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Cleothera dorsata, Muls. Spec. p. 1038. 



Columbia (Dupont), Carthagena (Dejean). Punctuation to- 

 lerably close on the elytra, more taint on the thorax. 



Hyperaspis camelina, sp. n. 



Cleothera camelina, Muls. MSS. 



S • Convex, subovate, coai'sely and strongly punctate, thorax 

 hardly less so, yellowish-white ; thorax with a large basal triangle, 

 truncate at the apex (which reaches beyond the middle) ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra with a large common black patch, of the same 

 width as the mark on the thorax at the base, gradually dilating, 

 and ending in a very obtuse angle at § ; a small indefinite dash 

 on the callus is connected with the outside of this mark. L. £ lin. 

 Santarem (Bates). 



y. Oblong, sub-depressed, head and thorax alutaceous. 



Hyperaspis loricata. 



Cleothera loricata, Muls. Spec. p. 544. 2. 



Form oblong, sub-depressed. Head and thorax alutaceous, 

 faintly and rather sparsely punctulate, elytra clearly punctate. My 

 specimen, which agrees with this description, appears to have the 

 thorax margined, but very indistinctly. Brazil (Paris). 



Hyperaspis hexastigma. 



Cleothera hexastigma, Muls. Spec. p. 556. 10 (T). 



Brazil (Reiche, Buquet), N. Fribourg. 



This species has the depressed form and rather obsolete punc- 

 tuation of H. loricata, which might be regarded as the extreme 

 suffused form of it. 



Hyperaspis crucifera. 



Cleothera crucifera, Mills. Sf>ec. p. 555. 9 (T). 

 Brazil (Chevr.). Allied to H. hexastigma. 



Hyperaspis gracilis. 



Cleothera gracilis, Muls. Spec. p. 558. 11. 



Brazil (Germar, Deyrolle). Allied to //. hexastigma, but has 

 only one subapical spot ; it bears the same relation to it as //. 5- 

 notata does to U. triacantha. 



Hyperaspis Castelnaudi. 



Chotliera Castelnaudi, Muls. Sp>ec. p. 559. 12. 



Matto Grosso, Brazil (Paris). Two specimens so named in M. 

 Deyrolle's collection are allied to //. hexastigma, but have 

 obviously an immature colouring. 



*Elytra brown with white margins and intersecting lines, 

 as in Psyllobora. 

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