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sutural black band from J to f, and each with 2 large discoidal 

 spots, the anterior one subquadrate, the posterior rounded. L. 

 | — 1 lin. Brazil, Bolivia (Deyrolle). I cannot separate the 2 

 species cited from Mulsant. 



Hyperaspis notata. 



Cleothera notata, Muls. Spec. p. 550. 6 (T). 



Brazil (Chevrolat). Resembles the preceding, but the anterior 

 elytral spot is double, and the sutural border suddenly dilated 

 at J. 



Hyperaspis trimaculata. 



Chrysomela trimaculata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 592. 45 (1767). 

 Hyperaspis trimaculata, Muls. S])ec. p. 668. 14. 

 Coccinella trilineata, Schall. Act. Hal. i. 262 (1783). 

 Mexico. 



Hyperaspis lemniscata.* 



Hyperaspis lemniscata, Bohem. Eugen. Mesa. p. 205 (1859) T. 



& . Allied to H. trimaculata, ovate, siibdepressed, finely and 

 sparingly punctate ; head, sides and front of thorax, yellowish- 

 white, the lateral margins narrowly bordered, the white colour 

 continued round the posterior angles for a quarter of the base ; 

 elytra whitish-yellow, base, suture, apex, longitudinal vitta, and 

 external margin (very narrowly) black ; the suture gradually 

 dilated to about the middle, then narrowed to just before the 

 apex, the vitta broad, joining the base, subaugulate beyond the 

 middle, connected with the apical spot by a narrow bine. L. 1 lin. 

 Montevideo (Boheman). 



Hyperaspis trilineata.* 



Hyperaspis trilineata, Muls. Spec. p. 668. 13. 

 Cayenne (Buquet). I have not been able to find the type in 

 the British Museum. 



Hyperaspis flavoguttata. 



Hyperaspis flavoguttata, Muls. Spec. p. 651. 2. 



Hyperaspis exclamalionis, Muls. Spec. p. 654. 4. 



Brazil, Monte Video (Paris, Melly), S. Paulo (Bates), Chili. 

 The descriptions of these two species fully justify their reunion ; 

 Mulsant had not seen both sexes of either species ; the base of 

 the thorax is hardly margined ; the form and coloration appear 

 to have led Mulsant to regard them as Hyperaspis. 



