608 mr. e. w. bates on new [May 21, 



subito dilatato, angiitis apice rotundatis ; elytris supra modice 



incequalibus, obsolete punctulato-strmtis. 

 Long. 3| lin. 

 Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



Otoglossa obscurella. 



Minor, nigra ; elytris leviter violaceo-tinctis, apice fascia obscure 

 rufa ad suturam angustata ; tarsis rufo-pic&s ; abdomine Jlavo ; 

 capite post oculos pernio citius rectiusque angustato, occipite minus 

 convexo ; thorace angusto, pone medium fortiter sinuato-angus- 

 tato, basi iterum dilatato ; elytris supra modice incequalibus, ob- 

 solete striatis. 



Long. 2£ lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



Calleida semirubra. 



Elongato-oblonga, ?iigro-nitida, elytris (basi excepta) rufo-casta- 

 neis ; abdomine rufo ; capite post oculos magis quam in C. 

 metallica incrassato, collo subito angustato ; thorace quadrato, 

 antice cum angulis rotundato, jiostice sinuato modice angustato, 

 angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris apice fortiter sinuatim trun- 

 catis, angulis externis dentiformibus, supra paulo incequalibus, 

 punctulato- striatis, interstitiis planis. 



Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



Taken from the stomach of a toad on the summit of a hill near 

 St. Domingo. 



Calleida l^etipennis. 



Subgracilis, castaneo-ru/a, elytris (epipleuris exceptis) aurato- 

 teneis ; capite angusto, post oculos gradatim angustato hand 

 twnido, collo distincto ; thorace quadrato-cordato, postice 

 leviter sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris 

 apice leviter sinuatim truncatis, angulis externis valde rotun- 

 datis, punclulato-striatis, interstitiis planis. 



Long. A\ lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt, Janson). 



Calleida jansoni. 



C. onypterygoidi (Ckaud.) coloribus similis, at minus nitida, for- 

 maque multo magis parallela. Cyanea; elytris purpureo-cupreis, 

 subtiliter alutaceis ; capite post oculos citius recte angustato, 

 haud turnido ; thorace elongato-quadrato, postice vix sinuatim 

 modice angustato, angulis subrectis, supra subfortiter transver- 

 sim strigoso ; elytris elongatis, parallelis, truncaturer angulis 

 externis valde rotundatis, fortiter vix punctvlatim striatis, 

 interstitiis paulo convexis, tertio conspicue tripunctato. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt, Janson),. 



