the Fauna of Bromeliacece. 433 



forms of Epilampra and Rhlcnoda described by me ^. It is 

 quite possible that a new genus will have to be erected 

 eventually for this species, since in the free exposure of the 

 vertex of the head it differs from typical Homalopteryx ; but 

 at present it may be allowed to rest in that genus. Hitherto 

 Humalopteryx was represented in the New AVorld by but a 

 single species, H. capucina Brunn., from Venezuela, th.e 

 type of the genus. — R. Shelkord f. 



COLEOPTERA. 



2. Aghjmbus bromeliarmn, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 3.) 



S. Depressus, ovatus, subopacus, persubtilissime reliculatus, cor- 

 pore supra subtusque omnino nigro, palpis antennisque pedibusque 

 piceo-rufis ; capite subtilissime punctato et breviter longitudinaliter 

 striolato, antice utrinque impresso ; prothorace tote tenuiter 

 longitudinaliter striolato, ante angulos posteriores leviter curvatim 

 impresso ; elytris omnino dense longitudinaliter striolatis, striis 6 

 tenuibus, parte anteriore striae suturalis tenuissima, interdum 

 obsoleta, stria submarginali nulla ; tibiis antieis ad basin attenu- 

 atis, curvatis, intus leviter emarginatis ; tarsorura anticorum 

 mediorumque articulis 1-3 dilatatis. 



$ . Striolis longitudinalibus iu capite et in parte media prothoracis 

 fere obsoletis ; tibiia antieis simplicibus, tarsis baud dilatatis. 



Long. Corp. ( d $ ) 5-6 mm. 



Depressed, ovate, body entirely black above and beneath, 

 with mouth-parts reddish, and palps, antennae, and legs 

 pitchy red ; subopaque, the entire surface extremely finely 

 reticulate :|:. Head extremely finely punctured, with short 

 fine longitudinal striola3 in addition to the punctures, these 

 striolae, however, much fewer or nearly absent iu ? ; on 

 either side in front is a marked impression bearing several 

 larger punctures, and there are also one or two larger punc- 

 tures behind and nearer to the eye than this impression ; in 

 some specimens a vague median impression on the back of 

 the head is present. Prothorax entirely covered with short 

 fine longitudinal striolse in the c? ; in ? these striolse are 

 more strongly marked at the sides and are present along the 



* See footnote on p. 431. 



t These specimens were examined and the description made by Mr. 

 Shelford about three weeks before his death. He gave his assent in a 

 letter to my publishing the description in this paper. — H. Scott. 



X This hne reticulation of the entire surface of the chitin is not to be 

 confounded with the sculpture of striolte described below. 



