BOTRYOHOPA. 



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tus spina compressjx instnictis ; tibiis ciu'vatis, anticis dilatatis, 

 compressis ; tarsis latis, latitudiiic a3qualibus. 

 Corpus elongatum, convcxum. 



Differing from Botrijonopa in having slender subincrassate an- 

 tenna} and large convex elytra. 



1. Macrispa Saundersii, n. sp. Tab. VII. Fig. 3. 



M. elongata, nigra, nitida ; elytris ampliatis, fortiter pnnctatis, fill vis. 

 Long. 12 lin. 



M. elongate, shining black ; elytra opaque fulvous. Head with the 

 vertex finely rugose ; antennaj half the length of the body, third 

 and fourth joints slightly elongate, more slender than the rest ; 

 labrum entirely covered with fulvous hairs. Thorax subquadrate, 

 produced in front ; sides slightly narrowed behind, their margin 

 sinuate, slightly dilated, subreflexed ; above shining black, an- 

 terior half of disc smooth, impimetate, impressed -with a longi- 

 tudinal groove, posterior half coarsely and deeply punctiu'cd, sides 

 variolose-pimctate ; at the base in front is a transverse depression, 

 base itself transversely strigose. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 elongate, subparaUel in front, slightly dilated behind, extending 

 considerably beyond the sides and apex of abdomen ; their apex 

 roimded, sutural angle armed with an acute tooth ; siu'face opaque, 

 coarsely and deeply punctate-striate near the suture, the interstices 

 costate, rest of the siu'face confusedly but closely covered with 

 deep punctures, interstices elevate -reticulate ; on the outer disc 

 are two inchstinct costse ; outer margin narrowly rellexed. Beneath 

 shining black, last segment of abdomen with a large semilunate 

 depression. Thighs armed beneath with a short flattened tooth, 

 anterior pair incrassate. 



Hah. ? 



A single specimen in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Gemis XXIV. BOTRYONOPA. Details, Tab. II. Fig. 6. 

 Blanch. Hid. des Ins. ii. p. 181. 



Antennce (fig. 6 a) super tubercula duo inter oculos insertae, minus 

 robustaj, fihformes, apicem versus vix compressa;, saejie subat- 

 tenuatae, articulo primo incrassato, subovato, ca^teris cylindrieis, 

 secundo primo iongitudine aequaH, tertio elongate, cajteris bre- 

 vioribus, ultimo paullo elongate, apice subacuto. 



Mandibule (fig. 6 b) trigonoe, apice acutse. 



Labfum (fig. G c) transvcrsum. 



Paljji robusti, subcompressi ; maxillares (fig. G d) articulo primo 

 parvo, caeteris Iongitudine fere aequahbus, secundo et tertio ob- 

 conicis, hoc apice obhque trmicato, (juarto magis compresso, 

 subovato ; Jdbiales (fig. G c) subcompressi. articulo ])rimo parvo, 

 secundo obconico, tertio subovato. 



