HYPERASPIS. 223 



Hyperaspis Victoria?, sp. n. 



" Hyperaspis Victorice" Deyrolle MSS. 



Allied to H. A-signata and with similar markings. Black, 

 ovate, less rounded ; Lead closely punctate ; thorax distinctly 

 truncate in front of the scutellum, very finely and sparsely 

 punctate, sides with a brownish-yellow ill-defined spot, bounded 

 by a line from the posterior angle to the bottom of the anterior 

 sinus ; elytra finely and sparsely punctate, with a large elongate- 

 quadrate orange spot occupying about two thirds, and a smaller 

 transversely oval apical spot, not quite reaching the margins. 

 L. 1^ lin. Cayenne (Deyrolle). Santarem (Bates). 



Hyperaspis petropolitana, sp. n. 



9 . Ovate, convex, clearly punctate, black, with orange 

 markings ; thorax with a triangular orange patch at the anterior 

 angles, not reaching the base; elytra each with 2 irregular orange 

 spots ; 1 large discoidal. extending across -| of the width, 1 small, 

 subti'ansverse, subapical. L. 1 lin. Petropolis (Fry). 



Hyperaspis ovato-notata. 



Cleothera ovato-notata, Muls. Spec. p. 646. 65. 

 Brazil (Trobert). Rio Janeiro (fry). 



Hyperaspis Carolina?, sp. n. 



" Hyperaspis Carolina}" Deyr. MSS. 



9 . Subhemispherical, black, clearly but sparsely punctured ; 

 thorax at the sides with a triangular yellow mark, inner edge 

 dentate, truncate before the scutellum (which is sparsely punc- 

 tate) ; elytra with a moderate-sized yellow oval subapical spot, 

 I'ather nearer the external margin than the suture. L. \\ lin. 

 1 (Deyrolle). 



Hyperaspis Egse, sp. n. 



& . Subhemispherical, piceous ; head yellow, closely punc- 

 tate, thorax closely and tolerably finely punctate, truncate in 

 front of the scutellum, sides broadly whitish, indented by the 

 black pigment in the posterior portion ; scutellum large, thickly 

 punctate; elytra more sparsely punctate, pitchy brown, each 

 with 2 small, hardly visible, orange dots at the base, (1 sub-scu- 

 tellar, 1 over the callus), and a large discoidal irregular (sub-pen- 

 tagonal) whitish-yellow spot, reaching from ^ to §. L. 1 lin. 

 Ega (Bates). 



Hyperaspis ingrata. 



Cleothera ingrata, Muls. Spec. p. 644. 63 (T). 



The male has the head, anterior margin (rather broadly), and 

 sides of the thorax, and the humeral angles of the elytra whitish. 

 Mr Fry's specimens are a little more f strongly punctured than 



