258 Mr. J. S. Baly’s /urther Descriptions, Sc. 
Sp. 5. Metaxycera sexpustulata. 
Anguste obcuneiformis, dorso depressa, rufo-testacea, nitida, 
supra subnitida; antennis elytrisque nigris, his subparallelis, 
apicem versus leniter ampliatis, apice rotundatis, utrisque 
pustulis tribus, una basali oblonga obliqua, secunda prope 
medium subquadrata, tertidque ante apicem, transvers4, 
communi, fasciam transversam postice bisemarginatam for- 
mante, rufo-testaceis ; unguiculis piceis. 
Long. 33—4§ lin. 
Hab. Upper Amazons. 
Thorax opaque, irregularly depressed and excavated, middle of 
dise with an indistinct longitudinal groove, transverse impression 
in front of base well marked, surface coarsely but not very closely 
punctured, sides of thorax nearly straight and produced obliquely 
outwards behind the middle, thence obliquely narrowed to the 
apex. 
The rounded apex of the elytra separates this species from 
M. trimaculata and Amazona, the only insects with which it can 
be confounded. 
Collection of Mr. Bates, and my own. 
