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elytrlsqiie sordlde flavis, his tenuisslme pnnctatis, macule 

 irregulavi sciitellari, vitta brevi humerali, macultique inter 

 medium et apicem, prope marginem posita, nigris. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. — Chanchamayo. 



Head scarcely broader than long ; encarpffi contiguous; 

 lower portion of clypeus traversed by a strongly-raised 

 transverse ridge ; carina strongly elevated, linear, ter- 

 minating anteriorly on the transverse ridge ; antennae 

 filiform, the five lower joints piceous, the rest black. 

 Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides rounded and 

 slightly converging from the base to the apex, the hinder 

 angles acute, the anterior ones armed Avith an obtuse 

 excurved tooth ; disk shining, very minutely punctured, 

 very faintly wrinkled, impressed just in front of the basal 

 margin with an ill-defined transverse groove ; lateral 

 margin broadly reflexed, finely rugulose. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, oblong-ovate, convex, minutely punctured, 

 piceo-flavous ; an irregular patch surrounding the scu- 

 tellum, a short vitta on the humeral callus and an oblong 

 spot on the outer disk halfway between the middle and 

 the apex, black. 



(Edlonychis loulchra. 



Anguste ovata, postice pauUo ampliata, convexa, nigra, 

 nitida, abdomiue thoraceque fulvis, hoc lasvi, lateribus late 

 reflexo-marginatis, a basi ad aj^icem rotundato-angustatis ; 

 elytris crebre punctatis, metallico-viridibus, subviolaceis, 

 limbo exterior! apiceque late fulvisi 



Var. A. Elytrorum dimidio postico fulvo. 



Long. 3 — 4 lin. 



^aZ'.-^Peru ; also Ecuador : var. A. Ecuador. 



Vertex sparingly punctured ; front separated from the 

 encarpje by a deep transverse depression ; encarpre large, 

 thickened, contiguous ; carina subhastate ; cljqaeus obliquely 

 elevated on either side, nigro-piceous, a large patch on 

 each side flavous ; antennas filiform, black, the three lower 

 joints stained beneath with pale piceous ; the 3rd and 

 following two joints nearly equal in length, each twice as 

 long as the 2nd ; apices of jaws piceo-rufous. Thorax 

 nearly three times as broad as long ; sides broadly margined, 

 rotundate-angustate from base to apex, the anterior angles 

 mucronate ; basal margin deeply excavated ; disk trans- 



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