312 Mr. Baly on new Criocerids. 



the body, three upj^er joints fuscous- white. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, rather broadly constricted across the middle, shining 

 black, the basal margin fulvous. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, broadly oblong, convex, transversely excavated 

 below the basilar space, distinctly punctate -striate, the ninth 

 stria from tho suture entire, inters]>aces plane, slightly thickened 

 at the apex ; the outer half of the basal hmb, the lateral margin, 

 dilated at the apex, and a transverse band across the middle, 

 dilated slightly upwards on the suture, fulvous. 



Lenia Steinheili. 



Anguste oblonga, nigra, nitida, pedibus (tibiarum apice ex- 

 treme) tarsiscpie exceptis), thoraceque fulvis, anteunis apice 

 albidis ; thorace trausverso, vix pone medium profunde con- 

 stricto, lajvi, impunctato ; elytris late oblongis, convexis, infra 

 basin leviter depressis, regulariter punctato-striatis, punctis 

 magnis, sat profunde impressis ; interstitiis apicem versus 

 leviter convexis ; nigris, purpureo vix micantibns, limbi basalis 

 dimidio externo, limbo laterali, apice dilat,ato, fasciilque com- 

 miini prope medium fulvis. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Head elongate-trlgouate, vertex smooth, impiinctate ; front 

 impressed with a deep oblong fovea ; antenna^ nearly equal to 

 the body in length, filiform, the four lower joints fulvous, the 

 apices of the second to the fourth black, the under surface of 

 the seventh, together with the whole of the succeeding four 

 joints, yellowish-white. Thorax about one-fifth broader than 

 long, vei'y deeply constricted just behind the middle, shining, 

 impunctate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, shghtly 

 flattened along the suture, faintly excavated below the basilar 

 s])ace ; regularly punctate-striate, the pimctures large, foveolate, 

 deeply impressed, the ninth stria from the suture entire ; inter- 

 spaces smooth, slightly thickened towards the apex, irregularly 

 wrinkled on the anterior disc below the basilar space. 



Lema fraternalis. 

 Anguste oblonga, pallide rufo-picea, nitida, fronte femorum- 

 que dimidio externo (apice extremo excepto), nigro-piceis ; 

 thorace sub-cpiadrato, rufo-fulvo, lateribus medio sat profunde 

 constrictis, disco pone medium leviter transversim sulcato, medio 

 lineatim et ad angulos anticos confuse tenuiter punctato ; elytris 

 oblongo-ovatis, dorso leviter deplanatis, basi vix elevatis, infra 

 basin obsolete transversim excavatis, regulariter punctato-striatis, 

 jmnctis ante medium magis fortiter impressis, interstitiis planis ; 

 nigris, purpiu-eo tinctis, limbo exteriori, apice lato, fasciaque 



