaque minori prope apicem ; elytris apice prope sutu- 

 ram unispinosis ; capite et thorace sparsim fulvo-pubescen- 

 tibus, hoc disco flexuose rugoso ; antennis, pedibus et cor- 

 pore subtus dense fulvo-fusco vestitis, pectore abdomine- 

 que maculis parvis seriatis ochraceis. Long. 1 unc. 1 lin. — 

 1 unc. 3 lin. $ . 



Two examples, 9 . 



Differs from most other species of the genus by the 

 naked shining integument (especially of the elytra), Avhere 

 not covered Avith tomentose spots. It is further distin- 

 guished from //. elatus and others by the absence of pale 

 tomentose spots at the base of each elytron. The elytra 

 are thickly irrorated throughout with tawny-ochraceous 

 specks, and the large patches are four in number; one 

 (liable to abrasion) being behind the scutellum, oblique 

 and not reaching the suture, another small one close to the 

 apex, and the other two are large, quadrate, lateral patches. 

 The elytra are dense, granvilate-punctate at the base, the 

 punctuation gradually becoming finer and disappearing 



