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distinctly impressed near apex. Elytra not more than 1^^ ^s 

 long as broad. 



Colour : The basal joints of antennae and legs reddish brown. 

 Elytra pitchy black , with slight metallic shine ; between middle 

 and apex near side margin a drop-shaped pale yellow spot. 



(In all other respects like B. Lonae n. sp. , to which it is 

 allied, though it is a distinct species.) 



Patria- Prov. Mendoza , Rep. Argentina. Not numerous ; 

 type specimens in my collection. 



Bemhidium Lonae n. sp. 



Length of body : 2^/2 — 3 mm. 



Shape : Thorax broader than head with eyes, rather globular, 

 -with strongly rounded sides , nearly as long as broad, widest in 

 front of the middle, strongly constricted behind, at base not much 

 more than half as broad as elytra across the Shoulders, narrower 

 than in front ; bind margin somewhat rounded. Elytra oblong- 

 oval , with somewhat rounded sides , widest across the middle, 

 much broader than thorax. 



Colour : Head and thorax greenish metallic, strongly shining. 

 Elytra brownish yellow with dark figuration as in the palearctic 

 B. articulatum , but the bright drop - shaped spot between middle 

 and apex more sharply defined and somewhat paler than the 

 ground colour of elytra. Legs brownish yellow. Antennae some- 

 what dark, but base (4 — 5 joints) brownish yellow. 



Sculpture : Frontal furrows sharp and deep , converging in 

 front. Thorax and head impunctate. Median line of thorax in- 

 distinct or wanting ; basal furrows Single , very deep. Elytra 

 smooth, polished and strongly shining; only sutural stria, which 

 is distinctly punctured in the middle ,"^ nearly normally defined ; 

 next Stria quite rudimentary and only perceptible by some few 

 punctures in the middle ; sometimes an indistinct trace of a third 

 Stria may be seen at the sides. 



Patria : Prov. Mendoza (Rep. Argentina) ; very common. The 

 species is not unlike the B. articulatum, but differs considerably 

 by the almost entire want of Striae of elytra. 



Bemhidium Engelharti n. sp. 



Length of body: 3^2 — ^ mm. 



Shape : Thorax broader than head, globularly convex, about as 

 long as broad, nearly circular, with strongly rounded sides, widest 

 across middle; base strongly constricted, narrower than in front, 

 half as broad as elytra. Elytra somewhat prolonged , twice as 



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