54; (March, 



1. — CaUidircaea scxnotata, u. sp. 



(? . Elongate, narrow, opaque ; nigro-piceons, the month parts, basal joint 

 of the antennae, anterior and basal margins of the prothorax in part, a large 

 hiimeral patch on each elytron, and legs testaceous or ruf o-testaceons, the elytra 

 also with an aiigvilate oblique streak before the middle (extending from near 

 the suture to the outer margin) and a transverse sinuous sub-apical fascia (not 

 quite reaching the suture) flavous ; the entire surface very denseh^, minutely 

 punctate, and clothed with fine, sericeous, gieyish pubescence. Antennae 

 slender, modei-ately long, joint 2 short, not half the length of 3, 3-11 sub-cylin- 

 drical, gradually decreasing in length. Maxillary palpi long, serrate, joint 3 

 transverse, hollowed anteriorly, 4 cultriform, about as long as 2 and 3 united. 

 Prothorax convex, transverse, rounded at the sides, about equally narrowed in 

 front and behind, completely margined laterally, the base feebly arcuate and 

 hollowed for the reception of the base of the elytra, the hind angles rectangidar 

 and projecting obliquely backward, the disc obsoletely canaliculate in the middle 

 behind, the basal foveae indefinite. Scutellum in great part covered, the 

 exposed portion transverse, small. Elytra very elongate, narrower than the 

 prothorax, acuminate posteriorly, flattened on the disc, the humeri rounded 

 and coarsely, transversely asperate. Legs rather stout ; tibiae and posterior 

 tarsi compressed ; anterior tarsi broadly dilated. Length 7, breadth (elytra) 

 I2 mm. 



Hah.: Brazil, Espirito Santo (Fry). 



One male, in good condition. Very like the Australian C. (Dir- 

 caea) venusta Champ., but with a shorter second joint to the antennae, 

 more rounded sides to the prothorax, flatter, difEei-ently marked 

 elytra, etc. 



2. — CaUidircaea flavomamUata, n. sp. 



Very like C. sexnotata,- und with similarly coloiu-ed elytra (except that the 

 oblique flavous mark is less elongate and the sub-apical fascia is wider), the 

 prothorax black in <J , rufescent down the middle and along the anterior and 

 basal margins in $ ; the prothorax not so convex, less rounded at the sides' 

 and broader behind ; the scutellum broader ; the elytra in ^ rapidly, in S 

 gradually, narrowed from a little below the base ; anterior tarsi dilated in ^ ; 

 antennae slightly shorter and stouter in f than in <? . Length 6-7L breadth 

 11-2 mm. ( c? ? .) 



Hab.: Brazil, Kio de Janeiro {Fry). 



One pair, the ,^ much smaller, with the prothorax and base of 

 the elytra dai'ker, and the elytra much less narrowed posteriorly, than 

 the $ . These Brazilian insects were at first placed by me under one 

 name, but they cannot be treated as conspecific, even if allov/ing- for a 

 greater development of the prothorax in the male of one of them. 



