242 HYPOLAMPSIS. 



12. Hypolampsis pumilio. 



H. ovata, lata, robusta, nigro-ferruginea ; capita antice longitudi- 

 naliter obsolete carinato, punctato ; thorace transverso, ad basin 

 constricto et depresso,jlavo-pubescenti, punctato ; elytris robustis, 

 punctato-striatis, ante medium transverse depressis, nigro-fer- 

 rugineis, ad scutellum piceo suffusis ; antennis rufo-testaceis, 

 art. 68 piceis ; pedibus flavis, posticis rufis, ad femora piceo 

 suffusis. 



Long. corp. 1^ lin., lat. -| lin. 



Ovate, broad, robust, of a nigro-ferrugineous colour, impubescent. 

 Head short, slightly produced in front ; below the base of the an- 

 tennae is a triangular plane depression ; above the antennae (when 

 viewed obliquely) is a longitudinal medial ridge, almost obsolete, 

 extending to the basal line ; eyes tolerably large, situated at the 

 base of the head ; the surface is finely and thickly punctate. Thorax 

 transverse (almost quadrate), constricted at the base; the anterior 

 angles are depressed, the sides marginate; at the base is a broad 

 and distinct transverse depression ; the surface is very finely flavo- 

 pubescent (when examined under a high power), and finely punctate. 

 Scutellum triangular, piceous. Elytra broad, robust, deeply punctate- 

 striate; from the antemedial suture a distinct depression extends 

 obliquely upwards towards the shoulders ; the surface is of a dark 

 ferrugineous colour, suffused (near the scutellum, and irregularly 

 throughout) with piceous. Antennae, rufo-testaceous, the sixth, seventh 

 and eighth joints being piceous. Legs', the anterior flavous, the 

 postical rufous, the femora being suffused with piceous. 



This species (closely allied to H. nana in form and size) is sepa- 

 rated from it not only by its distinct colouring, but by the form of 

 its thorax, which is less transverse (almost quadrate) ; there is also 

 an entire absence of any transverse depression near its anterior mar- 

 gin, which is so apparent in that species. 



Rio Janeiro. In the cabinet of the Rev. H. Clark. 



13. Hypolampsis ferrugineo-notata. 



H. oblongo -ovata, subcylindrica, impubescens, rufo-flava ; capite 

 inter oculos striato, punctato ; thorace quadrato, ad basin con- 

 stricto, ad basin distincte (et ad apicem tenue) transverse notato ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, ad basin triangulari macula rufo-fer- 

 ruginea notatis ; antennis et pedibus rufo-flavis. 



Long. corp. 11 lin., lat. f lin. 



Oblong-ovate, stibcylindrical, impubescent, rufo-flavous. Head 

 short, transverse, not produced in front ; above the base of the an- 



