irO MR. M. JACOBY ON NEW . [Mar. 2, 



Head finely punctured ; labrum testaceous ; antennae extending 

 slightly further than the base of the thorax, their last seven joints 

 black. Thorax more than three times as broad as long, widened in 

 the middle, the anterior margin nearly straight ; surface irregularly 

 and deeply but not closely punctate, the sides scarcely closer punc- 

 tured than the disk. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra convex, nearly 

 four times as long as the thorax, geminate punctate-striate, the 

 punctures, however, not regularly placed and often interrupted, the 

 interstices also very minutely punctured ; each elytron with four 

 black narrow stripes, the first running parallel to the suture, often 

 obsolete and broken, the second and third from the base are abbre- 

 viated near the apex, the fourth near the lateral margin extending 

 nearly to the end of the elytron. Underside fulvous ; tibise and 

 tarsi lighter ; claws piceous. 



Collected by Mr. Belt. 



This species, although greatly resembling S. fuscolineata of Stal, 

 is distinguished from the latter in not having the suture dark like 

 the elytral stripes, and the puncturing not regularly arranged as in 

 that species. In S. fuscolineata the punctured striae limit exactly the 

 black elytral stripes and are deeply impressed, while in the present 

 species the puncturing does not run regularly in pairs, and is often 

 wider than the vittse, being besides that sometimes quite broken and 

 finer. 



Collections of Godman and Salvin and Jacoby. 



10. Stilodes steinheili, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 



Broadly ovate, moderately convex. Black ; head and sides of the 

 thorax light testaceous, with a metallic greenish gloss ; elytra regU' 

 larly punctate-striate, flavous, the sutural and lateral margins and 

 two large patches, one before, the other behind the middle of each 

 elytron, metallic violaceous blue. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hub. Columbia. 



Head fiat, impunctate, separated from the clypeus by a distinctly 

 angulated transverse groove ; lower part of face, a narrow median 

 line running upwards to the base and sides of the latter, dark brown ; 

 rest of the surface light testaceous with an iridescent gloss ; antennse 

 extending to a little beyond the base of the elytra, black, basal joint 

 testaceous beneath, the third joint as long as the first two united, 

 the apical joints gradually widened. Thorax three times as broad 

 as long ; its sides straight at the base, rounded from the middle to 

 the apex ; posterior margin widened towards the middle ; surface 

 distantly but distinctly punctured, sides impunctate and coloured 

 like the base of the head, forming a broad band, the posterior por- 

 tion of which is greatly narrowed and sharply limiting the rest of 

 the black surface. Scutellum oblong, black. Elytra comparatively 

 flat, regularly striate-punctate ; each elytron with ten rows of punc- 

 tures, the first short; interstices smooth, flavous or testaceous, with 

 the sutural and lateral margins violaceous blue, the former being 

 wide at the base and gradually narrowed posteriorly ; a large patch 



