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382 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticiaze of South America. 
Litosonycha adumbrata. 
L. subparallela, rufo-flava, thorace flavo, elytris ad medium flavis: caput 
breviter longitudinaliter foveolatum, rufo-flavum : thorax impunctatus 
flavus: scutellum rufo-flavum: elytra subparallela, subtilissime punc- 
tata, flava marginibus undique latius ad basin rufo-fusco adumbratis : 
pedes et corpus subtus rufo-flavi: antenne rufo-fusce. 
Long. corp. lin. 31, lat. lin. 14. 
New Granada. 
Intosonycha quadri-maculata. 
I. flava, maculis in elytris quatuor magnis purpureo-nigris: caput et 
thorax impunctati: scutellum rufo-flavum : elytra subtiliter punctata, 
flava, maculis quatuor purpureo-nigris, una utrinque basali alteraque 
apicali, magnis insulatis: pedes rufo-flavi: antenne rufo-flavee : corpus 
subtus flavum. 
Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13. 
Amazon, Santarem. Taken by Mr. Bates. 
Litosonycha bifasciata. 
I. flava, elytris flavo-rufis flavo notatis: caput ad frontem longitudinaliter 
foveolatum, rufo-flavum: thorax impunctatus, flavus ; sewtellum rufo- 
flavum : elytra subtiliter punctata, rufo-flava, fascia media (transversa 
zequali) fascia apicali et macula basali juxta scutellum flavis: antenne 
rufo-flavee : corpus subtus et pedes flavi. 
Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 14. 
Ega, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates. 
Genus Sopra, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1865, 342. 
Axiotheata (Chevr.), Dej. Cat. 
Breviter ovalis, subcircularis, depressa. Caput verticale, satis breve. 
Palpi maczillares attenuati, art. penultimo tenui cylindrico, art. apicali 
acuminato. Thorax transversus elytra latitudine penitus zequans, an- 
gulis anticis et posticis subrotundatis, margine anteriori transverso, 
postico subarcuato, lateribus rotundatis et marginatis; thorax declivis, 
levis. Scutellum triangulare satis magnum. Elytra breviter ovata, 
depressa, confuse et subtiliter punctata. Pedes robusti, breves; tibiis 
posticis elongatulis ; tarsorwm articulis brevibus, unguiculis simplicibus. 
Antenne breves, robust, incrassatze, art. 4°, 5°, et 6° secundo eequalibus. 
This genus, SopHrNA, may readily be distinguished from MEponta 
by its less circular, more ovate form, by the somewhat greater length 
of its posterior tibie, which are not so robust, by its antenne not 
filiform, but short and incrassated, and by its simple unguiculi, as 
well as by the form of its maxillary palpi; from CyrrospH=Rvs it 
