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joining at the base; the mesosternum has a short bent stria 
at either anterior angle and a very fine, transverse, slightly 
bent stria before the suture which joins the metasternal 
lateral stria; the first abdominal segment has a lateral stria 
which is sinuous behind the coxe and reaches the apex, and 
there is an apical dimidiate outer stria; the anterior tibiz are 
5-dentate and the teeth are at equal distances apart. 
Hab. 8. Antonio da Barra, Bahia, 11th December, 1888 
(EL. Gounelle) . 
Baconia choaspites, sp. n. 
Breviter ovata, subdepressa, viridi-cyanea, nitida; antennis pedi- 
busque piceis; fronte leviter impressa; pronoto post angulos 
foveolato ; elytris striis 5 et suturali nullis; prosterno bistriato ; 
mesosterno stria marginali interrupta, stria transversa arcuata, 
utrinque abbreviata ; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 
L, 25 mill. 
Shortly oval, rather depressed, greenish blue, shining ; the 
thorax is rather less blue than the elytra; the head, forehead 
impressed, labrum narrow, with an arcuate outline anteriorly, 
surface with a few irregular punctures large and small, outline 
emarginate before the eye, without strie; the thorax some- 
what sparingly punctured laterally, marginal stria complete, 
behind the anterior angles is a small fovea, the scutellar 
puncture is small but distinct; the elytra, humeral stria 
wanting, 1 and 2 complete and somewhat crenulate and joined 
at the base, 3 complete but fine apically, 4 basal and bent 
towards the suture with an apical punctiform appendage, 5 is 
represented by an apical line of punctures; the pygidia are 
sparingly punctured; the prosternum, anterior lobe is mar- 
gined with a somewhat strong stria anteriorly, but the stria 
at the sides is represented by punctures only, keel bistriate, 
striee parallel to each other and not joining at either end; the 
mesosternum, marginal stria is interrupted anteriorly, and 
before the metasternal suture there is a transverse bent 
crenulate stria in the middle which is well-shortened on either 
side, the sutura] stria is very fine and joins the metasternal 
lateral stria, which is more marked; the first abdominal 
segment has a sinuous lateral stria which does not reach the 
apex ; the anterior tibie are 4-dentate, the three nearest the 
tarsi are obtuse. 
Hab. Serra de Communaty, Pernambuco, 11th March, 
1893 (H. Gounelle). 
Baconia Gounellet. 
Phelister Gounellet, Mars. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) vii. p. exviii (1887). 
Hab, Caraca, Minas Geraes, Brazil (H. Gounelle, 1885). 
