jNFr. Baly nv nmr PhYto]ihaoous Colooptera. 127 



Mio^fndcfhii.-i Ixmilis, niihi. 



Elongatus, postice attenuatus, depressus, rufo-fulvus, nitidus, 

 antennis, facie inter oculos, tibiis posticis apice, tarsis ejusdnni 

 paris elvtrisqite nigris, his fascia basali rufo-fulvis. Long 4^- 

 lin. 



Hal). Brazil, Minas Geraes. 



Vertex smooth, nearly impunctate, face pnnctnred on either 

 side along the inner orbit of the eye. antennaj eqnal in length 

 to the head and thorax, a In'oad transverse band between the 

 eyes black. .Thorax twice as broad at the base as long, basal 

 margin sinuate on either side, its medial portion obtusely trun- 

 cate ; sides straight, converging frt)m base to apex, hinder and 

 anterior angles produced, acute ; surface impressed on either 

 side, close to the hinder angle, with a deep fovea, just in front 

 of the latter but rather nearer to the centre of the disk is a 

 small shallow oblong impression ; disk finely but not closely 

 punctured. .Scutellum broader than long, trigonate, its apex 

 acute, surface finely but remotely punctured, impressed in the 

 middle with a faint fovea. Elytra gradually attenuated from 

 base to apex, distinctly punctured, black, a transverse basal 

 band, emarccinate on the humeral callus, rufo-fidvous. 



M'fsfnsMh,/.. ,,h,rida^, mihi. 



l']longatus, parallelus, modice convexus, pallide fiavo-fulvtis, 

 antennis, tiliiis dorso tarsisque nigris, femoribiis dorso piceo line- 

 atis, thorace tiavo, fulvo maculato ; elytris sat crebre punctatis, 

 pallide fiavis. Long. 4^, lin. 



Hab. Mexico. 



Vertex smooth, nearly impunctate, space between the eyes 

 stained with pale rufo-fulvous, coarsely punctured on either side, 

 medial line together Avith the clypeus nearly free from punctures; 

 on the centre of the clypeus is an indistinct piceous spot ; labrum 

 nigro-piceous ; antennae rather longer than the head and thorax, 

 seven outer joints moderately dilated. Thorax twice as broad 

 as long, base narrowly margined, sides rounded and converging 

 from base to apex, hinder and anterior angles produced, acute ; 

 above moderately convex, impressed on each side close to the 

 hinder angle with a distinct fovea, luiely and remotely punc- 

 tured ; disk stained with a bilobate patch on either side and 

 with a short vitta in front of the base pale rufo-fulvous. 

 Scutellum broader than long, trigonate, its apex rounded, surface 



