74 Psyche [June 



pale yellow, on each side two large, marginal, violet black maculations, one of whicli 

 is post-humeral and very irregular in form, the other subapical and irregularly ovate, 

 on suture at middle a transverse rhombus and anterior to and narrowly separated 

 from this an elongate, anteriorly acuminate maculation extending nearly to the 

 scutellum violet black; the maculations with very small spots of shining white 

 hairs, the suture and apex rather densely clothed mth similar hairs. 



5. Epiphcelus bakeri sp. nov. (Plate 6, fig. 5.) 



Efip. principi Gorh. valde affinis. 



Capite proiJioraceque tenuissime, Jortiter punctulatis, nigris, nitidis, hoc laterihus 

 albo-hirtis, elytris antice seriatim punctatis, nigris, basi testaceis, fascia mox pone 

 mediana, sutura postice, maculaque magna communi ante apicem flavis, elytris ad 

 suturam seriatim foveolafis, antennis fiiscis, articulo basali flavo, corpore stibtus {capite 

 prothoraceque exceptis) pedibusqne flavis. — Long. 5.7 mm. 



Rio Madeira, Brazil; Madeira-Mamore R. R. Camp 43. 



Head black, sparsely, coarsely punctulate, the front densely, almost rugosely 

 punctate. Antennae fuscous, basal joint yellowish white. Thorax black, coarsely 

 but very sparsely punctate; sides conspicuously clothed with long, dense, white 

 hairs. Elytra black, basal fourth (except extreme flanks) testaceous; a submedian 

 fascia (broad at the suture, narrow at the flanks), suture- posteriorly and a large, 

 common, ante-apical maculation, yellow; surface rather coarsely seriately punctate 

 from base to fascia, behind ■which the puncturing is gradually finer, the outer rows 

 longest and becoming obsolete at apical fourth; bordering suture each side a series 

 of distinct, sparsely placed fovese, these extending from the base to the apex; pube- 

 scence clothing the suture and the pale portions long, dense and whitish. Legs 

 and body beneath (head and presternum excepted) pale yellow, sparsely clothed 

 with long, whitish pubescence. 



Closely related to, but amply distinct from E. princeps Gorh., 

 from which it may be distinguished by its much smaller size, its 

 black head, the very sparselj^ punctate thorax, and the absence of 

 a median, thoracic line of fine, ashy hairs, which at the sides like- 

 wise do not enclose "a denuded spot." 



6. Epiphloeus iracundus sp. uov. (Plate 7. fig. 1.) 



Niger, subnitidus, capite prothoraceque stihtilissime puncfato-rugidosis, capite antice 

 rufo, thoracis 7narginibus antico et postico paUide-iestaceis, elytris a basi fere ad apicejn 

 usque subseriatim punctatis, macida basali magna, fasciisque duabus (prima mediana, 

 secunda subapicali), angustatis, flavis, abdomine piceo, antice rufo, pedibus flavis. — 

 Long. 3.5-5 mm. 



Rio Madeira, Brazil; Madeira-Mamore R. R. Camps No. 41 

 and 43. The type specimen from the first of these localities, a 

 paratype from the last. 



