3"4 lamiidjE. 



6. iEGOMORPHLS MOMLIFERUS, n. S. PI. IX. f. 7- B.M. 



M. griseo-canescens ; thorace antice et postice nigro-punctato ; 

 elvtris lateribus basi lineis 8-9 punctorum impressorum, fundo 

 lsete metallico-])urpureo ; dorso, basi punctorum lineis sex in- 

 terrupts ; margine sutura et dorso ad mediain partem albo 

 linearis et fusco maculato ; tibiis apice fuscis. 



With a thick greyish pubescence ; head down the middle with 

 an impressed line, on each side of it behind the eye there is a 

 brown spot ; antenna; cinereous, with the joints at the tip tinged 

 with brown ; thorax with the front and back margins rather 

 thickly punctured with black, and a few smaller scattered punc- 

 tures on the back ; scutellum blunt behind, grey, with a small 

 brown spot at the base. Elytra with the sides at the base with 

 eight or niue lines of impressed points, the bottom of each orna- 

 mented with a metallic purple spot, as if it was covered with 

 tinsel ; the back of the elytra at the base has six interrupted 

 lines of impressed points, three of them placed on rklges ; the 

 suture, margin and back of the elytra about the middle are 

 lineated with white, the lines being spotted with dark brown ; 

 under side closely covered with short greyish hairs; femora 

 above slightly spotted with brown, tibiae at the end brown. 



Length 6" to 7 lines. 

 Hub. Brazil (Para). 



7. iEGOMORPHUS CULTRIFER, n. S. B.M. 



JE. griseus, fuseo-variegatus ; thorace supra subtuberculato, 

 dorso medio maculis duabus subtriangularibus fuscis. lateribus 

 tuberculo apice acuminato et elevato ; scutello fusco griseo- 

 subcincto ; elvtris singulis basi subtuberculatis, medio tuber- 

 culo supra acuto et apice postice producto ; elvtris singulis 

 apice fasciis duabus fuscis ; abdominis segmentis subtus late- 

 ribus fusco maculatis ; pedibus griseis, femoribus intus fusco 

 punctulatis, tibiis apice late fusco. 



Griseous, variegated with brown ; thorax very slightly tuber- 

 cled above, and with two largish brown triangular spots ; the 

 lateral tubercle acuminated, the point turned up : scutellum 

 brown, slightly margined with greyish ; each of the elytra at the 

 base with some small tubercles : in the middle of each near the 

 base is an elongated tubercle, the upper edge of which is sharp, 

 and the point produced behind; each of the elytra near the tip 

 has two brownish bands ; the abdomen beneath at the sides 

 spotted on the base with dark brown ; legs griseous, the femora 

 on the inside punetulated with brown ; tibiae at the apex widely 



