Cohupterous Fa/nily CleritW. 81 



Eather shining, clothed with a tine erect pile. Head with a 

 deep double fovea between the eyes, antenna? pale red at the 

 base, the basal two or three joints pitchy above, the club fuscous. 

 Thorax with a few scattered punctures, not much narrowed 

 behind, base margined. Elytra half as wide again as thorax, 

 rather convex, sides parallel, apical half of suture with a stria, 

 disc with indistinct and irregular series of punctures. The 

 narrow black fascia? do not touch the margin, and the i)Osterior 

 one is indented on its front margin. Breast black, rest of under- 

 side red. Hab.— ] (Dr.^Baden). 



Resembles C. bicindus Klug. The black legs and breast 

 will distinguish it. 



CI eras vidpinns, n. sp. 



Niger, supra dense tomentosus, capite, prothorace disco nigro 

 excepto, elytrorum basi apiceque, rufo-villosis ; elytris fasciis 

 duabus (anteriore interrupta) nigris, a fascia mediana flava, fere 

 nuda, separatis, sutura antice cinereo pilosa. Long. lin. 4^. 



Var. 1 a. Minor, elytrorum basi nigro, pilis rutis fasciato, 

 fascia mediana flava ad suturam interrupta. Long. lin. 4. 



Thorax very globular, nearly as wide as elytra, densely 

 clothed with rufous pile, black in the centre, anterior con- 

 striction scarcely visible. Elytra cylindric, base narrowly and 

 apex widely rufo-villous ; two black nearly straight fascia? (the 

 anterior interrupted) and a median pale yellow one, the latter 

 nearly denuded and showing distinct punctures. Legs black 

 with grey pubescence. Antennte with two joints at the base red. 



Hab. — % (Dr. Baden). Var. Mexico, (Saunders). 



Gleras capniscena, n. sp. 



Capite et thorace nigro-ieneis elytris sub-violaceis his multo 

 latioribus, antennarum basi, ore, pedibus, abdomineque la?te 

 rufis, tarsis fuscis. Long. lin. 5|. 



Head and thorax very obsoletely and closely punctured, 

 scarcely shming, finely pubescent, the latter with the base 

 margined, and transversely impressed in front. Elytra im- 

 punctate but with several rows of small tubercules, only distinct 

 near the suture, and three raised costa? or lines on each, the first 

 of which (or the one nearest the suture) coincides with a row of 



