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34. — Scraptia triangularis, n. sp. 



(Plate YII, fig. 9.) 



Elongate, broad, shining', thickly pubescent ; testaceous, the eyes black, 

 the head, prothorax, antennae (joints 1 and 2 excepted), and under surface, 

 sometimes wholly or in part piceous ; the elytra with a common, broad, 

 triangular, scutellar patch, the sides to about the middle, and an elongate- 

 triangular, juxta-sutural patch half way down the disc, these markings some- 

 times connected lateral!}' or reduced to a single triangular median patch, 

 black or piceous ; densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate, the narrow 

 interspaces minutely punctulate. Head broad, short, sub-triangular, hollowed 

 at the base, well developed behind the eyes, and transversely depressed between 

 them, the eyes separated by a little more than their own width as seen from 

 above ; antennae pilose, moderately long, slender, sub-filiform, joint 2 short, 3 

 much longer than 2 and shorter than 4, 4^11 elongate. Prothorax extremely 

 broad, short, the sides rounded anteriorly and parallel at the base, the latter 

 sinuate and with two small deep foveae connected by the conspicuotis marginal 

 groove, the disc sulcate do'ivn the middle and with a large rounded excavation 

 in front of each of the foveae, the hind-angles sub-rectangular. Elytra long, 

 broad, gradually widened to about the middle, and somewhat rapidly narrowed 

 thence to the apex, depressed below the base, and with the apices a little pro- 

 duced. Legs moderately long ; penultimate tarsal joint lobed and rather broad. 

 Length 6^7^, breadth 3 mm. ( 2 ?) 



Hah. : Brazil, Eio de Janeiro {Fry). 



Four specimens, varying in colour, according to the development 

 of the dark markings, one example being almost wholly testaceous, 

 the triangular patch on the inner part of the disc of each elytron 

 excepted. 



35. — Scra2)iia zonitoides, n. sp. 



(Plate VII, fig. 10.) 



Elongate, rather broad, widened posteriorly, shining, closely, finely pubes- 

 cent ; testaceous, the elytra with an elongate humeral streak, a ti-iangular scutellar 

 patch, and a common angulate median fascia (these markings sometimes 

 connected at the base and along the suture), the eyes, the antennae to near the 

 tip, and in one specimen two spots on the disc of the prothorax also, black or 

 piceous ; the entire upper surface densely, finely punctate. Head short, broad, 

 sub -triangular, hollowed at the base, well developed behind the eyes, and 

 depressed in the middle between them ; eyes very large, strongly transverse, 

 separated by less than half their own width as seen from above; antennae 

 pilose, moderately long, rather slender, sub-filiform, joint 2 short, 3-11 elongate, 

 equal in length. Prothorax strongly transverse, a little wider than the head, 

 rapidly, arcuately, narrowing from the base, convex on the disc anteriorlj', the 

 hind angles obtuse ; more or less sulcate down the middle, transversely depressed 



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