254 Mr. G. Lewis o?i 



Oblong, depressed, black and shining ; forehead with two 

 short transverse striae ; the thorax has a narrow band of 

 lateral punctures sparsely set and not quite on the edge, the 

 lateral stria passes the basal angle and also the anterior angle, 

 the male has no emargii)ation or fovea ; the elytra, striae, 

 subhumeral rather v\ide and shortened before and behind, 

 first dorsal basal and about one-quarter of the elytral length, 

 second broken not far from the base ; the propygidinm is 

 wholly punctured, but somewhat sparingly, and the points 

 on the disc are smaller than those on the sides ; the pygidium 

 is somewhat densely punctured and the points are again 

 smaller on the median area, the apex is narrowly smooth ; 

 the anterior tibiae are 4-dentate, the two apical teeth have a 

 common base. 



The form of this species is distinctly oblong and like 

 Hololepta caracasica, Mars., and Lioderma pervalidnm, Blais. ; 

 it has the disc of the propygidinm punctate, a characteristic 

 seldom seen in either genus. 



Hub. Argentina. 



Hololepta baulnyi, Mars. 



Marseul (Mon. p. 399, 1857) described the female of this 

 species ; the male has no carina on the nientum, the anterior 

 thoracic angle is feebly notched, and the fossette is deep and 

 oval and near, but not in, the angle. 



Hololepta vagata, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovalis, depressa, nigra, nitida ; pronoto lateribus parco 

 punctulato ; elytris striis 2 dorsalibus brevissimis, 1* appendicu- 

 lata ; propygidio toto sparsim punctulato ; pygidio dense punc- 

 tate. 



L. 7 mm. (absque mandibulis). 



Oblong-oval, depressed, black and shining ; the forehead 

 feebly impressed and without stria, mentum of the male is 

 not carinate, mandibles slightly swollen in the middle, the 

 vertex of the head has two small foveae (doubtful as to being 

 constant) ; the thorax, lateral margin with a band of rather 

 fine punctures not densely set, anterior angle minutely 

 notched, with a rather deep circular fossette close to the edge ; 

 the elytra, the outer basal stria has a short and straight 

 apical appendage ; the propygidinm has scattered punctures, 

 but at no point are the punctures close together, and the 

 median area is almost free of them, apically there are two 

 shallow impressions ; the pygidium is closely punctate ; the 



