and of uncharacterized species of IIulticincE. 303 



body, six lower joints obscure fulvous, the rest piceous. 

 Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides obliquely 

 converging fi'om base to apex, anterior angles very 

 obliquely truncate ; above subcylindrical, impressed with 

 large I'ound punctures, crowded on the sides, more distant 

 on the disk. Scutellum transverse, its apex broadly 

 rounded. Elyti'a rather broader than the thorax, attenu- 

 ated towards the apex, strongly and regularly punctate- 

 striate ; interspaces ])lane on the inner disk, convex near 

 the outer margin and faintly so towards the apex ; their 

 surfaces rather coarsely granulose, distantly impressed 

 with fine punctures. 



Chcetocnema pallidicornis. 



Auguste ovata, convexa, cuprea, nitida, subtus piceo- 

 nigra, antennis pedibusque flavis, femoribus piceis; capite 

 thoraceque granulosis, illo impunctato, hoc sat remote, 

 minute punctate; elytris infra basin leviter transversim 

 depressis, regulariter punctato-striatis, striis impressis; 

 interspatiis minute granulosis. 



Long. 1^ lin. Hab. — Jamaica. 



Vertex granulose, impunctate, front separated on either 

 side from the interocular space by an oblique groove ; 

 clypeus thickened towards the aj)ex, the latter obtuse, 

 separated from the upper face by a deep transverse groove ; 

 encarpte and carina entirely obsolete; antennae more than 

 half the length of the body, the two upper joints stained 

 with fuscous. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; 

 sides rather broadly margined, parallel, slightly rounded ; 

 antei'ior angles thickened, obtuse, obliquely truncate; 

 upper surface convex, gi^anulose, minutely and rather 

 distantly punctui'ed; basal margin reflexed, bordered with 

 a single row of distinct punctvu'es. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, ovate, attenuated at the apex; above 

 convex, transversely depressed below the basilar space, 

 strongly punctate-striate, the stria3 distinctly sulcate ; in- 

 terspaces finely granulose, here and there impressed with 

 very minute punctures; interspaces on the inner disk 

 nearly plane, those near the outer margin convex. Four 

 anterior thighs pale piceous, the hinder pair darker, 

 tinged with cupreous. 



The transverse depression on the elytra will at oucc 

 separate this species from its allies. 



