270 Mr. H. W. Bates on Cet'cirnhjcidoi 



and behindj as usual, with black spots; the basal spot is 

 oval ; the posterior ones are close together, very little 

 more elongate than the basal one, and the exterior is 

 distinctly posterior to its companion in front, but is much 

 longer and broader behind. * 

 Hah. — Ega. 



1/ 5. Ehurodacrys sexmaculata. 



Ceramhix 6-inaculatus, Oliv. Entom. No. 67, p. 47, pi. xv. 

 f. 108 ; Stcnocorus Q-macuJatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. I. ii. 



295. 



Elongata, testaceo-fulva, pilis longis sparsis hirsuta et 

 breviter pubescens ; thorace spina laterali bre\assima 

 nigra cum linea nigra connexa, supra grosse punctato- 

 rugoso, bituberculato lineisque duabus abbreviatis dor- 

 salibus nigris; elytris dense punctatis, apice subl^vibus, 

 utrinque maculis ovatis tribus bene separatis flavo-ebur- 

 neis; spinis et geniculis nigris. 



Long. 7^-9 lin. S ? . 



Var. 1. Thorace supra tuberculis solum nigris et 

 lateribus spina maculaque nigris hand nigro-lineatis. 

 Hah. — Para, Amazon, sup. 



Var. 2. Elytrorum maculis duabus posticis eburneis 

 magis minusve postice distantibus, interdum pro parte 

 parallelis. Hah. — Amazon, sup., Venezuela. 



Var. 3. Geniculis concoloribus, spinis solum nigris. 

 Hah. — Pari!. 



Var. 4. Spina laterali thoracis obsoleta. Hah. — Ega. 



In a large series of this species before me, there are 

 no two specimens exactly alike. The posterior spots 



* A species closely allied to E. ritfispinis is — 



Eburodacrys raripUa, n. sp. 



Ab E. ruji-npini cliffert coqiore pilis raris birsiito, maculis dnabus eburneis 

 posticirt late separatis divergentibus, exteriore magis retrorsa. Testaceo- 

 rufa, vertice macula nigra ; thorace spina laterali parva et tubereulo 

 antico rufis, supra valde transversim rugoso, tul)erculis duobus obtusis 

 uigris, medio spatio elevato ; elytris fortiter conflueuter pimctatis, apice 

 Li'vibus, macula oblongaeburnea basali, alteris duabus pone medium bene 

 separatis, maculis elougatis uigro-termiuatis, exteriore baud lougiore, 

 prope medium interioris incipieute ; spiuis geuiculisque nigris. 



Long. 6i liu. g . 



Hah. — Cayenne. 



