and of uncharacterized species of HalticincB. 323 



crebre, tenuiter puiictato, leviter ruguloso ; el jtris oblongis, 

 lateribus sinuatis, tenuiter punctatis, piceis, limbo laterali 

 piceo fiilvo; utrisque plagis duabus, una oblonga, paullo 

 obliqua, a basi prope suturam ad medium producta, altera 

 pone medium subrotundata, fulvis ornatis. 

 Long. 1§ lin. Hah. — Venezuela. 



Head exserted, eyes very large, contiguous ; encaipas 

 well defined, transverse, contiguous ; carina obsolete ; 

 antennte about half the length of the body, black, three 

 lower joints fulvous. Thorax three times as broad as 

 long ; sides converging and slightly rounded from base to 

 apex, the anterior angles obtuse ; upper surface punctured 

 as in M. ornatus. Elytra broader than the thorax, nar- 

 rowly oblong, sinuate on the sides, slightly attenuated 

 towards the apex, punctured similarly to M. ornatus. 



