AZY/E. 279 



GROUP II. AZY^. 



Thorax finely margined at the base, antenna? short, but dis- 

 tinctly longer than in Ortalia, punctuation unequal, elytral epi- 

 pleura? deeply foveolate as in Hyperaspis, tibiae armed with a spine 

 (Azya) or simple (Ladoria). 



Azya. 



Muls. Spec. p. 928. (typ. luteipes). 

 Tibia? dilated, thoracic epipleuroe foveolate, abdominal plates 

 reach | of the segment, punctuation unequal, the fine punctuation 

 very close, elytral epipleurse deeply foveolate especially for the 

 intermediate legs, antenna? with the first joint large, but not 

 dilated at the sides. 



Azya luteipes. 



Azya luteipes, Muls. Spec. p. 928. 1 (T). 



Sides of the metasternum with very coarse deep punctures. 



(5 . Head red. 



Brazil, Cayenne, Columbia, Mexico (Che v.). 



Azya scutata. 



Azya scutata, Muls. Spec. p. 929. 2 (T). 



The specimens I have seen so named from Mexico were rubbed 

 examples of orbigera. 

 J . Head red. 

 Mexico 1 ?, Para, Ega, Santarem (Bates). Rio Janeiro (Fry). 



Azya ardosiaca. 



Azya ardosiaca, Muls. Op. in. p. 134 (T). 



Black, with a slight shade of blue, hemisphserical, resembling 

 Azya luteipes; but larger, hardly blue, with a visible cinereous 

 pubescence, the denuded patch is merely accidental ; head, legs, and 

 body beneath red. 



Guadeloupe (Deyrolle). 



Azya Pontbrianti. 



Azya Pontbrianti, Muls. Spec. p. 929. 3 (T). 

 S . Head red. 

 Cayenne (Reiche, Guerin), Chili, Montevideo. 



Azya orbigera. 



Azya orbigera, Muls. Spec. p. 930. 4. 

 <$. Head red. 

 Bogota, Mexico, Caracas, Venezuela (Fry). 



