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hypocrita ; the male has the sides of the thorax broadly whitish, 

 the female is unicolorous, darker red, and more strongly punc- 

 tate. 



Hyperaspis jncunda. 

 Cleothera jucunda, JIuls. Spec. p. 608. 41 (T). 

 Columbia (Chevrolat, Dejean), Brazil (Deyrolle), Cayenne, 

 Obydos (Bates). Anterior tibia; dilated and biangulate. 



Hyperaspis humerata.* 



Cleothera humerata, Muls. Spec. p. 606. 39 (T). 

 Cayenne (Buquet). 



Hyperaspis retigera. 



Cleothera retigera, Muls. Spec. p. 582. 28 (T). 

 Brazil (Buquet). 



c. Anterior tibise simple. 

 a. Suture with a common black spot before the middle. 



Hyperaspis cognata. 



Cleothera cognata, Muls. Sp>ec. p. 545. 3. 

 Brazil (Paris). 



Convex, bright orange, head and thorax distinctly, elytra 

 rather obsoletely punctate. 



Hyperaspis Galliardi. 



Cleothera Galliardi, Muls. Op. in. p. 73 (1853). 



Cleothera callosa, Deyr. MSS. 



Short, oblong-ovate, clearly and sparsely punctate, light yellow; 

 head variegated with brown; thorax with 2 brown (or black) 

 triangles on the base, i - eaching the anterior margin, aud separated 

 by a narrow medial line; elytra with a large quadrate common 

 spot at ^, and each with 2 other spots, the sutui'e and apical mar- 

 gin, black ; 1 elongate oval on the callus reaching the base, 

 1 obliquely transverse, larger, occupying the apical half, but not 

 reaching the margins. L. If lin. Brazil (Deyrolle). 



Hyperaspis Silvani, sp. n. 



Short, rounded, light yellow, elytra rather obsoletely, thorax 

 more closely punctate; thorax black with the sides yellow, the 

 dark colour running in in a sharp tooth just above the posterior 

 angle; elytra with a common quadrate spot before the middle, 

 eacli with 3 othei-s and a sutural border (dilated slightly at §) 

 black; the first spot large suborbicular on the callus, the other two 

 forming a transverse series in the posterior J, the outer one being 



