and Species of Eumolpide. 385 
three joints of the antennz testaceous, the rest fuscous. Thorax 
faintly emarginate at the sides, without denticulation: disk 
smooth, shining, with irregular punctures, much larger than 
those of the head; in the middle an impunctate space. Scu- 
tellum shining, impunctate. Hach elytron with eight smooth 
costz (exclusive of the sutural and lateral margins) ; the first, 
next the suture, continued to the apex; the second and eighth 
branching from a common stem near the apex, and including 
within their fork the third to the seventh. The fourth and sixth 
hkewise originate from a common stem, which unites with the 
second near the apex. The interstices punctate-striate, the 
punctures geminated. Lach elytron with a large, oblong cya- 
neous blotch extending four-fiiths of its length, bordered all 
round with testaceous, and emarginate in the middle of its in- 
terior edge. Extreme tips of the tibize and the whole tarsi red- 
dish brown ; the rest entirely bright testaceous, deeper on the 
head and thorax. 
Brought from Tejuca, Brazil, by the Rev. H. Clark. 
Metaxyonycha crucifera, sp. ined. 
M. testacea, antennarum articulis 4-12 nigris; thorace elytris multo 
angustiore, lateribus medio indistincte subbidentatis ; elytris haud 
costatis, fortiter confertim subseriatim punctatis, singulis plagis 
duabus magnis cyaneis. 
Long. lin. 4, lat. hum. 12 lin. 
Very similar to M. connexa, but distinguished by having the 
thorax much narrower in proportion, and very obsoletely biden- 
ticulate at the middle on each side. Elytra punctate-striate, the 
strize indistinctly geminated ; the interstices between each pair 
smooth, slightly raised, but not costate as in M. connexa. Each 
elytron with a large cyaneous blotch, bisected at right angles 
by a narrow testaceous stripe, forming four cyaneous spots upon 
the back; the two anterior spots quadrangular, rounded in 
front ; the two posterior triangular, nearly reaching the apex. 
The testaceous suture and the transverse stripe form together 
a Roman cross, from which the species is named. In other 
respects similar to M. connexa. 
Hab. Mexico. From Thomson’s collection. 
Metaxyonycha chlorospilota, sp. ined. 
M. testacea, subnitida, antennarum articulis 6-12 nigris; thorace 
parce punctulato, lateribus medio edentatis: elytris subcostatis, 
punctato-striatis, punctis inter strias gemellatis; singulis maculis 
duabus cyaneis, altera humerali, altera pone medium laterali. 
Long. lin. 43, lat. hum. 12 lin. 
Similar to the two preceding, but subnitidous and more 
