2(58 [Deccuibur, 



in the centre before the base, and hollowed on each side of this, the two basal 

 foveae just traceable. Elytra elong-ate, much broader than the prothorax, 

 widening to beyond the middle, and arcuately narrowing thence to the i-ounded 

 apex, broadly depressed on the disc below the base. Legs rather stout, moder- 

 ately elongate ; penultimate tarsal joint strongly lobed. Length 6-6s, breadth 

 2^-2f mm. ( ? ?) 



Hab. : Amazons, Ega {H. W. Bates). 



Three specimeus, two of tliem with the dark elytral markings 



coalescent. Narrower than the variable S. triangularis, the eyes 



smaller and less approximate, the head less dilated behind them, the 



antennae with a longer third joint, the prothorax not nearly so broad, 



the elytra more finely punctate, and with the common triangular 



central portion of the median fascia extending forwards along the 



suture. 



36. — Scraptia inornata, n. sp. 



Elongate, broad, the head and prothorax dixll, the elytra shining, thickly 

 pubescent; piceous or reddish-brcwn, tl-e head, the margins of the prothorax 

 and abdomen more or less rufescent, the legs, the basal joints of the antennae, 

 and the al)domen testaceous in one example; the head and prothorax densely 

 scabroso-punctate, the punctiiring of the elytra much coarstr and not so close, 

 the narrow inter.-paces minutely punctulate. Head short, broad, sub-triangxilar, 

 well developed behind the eyes and transverselj" depressed between them, the 

 eyes separated by more than their OAvn width as seen from above; antennae 

 long, slender, filifoim, pilose, joint 2 short, 3 much longer than 2 and shorter 

 than 4, 4-11 elongate. Prothorax extremely bread, short, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly and parallel at the base, the latter sinuate and with two deep foveae 

 connected by the fine marginal groove, the disc without other definite 

 depressions. Elytra long, broad, gradually widened to the middle and narrowed 

 thence to the apex, transversely depressed below the base. Penultimate tarsal 

 joint broadly lobed. Length 6-^-7, breadth 2f-2i mm. ( ? ?) 



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



Two specimens, one nuich dai'ker than the other. Near S. triangu- 

 laris, differing from it in the opaque, densely scabroso-punctate head 

 and prothorax, the latter without depressions on the disc other than 

 the two basal foveae, and the uniformly infuscate elytra, the latter 

 having a faint aeneous lustre in the darker individual. S. inornata 

 has the general facies of a Dascillid or Cistelid. 



37. — Scraptia {f) crihrvpennis, n. sp. 

 (Plate VII, fig. 11, ? .) 



? . Oblong obovate, rather convex, shining, finely pubescent ; sordid 

 testaceous, the antennae (joints 1-3 excepted) infuscate, the eyes black ; head 



