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LAMIID.E. 



26. Leiopus BISPECULARIS, n. S. B.M. 



L. fusco-cinereus ; thorace medio vitta. lata nigro-fusca ; elytris 

 singulis macula magna subovata obliqua suturam non attin- 

 gente pallidoque cincta, apice truncatis ; autennis ferrugineis. 



Brownish ash-colour, with a silky pubescence ; antennae fer- 

 ruginous ; thorax in the middle with a widish dark brown vitta, 

 the sides of the thorax somewhat angled behind, but scarcely 

 tubercled ; each of the elytra truncated at the tip and marked 

 by a large somewhat oval dark brown spot, touching the lateral 

 margin, but not extending to the suture ; this spot is edged with 

 pale cinereous, between it and the tip are two mottled marks ; 

 legs and under side covered with an ash-coloured silky pubes- 

 cence. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Ega) (Coll. W. B. Bates). 



27. Leiopus breviceps, n. s. B.M. 



L. sordide fuscus ; elytris singulis apice rotundatis, ad suturam 

 cinereo lineolatis ; femoribus basi pallescentibus ; capite bre- 

 vissimo, oculis magnis. 



Of an elongated form, and of a dirty-brownish hue ; head very 

 short ; eyes large, occupying the greater part of the cheeks ; a 

 strong transverse impressed line just behind the antenna? ; a 

 somewhat paler line down the middle of the thorax and on the 

 hind margin ; elytra rounded at the tip ; close to the suture are 

 two longish somewhat cinereous lines, at the tip there is a longish 

 spot of the same colour, and behind it are one or two small spots ; 

 the base of the femora is pale ; the under side is covered with 

 short cinereous pubescence. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Hab. Venezuela. 



28. Leiopus emeritus. 



L. subdepressus, niger, tomcnto ccrvino-aurulento vestitus ; tho- 

 race mutico antrorsum subangustato ; thorace elytrisque late- 

 ribus fusco-nebulosis ; elytris amplis, humero prominulis, apice 

 oblique truncatis, tricostatis, costis nigro-puuctatis, exteriore 

 laterali, intermedia utrinque abbreviate, interiore antrorsum 

 fortius elevata ; antennis pedibusque nigris, albo-annulatis, 

 femoribus omnibus clavatis, basi testaceis. 

 Long. tin. 6. 



Liopus emeritus, Erichs. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p. 147. 

 Hab. Peru. 



