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Hyperaspis. 



Muls. Secur. p. 179 (typ. reppensis). 

 I have united Cleothera Muls. (typ. Buquetii) with this genus, 

 as it offers no characters of importance ; I am also unable to 

 separate Hinda, the characters drawn from the elongate scutellum 

 being insufficient and even illusory. The species with denticulate 

 or dilated anterior tibiae are placed first, followed by the species of 

 Mulsant's section Cyra, peculiar to S. America : then come the 

 typical Hyperaspides with a more or less visible basal margin to 

 the thorax ; these occur in Europe, Africa, and America, but 

 appear to be absent from India and Australia. 



A. Thorax not margined behind [Cleothera, Muls.). 

 a. Anterior tibiae denticulate. 



Hyperaspis Buquetii. 



Cleothera Buquetii, Muls. Spec. p. 542. 1. 



Brazil. Distinct by its large size and the denticulate tibia? ; 

 punctuation clear, and rather coarse on the elytra, hardly less so 

 on the thorax. 



Hyperaspis designata. 



Hinda designata, Muls. Spec. p. 518. 1 (T). 

 Bogota (Reicke). This cannot differ generically from H. 

 Buquetii. 



Hyperaspis ambigua. 



Cleothera ambigua, Mids. Spec. p. 596. 34 (T). 



Cayenne (Dejean, Reiche). 



Head very closely but evidently, elytra rather closely, punc- 

 tate. Anterior tibiae denticulate, thorax finely margined at 

 the base ; elytra brown or black, each with 6 yellow spots (2, 1, 

 2,1). 



Hyperaspis decem-verrucata. 



Cleothera 10-verrucata, Muls. Spec. p. 603. 38. 



Brazil (Paris), Columbia (Chevrolat). 



Anterior tibiae denticulate, along the outer edge ; punctuation 

 not very strong, elytra black, each with 5 yellow spots. Mulsant 

 notes a variety (consanguis) from Brazil. 



b. Anterior tibiae dilated into a leaf-like expansion. 



Hyperaspis dilatata, sp. n. 



Entirely testaceous-red ; head strongly punctate, thorax a little 

 more closely so, elytra sparsely but evidently punctate ; anterior 

 tibiae dilated into a broad biangulate expansion on the outer edge. 

 L. 1| lin. Ega (Bates), Cayenne (Deyrolle). Rather like Corystes 



