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1. — Uroplafopsis oc7ireofasAic/ta, n. sp. 



(Plate II, fig. 12.) ^'^^{Tu.^^ ..,.., •> ' 



Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, i|'atlier dull, the legs shining; 

 black, the basal joint of the maxillary palpi, the apical joint of the antennae, 

 a large outwardly-widened patch on each elytron before the apex (nearly 

 reaching the suture and extending forwards along the indexed margin), and 

 the intermediate and posterior femora at the base, testaceous or ochreous ; the 

 head, elytra, and legs set with long, erect or projecting, bristly hairs. Head 

 very coarsely, conflueutly punctate, transverselj' depressed between the eyes, 

 the latter rather small, transverse, distant from one another and from the base 

 of the head ; antennae long, stout, the joints 3-10 triangular, broad, 3-7 

 gradually becoming wider, 8-10 diminishing in size, 11a little longer than 10. 

 Prothorax not longer than broad, about as wide as the head, rounded at the 

 sides and constricted before the base ; very uneven, rugosely vermiculate, with 

 two broad, curved, transverse, tuberculiform elevations on each side of the 

 disc, the basal and apical margins raised. Elytra very elongate, much broader 

 than the prothorax, widening from the base to near the apex, rounded at the 

 tip ; with closely packed series of broad, transverse impressions separated by 

 conspicuous shining ridu-es, the interstices narrowly costate throuorhout. Meta- 

 thoracic episterna deeply grooved along their inner edge. Legs long, very 

 coarsely punctate, the femora clavate. 



Length 9^, breadth 3 mm. 



Sab.: ^cv AJiOK (Bucklet/). 



One specimen, sex not identified. Very different from any o£ the 

 described species, and recognizable by its black body, the unusually 

 elongate, posteriorly widened elytra, which have a broad ochreous 

 subapical fascia, the quadri-tuberculate, vermiculate prothorax, the 

 rugose head, etc. 



2. — JJrojjlafopsis peruviana. 



ZTroplafopsis peruviana Pic, Melanges exot.-entom. i, p. 9 (Nov. 

 1911). 



Var. inornata, n. var. Elytra wholly black, the humeri excepted ; the 

 head usually much smoother and polished before and behind the deep 

 transverse inter-ocular sulcus. 



Hah. : Peru (type of Pic), Nauta {Mns. Brit.) ; Upper Amazons, 

 Ega, Tunantins, Para (jff. W. Bates : Mus. Brit., Mus. Oxon.). 



A dozen specimens before me from the Amazon-region seem to be 

 referable to IT. peruviana Pic, four having the elytra cohmred as he 

 describes (black, with an elongate humeral patcli and a common post- 

 median fascia, which are sometimes coalescent laterally, ochreous or 



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