neiv species of Bupi'estidce. 251 



Elytra punctate-striate, sides sinuate below the shoulders, 

 denticulate posteriorly, apex of each bispinose. Beneath 

 finely punctured, sides covered with longish gray pu- 

 bescence. 



Length 10^ lin.; breadth 4 lin. 



Hah. — Minas Geraes, Brazil; captured by Mr. Rogers. 



Should precede paranaensis, Saund. 



Cbnognatha paranaensis, n. sp. PI. VI. fig. 3. 



Caput cyaneum, punctatum. Thorax cyaneo - niger, 

 punctatus ; lateribus rectis, in angulis posterioribus fovea- 

 tis. Elytra testacea, pun ctato- striata, suturapost scutellum 

 raarginibus post humeros, fasciis duabus latis post me- 

 dium, apiceque, cyaneo-nigris, lateribus postice denticu- 

 latis. Subtus cyanea; abdominis segmentis tribus pos- 

 ticis testaceis. 



Head cyaneous. Thorax cyaneous-black. Elytra tes- 

 taceous, with the suture for a third of their entire length 

 from the base, the lateral margins from behind the 

 shoulders, two wide flexuous bands behind the middle, 

 and the apex, cyaneous-black. Beneath, legs, and an- 

 tennae cyaneous, three apical segments of abdomen tes- 

 taceous. 



Head deeply punctured, impressed above the mouth, 

 the punctures smaller and closer together down the 

 middle. Thorax: anterior margin raised and slightly 

 produced, sides straight, posterior angles acute, base with 

 a rounded median lobe; surface punctured, dorsal line 

 indicated by two slight punctured impressions above the 

 scutellum, and a small raised smooth space on the anterior 

 margin ; posterior angles foveated and punctured. Elytra 

 punctate - striate, sides sinuate above the middle, pos- 

 teriorly denticulate, apex of each elytron bidentate. 

 Beneath and legs punctured, with a few scattered grayish 

 hairs. 



Length 10^ lin. ; breadth 4 lin. 



Hah. — Parana. 



This species should precede posticalis, Saund. I have 

 a second specimen scarcely more than half the size of 

 the one d-escribed. 



