HYPERASPIS. 225 



Hyperaspis micilla. 



Cleothera micilla, Muls. Op. ill. p. 7G (1853) T. 



Subovate, yellowish-red, punctulate ; elytra with a common ill- 

 defined elongate quadrate brown spot, extending from the scutel- 

 lum to |. L. f lin. Caracas (Deyrolle). Evidently immature. 



Hyperaspis pectoralis. 



Cleothera pectoralis, Deyr. MSS. 



Hemispherical, closely and evidently punctulate, entirely of an 

 obscure reddish-yellow ; suture and margins of the elytra very 

 narrowly edged with brown. L. 1 lin. Brazil (Deyrolle). The 

 convex rounded form will serve to distinguish this species. 



Hyperaspis sagittata, sp. n. 



Subhemispherical, whitish-yellow with reddish-brown mark- 

 ings, clearly and evidently punctulate ; thorax with 5 brown 

 triangular marks, 3 basal, and 2 reversed in front, not reaching 

 the anterior margin ; elytra with the suture and margins edged 

 with brown, 2 spots united by their apices (but not reaching 

 either margin) in the anterior j, also brown; a brown spot near 

 the margin in the middle, and a discoidal elongate mark at § con- 

 nected by an oblique mark with the suture (this with the opposite 

 one forms a lance-head directed forwards). L. 1 lin. Columbia 

 (Deyrolle). 



Hyperaspis incompleta, sp. n. 



Subovate, clearly punctulate, thorax rather more closely so, 

 colour orange-yellow with black markings not sharply defined; 

 head yellow ; thorax black with the sides orange, the orange 

 colour not sharply bounded, but parallel to the margin; elytra 

 orange, the suture black, suddenly dilated below the scutellum 

 to £ of the width of the elytra, then narrowed, again dilated 

 nearly to the margin at §, and then rapidly narrowed to the apex ; 

 an ill-defined brown spot is visible on the callus. L. 1 lin. 

 Columbia (Deyrolle). 



Hyperaspis limbigera. 



Cleothera limbigera, Muls. Op. in. p. 77 (1853) T. 



Suboval, convex, punctulate ; thorax yellowish-red, with 2 

 large brown triangles on the base, almost reaching the anterior 

 margin, and only separated from each other by a narrow discoidal 

 line, outside these is a small brownish spot ; elytra orange, the 

 suture black, dilated to meet the dark brown spot in the anterior *, 

 which is produced to the base, and downwards to the 2nd spot ; 

 C. 29 



