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broader than the head ; surface impunetate, rufous. Scutellum tri- 

 angular, very darldy rufous. Elytra broad, robust, with punctures 

 (veiy minute and obsolete) arranged in the form of striae ; glabrous, 

 of a dark metallic blue colour. Antennae short, robust, with a ten- 

 dency to dilatation towards the apex (from the fifth to the eleventh 

 joints) ; the first joint dilated, inflected outwards, and nearly as long 

 as the third and fourth together ; rufo-testaceous. Legs rufo-tes- 

 taceous throughout. 



A single specimen, taken in the Amazon district by Mr. Bates, is 

 in that gentleman's collection. 



2. Eupeges scabrosa. 



E. ovalis, robusta, nigra ; capite brevi, ad basin antennarum bitu- 

 berculato,punctato,fusco-rufo ; thorace transverso,punctato,fusco- 

 rufo ; elytris subcylindricis, punctato-striatis, gramdatis, nigris ; 

 antennis Jiliformibus, fusco-nigris ; pedibus rufis, tibiis tarsisque 

 fuscis. 



Long. corp. 3^ lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Oblong, oval, subparallel, robust, black. Head short, transverse, 

 slightly produced ; below the base of the antennae is a transverse tri- 

 angular plane ; above the base of the antennae are two prominent 

 tubercular elevations, which are more prominent by reason of a medial 

 longitudinal fovea, and above them a transverse depression ; eyes 

 globose, situated nearly at the base of the head ; the surface of the 

 head strongly punctate, impubescent, fusco-rufous. Thorax trans- 

 verse, in front slightly emarginate ; the anterior angles are subacute 

 and much depressed ; the sides are marginate, and in outline sub- 

 sinuate ; near the basal angle (when viewed obliquely) is an obsolete 

 depression ; the surface is deeply punctate, impubescent, and fusco- 

 rufous. Scutellum triangular, pubescent, rufo-fuscous. Elytra sub- 

 cylindrical, parallel, punctate-striate ; the punctures are entirely, 

 and the striae almost, concealed by a clothing of short and coarse pu- 

 bescence, which gives a generally scabrous appearance to the whole 

 surface ; the colour black. Antennas robust, filiform, the second and 

 third joints being slightly attenuated ; fuscous-black, the two basal 

 joints being suffused with rufous. Legs rufous, the anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous. 



Brazil. 



3. Eupeges nigrifrons. 



E. oblong o -ovata , subparallela, depressa, siddiliter pubescens, pallide 

 flava ; capite brevi, transverso, oblique foveolato, granulato, flavo, 



