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



palporum maxillarium articulis duobus ultimis £equi- 

 longis, conjunctim ovatis. 



Mas. — Tibiis apice in dentem brevem acutum extror- 

 sum productis, tibiis anticis leviter curvatis ; abdominis 

 segmento ultimo integro, obtuse rotundato, dorso medio 

 longitudinaliter depresso, utrinque obsolete mamillato ; ^telo 

 elongato, basi curvato, apice spathulato, apice ipso obtuse 

 truncato, medio dente acuto, paullo recurvato armato. . 



Foem. — Abdominis segmento ultimo apice integro. 



Long. 6^ — 7 lin. 



Hab. — Amazon; collected by Mr. Bates. 



Head finely granulose, irregularly but not closely punc- 

 tured ; clypeus distinctly longer than broad, sides slightly 

 rounded, obliquely converging from the front towards the 

 apex, apical margin obsolete ; antennae slender, five upper 

 joints not thickened in the $ , very slightly thickened in 

 the $ ; third and fifth joints equal in length, each longer 

 than the fourth in the $ ; third and two following joints 

 nearly equal in the ? ; jaws and labrum nigro-piceous. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, converging 

 at base and apex, all the angles acute ; above transversely 

 convex, finely granulose, impressed with fine round punc- 

 tures. Scutellum semiovate, smooth, impressed with a 

 few fine punctures. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, convex, faintly excavated below the scutellum, 

 coarsely and rather closely punctured, interspaces minutely 

 but not closely punctured, sparingly impresso-strigose. 

 Legs slender, thickened apices of tibiae produced outwardly 

 into a short acute tooth. 



Eumolpus carinatus. 



Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, metallico-purpureus, violaceo- 

 aut Eeneo-micans, antennis obscure viridi-eeneis, extrorsum 

 nigro-a3neis ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, ad apicem de- 

 flexis ; dorso granuloso, subnitido, tenuiter punctidato ; 

 elytris circa scutellum obsolete excavatis, sat crebre 

 punctatis, infra callum humerale vitta elevata brevi in- 

 structis ; tibiis vix curvatis ; prosterno longitudine latiori, 

 postice ampliato, margine postico truncato, medio vix 

 sinuato, angulis posticis acutis, apice obtusis; mesosterno 

 latitudine longiori, ad apicem dilatato, trilobato, lobis 

 lateralibus parvis, lobo apicali brevi, lato, obtuse angulato, 

 apice depresso ; palporum maxillarium articulis duobus 

 ultimis conjunctim ovatis. 



