!^S2 ]\rr. C. O. ^^'atel•]lou.se on Coleoptera 



Long. 18, lat. G mm. 



Hah. Amazons, Harrcir.io dc Monte Alcj;re, Nov. 1873. 



A single examjjle eollected and presented by Prof. Trail. 



Halecia vh'idis/j/cnde/is, sp. n. 



Bright golden green, shining. Head densely and mode- 

 rately strongly pnnetured, ■\vitli an im[)ressed median line 

 extending almost to the vertex. Thorax obliquely narrowed 

 in front, broadest at one third from the base, somewhat 

 angularly emarginate before the posterior angles ; the sides 

 slightly angular at the broadest i)art, with the margin slightly 

 thiekened at this part. Disk tinted with darker bluish green, 

 M-ith a little purple near the base; the darker portion finely, 

 distinctly, but not very eloscly pxinctured ; the anterior part 

 of the margin and all the region of the anterior angles very 

 closely and more strongly ])unctnred, the closely punetured 

 surface extending along the front margin. There is a shallow 

 bnt distinct median golden line which is impressed posteriorly. 

 There is a round puncture at the base, rather nearer the 

 ])osterior angle than the middle, and this is extended forward 

 i)y a slight impressed punctured line as far as the middle. 

 The sides are slightly impressed above the lateral angulation. 

 'I'he elytra are scarcely broader than the thorax. Each 

 elvtron has a slightly raised obtuse costa near the suture, of 

 a slightly darker or more coppery hue than the impressed 

 parts, l)ut at the point where it diverges at the base there is 

 a small green spot. There is another slightly sinuous costa 

 extending from the humeral callus to the apex, of unequal 

 width, and with a small green spot on the middle. There is 

 a third costa arising below the shoulder and joining the 

 second at a short distance from the apex ; this is interrupted 

 bv two small green spots. Each costa has an irregular line 

 of punctures on each side of it. The interstices are convex 

 in the middle, the second and third each having two small 

 green spots. The apices are very acute, each being slightly 

 and obliquely truncate on the inner side. Tarsi tinted with 

 eyaneous. Abdominal segments shaded with coppery golden 

 at the base. 



Long. 2.S, lat. 7 mm. 



Hah. Brazil, Joinville. 



This species closely resembles H. chrt/sodemoides, Saund., 

 but differs from it in having the thorax angulated at sides ; 

 the punctuation on the disk is finer, and closer at the 

 anterior angles; there is an impressed longitudinal line at 

 some distance from the side; and the apices of the elytra 

 are much more acute. 



