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involve nearly as much difficulty, as there would then be 

 twelve joints. 



I propose to place it before Clythraschema. 



Ites plagiatus, n. sp. 



Niger, velutinus ; macula post oculos, thorace vitta laterali, plaga- 



que in singulis elytris coccineis. 

 Long. 8 lin., lat. elytr. 5 lin. 



Black, velvety, with a dense short fringe round the margin 

 of the elytra ; the antennae, face, abdomen, tibiae, and tarsi 

 clothed with silvery-grey silky pubescence. Head with an 

 impressed line on the vertex. Thorax transverse, a little 

 more constricted behind than in front of the middle, convex, 

 smooth on the disk, with a few punctures at the base. Elytra 

 with the shoulders obtuse and raised ; with a fringe of dense 

 black pile on the suture near the scutellum ; the expansion 

 commences at the base of the elytra, and nearly attains its 

 greatest width within the basal sixth ; thence it becomes a 

 trifle wider, and from the middle to the apex is gradually 

 narrowed ; each elytron has a scarlet patch, somewhat semi- 

 circular in form, extending from below the shoulder to near 

 the apex, leaving the margin narrowly black. 



Hab. Gualaquisa. 



Lycidola fiavofasciata. n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida; thoracis lateribus, coxis, femorumque basi flavis; 



elytris cyaneis, humeris fasciaque lata flavis. 

 Long. 5^ lin., lat. elytr. 3| lin. 



This species is close to L. simulatrix, Bates, which it re- 

 sembles in its flat semicircularly dilated elytra. Thorax 

 moderately thickly and rather strongly punctured, a little nar- 

 rowed in front) impressed above at the base. Elytra at their 

 base only a little wider than the thorax, expanded immedi- 

 ately below the shoulders, rather thickly and distinctly punc- 

 tured at the base ; each with four costse, the second and third 

 uniting before the apex, the fourth on the lateral expansion ; 

 with a triangular humeral spot and broad fascia behind the 

 middle yellow, the fascia somewhat dentate above and below. 



Hab. Cuenc,a, Ecuador (Fraser). 



Lycidola felix , n. sp. 



Nigra; elytris cyaneo-purpurascentibus, latissimis, fascia media 



dentata guttisque nonnulhs ante medium flavis. 

 Long. 8| lin. 



Antennae with the fourth joint distinctly thicker than the 



