128 Mr. Baly mi iwir Phytuphagous (Joleo])tera. 



smooth, impressed with a few line punctures. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, sides parallel, rather broadly margined ; above 

 moderately convex, coarsely punctured, interspaces on the outer 

 disk transversely wrinkled. Hinder thighs moderately thickened ; 

 metasternum elevated, its a])ex obtuse. 



Ma.-ifdstrt/i//.^ frnternii.-<, niihi. 



Anguste oblougus, postice pauUo attenuatus, dorso depressus, 

 fulvus, nitidus, capite, facie inferiori excepta, tarsis, tibiis 

 posticis apice elytrorumque dimidio postico nigris, elytris 

 tenuiter pundatis, punctis a])icem versus minus distinctis. 

 Long. i5 lin. 



Hab. Th'azil. 



Head smooth, nearly iiupunctate, with the exception of the 

 impressed punctured space on either side bordering the inner 

 orbit of the eye, lower portion of face and the mouth (the 

 apices of the jaws excepted) fulvous. 'i'horax twice as broad 

 at the base as long, basal margin bisinuatc on either side, the 

 medial portion transversely truncate ; sides nearly straight, con- 

 verging from base to apex, hinder angles laterally produced, 

 very acute ; upjier surface smooth, impunctate. Scutelhun. tri- 

 gonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra broader than the thorax, slightly 

 narrowed toAvards the apex, surface finely punctured, the ]iunc- 

 tures becoming still finer behind the middle ; the base to just 

 before the middle fulvous, the rest of the surface to tlie ajicx 

 black. Hinder thighs strongly thickened, apex of last abdominal 

 segment inijiressed with a small deep fovea ; metasternum 

 strongly impr(\ssed. This species is very nearly allied to M. 

 hicoloi; it difiers in having the whole of the head (the lower 

 part of the face excejited) and all tlie tarsi black; it is also a 

 larger insect and tlie elytra are uiucli more finely punctured. 

 I only know a single spccimeii, formerlv in the collection of J\Ir. 

 W. VV. Saun.lers. 



I\livialiij>ii!< (^hiinidfiis, mihi. 



Angustatus, parallelus, sul)tus nigro- tlavo(|ue variegatus, 

 supra nigro-hirsutus, pedibus flavis, femoribus dorso, tibiisque 

 anticis tj^uatuor antice infuscatis ; scutello, capite thoraceque 

 nigris, hoc limbo maculisfpie quatuor transversis positis, fiavis ; 

 elytris sordide flavis, apice argenteo-sericeis, basi margine tenui 

 apice(pie piceis, utrisque a}»icem versus prope suturam pur.cto 

 pallide flavo ornatis. Long. 4i lin. 



Hab. Bogota. 



