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ME. J. BALT ON" NEW SPECIES 



striatis, interspatiis laevibus, hie illic ante medium obsolete trausver- 

 sim rugulosis. Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Amazons. A single specimen, formerly in the collection 

 of Mr. "W. W. Saunders. 



Head nearly glabrous ; vertex and neck shining, nearly im- 

 punctate, front finely and remotely, the upper portion of the 

 face more closely and strongly punctured ; space between the 

 eyes impressed with a rather deep but ill-defined longitudinal 

 groove ; clypeus transverse, bounded on either side by a short 

 deep groove, its surface smooth and shining, impunctate ; labrum 

 obscure fulvous ; antennse nearly as long as the body, filiform, 

 not thickened towards the apex, three outer joints white, the rest 

 black. Thorax nearly one fourth longer than broad, sides con- 

 stricted behind the middle ; above cylindrical, slightly but di- 

 stinctly depressed transversely across the middle of disk ; sur- 

 face smooth, middle of disk nearly impunctate, glabrous, sides 

 sparingly punctured, clothed with a few griseous hairs. Scu- 

 tellum trigonate, slightly longer than broad, its apex obtusely 

 truncate. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, dehiscent at 

 the sutural angle, slightly depressed along the base, regularly 

 punctate-striate ; interspaces smooth and shining, impunctate. 

 Hinder pair of thighs moderately thickened. 



Megascelis basalis, n. sp. Elongata, subcylindrica, pube fulva par- 

 cius vestita, subtus fulva, pectore aeneo-micante ; supra, antennis basi 

 exceptis, fulvo-senea, nitidissima, tibiis anticis quatuor dorso ad 

 apieem, posticis apice tarsisque nigris; thorace viridi-aeneo macu- 

 culato, pauUo latiore quam longiore, dorso complanato, utrinque ex- 

 cavato, pone apieem sparse, basi minus remote punctato; elytris 

 quam thorax multo latioribus, anguste oblongis, parallelis, sat fortiter 

 punctato-striatis, interspatiis transversim rugulosis, rugulis ad apieem 

 fere deletis, utrinque macula ovata baseos metallico-caerulea, callo 

 humerali laete viridi-metallico. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hah. Eio Janeiro. Collected by the late Mr. Squire. 



Vertex and neck nearly impunctate ; upper portion of face 

 sparingly impressed with deep punctures ; space between the 

 upper half of the eyes with a fine longitudinal groove, its anterior 

 extremity bifurcate, surface between the bifurcations depressed ; 

 clypeus transverse, bounded on either side by a deep oblique 

 groove ; its surface nearly impunctate, only a very few punctures 

 being visible at the extreme base ; jaws black ; antennae with the 

 three lower joints seneous, the following five black (the others 



