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Mr. G. C. Clianipioii 071 various 



eyos ; anteiiuaj moderately long in (^, shorter in ?. Pro- 

 thornx transverse, rounded at tlie sides in (J, narrowed 

 anteriorly in ? . Elytra moderately long, the a])ice.s somc- 

 wliut produced. 



(J . Ventral spo;mont 5 hroadly arcnato-emaro;inate, 6 sub- 

 conical. Tegmen with long, somewhat spoon-sliaped, lateral 

 lobes, their apices flavo-ciliate. Penis-sheath almost straight., 

 subacuminate at apex. 



Length 6-7, breadth 2f-3i mnn (c? ? •) 



IJah. Ecuador, Loja {Rosenberg), Macas {Buckley) ; 

 Peru {ex colh. Murrai/ and Fry : type). 



Fifteen examples, ten of which are from Peru, females 

 pre|)onderatiiig, three out of the four from Loja having two 

 additional reddish spots on the disc of the elytra near the 

 suture, llecoguizable by the metallic green or bluish elytra, 

 with sharply-defined orange spots, the two near the suture 

 evanescent, and the two submarginal ones often very small or 

 wanting. A. luteoguttatxis is allied to the Colombian A. sex- 

 giittatus, Kirsch, differing from the latter in its much smaller 

 size, lej^s robust build, shorter elylra, &c. A. latemaculatus, 

 Pic, from Peru, seems to be the nearest ally amongst those 

 indicated by him in 1902. 



17. Astylus luteicauda, sp. n. 



Moderately elongate, shining, pilose ; nigro-aneous, green- 

 ish or aMieou?, the antennae wholly or in part, the apices of 

 the elytra, the tibite (except at the base), and tarsi testaceous 

 or rufo-testaceous ; the head and protliorax rather sparsely, 

 the elytra very coaisely, punctate. Head elongated behind 

 the eyes, and depressed in the middle between them, narrow 

 in ?, broader in (J; anteunifi long und rather slender in J*, 

 short in ? . Protliorax transverse, broad and with the sides 

 rounded in J* , rapidly iiarrowed from near the base in ?. 

 Elytra sub[)arallel, sometimes with an indication of a faint 

 costa on the disc, the apical margin obsoletcly crenulate. 



cJ . Ventral segment 5 broadly arcuato-emarginate, 6 coni- 

 cal, notched at the tip. Tegmen with long, compressed 

 lateral lobes, which are rounded and flavo-ciliate at the tip. 

 Penis-sheath straight, pointed at the apex. 



Length 5-6, breadth 22-2* mm. ( (^ ? .) 



JIab. Ecuador, Loja and Zaiagura {Rosenberg ex coll. 

 Fry). 



Turee females and two males. This insect must be nearly 



