﻿Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Gahan 
  on 
  new 
  Lamiide 
  Coleoptera. 
  397 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  retracted, 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  with 
  

   a 
  brownish 
  pubescence, 
  punctured 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  

   pure 
  white 
  rounded 
  spots 
  above, 
  Prothorax 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  above, 
  constricted 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  gibbous 
  anteriorly, 
  

   the 
  sides 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  plagiate 
  pure 
  white 
  spot 
  touching 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  and 
  with 
  

   two 
  small 
  supracoxal 
  white 
  spots. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  a 
  brownish 
  

   pubescence, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  nearly 
  straight 
  lateral 
  carina, 
  and 
  

   with 
  two 
  large 
  oval 
  white 
  spots, 
  one 
  submedian, 
  more 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  than 
  behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  other 
  about 
  midway 
  

   between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  somewhat 
  obliquely 
  

   truncate 
  or 
  almost 
  rounded. 
  Body 
  underneath 
  luteous 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  breast 
  

   and 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  white. 
  Legs 
  luteous. 
  

   Antennas 
  luteous 
  brown. 
  

  

  Ampliionyclia 
  nigrocincta, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Capite 
  nigro, 
  fronte 
  sparse 
  punctata 
  ; 
  prothoraee 
  supra 
  viridi-albo 
  

   pubescente, 
  lateribus 
  antice 
  nigris, 
  punctatis 
  ; 
  elytris 
  viridi-albo 
  

   pubescentibus, 
  cum 
  fasciis 
  duabus 
  transversis, 
  glabris 
  (una 
  basal 
  i, 
  

   altera 
  pone 
  medium), 
  et 
  macula 
  utrinque 
  ad 
  apicem, 
  nigris 
  ; 
  pedi- 
  

   bus 
  et 
  articulis 
  quatuor 
  basalibus 
  antennarum 
  stramincis, 
  articulis 
  

   coeteris 
  nigris. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12, 
  lat. 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  llab. 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  the 
  labrum 
  

   partly 
  and 
  the 
  palpi 
  wholly 
  yellowish 
  testaceous. 
  Prothorax 
  

   above 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  greenish-white 
  pubescence, 
  which 
  extends 
  

   downwards 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  a 
  

   elose 
  greenish-white 
  pubescence, 
  with 
  two 
  naked 
  transverse 
  

   black 
  fascias, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  other 
  behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  with 
  

   the 
  declivous 
  sides 
  between 
  the 
  fascias 
  also 
  naked 
  and 
  black, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  elytron 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  

   sinuate 
  carina 
  on 
  each 
  side; 
  the 
  apices 
  somewhat 
  rounded. 
  

   Body 
  underneath 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  whitish 
  pubescence 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  breast, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  ashy 
  pubescence 
  

   on 
  the 
  hind 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  

   the 
  bands 
  slightly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  legs 
  and 
  

   the 
  four 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  of 
  a 
  straw-yellow, 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  black. 
  

  

  Amphionycha 
  bicolor, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Capite, 
  tborace 
  et 
  tertia 
  parte 
  basali 
  elytrorum 
  flavo-testaceis 
  ; 
  

   csetera 
  parte 
  elytrorum 
  et 
  abdomine 
  nigris 
  ; 
  femoribus 
  omnibus 
  

  

  