382 Mr. H. W. Bates on the 
two sexes; this case, however, might offer an exception. De- 
jean’s example of 4. splendida came from Latreille, and is supposed 
to have been received from Peru. 
40. Agra cuprea, Klug. 
Agra cuprea, Klug, Entom. Monogr. p. 41, pl. in. fig. 2. 
A. varianti colore simillima, obscure zenea, vel viridis vel aneo- 
cuprea; differt corpore multo robustiori, elytris apice valde 
acute tridentatis; capite ovato, pone oculos rotundato- 
attenuato (3), subquadrato, vertice leviter impresso ; thorace 
robusto, medio subdilatato, supra interstitiis lavibus, latius- 
culis ; elytris punctato-striatis, striis alternis serie punctorum 
majorum, apice acute tridentatis ; antennis piceo-rufis, articulis 
basalibus pedibusque nigris. 
é Elytris angulo suturali modice producto; metasterno, femo- 
ribus anticis posticisque intus, et segmento ventrali ultimo 
dense rufo-pilosis. 
2 Elytris angulo suturali in dente longissimo producto, antennis 
articulo 8" breviusculo. 
Long. 83 lin. 
Ega and St. Paulo; Upper Amazons. 
41. Agra laticeps, n. sp. 
A. robusta, nigro-znea, elytris obscure viridi-eneis ; capite 
late ovato, pone oculos paulo elongato, citd rotundato- 
attenuato, vertice haud impresso; thorace medio valde di- 
latato, antice subiter sinuato-attenuato, supra plano, lineatim 
subirregulariter punctato, haud rugoso, carina laterali pro- 
minula, episterno sparsim punctato; elytris latiusculis, apice 
truncatis, angulo suturali parum producto, supra obscure 
zeneo-viridibus, punctato-striatis, striis 2™44, 4, 6 serie 
punctorum impressis ; antennis nigris, articulis singulis basi 
rufis; pedibus nigris. 
é Segmentis ventralibus postice (basali etiam antice) sparsim 
punctato-pilosis. 
Long. 9 lin. 
Ega. Rare. 
42. Agra pheogona, n. sp. 
Baron Chaudoir has supplied the following description of this 
remarkable species :-— 
“A. Feisthameli (Buquet) valde affinis; differt magnitudine mi- 
