14 STENISPA. 



S. elongata, filifornus, convcxa, nigra, seneo-uitidiila ; antennis 



nigris. 

 Long:, 3 lin. 



'O" 



S. shining black, with an obscure metallic tinge. Thorax scarcely 

 longcr than broad ; sides parallel, indistinctly sinuate, anterior 

 angles sliglitly produced, obtuse, posterior acute ; above subcylin- 

 drical, finely but distinctly punctured, punctures not very crowded, 

 but much closer than in the third and following species. Scutellum 

 pentangular. Elyti-a scarcely broader than the thorax, nearly 

 four timi\s its length ; sides narrowly margined, subsinuate, nar- 

 rowed behind towards their apex ; the latter in each elytron 

 rounded, conjointly shghtly emarginate at the sutui-e; sutural angle 

 distinct ; above convex, distinctly punctate-striate. Beneath 

 shinincr black. 



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Uah. Carolina, Olivier. St. John's Bluff, East Florida, collected by 



the late E. Doubleday, Esq. 



British Museum, and collections of E. Sheppard, Esq., M. Javet, 

 and J. S. Baly. 



2. Stenispa Parryi, n. sp. 



S. filiformis, convexa, nitida, viridi-cserulea ; thorace lateribus rectis, 

 latitueline %-ix longiori, crebre punctato, eupreo-seneo ; antennis, 

 pechbus abdomineque nigris, hoc fortiter punctato. 



Long. 3i lin. 



S. filifoi-m, convex above, shining metallic blue M-ith a greenish 

 tinge. Head bright metallic blue in front ; neck black ; front 

 slightly concave, finely punctured, with a longitudinal groove 

 running down between the eyes ; antennne black. Thorax siib- 

 quadrate, scarcely longer than broad ; sides naiTowly margined, 

 straight and parallel, rounded and narrowed in front, anterior 

 angles slightly produced, and, together ^vith the hinder, acute ; 

 above subcyUndiical, closely punctured, bright cupreous ; disc 

 brassy. Scutellum pentangular, its apex produced, acute. Elytra 

 scarcely lu-oadcr than the thorax, nearly foiu' times its length ; 

 sides parallel, narrowly margined, subsinuate, narrowed towards 

 the apex, the latter acutely rounded ; above convex, outer margin 

 indistinctly dilated and rcflexed near its apex, the latter slightly 

 thickened; surface shining, punctate-striate, puncturing some- 

 what confusedly placed on the strife towards theh- apex. Body 

 beneath more obscure in colouring ; legs and abdomen black, the 

 latter shining, deeply punctured. 



llaf). Brazil. 



A single specimen in Major Pany's collection. 



The largest species in the genus : thorax more closely punctured. 



