Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Genera and Species of Hispide. 265 
spatio tertio pone medium confuse trifariam punctato ; femoribus 
subtus unispinosis. 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Brazil. 
Vertex impressed with a deep longitudinal groove. Thorax 
conical, the sides being obliquely narrowed from base ‘to apex ; 
on either side, just above the base, is a small, obscure rufous 
spot. Spine of the elytra broad, deeply excavated above, pro- 
duced obliquely outwards and somewhat backwards. Abdomen 
very obscure nigro-zneous, apical segment stained on either 
side with an obscure rufous patch. 
In my collection. 
Acanthodes lateralis, n. sp. 
A. subelongata, subdepressa, nigra, subnitida, thoracis vitta utrinque 
elytrorumque vitta laterali, postice abbreviata, fulvis. 
Long. 23 lin. 
Hab. Park 
Subelongate, subdepressed, black ; a broad vitta on either side 
of the thorax, amd a broad marginal stripe on each elytron, com- 
mencing at the base and te rminating below tlie middle, fulvous, 
Vertex rugose, deeply grooved down the middle ; antenne acute, 
shining blue: black, the six basal joints distinct, moniliform. 
Thorax one-third broader at the base than long, narrowed from 
base to apex, sides indistinctly sinuate, anterior angles armed with 
a small obtuse tooth; above subeylindri cal, coarsely and deeply 
punctured, centre of the base slightly excavated. Scutellum 
shining black. Elytra much broa der than the thorax, shghtly 
increasing in width towards their apex, the latter obtusely trun- 
cate ; sides narrowly margined, the outer edge coarsely serrate, 
apical margin also serrate ; posterior aneles produced into a 
large flattened acute spine, its apex directed obliquely back- 
wards; above subdepressed along the suture; each elytron with 
three raised costs, the suture also elevated; interstices with a 
double row of deep regular punctures, third interstice from the 
suture with three rows, less regularly placed. Beneath black, 
sternum fulvous. 
In my own cabinet and that of the Rev. H. Clark. 
Genus STETHISPA. 
Corpus elongatum, dorso depressum, nitidum, non metallicum. 
Caput porrectum, fronte inter oculos vix producta ; antennis validis, 
subfusiformibus, articulis eylindricis, 1™° brevi, vix incrassato, 2— qtum 
singulis primo vix longioribus, 5* ad apicem singulis adhue paullo 
longioribus, inter se sequalib us; mento renee lateribus sinuatis ; 
oculis integris. Thorax basi transvers , lateribus marginatis, basi 
