new Species o/" Halticinse. 225 



not closely punctured ; lateral margin reflexed, concave, its 

 outer edge thickened. Elytra broader than the thorax, very 

 broadly ovate, convex, closely punctured, shining black with 

 a metallic-blue tint ; each elytron with two broad pale yellow 

 vitta3, confluent at base and aj^ex, one submarginal, the other 

 commencing on the shoulder and curving obliquely downwards 

 and inwards as far as the middle of the elytra, from which 

 point it runs parallel and close to the suture as far as the apex, 

 where it joins the submarginal vitta. Hinder thigh strongly 

 thickened ; hinder tibiae shorter than the femora ; claw-joint 

 of hinder tarsus strongly inflated. 



(Edionychis seriata. 



(E. anguste ovata, convexa, subtus piceo-flava, supra flava, nitida, 

 capite (antennis extrorsum nigris exceptis) scutelloque piceis ; 

 elytris tenuiter, crebre punctatis, sutura utrinque, apice exfcremo 

 maculisque elongatis 8 (his in lineis longitudinafibus duabus, 

 quarum una submarginali, altera discoidali, seriatis) piceis. 



Long. 3|^ liu. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



Vertex smooth and shining ; face between the eyes, to- 

 gether with the upper orbits of tlie latter, impressed with large 

 round punctures ,• encarpaj smooth, subquadrate, bounded 

 above by a deep transverse depression, from the middle of 

 which a longitudinal groove runs upwards to the vertex ; 

 carina narrowly wedge-shaped, terminating below on a strongly 

 raised transverse ridge ; antennas filiform, half the length of 

 the body, the second joint ovate, the third and the following 

 four joints nearly equal in length, each more than one half 

 longer than the second ; four lower joints piceo-fulvous, the 

 rest black. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides 

 broadly dilated, reflexed, nearly straight and parallel from the 

 base to the middle, thence rounded and converging to the apex, 

 the anterior angle armed with a short excurved tooth ; disk 

 minutely and rather distantly punctured, the punctures only 

 visible with a strong lens ; lateral margin concave. Scutellum 

 as broad as long, trigonate. Elytra oblong, rather closely 

 punctured, the punctures palepiceous; convex, the lateral margin 

 only moderately dilated, reflexed ; each elytron with a narrow 

 sutural line, the extreme apical margin and eight narrow 

 elongate piceous spots arranged in pairs, two at the base, two 

 before and two beyond the middle, and lastly two subapical ; 

 these spots form two longitudinal' rows, one placed close to 

 the outer margin and the other on the middle disk. Hinder 

 thighs strongly thickened ; apical joint of hinder tarsus 

 strongly inflated. 



