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11. Allochroma assimile. 



A. oblongo-ovatum, latum, robustum, tenuiter subpubescens, flavo- 

 ferrugineum ; thorace quadrato, ad basin transverse depresso ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, ante medium subdepressis, ad latera et ad 

 basin subpubescentibus ; antennis ad apicem dilatatis, art. 15 

 flavo-rufis, 6-8 rufo-piceis (cceteri desunt) ; pedibus anterioribus 

 flavis, postic-is rufo-flavis. 



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



Oblong- ovate, broad, robust, finely subpubescent (not so distinctly 

 and generally as in A. nigro-marginatum) ; the colour is flavo- 

 ferrugineous throughout. Head short, transverse, slightly produced ; 

 above the base of the antennae, and between the eyes, are two obso- 

 lete obliquely-transverse carinations, while between them is a third, 

 medial, reaching to the base of the head ; the surface is finely punc- 

 tate. Thorax quadrate; the anterior angles subacute and much 

 depressed ; the sides marginate ; the surface more distinctly pubes- 

 cent than in A. nigro-marginatum ; the base is broadly and trans- 

 versely subdepressed. Scutellum small, triangular, flavous. Elytra 

 broad, robust, subparallel, finely punctate-striate, the striae being 

 almost obsolete ; finely pubescent at the sides and apex, and very 

 sparingly throughout the whole surface (more sparingly than in the 

 former species) ; a broad and faint transversely oblique depression 

 extends antemedially in the direction of the shoulders. Antennce 

 tolerably robust, slightly dilated towards the middle and apex; joints 

 one to five flavo -rufous, six to eight mfo-piceous (the rest are 

 wanting in the example before me). Legs: the anterior flavous; 

 the postical rufo-flavous. 



This species is at first sight closely allied to A. nigro-marginatum ; 

 it may without difficulty be separated by the quadrate form of its 

 thorax, and also by its somewhat less distinct pubescence. 



Bio Janeiro. In the collection of Mr. Baly. 



12. Allochroma quatuor-pustulatum. B.M. 



A. ovale, subparallelum, rufo-flavum, nitidum; capite brevi, de- 

 presso, haud producto, inter oculos in forma literce T foveolato ; 

 thorace transverso, angulis subacutis, ad latera marginato, spar- 

 sim punctulato crebrius ad basin ; maculce duce circulares nigrce 

 ad basin appropinquant ; elytris punctato-striatis, maculis qua- 

 tuor nigris circularibus ornatis, ad marginem rufo-ferrugineis ; 

 antennis brevibus, robustis, incrassatis, art. 15 rufo-flavis, 69 

 nigris, 10 et 11 testaceis ; pedibus flavis. 



Long. corp. 2^ lin., lat. 1-1 ij- lin. 



