34:2 Mr. G. C. Champion on various 



$ . Ventral segment 5 short, triangular, emarginate, 

 6 cleft, shorter than 5. 



llah. BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro (Blanchard, Fry), Sao Paulo 

 (P.rtij), Alto de Serra Paulo (G. E. Bryant). 



A long series seen, males preponderating, showing scarcely 

 any variation, except in size. The penis-sheath of the g , 

 examined in many specimens, is very different from that of 

 any of the allied species dissected. 



4. Astyhis lice matost ictus, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrow, shining, nigro-pilose above and beneath ; 

 nigio-cperuleous, the head and prothorax greenish, the elytra 

 with an oblong spot at the base, the lateral margins to near 

 I lie middle, a triangular postmedian patch on the disc, and a 

 transverse subapical mark, luteous or reddish, the antennae 

 t< staceous to about the middle ; the head and prothorax 

 finely, the elytra rather coarsely punctate. Head not much 

 developed behind the eyes; antennae moderately long in £ , 

 short in ? . Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides in 

 both sexes. Elyfra long, subparallel in their basal half. 



$ . Ventral segment 5 broadly arcuato-emarginate, 6 

 moderately long, conical, cleft down the middle. 



? . Ventral segment 6 short, divided down the middle. 



Length 6-6^ breadth 2|-2f mm. (J ? .) 



Ilab. Brazil, Minas Geraes {Mm. Brit.). 



Described from a pair acquired by the Museum in 1844, 

 the $ labelled with the MS. specific name hcematostictus. 

 An elongate, narrow, metallic insect, with nigro-camileous 

 elytra, which are each marked with three rather large luteous 

 or reddish spots — one basal (oblong), one postmedian (tri- 

 angular), and one subapical (transverse). A larger abraded 

 $ (length 8| mm.), from Puarcatambo, Peru, too imperfect 

 to name, differs from the Brazilian insect in having the elytra 

 less coarsely punctate, and the three spots transverse, the 

 second forming a definite arcuate fascia. A. hcematostictus 

 seems to be nearest allied to A. sexmaculalus, Perty, from 

 which it is separable by its smaller size, narrower form, and 

 the differently shaped spots on the elytra. The unique male 

 has not been dissected. 



5. Astylus ant is. 



Dasytes antis, Perty, Del. Anim. art. Bras. p. 29, t. 6. fig. 13 (1833) ; 



Cast. Hist. Nat, Coleopt. i. p. 280. 

 Dasi/tes /lavofasciatus, Blanch, in Voyage d'Orbigny, vi. 2, p. 97, t. 6. 



tig. 10. 

 Asti/lus fasciatus [Germ, in Dej. Cat. 3rd edit. p. 123], Sharp and 



Muir, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1912, pp.540, 541 (J genit. armature). 



