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digestis, binisque coujunctis ante apicem ; thorace fasciis 

 duabus irregularibus rufo-fuscis, pleuris vitta nigra; 

 pedibus, corpore subtus, antennisque, omnino pallide 

 testaceis, griseo tomentosis. 



Long. 4-4 1 lin. <$ ? . 



Chontales. 



Lepturges inscriptus, Bates, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 Novem. 1863. — Also found on the Upper Amazons. 



Lepturges calligramma, n. sp.— 'Oblongo-ovatus, vix 

 convexus, dense subtiliter griseo tomentosus, elytris fascia 

 pone medium undulata et angulata, macula transversa 

 laterali ante medium, alteraque minori ante apicem, 

 notulisque parvis suturalibus, nigris, distinctis albo-mar- 

 ginatis ; thorace lateribus ante basin angulatis, nee spino- 

 sis, deinde oblique angustatis, supra l»vi, macula parva 

 nigra ad medium marginis anticis, alteraque simili ad 

 raarginem posticum ; scutello nigro ; elytris ovatis, apice 

 sinuate- truncatis, angulo suturali distincto, exteriorilonge 

 product© acuto, supra laevibus ; antennis nigris, articulo 

 2ndo griseo ; pedibus griseis, tibiis basi et apice, tar- 

 sisque apice, nigris, femoribus clavatis ; corpore subtus 

 griseo. 



Long. 3-34 lin- <S ? • 



$ . Abdominis segmentum ultimum paulo elongatum, 

 ventrali truncate. 



$ . Segmentis ultimis, dorsali et ventrali, rotundatis. 



Several examples. 



Lepturges navicularis, n. sp. — L. ovalls simillimus, elon- 

 gate- ovatus, convexus, at difFert elytris griseis, plaga 

 basali, vittis 3 vel 4 apicalibus, antice apud medium 

 terminatis, fascis ; thorace transversim quadrate, convexo, 

 spina utrinque ante basin acuta, obliqua, dorso griseo, 

 plaga discoidali utrinque fusca; elytris apice breviter 

 sinuato-truncatis, angulis omnibus productis, exteriori 

 longiori, supra passim punctulatis ; pedibus rufo- testaceis, 

 femoribus clavatis, clavis fuscis ; antennis rufo-testaceis, 

 articulis 4-11 apice nigris. 



Long. 3-3i lin. (? ? . 



Lepturges Icp.tabilis, n. sp. — Oblongo-ovatus, modice 

 convexus, tenuiter castaneo-tomentosus, ochraceo Isete 



