304 REVUE ET MAGASIN DE ZOOLOGIE, 1876. 



lis 5 vel 6 basalibus rubro-fulvis, reliquis fuscis. Protho- 

 rax paulo latior quam longior, lateribus subrotundatis, a 

 basi ad apicem modice convergentibus , arcte margi- 

 natis, angulis anticis deflexis, obtusis ; superne convexus, 

 creberrime punctatus et pube griseâ adpressâ vestitus. 

 Scutellum semicirculare, dense punctatum. Elytra pro- 

 thorace basi paulo latiora, subparallela , ultra médium 

 sensim attenuata, apice subrotundata, superne con- 

 vexiuscula, infra humeros subobsolete transversim im- 

 pressa, juxta callum humeralem longitudinaliteî" utrinque 

 modice sulcata, creberrime undique subtiliter punctata et 

 pilis griseis dense longius obtecta. 



Sph^ropis aureopilosa. 



Breviter oblongo-ovata, subtus viridi-senea, supra œneo- 

 cwpreo-metallica, subnitida^ pube molli aureâ adpressâ 

 dense vestita, oculis nigris^ labro piceo, antennarum basi 

 tibiisque saturate rufo-fulvis ^ femoribus totis seneo-viri- 

 dibus, tarsis piceis. 



Long. 3 1/4-3 1/2 mill. — Lat. 1 1/2 mill. ^ 

 Peru. 



Sph^ropis brunnipes. 



Breviter oblongo-ovata, subtus obscure viridi-senea, su- 

 pra saturate cyanea, fere nlgra^ pube subaured adpressâ 

 minus dense vestita, oculis albidis, labro mandïbulisque 

 apice piceis, pedibus antennisque saturate rufo-fulvis, his 

 apice infuscatis. 



Long. 2 1/2-2 3/4. milL — Lat. 1-1 1/4 milL 

 Peru (Pozuzu) — mus. Kirsch. 



Sph^ropis nigricornis. 



Breviter oblongo-ovata , subtus saturate-viridi-senea, su- 

 pra obscure violaceo-cuprea, pube subaured adpressâ mi- 

 nus dense vestita; labro, palpis, mandïbulisque apice, 

 piceis; antennis cyaneo-nigris ^ articuUs 5 basalibus^ ti- 



