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and attached to the outer margin, the other on the hinder 

 disk. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Spilophora speciosa. 



S. minus triangularis, subconvexa, fulva, nitida ; elytris plagis duabus 

 communibus et utrisque macula marginali Isete cyaneis. — Long. 

 3i Hn. 



Less trians;ular than any of the other species, subovate, nar- 

 rowed behind, bright fulvous; elytra with two large common 

 patches, and each with a marginal spot, bright metallic blue. 

 Antennae rather more than half the length of the body. Head 

 smooth. Thorax transverse, sides rounded, nearly straight be- 

 hind; above slightly convex, smooth and shining, sides con- 

 cave and irregularly excavated. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, ovate ; shoulders rounded ; sides dilated and rounded to 

 the middle, thence narrowed towards the apex, the latter acutely 

 rounded; above smooth and shining, finely punctate-striate, 

 puncturing somewhat irregular on the sides ; dilated margin 

 deflexed, distantly punctured ; bright fulvous, two large trans- 

 verse common patches, one at the base, the other below the 

 middle, transversely ovate, and a small ovate spot placed near 

 the middle of the outer margin on each elytron, shining metallic 

 blue. 



Hab. Ega, Upper Amazons. 



Spilophora Bohemani. 



S. subtriangularis, flavo- fulva, nitida ; antennis nigris ; elytris cseruleo- 

 purpureis, flavo-fulvo-marginatis. — Long. 3jlin. 



Very similar in form to S. sellata^ but differing from that 

 species in the broader thorax, in being rather less triangular 

 and more ovate, in having black antennae, and in the different 

 coloration of the elytra, which have also their outer border 

 more closely punctured. Antennae black, their basal joints 

 flavo-fulvous ; eyes piceous. Thorax twice as broad as long ; 

 sides rounded; disk smooth, slightly convex, sides indistinctly 

 excavated, sparingly punctured. Scutellum smooth, im punc- 

 tate. Elytra subovate, truncate at the base ; shoulders rounded, 

 sides gradually dilated and rounded to their middle, thence nar- 

 rowed to their apex, the latter subacutely rounded; above mode- 

 rately convex, disk regularly punctate-striate, puncturing con- 

 fused towards the sides, lateral margin moderately dilated, 

 closely and irregularly punctured ; bright metallic blue, the 

 entire limb (the inner half of the base excepted) bright flavo- 

 fulvous. 



Hab. S. Paulo, Upper Amazons. Collected by Mr. H.W.Bates. 



