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Black, elliptical, convex, shining, punctured. Head short-conical, 

 much narrower thau the thorax. Antennae and legs dark red, the former 

 with the usual structure. Thorax witli a testaceous band along the hind 

 border. Scutellum covering the wiiole of ihe abdomen ; hind half testa- 

 ceous, Mack-punctured, with a large quadr.ite excavation in fiont and 

 includiug four black spots. Abdomen with yellow spots along each sid-i. 

 Wings pellucid; corinin of the fore wings whitish, with a black patch. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Froiii the Entomological Society's collection. 



31. COUIMEL^NA INVARIA. 



^nea ; caput lon.'iitii'lina/iter bisulcaliim ; nnlennce picetc, basi fulva; ; 

 scutellum sulcis duobus basalihus obliquis, abdominis apicem non 

 attingens ; pectus chiereum ; venlris lalera luteo maculala ; libicc 

 fulvcE. 



.Jlneous, finely punctured. Head full half of the breadth of the 

 thorax, with two parallel approxim;ite longitudinal furrows. Antenna; 

 piceous, setulose, tawny towards the base. Scutellum much shorter and 

 narrower than the abdomen, with an oblique impression on each side at the 

 base. Pectus cinereous, U'lt shining. Abdomen with luieous spots along 

 each side above. Legs tawny; femora ceneows, with tawny tips; tibiae 

 armed with blacii spines. Lengili of the body 2 Hues. 



a. Sanlarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 5. EUCORIA. 

 Eucoria, Muls. et Rey. Pun. France, 12. 



1. EUCONIA MARGINIPENNIS. 



marginipennis, MuU. el Rcy. Pun. France, 13. 

 Marseilles. 



Genus 6. CURSULA. 



Corpus nitens, valde globosum, scite punctatum. Caput parvum, 

 porreclum ; lobi laterales lobo intermedio vix longiores. Oculi elongati, 

 longitudinales. Rostrum coxas posticas attingens. Anteunie sat robusta; ; 

 artK;uli 4us et 5us elongati. Thoracis lateia rotundata, antice pioducta. 

 Scutellum abdomen obtegens, suturis duabus later.ilibus recurvis. Abdo- 

 men contraclum. Pedes glabri, brcviusculi, sat robusti. 



Body shining, very globose, thinly and nunutely punctured. Head 

 prominent, about one-lliird of the breadth of the thorax, the lateral lobes 

 hardly exlcnding beyond the mid<lie one. Eyes longitudinally elongated, 

 sliuhtly convex. Rostrum extending to the hind coxtc. Antenna' rather 

 stout; fourth and fifth joints longer than the others. Thorax much rounded 

 on each side in front, where it extends much in advance of the eyes. Scu- 

 tellnm cnmpUttly ci)vering the abdomen ; a recurved suture on each siile, 

 apparently forming a lappet. Abdomen contracted. Legs siuouth, rather 

 short and stout. 



1. CUIISCLA GLOBIFEKA. 



Nigra ; rostrum, anlennce, corporis laUra suhtus pedcsque rufa. 



Black. Rostrum, autennoe, sides of the body beneath and legs red. 

 Length of the body 1 i — 1 4 li"e. 



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