134 PLEUfiOCHROMA. 



2. Pleurochroma nitidulum. 



P. oblongo-ovale, breve, robustum, nigrum ; capite brevi, inter oculos 

 T foveolato, punctato, rufo ; thorace transverse, rectangulari, sub- 

 punctato, rufo ; elytris robustis, striato-punctatis, nigris, nitidis ; 

 antennis subincrassatis, robustis, flavis, ad apicem fuscis ; pedi- 

 busflavis. 



Long. corp. 2i lin., lat. 1| lin. 



Oblong-oval, short, robust, black. Head short, narrower than the 

 thorax, transverse, depressed, slightly elongated; eyes large; be- 

 tween the eyes, and above the base of the antennae, is a shallow T-- 

 shaped depression; the surface punctate, rufous. Thorax broader 

 than the head, but distinctly narrower than the elytra, equate, 

 transverse, rectangular ; the anterior angles depressed, sides margi- 

 nate ; surface finely punctate, rufous. Scutellum triangular, fuscous 

 and rufous. Elytra broad, robust, slightly rounded at the sides, 

 with rows of punctures arranged as stria3 (these punctures become 

 obsolete towards the apex); black, shining. Antennae, short, sub- 

 clavate, robust; at the base flavous, at the apex fuscous. Legs 

 flavous. 



This species differs from the preceding by the form and sculpture of 



the thorax, and also by the absence of the rufous band on the elytra. 



Amazon district. A single specimen, in the collection of Mr. Baly. 



3. Pleurochroma pallidum. 



P. oblongo-ovale, robustum, subcylindricum, rufum; capite brevi, de- 

 presso, super antennarum basin longitudinaliter depresso, punc- 

 tato ; thorace transverso, ad apicem constricto, vermiculato ; ely- 

 tris latis. striato-punctatis ; antennis brevibus, subclavatis, ad 

 basin fulvis, ad apicem fuscis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis. 



Long. corp. 2i lin., lat. 1 J lin. 



Oblong-oval, short, robust, subcylindrical, rufous throughout. 

 Head short, depressed, not produced ; eyes large, extending laterally 

 not so far as the sides of the thorax ; above the insertion of the an- 

 tenna3 is a longitudinal depression, dividing into two parts a trans- 

 verse slightly raised plane, which is smoother than the rest of the 

 head ; surface punctate. Thorax transverse, rectangular, somewhat 

 compressed towards the apex ; the anterior angles depressed, sides 

 marginate ; the surface smooth, vermiculate (with short irregular 

 impressed lines). Scutellum triangular. Elytra broad, rounded at 

 the sides, with punctures arranged in the form of striaB ; these punc- 

 tures become obsolete towards the apex. Antenna? short, subclavate ; 



