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rufo-flavous. It is a question whether it ought not to be separated 

 generically : the elytra are more evenly parallel, and also somewhat 

 more elongated ; the posterior tibiae also are shorter than is the case 

 with most of the other species of the group. 

 Chili. In the collection of M. Chevrolat. 



2. Hypolampsis Balii. 



H. oblongo-ovata, sat robusta, punctato-striata, ferruginea ; capite 

 brevi, hand producto, punctato ; thorace quadrato, ad basin con- 

 stricto, punctato, subpubescenti, piceo ; elytris latis, oblique ante 

 medium depressis, punctato-striatis, obsolete flavo-pubescentibus ; 

 antennis robustis,filiformibus,ferrugineis, art. 7-11 fusco -piceis ; 

 pedibus Jlavis. 



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



Oblong-ovate, sufficiently robust, deeply punctate-striate, obsoletely 

 pubescent, ferrugineous. Head short, transverse, almost vertical, not 

 produced in front ; above the labrum is a transverse plane depression, 

 which is bisected by a medial longitudinal carination (sometimes 

 almost obsolete) : the eyes are prominent and lateral ; between the 

 eyes the surface is deeply punctate. Thorax quadrate, constricted 

 and transversely depressed at the base ; the anterior angles are sub- 

 acute and much depressed ; the sides finely marginate ; the surface 

 is thickly punctate and finely pubescent (more distinctly at the base 

 and sides); in colour piceous. Scutellum minute. Elytra broad, 

 robust, subdepressed ; an antemedial depression extends obliquely 

 upwards towards the humeral angles, giving an appearance of pro- 

 minence to the surface near the scutellum ; deeply punctate-striate, 

 clothed throughout (but more apparently at the apex) with obsolete 

 flavous pubescence. Antennae robust, filiform, with a tendency to 

 dilatation towards the apex ; the colour is ferrugineous, the joints 

 seven to eleven being fusco-piceous. Legs flavous throughout, the 

 posterior femora being suffused with ferrugineous. 



H. Balii is distinguishable from all its congeners with which I am 

 acquainted by its greater size ; its deeply striated elytra, combined 

 with its constricted thorax, also readily distinguish it. 



Brazil. In the cabinets of Messrs. Baly, Deyrolle, and the Rev. 

 H. Clark. 



3. Hypolampsis elegantula. 



H. oblonga, ovata, robusta, subcylindrica, subpubescens, grisea ; 

 capite brevi, antice hand producto, punctato ; thorace quadrato, 

 ad basin constricto et transverse depresso,flavo-pubescenti; elytris 

 sat latis, punctato-striatis, subtiliter oblique ante medium depressis; 



