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fulvis : thorace utrinque prope basin dilatato et subspinoso, deinde antice valde 

 angustato ; elytris sutura, costis duabus dorsalibus, alteraque lateralis elevatis : 

 antennis nigris scapo longissimo. Long. Q\ lin. 



Differs from Sparna lycoides (Thorns.) chiefly in colour. The 

 tawny spot on the shoulders is connected on each side, by means of a 

 broadish vitta, with the median fascia of the same colour ; but the 

 epipleura, up to the base, and a large basal patch common to both 

 elytra, as well as the apical third, remain black. The under-side and 

 legs are black ; the bases of only fore and middle femora being 

 reddish. 



Province of Parana, Brazil. 



Carneades perscxnata. 

 Nigra, subtilissime purpureo-fusco sericata, thorace vitta dorsali latissima, elytris 

 plaga communi basali oblonga {medio constricta) maculaque magna rotundata (gutta 

 nigra includenti) versus apicem, et macula triangulari apicali, ochraceis, cinereo- 

 marginatis : antennis nigris, articulis 4 to , 6 t0 ,et 8 t0 basi albis, scapo ciliato ; corpore 

 subtus nigro, sternis utrinque ochraceo-plagiatis, ventre apice ochraceo : thorace sub- 

 conico a basi usque ad apicem recte angustato : elytris apice truncatis, angulo 

 exteriori longe spinoso,humeris acutis ,carinis duabus lateralibus postice evanescentibus, 

 dorso versus basin aspere et parce punctato. Long. 8 lin. 



New G-ranada. 



Caekeades nodicornis. 



Convexa, tuberculo centro-basali valde elevato, antennarum scapo apice subito 

 fortissime clavato ; supra, guttis nigris et rufis Icete variegata,fasciisque duabus 

 purpureo-fuscis ochraceo-albo marginatis, interstitiis viridi-atneis sericeis : subtus 

 ochraceo-cinereo, pedibus nigris cinereo-annulatis : antennis piceo-rufis, articulis apice 

 nigris, 3 t0 , 4? t0 , el 6 t0 basi cinereis. Long. 6 lin. 



A prettily-variegated species, differing from C. superba, the type 

 of the genus, in the elytra having strongly-elevated centro-basal 

 tubercles, and the antennal scape being more abruptly clavate. The 

 shoulders of the elytra are prominent, and the lateral carinae faint, as 

 in that species ; the apex is truncated and spined in a similar way. 

 The thorax differs in its sides being prominent and slightly tuberculated 

 in the middle ; in colour it is black with reddish marks, and a broad 

 ashy-white vitta on each side. 



Equador (Buckley) ; Prontino, New G-ranada ("Wallis). 



Carkeades reticulata. 



Oblongo-elongata, albo-cinerea, elytris passim lineis et maculis nigris reticulatim 

 variegatis ; thorace supra inaquali, tuberculoque laterali prope basin, dorso litura 

 nigra h/\-formi: elytris magis parallelis, medio dorso et lateribus fortiter carinatis, 

 apice late truncatis, angulo exteriore valde pro ducto et acuto. Long. 7 — 8 lin. 



Prontino, New Granada (Wallis). 



Bartholomew Koad, Kentish Town, N.W. : 

 April, 1881. 



