46 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



Eumolpus ignitus, Fabr. 



Mant. i. p. 68 ; Oliv. Ent. vi. p. 897, pi. i. fig. 1. 

 cupreus, Oliv. 1. c. p. 897, pi. i. fig. 2. 

 fulgidus, Weber, Obs. Ent. p. 52. 

 alutaceus. Germ. Ins, Spec. Nov. p. 561. 



Elongato-ovatus, postice attenuatus $ , oblongo-ovatus 2 , 

 convexus, nitidus, antennis extrorsum nigris ; tborace 

 tenuiter, irregulariter punctato, lateribus a basi ad apicem 

 convergentibus ; elytris convexis, callo humerali incrassato ; 

 sat crebre punctatis, interstitiis Itevibus aut rugulosis ; tibiis 

 anticis basi cnrvatis, deinde ad apicem fere rectis ; prosterno 

 latitudine longiori, oblongo, postice ampliato, margine 

 postico concavo-emarginato, angulis posticis obtuse rotun- 

 datis $ , magis acutis S; mesosterno latitudine longiori, 

 apice dilatato, trilobate, apice ipso depresso; palporum 

 maxillarium articulis duobus ultimis conjunctim elongato- 

 ovatis. 



Mas. — Abdominis segment© ultimo apice obtuse trun- 

 cato, dorso fovea subrotundata, transversa, medio plerum- 

 que vitta elevata divisa, sat profiinde impresso ; telo brevi, 

 abrupte curvato, apice obtuse rotundato, medio dente brevi 

 acuto armato ; subtus submembranaceo. 



Foem. — Abdominis segmento ultimo obtuse rotundato, 

 apice integro. 



A. Corpus metallico-viridis aut seneus, s«pe cgeruleo-tinctus. 



a. Elytris concoloribus. 



b. Elytris aureis aut viridi-aureis, interdum yiridi-marginatis. 



c. Elytris metallico-violaceis, purpureo-tinctis. 



B. Corpus metallico-purpureus aut cseruleus. 



a. Elytris metallico-viridibus aut teneis aut aureis, interdum viridi- 



marginatis. 



b. Elytris metallico-violaceis. 



Long. 7 — 11 lin. 



Hah. — Brazil, Cayenne, Bogota. 



Head punctured, finely granulose ; clypeus not longer 

 than broad, sides obliquely narrowed from the front towards 

 the apex ; apical margin usually obsolete, when present 

 visible only at the sides, transverse ; antennse moderately 

 robust, not thickened towards the apex in either sex ; third 

 joint distinctly longer than the fourth ; labrum and jaws 

 black. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides con- 

 verging from base to apex, nearly straight behind the 

 middle, rounded in front, all the angles acute ; upper sur- 



