7iew Species of 11 \Mrv\(\x. 889 



Baconia f estiva J sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis, deprcssa, viridis, perlibus obscure rufis ; fronte dis- 

 tiiictc pimctata ; olytris striis l''-3'" integris, 4"-5'" abbreviatis ; 

 prostcrno lato, bistriato ; mososterno hand sinuato, antico imraar- 

 ginato, stria transversa arcuatim imprcssa ; tibiis anticis triden- 

 tatis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Depressed, shortly ovate, metallic bluish-green above, legs 

 dull red ; head clearly but a little sparsely punctate, obscurely 

 striate above the eyes ; thorax punctured at the sides like the 

 head, smooth in the middle, external stria fine but complete, 

 anterior angles distinctly reflexcd ; elytra, stria3 1-3 complete, 

 I'eebly ])unctate, third iiner apically, fourth fine at the apex, 

 becoming ])unctit'orm towards the middle and evanescent at 

 the base, lii'th short, fine, pnnctiform, apical, and terminating 

 before the middle, no sutural, aj)ical margin sparsely punctu- 

 late ; propygidium and pygidium punctured like the head, the 

 pygidium is transverse and somewhat parallel at the sides ; 

 prosternum, lobe punctate, keel flat, smooth, rather wide, 

 bordered laterally with two strong and nearly straight striai ; 

 mesosternum transverse, broad, and very short, anteriorly 

 nearly straight, but slightly receding from the prosternum, 

 transverse stria well marked and feebly bowed ; anterior 

 tibige Avith three teeth well separated from each other, poste- 

 rior unarmed. 



This species corresponds structurally with B. loricata^ Lew. 

 It is not similar to Plielister micans and fulgidusj Sch., in both 

 of which the mesosternum is anteriorly bisinuous. The meso- 

 sternum is similar to that in a Carcinops, and 1 am not at all 

 sure at this stage of the study of the genus that it may not 

 eventually be placed nearer to Carcinops than Phelister. 



Hah. Bahia. 



Carcinops dulcis, sp. n. 



Oblonga, subparallela, parum convexa, nigra, nitida ; fronte stria 

 semicirculari completa ; thorace punctulato, in media liuea im- 

 pressa ; elytris striis punctato-striatis ; pygidio rugoso-punctato ; 

 mesostemo metasternoque utrinque fortiter striatis. 



L. 1|-1| miU. 



Oblong, somewhat parallel at the sides, moderately convex, 

 black, shining ; head a little convex, finel}^ and sparsely punc- 

 tulate, stria clear, complete, and semicircular, clypeus short ; 

 thorax, anterior angles depressed, stria fine and complete, 

 punctulate throughout, but not densely; a faint line before 



