222 Mr. H. W. Bates on Lonyicorn 



mucorem simulante vestitis; fronte nigra; thorace fulvo 

 postice nigro-maculato, tuberculis lateralibus mox pone 

 medium magnis ; elytris breviter oblique sinuato-trunca- 

 tis, supra versus basin aspere puuctulatis, ibique purpur- 

 ascenti-fuscis, vittis obliquis fulvis litera X communi 

 simulantibus ornatis, ramis posticis nigro-marginatis ; 

 antennis fuscis, articulo basali, casterisque basi, cinereo- 

 fulvis ; pedibus fuscis, femorum clava, tibiis annulis 

 duobus, articuloque basali tarsorum canis. 



Long. 5-6 lin. c? ? . 



Several examples. Also found in New Granada. 



Astynomus vexillaris, n. sp. — Oblongus, convexus, 

 erecte setosus, brunneus; elytris utrinque linea obliqua, 

 apud humeros furcata, usque ad suturain extensa, sutura 

 et plaga apicali, ochraceis, raaculisque duabus angulatis, 

 post medium et ad apicem, nigro-piceis velutinis, ochraceo- 

 marginatis ; capite ochraceo, vertice maculis duabus 

 fuscis ; thorace ochraceis, vittis duabus latis contiguis, 

 sericeo-brunneis ; scutello fusco, medio ochraceo ; elytris 

 apice breviter oblique sinuato-truncatis ; antennis ( d" ? ) 

 corpore nee multo longioribus, fulvo-ochraceis, articulis 

 (a 3io) apice fuscis ; pedibus cinereo-ochraceo tomentosis, 

 tarsis articulo unguiculari rufescenti. 



Long. 6-7 lin. S ? • 



A very handsome and distinct species ; the thoracic 

 tubercles are conical, and situated a little behind the 

 middle. The sutural interval between the four velvety 

 brown spots of the elytra^ is sometimes varied with black 

 lines; the anterior pale lines of the elytra, enclose an 

 sequilateral triangular spot of the brown ground-colour. 



Astynomus setiger, n. sp. — Oblongus, modice convexus, 

 cinereo-ochraceus ; thorace vitta lata dorsali; elytris macu- 

 lis tribus lateralibus, duabusque suturalibus, nigro-fuscis, 

 sericeis : capite nigro, linea verticis ochracea ; thorace 

 tuberculo valido mox pone medium, fascia dorsali medio 

 ochraceo trimaculata; elytris dense erecte setosis, apice 

 breviter, fortiter, emarginato - truncatis, supra passim 

 punctatis (punctis setigeris) , macula prima suturali ma- 

 jor! scutellari, 2nd lineari pone medium, interdum cum 

 macula 2nda lateral! subconnexa ; antennis nigro- fuscis, 

 articulis (a 3is) basigriseis; pedibus fuscis, griseo-varie- 

 gatis. 



