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Rio. Mr. Waterhouse has an insect so nearly resembling the species 

 above described, that I cannot ventm'e to characterize it as distinct. 

 Its antennae are scarcely so long as the body, and comparatively slen- 

 der, and each elytron has a fuscous mark rather below the middle, in 

 the form of the letter V : the specimen appears to be a female, where- 

 as the one previously described is a male, 



Neph. cassiis. Testaceus; oculis fuscis, arcuatis, subtus valde di- 

 latatis; antennae corpore vix breviores, articulis 3 — 7 apice 1- 

 spinosis; prothorax sericatus, dorso inaequalis, lateribus haud 

 armatus : elytra lutosa sive pallide testacea, marginibus tenuiter 

 badiis, spina saturatiori ; puncta ; lineis utriusque 2 fere obsoletis, 

 setis quoque rigidis sparsim obsita ; apicibus subrotundatis spina 

 acuta armatis : pedes mediocres, femoribus pauUo tumidis, api- 

 cibus haud armatis. (Corp. long. '9 unc. lat. "2 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. Mr. Miers has a single specimen captured near Rio. 

 Genus. — Mallocera, Serville. 



Mall, opulenta. Fusca ; antennae corpore paullo longiores, aiti- 

 culis carinatis, 3 — 7 apice 1-spinosis, spina Ima paullo recurva: 

 prothorax fere cylindraceus, dorso inaequalis, lateribus medio 

 gibberi, laete aureo-lanuginosus : scutellum parvum, rotundatum, 

 aureo-lanuginosum : elytra parallela, prothorace valde latiora, 

 aureo-lanuginosa, lateribus medio fusco variata, apice rotundata, 

 haiid armata : pedes simplices, meso- et metafemoribus apice 1- 

 spinosis. (Corp. long. '8 unc. lat. *2 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. Mr. Miers has a single specimen, taken near Rio. 



Genus. — Trichophorus, Serville. 



Trie, variatus. Fuscus : antennae hirsutae, corpore vix breviores, 

 basi badiae, apice fuscae, articulis canaliculatis, 3 — 6 apice 1- 

 spinosis ; caput asper, lanugme subaurea sparsum : prothorax 

 convexus, fuscus, maculis indeterminatis lanuginosis subaureis, 

 aspere punctus, punctis magnis haud profundis, fere confluenti- 

 bus : scutellum parvum, apice rotundatum, lanuginosum, sub- 

 aureum : elytra aspere puncta, basin versus punctis magnis, 

 profmidis, confluentibus, apicem versus minoribus ; utriusque 

 elytri linea longitudinali perpaulum elevata ; badia, setis rigidis 

 obsita, fascia difFormi mediana apicibusque albidis, apicibus 

 truncatis, angulo extemo 1-spinoso, spina longa fusca : femora 



