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the type and .slightly more convex. Cayenne (Dejean). Bahia 

 (Fry). 



Hyperaspis flavocalceata. 



Cleothera Jlavocalceala, Muls. Spec. p. G48. GG (T). 

 Brazil (Chevrolat) . 



B. Thorax margined more or less visibly along the base. 

 (Hyjicraspis, Muls.) 



Hyperaspis C-nigrum. 



Hyperaspis C-nigrnm, Muls. Spec. p. G49. 1. 

 Brazil (Paris, Deyrolle). 



Hyperaspis eupaleoides, sp. n. 



Subhemispherical, tolerably convex, pale yellowish-white with 

 reddish-brown markings ; head alutaceous, with a brown frontal 

 vitta ; thorax spariugly punctate, faintly alutaceous, with 2 ob- 

 triangular brown marks close to the anterior margin (1 on each 

 side of the middle), and a basal brown band, almost divided in 

 front of the scutellum, covering about half the whole base; scutel- 

 lum with the base brown, disc yellowish-white, elytra wkitish- 

 yellow, evidently punctate; suture (narrowly) and 4 irregular spots 

 on each, reddish-brown; the sutural band does not quite reach the 

 apex, and is dilated just before it into a rather large rounded spot ; 

 the 4 spots occupy the elytra, leaving the margins only pale, and 

 are separated by fine lines: the 1st is largest and subquadrate; the 

 2nd reaches the base and the apex of the 3rd, its inner edge 

 straight, its outer edge curved ; the 3rd also large, rhomboidal ; 

 the 4th smaller, subelongate. L. 1 1 lin. Minas Geraes (Deyrolle). 



The system of coloration recalls that of Psyllobora hybrida or 

 Eupalea Suffriani. 



Hyperaspis Oseryi. 

 Cleothera Oseryi, Mids. Spec. p. 559.13 (T). 



Hyperaspis operaria. 



Cleothera operaria, Mvls. Op. in. p. 71 (1853) T. 



Subhemispherical, yellowish-white, clearly punctured, inter- 

 stices evidently alutaceous; a large discoidal black patch, reaching 

 from the anterior \ of the thorax to a little beyond the middle of 

 the elytra, rounded at the ends and contracted in the middle, just 

 beyond the scutellum ; the external margins of the elytra are also 

 narrowly black, and there is a brown discoidal shade on each 

 at | of their length. L. H lin. Brazil (Deyrolle). 



