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third anteriorly, but these are sometimes united. There 

 is, also, in some examples, a fine sutural yellow line near 

 the apex. 



Many examples. 



Nyssodrys roseicolUs, n. sp. — Elongato-ovata, vix con- 

 vexa, fusco-nigra, tenuiter tomentosa ; thorace antice 

 maculis magnis duabus rosaceis; elytris vitta regulari 

 submarginali flava ; capite nigro, vitta centrali ochracea ; 

 thorace brevi transverso, ante basin vix dilatato, haud 

 spinoso, supra fusco-nigra, ponemaculam rosaceam utrin- 

 que vitta lata sordide alba, fasciaque ejusdem coloris 

 mediana; elytris apice sinuato-truncatis, utroque angulo 

 aequaliter dentato ; corpore subtus, antennas et pedibus 

 nigris, griseo-tomentosis, femoribus basi rufo-testaceis. 



Long. 2|-3 lin. ^ $ . 



(J . Segmento ultimo dorsali obtuso, ventrali leviter 

 emarginato. 



? . Ovipositor brevissimus; segmento dorsali lan- 

 ceolate. 



Many examples. 



Nyssodrys leucopyga,T\. sp. — Ovatus, convexus, obscure 

 fuscus ; thorace vittis indistinctis sex sordide fulvis ; 

 elytris triente apicali cinereo ; capite piceo, pone oculos 

 cinereo-fulvo : thorace lato, usque ad spinas regulariter 

 dilatato, his paululum ante angulos sitis, fortibus, postice 

 spectantibus : elytris oblique, obtuse truncatis, supra for- 

 titer punctatis, basi fulvo-maculatis ; antennis pedibusque 

 piceis. 



Long. 2f-3i lin. S ? • 



S. Segmento ultimo dorsali leviter emarginato, 

 ventrali obtuso. 



? . Ovipositor paulo ultra elytras extensus, segmento 

 dorsali obtuse rotundato. 



Many examples. In form and colour much resembling 

 the genus Lep to stylus . 



Hyhttus cmnohita, Erich. Consp. Ins. Peru, p. 145. — 

 A widely distributed species. Amazons ; Peru ; Nica- 

 ragua. 



^s^2/^omwsm'Mcoret(s,n.sp.—Oblongus, convexus, fuscus, 

 corpore subtus, apiceque elytrorum, tomento griseo-albo 



