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short and very broad, abruptly dilated from the very base ; 

 this character can only be seen when the tibia is extended 

 unnaturally, so as to be almost in a line with the femur 

 (PI. XI. fig. 1). 



Onthocharis oiqualis, sp. n. 



Elongato-oblonga, picea paullo virescens, nitida ; capite vertice sub- 

 tiliter crebre punctato, clypeo fortius punctate, piceo, antice sat 

 profunde emarginato, medio dentibus duobus acutiusculis instructo ; 

 thorace virescenti, crebre evideuter punctato, basi utrinque laeviori, 

 medio linea brevi impressa ; elytris striatis, striis punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis fere planis, fere laevibus ; pygidio virescenti, subtiliter 

 punctato ; pedibus piceis, tibiis posticis elongatis, apicem versus 

 latioribus, tarsorum articulo basali longitudine latiori, basi angus- 

 tato. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Ilab. Santarem {H. W. Bates). 



The clypeus has the anterior emargination a little deeper 

 than in many of the allied species, and the angles of the 

 emargination are rather acute and extend forwards almost to 

 a level with the middle teeth ; the punctuation is very dis- 

 tinct, the punctures slightly separated from each other. The 

 thorax has the punctuation fine but distinct, especially ante- 

 riorly ; the impressed median line is very distinct. The 

 elytra are dark pitchy, with a green tint ; the stria? are dis- 

 tinct but not very deep, tbe dorsal stria are very finely punc- 

 tured, with some laiger punctures at intervals, the lateral 

 strise only show the larger punctures ; the interstices are not 

 visibly punctured, except the sutural one, which has a few 

 very delicate punctures. The pygidium is green, with very 

 distinct punctures, which are slightly separated. The poste- 

 rior femora are broad ovate ; the tibiae are smooth above, 

 except the usual line of punctures, the outer apical angle is 

 distinctly produced ; the basal joint of tlie tarsus is short, 

 narrowed at the base, emarginate at the apex, with the outer 

 angle much prolonged (PI. XI. fig. 2). 



Onthocharis lata, sp. n. 



Elongato-oblonga, nigro-picea, nitida ; capite thoracoque cupreis, 

 elytris fere nigris, vix viresccntibus, pedibus piceis ; capite crebre 

 subtiliter punctulato, clypeo subtilius puuctuluto, antice emar- 

 ginato, medio dentibus duobus acutis instructo : thorace subtiliter 

 crebre punctulato, medio linea brevi bene impressa ; elytris cvi- 

 dcntcr striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis fere planis, subtilissimo 

 puree piuictuhitis ; pygidio sat fortitcr [lunctato ; fomoribus pos- 



