584 Mr. O. E. Jaxson's descriptions of 



Allied to E. morosa, O. Jans., but larger, more convex, less 

 punctured, more pubescent, with the antennre shorter, the legs 

 more robust and the colour different. Given to me by the late 

 Ed. Steinheil, with the MS. name o£ Jansoni. 



Euphoria piinicea, n. sp. 



$ Dull red, varying to olivaceous, opaque and sparsely 

 pubescent, elytra AVith small irregular Avhite spots, head, 

 pygidium, underside and legs shining, with long Avhitish hairs. 

 Head coarsely punctured, with a slight transverse ridge between 

 the eyes, clypeus rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, the 

 apex strongly elevated and emarginate. Thorax coarsely but 

 not very closely punctured, the punctiues confluent near the 

 anterior angles, smooth and emarginate in front of the seutellum. 

 Elytra sparsely punctiu-ed in rows, the sides and apex strigose, 

 the discal carinte and suture moderately elevated and smooth, 

 the apical angles slightly produced. Pygidium convex, coarsely 

 strigose. Beneath strigose, mesosternal process short, very 

 broad and slightly rounded at the apex, abdomen with three 

 impressions on each side, deeply and broadly impressed in the 

 centre, anterior tibiaj with two large teeth before the apex. 

 Length 16-17 mm. 



The female is broader, more coarsely sculptured, has the 

 thorax more rounded at the sides, the legs stouter and the 

 abdomen convex in the centre. 



Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (IlliDgwoith). 



Allied to E. Steinheili, O. Jans., but narrower and more con- 

 vex, with the pygidium larger, the imderside more pubescent, 

 the mesosternal process broader, and the colour different. 



Evphoria avita, n. sp. 



9 Dull greenish-black, sparsely pubescent, elytra with irregu- 

 lar yellowish undulating marks and spots, a central line, the 

 margins and a small spot on each side of the thorax, the clypeus 

 and base of the seutellum obscure red, beneath shining, sides 

 of the breast and legs pitchy-red. Head closely punctured, 

 clypeus elongate, the sides straight, the apex slightly elevated 

 and sinuous. Thorax coarsely punctured, the punctures con- 

 fluent at the sides^ with a slightly raised median line, the base 

 shallowly emarginate before the seutellum. Seutellum acute at 



