On 
Species of Agra of the Amazons Region. 37 
distinctius punctulatis ; elytris truncatis, dente externo acuto, 
interno obtuso, 
é Segmentis ventralibus medio cinereo-tomentosis ;_ meta- 
sterno sub-hirto. 
yas 
Long. 53 lin. 
Para. This species, which I did not myself meet with, is evi- 
dently closely allied to 4. pulchella ; it is larger, however, and the 
ventral segments are much more densely pilose in the male. 
21. Agra Chaudoirii, n. sp. 
M. de Chaudoir has kindly drawn up for me the following de- 
scription of this species :— 
“Nigra; thorace nigro-zeneo; elytris rubro- aut virescenti- 
‘cupreis, anguste viridi-marginatis, fulgentibus; antennis 
extus piceis, articulis singulis nigro-terminatis. Caput 
elongato-ovatum, subangustum, basi sat abrupte  stran- 
gulatum, lave, basi uni-foveolatum, utrinque unipunctatum, 
oculis sat prominulis. Thorax quoad formam ut in 4. Cy- 
therea, capite Jongior, eoque cum oculis fere crassior, latitu- 
dine duplo. longior, parce pilosus, ovatus, crassiusculus, 
antice breviter attenuatus, lateribus ad apicem brevissime, 
ante basin obsolete sinuatis, totus sat dense regulariterque 
punctatus, carinula laterali subelevata, utrinque subcrenata, 
integra. HKlytra fere omnino ut in A. Cytherea, thorace 
antice fere duplo latiora, posterius ampliata, modice elongata, 
apice suboblique truncata, bidentata, dente externo acuto, 
suturali subproducto, obtuso, intra dentem externum sub- 
sinuato ; supra modice conyexa, sat tenue punctato-striata, 
interstitiis planiusculis, punctorum seriebus in 3° et 5° fere 
obsoletis.. Femora ¢ valida, pectore medio et vitta latius- 
cula abdominis fere ad apicem dense pubescente-punctulatis, 
Femina subtus glabra, pube murina.” 
Long. 63 lin. 
Ega. In the Collections of Baron Chaudoir and H. W. Bates. 
22, Agra bicostata, n. sp. 
The following is a description of this species drawn up by M. 
de Chaudoir :— 
‘“* Przecedenti valde similis, eadem magnitudo, color idem; differt 
capite paulo angustiori, basi minus abrupte strangulato, tho- 
race antice brevius attenuato, costa laterali evidentiori, et 
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