Coleopterous Fdmilij Clerida?. 79 



Head and thorax a little shining, sub-coriaceous ; basal joint of 

 the antenuie, terminal joint of the labial, and maxillary palpi 

 excepting the tip pitchy-red. Epimera of the meso- and meta- 

 sterna red. Legs entirely black. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



Obs. Uifters (july from flecmmtas, Kl. by the colour of the 

 thorax, legs, parts of the mouth, and underside. I have one 

 specimen (8alvin) taken at an altitude of 5000 feet, also another 

 from the same locality (Saunders). 



Cleras (laudens, n. sp. 



Xiger, nitidus, punctatus, elytris macula basali oblonga, 

 alteraque apicali transversa, fasciis duabus in medio, prima 

 arcuata augusta, secunda lata ad suturam attenuata, albidis ; 

 hac extus miniata. Long. lin. 3 — 3i-. 



Head and thorax punctured, latter with a transverse arcuate 

 impression disappearing in the side, base constricted, length 

 greater than width. Elytra most distinctly punctured in the 

 middle, on the sides, punctures having a tendency to form lines. 

 The first spot is elongate oval, then a fascia, beginning about one 

 third below the shoulder on the margin, not reaching the suture, 

 then a broad sub-quadrate spot on the margin of a fine vermillion 

 red terminating in a yellow point near the suture, a yellow trans- 

 verse spot near apex. The rest of the insect is entirely black. 



Hab. Parana, (Saunders). 



Obs. Somewhat resembles miniatas and its allies. 



Clerus hieroglyphicus, n. sp. 



Elongatus, niger, nitidus, prothorace margine antico griseo 

 pubescente, elytris macula triangulari prope suturam, fascia 

 mediana a sutura interrupta, apiceque sunimo albido-testaceis, 

 ante apicem fascia pubescente indutis. Long. lin. 4|. 



Unlike any species of this genus known to me. 



The two wedge-shaped spots immediately before the fascia 

 form together an equilateral triangle narrowly divided (as well 

 as the fascia itself) by the suture, with its point towards the 

 apex of the elytra, the fascia commences on the margin, its edge 



