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elongate, black ; on the upper side the 4th segment has 

 a large red blotch on each side ; the hinder half of the 

 yth and of the 7th segments red, the basal portions of the 

 segments with coarse but not dense punctures ; on the 

 underside black, with the hind ])art of the 7th and small 

 patches at the angles of the 4th and 5th segments red, 

 very coarsely punctured, each of the terminal segments 

 witli a small smooth space towards the extremity. Legs 

 quite black. 



Ega ; a single female ; also a variety from the Upper 

 Amazons, brighter in colour, punctuation slightly coarser, 

 and thorax obsoletely bi-impressed ; this variety also re- 

 presented by only a single female. 



The Staphylimis cenens of Olivder, from Surinam, is 

 probably a closely allied species. 



2. Tanodema Iccvis, n. sp. Elongata, nitida, nigra, 

 capite thoraceque superne viridi-a3neis, elyti'is violaceo- 

 caBruleis ; abdominis apice rufo, antennarum basi palpisque 

 testaceis. Long. corp. 8 lin. ; lat. elytrorum 1^ lin. 



INIas : abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice medio 

 triangidariter exciso. 



Antennae rather slender, If lin. in length, black, the 

 two basal joints yellow but infuscate inwardly ; 3rd joint 

 twice as long as 2nd, the apical joints slender. Palpi 

 obscure yellow; mandibles pitchy. Head above shining 

 brassy, the front part coarsely punctured; a si)ace in front 

 of the vertex nearly inq)unctate, the vertex on either side 

 coarsely punctured. Thorax a little longer than broad, 

 11 lin. in length, 1 lin. in breadth, nearly parallel-sided, 

 simihir in colour to the head, with a longitudinal patch of 

 punctures on each side the middle, with some other coarse 

 punctures at the side about one-third of the length from 

 the front, and three or four others behind these, and also 

 with some fine ])unetures scattered s])aringly over the 

 surface. Seutelluni same colour as head and thorax, with 

 a few rather coarse punctures. Elytra scarcely longer 

 than the thorax, violet, but blue at the base, smooth and 

 shining, very sparingly punctiu-ed, the punctures becoming 

 extremely fine and sparing towards the extremity. Hind 

 body shining black ; the 7th segment (except its base) and 

 the 8th bright-orange colour, each segment at its base with 

 a fcAv coarse but obsolete punctures. Legs and imder 

 surface (except extremity) black ; under face of hind body 



