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dark fuscous colour in tlic middle, ■with a very broad and 

 deep impression, occujiying the -whole of the middle por- 

 tion of the thorax. Elytra but litde longer than the 

 thorax, of the same colour, and Avith similar punctua- 

 tion. Hind body shaped much as in //. -plana, segments 

 2 — i rather closely and finely punctured, oth sparingly 

 punctured, 6th nearly impunctate. Legs yellowish. 



St. Paulo (Amazons) ; one specimen. I think it is a 

 male; if so, it has no well marked peculiarity as such, im- 

 less the very large impression of the thorax be characteris- 

 tic of this sex, as is quite probable. 



Ohs. — Though much smaller than the European Epi- 

 peda plana, this species appears to be structurally closely 

 allied thereto ; the middle coxte are however slightly more 

 widely separated, so that the meso- and meta-sternal pro- 

 cesses are rather less slender and acuminate in E. cava. 



2. Epipeda rufa, n. sp. Angustula, depressa, dense 

 punctata, rufescens, antennis extrorsum, abdomine pec- 

 toreque infuscatis, elytris pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace 

 subquadrato, angulis posterioribus obtuse rectis. Long, 

 corp. \ lin. 



Antenna? moderately long, not stout, scarcely at all 

 thickened towards the extremity, the two or tlu-ee basal 

 joints reddish, the rest dai-ker ; 2nd joint about as stout as 

 the 1st; 3rd shorter than 2nd; 4th smaller than the 

 others ; 5 — 10 differing but little from one another; 11th 

 moderately long. Head rather narrow, a good deal nai-- 

 rower than the thorax, distinctly narrowed behind the 

 eyes, infuscatc reddish, not at all shining, closely and finely 

 punctured. Thorax slightly narrower than the elytra, 

 almost as long as broad, somewhat straight at the sides, 

 being only a little narroAved behind, and but little rounded 

 near the front angles, the hind angles not at all rounded but 

 distinctly obtuse ; dull reddish in colour, finely and closely 

 punctin-ed, quite dull, longitudinally depressed along the 

 middle. El} tra rather elongate, a good deal longer than 

 the thorax, yellow, closely and finely punctured. Hind 

 body ])arallel, all the segments closely, finely and evenly 

 punctured, infuscatc reddish, Avith the extremity ]ialer. 

 Legs, including the coxa% clear yelloAv ; metasternum in- 

 fuscatc at the sides, reddish in the middle. 



Ega ; two individuals in Avhich I see no sexual cha- 

 racters. 



Ohs. — In this species the midille coxa: are quite sepa- 



