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finely but closely pubescent, tbe base, a narrow transverse band in 

 the middle, and a round spot near the apex black. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Amazons. 



Two specimens in my collection. 



Genus Saxinis, Lac. 



o. Saxinis propinq.ua, n. sp. 



Oblong, parallel, shining violet-blue, beneath moderately covered 

 with short whitish pubescence. Head finely and sparingly punctured 

 near the vertex, finely striated round the eyes. Antennae with the 

 second and third joint fulvous. Thorax broader than long, minutely 

 punctured on the disk, stronger at the sides and base. Scutellum 

 broad, triangular, strongly punctured. Elytra rather deeply 

 punctate-striate, the punctures more crowded near the scutellum, 

 the interstices raised a little and smooth. A bright red spot on 

 each shoulder of a rounded, triangular shape, which does not extend 

 to the lateral margin except at the base, which at that place is per- 

 fectly smooth. Legs violet-blue. 



Length 2 lines. 



Hab. California. 



This species is closely allied to S. omogera, Lacord., and also to 

 S. quadrina, Lac, but is distinguished from the first by its much 

 finer punctuation of the elytra, and especially of the thorax, by the 

 antennae having the 2nd and 3rd joints fulvous, and from S. quadrina 

 by the different shape of the red shoulder-spot, which is in this 

 species quadrate, while in the species before us, it is smaller and 

 triangular. 



7. Saxinis guatemalensis, n. sp. 



Oblong, parallel, above dark greenish black, shining, beneath 

 closely covered with white pubescence. Head closely covered with 

 longitudinal striae, which, towards the mouth only, assume the form 

 of punctures. Thorax much widened in the middle, very convex 

 and everywhere closely covered with distinct punctures, which 

 towards the sides are a little more strongly impressed. Scutellum 

 with a raised middle line also strongly punctured. Elytra very 

 strongly punctate-striate, the intervals between the striae also dis- 

 tinctly punctured. A large nearly square brick-red spot occupies 

 the shoulders, reaching downwards to about one third of the length 

 of the elytra and transversely to only a short distance from the 

 scutellum. Legs densely covered with white pubescence, through 

 which a coppery reflection is distinctly visible. 



Length 3 lines. Collected by Mr. Salvin in Guatemala, at an 

 elevation of 5000 feet. In my collection. 



Family Chlamydid^e. 

 Genus Chlamys, Knoch. 



8. Chlamys bartletti, sp. nov. 



Ovate, metallic violet-blue ; head deeply excavated, strongly but 



