344 Mr. J.S. Baly on new Genera and Species of Uispidee. 
thorax, two basal joints short, nearly equal, slightly thickened, 
third scarcely longer than the second, semiovate, its apex 
truncate ; three followimg joints very short, transverse, nearly 
equal, the sixth being scarcely shorter than the fifth ; these jomts 
(from the first to the sixth) are all covered with coarse longitu- 
dinal sulci; seventh nearly equal to the two preceding united, 
somewhat thickened, and, together with the four terminal joints, 
forming a distinct, very slightly compressed club, the sutural 
lines between the last four obsolete. ‘Thorax scarcely broader at 
the base than long, subconic; sides nearly straight at their ex- 
treme base, thence obliquely narrowed to the apex ; basal margin 
deeply sinuate on either side, medial lobe broadly truncate, its 
surface oblique, transversely sulcate. Scutellum trigonate, its 
apex obtusely truncate. Elytra broader than the thorax, nearly 
parallel in front, slightly dilated towards the hinder angles, the 
latter armed with a strong acute black spine, the apex of which 
is produced almost directly backwards; lateral and apical mar- 
gins narrowly dilated, coarsely serrate; each elytron strongly 
tricostate, the edge of the third costa serrate. 
In my own cabinet. 
Uroplata miniata, n. sp. 
U. anguste cuneiformis, depressa, fulva; antennis, thorace vitta 
utrinque, elytrorumque fascia subapicali, margine laterali vittulis- 
que obliquis duabus sanguineis: elytris singulatim tricostatis, 
humeris elevatis, apice obtuse truncatis ; angulo postico in spinam 
acutam purpuream oblique productis, 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Venezuela. 
Head strongly produced between the eyes, vertex slightly 
raised, impressed in the middle with a longitudinal groove ; 
antennze nearly half the length of the body, robust, subincras- 
sate; basal joint thickened, second and third each shorter than 
the first, equal, the second being slightly thickened ; fourth and 
two following joints very short, transverse, equal, the sixth being 
scarcely sensibly shorter than the fifth, seventh equal in length 
to the two preceding, and, together with the four apical joints, 
thickened and forming an elongate slightly compressed club ; 
sutural lines between the last four jomts nearly obsolete. Tho- 
rax as long as broad at the base, subconic, the sides obliquely 
converging from immediately above the base to the apex; sub- 
cylindrical above, indistinctly flattened on the hinder disk, closely 
and deeply impressed with large round punctures; basal lobe 
oblique, its surface transversely sulcate. Scutellum large, de- 
pressed at the base, subpentagonal, the apical angle very obtuse. 
Elytra broader than the thorax, subparallel, slightly dilated to- 
