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



ginato, dorso fovea magna subrotundata ad marginem ex- 

 tensa leviter impresso ; telo elongate, basi curvato, apice 

 spathulato, paullo recurvato, apice ipso dente brevi armato. 



Fcem. — Abdominis segmento ultimo apice leviter emar- 

 ginato, dorso fovea magna male definita leviter excavato. 



Long. 5^ — 8 1 lin. 



Hab. — Cayenne, Martinique. 



Head granulose, subrugulose, rather coarsely punc- 

 tured ; front impressed with a longitudinal groove, wbich 

 is sometimes obsolete ; clypeus scarcely broader than long, 

 sides straight, obliquely converging from the anterior 

 margin towards the apex, the apical margin entirely obso- 

 lete ; antennas less slender than in E. speciusus, the 

 five outer joints very slightly thickened in both sexes; 

 third and fifth joints equal, each longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax nearly twice as broad as long; sides rounded, con- 

 verging at base and apex, rarely parallel at the base in the 

 2 ; above minutely granulose, finely but distinctly punc- 

 tured. Scutellum semiovate, excavated at the base. Elytra 

 much broader than the thorax; above convex, humeral 

 callus prominent ; surface nitidous, rather coarsely punc- 

 tate, interspaces finely punctured, impressed (but not very 

 closely) with fine, irregular stride. 



Eumolpus speciosus. 



Elongato-ovatils, convexus, metallico-purpureus, nitidus, 

 sgepe violaceo-micans, antennis gracilibus; thorace late- 

 ribus rotundatis, ad apicem convergentibus ; dorso tenuis- 

 sime punctato ; elytris anguste oblongis, postice attenuatis, 

 sat crebre, distincte punctatis ; tibiis modice curvatis ; 

 prosterno longitudini fere gequilato, postice ampliato, 

 margine postico recto, angulis posticis acutis, apice ob- 

 tusis; mesosterno latitudini gequilongo, apice dilatato, ob- 

 tuse rotundato ; palporum maxillarium articulis duobus 

 ultimis gequilongis, conjunctim ovatis, ultimo conico. 



Mas. — Abdominis segmento ultimo integro, apice ex- 

 treme obtuso ; dorso non foveolato, utrinque punctato, 

 medio vitta IsBvi impunctato instructo ; telo elongato, basi 

 curvato, ad apicem recurvato, vix ampliato, apice ipso 

 obtuso, utrinque excavato, medio breviter producto, trun- 

 cate. 



Foem. — Abdominis segmento ultimo apice obtuse trun- 



