234 Descriptions of Neio Biiprestidcc. 



above, the other just below the middle. Beneath golden 

 green. 



Head punctured with a small oval impression in front. 

 Thorax smooth and shining, finely punctured, anterior 

 margin slightly raised, about half as long as the base, sides 

 diverging rapidly till about the middle, then rounded to the 

 base ; base slightly bisinuate, with a round impression just 

 above the scutellum, and another larger one on each side 

 above the posterior angle. Elytra punctate striate, the 

 punctures somewhat elongate in appearance, and far apart, 

 some of the interstices slightly raised, each elytron with 

 two transverse punctured green impressions, one just above, 

 the other just below the middle, the upper one nearest the 

 suture ; posterior margins denticulate. Beneath punctured, 

 sides of the abdomen slightly hairy. 



Length, 1\ lines ; breadth, 2f lines, 



Hab. Ega. H. W. Bates. 



PasipJiae vitticollis, E. S. 



Caput viride punctatum. Thorax, depressus punctatus, 

 viridis, linea utrinque cyanea, linea dorsali postice valde 

 impressa, lateribus utrinque postice foveolatis. Elytra 

 cyaneo-nigra macula basali suturali, et utrinque maculis 

 quatuor minutis, impressis, aureo-viridibus ornata. Subtus 

 viridis. 



Head largely punctured, green, narrowly and longitudi- 

 inally impressed in front. Thorax flattened, green, with a 

 cyaneous vitta on each side ; sides diverging rather rapidly 

 in front, then slightly rounded to the posterior angles ; 

 base slightly bisinuate ; surface punctured, remotely on 

 the disk, more closely on the sides ; dorsal line narrowly 

 impressed in front, deeply and widely behind ; near each 

 posterior angle is a deep round impression. I'^lytra cyane- 

 ous black, shining, with slight indications of raised lines, 

 very finely punctured, the punctures arranged in lines, 

 with an elongate common sutural spot, an im]~)ressed round 

 spot on the disk above the middle, two others placed side 

 by side just below the middle, and a fourth midway 

 between these and the apex, but nearer the lateral margin, 

 golden green and punctured ; posterior margin denticulate. 

 Beneath green, punctured, apex cyaneous. 



Length, 8 lines ; breadth, ;^> lines. 



Hab, St. Paulo, Amazons. H. W. Bates, Esq. 



