Mr. J.S. Baly on new Genera and Species of Hispide. 3841 
fourth and fifth each nearly one-half shorter than the third, equal, 
sixth much shorter than the fifth, transverse, seventh equal in 
length to the third, somewhat thickened, and forming with the 
four terminal joints an elongated, scarcely compressed club; su- 
tural lines between the four latter obsolete. Thorax nearly 
twice as broad as long at the base, sides straight but running 
shghtly outwards from their base to the middle, thence rounded 
and narrowed to the apex ; anterior angles armed with an obtuse 
tooth ; above transversely convex, transversely depressed on the 
hinder disk, surface closely covered with large deep punctures, 
rugose, a longitudinal space down the middle nearly free from 
punctures; basal lobe depressed, very broadly truncate. Scu- 
tellum transverse at the base, sides narrowed from base to apex, 
the latter obtuse, surface oblique at the base, apical portion 
horizontal, transversely grooved. Llytra slightly increasing in 
width from base to apex, lateral and apical margins narrowly 
dilated, finely but not closely serrate ; apical border obtuse, its 
serratures less distinct than those of the sides; each elytron tri- 
costate, the interspaces deeply bigemellate-punctate ; the three 
patches on each elytron are arranged as follows :—first subro- 
tundate at the base; the second large, subtriangular, on the 
outer disk, its base attached to the lateral border ; and the third 
transverse, concave, placed before the apex. 
In my collection. 
Uroplata octopustulata, un. sp. 
U. elongata, anguste cuneiformis, subdepressa, rufo-testacea, sub- 
nitida ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, rude rugoso-punctato : elytris 
apice truncatis, angulo postico lamina compressa, apice rotundata, 
lateraliter vix prominula, instructis ; utroque tricostato, pone me- 
dium quadricostato; pallide rufo-violaceis, singulatim pustulis 
quatuor, una basi, secunda ante, tertia pone medium quartaque 
ante apicem positis, fulvis, angulo postico obscure purpureo. 
Long. 33 lin. 
Hab. Brazil. 
Very similar in form and colouring to U. cruentata, but more 
coarsely punctured ; apex of the elytra more distinctly truncate, 
their hinder angles more distinctly produced. Head somewhat 
strongly produced between the eyes, vertex smooth; antennz 
robust, subincrassate towards their apex, joints cylindrical, two 
basal equal, only slightly thickened, third slightly elongate, 
fourth and fifth equal, each one-third shorter than the third, sixth 
rather shorter than the fifth, seventh equal im length to the 
third, slightly thickened, and, with the four following joints 
(which are coalescent, and without any trace of sutural lines), 
forming an indistinct club, the apex of which is acute. Thorax 
