380 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 
between Ptena on the other side and G@dionychis) is somewhat arbi- 
trary. 
Asphera decipiens. 
A. ovalis, punctata, flavo-fusca, antennis, tibiis, et tarsis nigris: caput 
inter oculos transverse foveolatum, impunctatum : thorax impunctatus : 
elytra crebre sed minute punctata: antenne nigra: pedes nee femori- 
bus rufo-flavis : corpus subtus rufo-flavum. 
Long. corp. lin, 3, lat. lin. 14. 
Brazil. 
Asphera fallax. 
A, ovalis, nigra, thorace et fascia latissima elytrorum rufo-flavis : caput 
super antennarum basin transverse foveolatum, sparsim sed fortiter 
punctatum, nigrum: thorax late marginatus, impunctatus, rufo-flavus : 
elytra impunctata, nigra disco medio transverse rufo-flavo, hee fascia 
apud marginem usque ad humerum, et penitus ad apicem extendit: 
antenne nigre : corpus subtus et pedes nigri. 
Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin, 33. 
Brazil. , 
Asphera subfasciata. 
A, ovalis, subtiliter punctata, flava, fasciis elytrorum tribus pallide flavis: 
caput inter oculos in forma literee T foveolatum, rufo-flayvum: thorax 
rufo-flayus impunctatus: elytra subtiliter punctata, late marginata, 
fasciis tribus (ante-media, media et basali) eequalibus transversis tenui- 
bus flavis: corpus subtus, antenne, et pedes rufo-flavi. 
Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13. 
Para, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates. 
Asphera marginata. 
A, subparallela, elytris leviter punctatis, flava, elytris (marginibus ex- 
ceptis) nigro-violaceis: caput et thorax impunctati: seutellum rufo- 
flavum : elytra parallela levissime punctata, nigro-violacea, marginibus 
usque ad apicem flavis: antenne flavee: corpus subtus rufo-flayum : 
pedes flavi genubus fusco flavis. 
Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 2. 
Ega, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates. 
Genus Asprceta, Dej. 
Four species of this‘ genus have been described by Latreille 
(Humboldt, Voy. Zool. p.' 48, &e., plates 33 and 34), A. cretacea, A. 
unipunctata, A. albomarginata, and A. scutata. The following 
species also have been described by Guérin (Catal. Coleopt. Osculati 
Verhandl. 1855, p. 609): A. Osculatii, A. rugosa, A. Bourcieri, and 
A. nigro-viridis. 
