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



fulvo-picels, his basi tarsisque fulvis ; tliorace (sub lente) 

 obsoletissime punctato ; elytris regulariter pimctato-striatis, 

 interspatiis planis ; interspatio externo pauUo incrassato. 



Long. 1;^ lin. 



Hah. — Brazil. 



Vertex and front smooth, impnnctate, the latter 

 separated from the lower face by a deep groove, which 

 extends upwards on either side along the inner and upper 

 margins of the eye ; encarpce and carina obsolete ; inter- 

 ocular spaces triangular, smooth, impunctate ; antennae 

 more than half the length of the body, fulvous, five or six 

 outer joints stained with piceous ; 2nd joint shorter than 

 the 3rd, thickened, subovate. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long at the base ; sides nearly straight, slightly 

 converging from base to apex, the anterior angles obtuse ; 

 upper surface shining, faintly but somewhat closely im- 

 pressed with small, shallow, oblong punctures, only visible 

 under a lens ; basal margin bordered by a single row of 

 larger punctures. Elytra broader than the thorax, regu- 

 larly punctate-striate, interspaces impressed with very fine 

 punctures, plane, the one on the outer margin thickened. 



Ch(Btocnema clypeata, 



Ovata, convexa, cuprea, nitida, antennis nigris, his basi, 

 tibiis, tarsisque fulvis, femoribus quatuor anticis piceis; 

 capite thoraceque granulosis, distincte subremote punc- 

 tatis ; illo magno, clypeo fortiter et crebre punctato ; 

 elytris fortiter punctato-striatis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Para. 



Plead broad, trigonate ; vertex and front granulose, 

 distinctly but not closely punctured ; encarpse and carina 

 entirely obsolete ; clypeus with its hinder apex broadly 

 truncate, separated fi-om the front by a transverse groove, 

 which extends entirely across between the antennal cavities ; 

 its surface plane, coarsely and deeply punctured, clothed 

 with adpressed whitish hairs ; labrum large, piceo-cupreous ; 

 cheeks below the eyes coarsely punctured ; antennge half 

 the length of the body, six lower joints fulvous, the rest 

 black. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long; sides nearly 

 straight and parallel, anterior angles thickened, obliquely 

 truncate ; upper surface transversely convex, subcylindrical, 

 subremotely punctured, the interspaces granulose-punctate. 

 Scutellum transverse, impunctate. Elytra broader than 



