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utrinque lateralibus ; elytris vix attenuatis, truncatis, 

 extus spinosis, supra guttis griseo-fulvis sparsis, fascio- 

 laque utrinque pone medium lunuliformi, et macula ante 

 apicem, albo-griseis, margine apicali albo-ciliato ; antennia 

 nigris, articuli sexti dimidio dense albo-tomentoso, 4to 

 basi griseo ; pedibus griseo-variis. 

 Long. 10-11 lin. <$ ? . 



c? . Segmenta ultima (abdominale et ventrale) apice 

 late emarginata^ angulis productis. 



? . Segmentum ultimum abdominale modice elonga- 

 tura; ventrale leviter emarginatum, dorsale obtusum. 

 Many examples. 



Carneades superha, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 

 387. — Many examples. Colobothea grandis (Thomson) 

 from Mexico, belongs also to this genus ; it is closely 

 allied to C. superba, but differs, inter alia, in its 8-spotted 

 thorax.* 



Carneades delicAa, Bates, I. c, p. 387. — Apparently 

 much rarer than the preceding. 



Fhma scuticollis, n. sp. — Ph. acromelce affinis; cylin- 

 drica, melleo-flava, elytris nigris, antennis apice fusces- 

 centibus : fronte convexa, vertice plana -, thorace antice 

 et postice fortiter transversim sulcato, parte mediana 

 lateribus tumida, dorso lamella elevata, convexa, lateraliter 

 acute carinata, supra punctata, armato : elytris grosse 

 lineatim punctatis. 



Long. 5-5j lin. 



The curious elevation on disc of thorax, has sharper 

 and more projecting edges than in Ph. acromela, or in 

 Ph. Astatheoides . 



* The following elegant species also belongs to this new genus : — 



Carneades glaucothea, n. sp. — Caput et thorax angusta, triangulum for- 

 mantia, elytris basi latis, rectis, postice attenuatis, apice truncatis et utrin- 

 que bispiuosis ; corpore nigro, pube teuui griseo iuduto ; vertice thoraceque 

 liuea ceutrali albo-grisea ; elytris sutura, margine apicali, fasciisque duabus 

 obliquis, Ima baud procul a basi, altera pone medium, griseo-albis ; fasciis 

 per epipleuras continuatis, Ima angulata, 2nda dilatata ; liueola lateral! 

 ante apicem etiam grisea ; corpore subtus teuuiter griseo-pubesceuti ; 

 auteuuis nigris articulis basi griseis ; pedibus nigris, griseo vix anuulatis. 



Long. 6 lin. $ . 



Macas, Equador (Buckley). 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1872. — PAKT III. (AUGUST.) R 



