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sanguineous reticulations, the puncturing of which is more 

 distinct than the rest of the surface. Beneath nigro-seueous ; 

 abdominal segments narrowly edged with rufous. 

 Hab. Peru. 



Omaspides pulchella. PI. V. fig. 3. 



O. rotundata, modice convexa, rufo-testacea, subopaca ; anteunis 

 nigris ; elytris metallico viridibus, plaga magna submarginali tes- 

 tacea ; subtus picea ; thorace utrinque macula, abdomineque rufo- 

 testaceis. — Long. C>\ lin. 



Rotundate, moderately convex, rufo-fulvous, subopake; an- 

 tennae black ; elytra dark metallic green, each with a broad 

 submarginal vitta, rufo-fulvous. Thorax semicircular, sub- 

 truncate at the apex ; sides slightly oblique and sinuate ; above 

 subconvex, transversely impressed in front of the basal lobe, 

 longitudinally grooved down the middle ; subopake, rufo-testa- 

 ceous, lateral margin obscure piceo-Eeneous. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, subtruncate at the base, shoulders rounded, 

 sides much dilated and rounded to their middle, thence slightly 

 narrowed towards the apex, the latter rounded; above mode- 

 rately convex, obsoletely gibbous below the scutellum ; surface 

 finely and closely punctured, subgranulose on the disk ; sides 

 much dilated, slightly deflexed, rather less closely punctured ; 

 obscure metallic green, a broad vitta within the outer margin, 

 extending from immediately below the base nearly to the apex, 

 rufo-fulvous. Beneath piceous; a longitudinal patch on either 

 side the thorax and the abdomen rufous, the latter stained with 

 piceous. 



Hab. S. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 



Agathomerus Batesii. PI. V. fig. 2. 



A. elongatus, niger ; elytris purpureis ; antennarum apice, thorace infra 

 limboque supra, elytrorum fascia transversa maculisque duabus, 

 femoribusque infra, flavo-albis. — Long. 4f lin. 



Elongate, shining black, covered with adpressed black pubes- 

 cence; elytra purple; three terminal joints of antennse, together 

 with the intermediate joints beneath, the under surface of the 

 thorax, its entire limb above, a small humeral patch, a transverse 

 subapical stripe and a transverse band across the middle of 

 the elytra, together with the under surface of the thighs, 

 yellowish white; the pubescence concolorous. Head shining 

 black ; vertex convex, smooth, impunctate ; upper portion of face 

 indistinctly excavated, finely punctured ; clypeus separated from 

 the face by a deep transverse groove ; antennae more than half 

 the length of the body. Thorax transverse, sides notched near 

 their apex ; above transversely convex, deeply grooved at the base 



