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H. Friese. 



12. Epicharis affinis Sm. 



1874. Epicharis affinis Smith, 9, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), XIII, pag. 320. 



»9. Black; head slightly shining; the clypeus and labrum strongly punctured; the 

 insect otherwise closely resembling scutellata, from which it differs in having the scu- 

 tellum rounded behind, the legs dark rufo-piceous, tibiae have no spots at their apex; 

 the abdomen is black-brown and the basal segment of the abdomen is immaculate, 

 the apical segment has no pale pubescence and the fringe on the Segments beneath is 

 dark brown. Length 9 lines (= 19 mm.). 



»Brasil (Tunantins, Amazon); Bahia. 



»A specimen from Bahia has the lateral maculae on the 2. segment larger and has 

 a narrow fascia at the basal margin of the 3. segment.« 



1 1 . Epicharis quadrinotata Mocs. 



?i8o4. Epicharis umbraculata Fabricius, Syst. Piez., pag. 355, n. 5, var.! 

 1898. Epicharis quadrinotata Mocsary, cT 9, Termesz. Füz., XXI, pag. 499 (sec. spec. 

 typ.). 



»Submagna, elongata, sat robusta, nigra; fronte inter antennas acute carinata, an- 

 tennis nigro-fuscis, articulis duobus primis tertiique basi nigris; pedibus duobus ante- 

 rioribus femoribusque posticis nigro-pilosis, his tibiis metatarsisque scopa fulvida; 

 mesonoto scutelloque subplanato nitidis, densissime punctulatis, punctis tamen etiam 

 paulo majoribus sparsis inmixtis; abdomine nigro, segmentis dorsalibus subtilissime 

 dense punctulatis, 2—3 lateribus macula flava ornatis, macula segmenti secundi magna, 

 totum segmentum occupans, antice dilatata, tertii minuta longiuscula linearis; alis nigro- 

 violaceis. Long. 18 — 20 mm. 



»9. Capite nigro, nigro-piloso, clypeo labroque nigris, sat sparsim subrugoso- 

 punctatis, illo planato, nitido, basi subimpresso, utrinque acute carinato, carinulasuperne 

 convergente apicem truncatum non attingente, hoc longiusculo, apice rotundato, orbitis 

 oculorum internis nigris, mandibulis in medio rufis; thorace supra lateribusque cinereo-, 

 pectore nigro-velutinis, illo pilis nigris paucioribus inmixtis. 



»ö\ Capite nigro, nigro-piloso, clypeo nigro, sat sparsim subrugoso-punctato, 

 planato, nitido, basi late impresso et utrinque acute carinato, carinula superne con- 

 vergente apicem truncatum non attingente, labro subrotundo, pallide-flavo, brunneo- 

 nigro cincto, sparsim longius nigro-piloso, orbitis oculorum internis subtus macula 

 semicirculari flava ornatis, mandibulis nigris; thorace supra lateribusque superne cinereo- 

 inferne pectoreque nigro-velutinis, illo pilis nigris majori numero inmixtis. 



»Species: de maculis lateralibus segmentorum 2—3 facile cognoscitur. 



»Bolivia (S. Antonio) et Brasilia (Espirito Santo et Blumenau); 3 cT et i 9 (Mus. 

 Budapest).« 



Epicharis quadrinotata fällt ebenfalls durch die helle Thoraxbehaarung auf, doch 

 ist das Scutellum ganzrandig und glänzender wie hQ.\fasciata, das Abdomen zeigt nur 

 auf Segment 2 jederseits einen grossen gelben Fleck, oft auch einen kleinen auf 3 

 und 4 (cf). 



Espirito Santo, Rio Janeiro (Mus. Wien, Coli. Friese und Saussure). Ducke- 

 Para fing die Art (9) selten an Bixa orellana, 15. September 1899. 



