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Show 810 MR. M. JACOBY ON NEW COLEOPTERA. [Dec. 5, finely but closely pubescent, the base, a narrow transverse band in the middle, and a round spot near the apex black. Length 4 lines. Hab. Amazons. Two specimens in m y collection. Genus SAXINIS, Lac. b. SAXINIS PROPINO.UA, n. sp. Oblong, parallel, shining violet-blue, beneath moderately covered with short whitish pubescence. Head finely and sparingly punctured near the vertex, finely striated round the eyes. Antennae with the second and third joint fulvous. Thorax broader than long, minutely punctured on the disk, stronger at the sides and base. Scutellum broad, triangular, strongly punctured. Elytra rather deeply punctate-striate, the punctures more crowded near the scutellum, the interstices raised a little and smooth. A bright red spot on each shoulder of a rounded, triangular shape, which does not extend to the lateral margin except at the base, which at that place is perfectly smooth. Legs violet-blue. Length 2 lines. Hab. California. This species is closely allied to S. omogera, Lacord., and also to S. quadrina, Lac, but is distinguished from the first by its much finer punctuation of the elytra, and especially of the thorax, by the antennae having the 2nd and 3rd joints fulvous, and from S. quadrina by the different shape of the red shoulder-spot, which is in this species quadrate, while in the species before us, it is smaller and triangular. 7. SAXINIS GUATEMALENSIS, n. sp. Oblong, parallel, above dark greenish black, shining, beneath closely covered with white pubescence. Head closely covered with longitudinal striae, which, towards the mouth only, assume the form of punctures. Thorax much widened in the middle, very convex and everywhere closely covered with distinct punctures, which towards the sides are a little more strongly impressed. Scutellum with a raised middle line also strongly punctured. Elytra very strongly punctate-striate, the intervals between the striae also distinctly punctured. A large nearly square brick-red spot occupies the shoulders, reaching downwards to about one third of the length of the elytra and transversely to only a short distance from the scutellum. Legs densely covered with white pubescence, through which a coppery reflection is distinctly visible. Length 3 lines. Collected by Mr. Salvin in Guatemala, at an elevation of 5000 feet. In m y collection. Family CHLAMYDIDJE. Genus C H L A M Y S , Knoch. 8. C H L A M Y S BARTLETTI, sp. nov. Ovate, metallic violet-blue; head deeply excavated, strongly but |