354 Mr. J. 8. Baly’s Descriptions of 
ricostatis, et maculis quinque fulvis instructis; corpore 
subtus obscure fulvo ; pedibus flavis. 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. San Paulo, Upper Amazons. 
Elongate, subcuneiform, subdepressed. Antenne moderately 
robust, subfusiform ; their basal joints nearly equal in length, the 
first two thickened, the third slender; fourth and fifth each rather 
shorter, equal; sixth about equal to the third, seventh distinctly 
elongate; eighth and three following closely united, their articu- 
lations obsolete. Head smooth, front indistinctly impressed 
between the eyes, vertex with a dark metallic green patch. 
Thorax nearly one third broader at the base than long; conic, 
sides slightly sinuate, the anterior angles produced into a small 
obtuse tooth; above convex, transversely excavated near the 
hase, basal lobe transversely grooved ; surface rugose-punctate ; 
fulvous, a narrow line on the extreme lateral margin, together with 
a broad vitta down the middle, metallic green. Scutellum sub- 
quadrate, its apex rounded, surface smooth, impunctate. Elytra 
broader than the thorax, humeral angles rounded ; sides nearly 
parallel, scarcely diverging posteriorly, narrowly margined, their 
outer edge serrate, posterior angles produced laterally into a large 
flattened acute spine; apex obtusely truncate, its outer edge 
toothed ; above subconvex, flattened along the suture, shoulders 
slightly prominent ; each elytron with four elevated cost, the 
suture also costate, interspaces each with a double row of deep 
regular punctures, first interspace from the suture with a third 
row at its base; metallic green, each elytron with five bright 
fulvous patches; the first elongate, extending from the base to 
beyond the middle, its base and apex curving inwards; the second 
small, placed just below the scutellum, common, confluent at 
its outer edge with the first; the third narrow, on the outer border 
just above the posterior angle ; the fourth subapical, common and 
forming a broad transverse patch ; and the last narrow, placed on 
the apical border, rufous. Beneath obscure fulvous ; legs yellow; 
thighs simple. 
4, Uroplata Gray. 
Late oblonga, subcuneiformis, depressa, subtus nitida, rufo- 
picea ; pleuris prothoraceque nigris; pedibus fulvis, tarsis infus- 
catis; supra subnitida; capite nigro, thorace scutelloque fulvis, 
illo vittulis quinque nigris ; elytris apice obtusis, serratis, an- 
gulo postico lamina compressa trigona obtusa, postice serrata, 
dorso concava, lateraliter valde producta, instructis; utrisque 
