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2. Hesycha maculosa, n. sp. 



.//. elongata, convexiuscula, fusca, maculis numerosissimis partim 

 coiifluentibus fulvis ; vertice nigro trilineato ; thorace nigro macu- 

 lato. Long. 8^ lin. S ? • 



Head dusky, front channeled down the middle, punctured ; 

 eyes rather elongated, margined on the inner side narrowly with 

 tawny ; vertex tawny, marked in the middle with three parallel 

 black lines ; antenniferous tubercles produced into a short acute 

 tooth on the inner side, longer in the male than in the female. 

 Antennse longer by one half than the body in the male, and the 

 terminal joint very slender and much longer than the preceding ; 

 iu the female a little longer than the body, with the terminal 

 joint shorter than the preceding ; basal joint abruptly clavate, 

 third joint scarcely perceptibly curved ; colour blackish. Thorax 

 quadrate, surface uneven, with several impressed curved lines 

 and raised interspaces, sides behind the middle with an acute 

 tubercle; colour tawny, marked with two short black lines in 

 front in the middle and a spot behind them, and four spots on 

 each side of the disk. Scutcllum black. Elytra elongate and 

 rather convex, slightly tapering ; shoulders prominent, and sur- 

 mounted by a glossy black tubercle; surface quite even and 

 moderately punctured, dark brown, covered uniformly with a 

 multitude of tawny specks, mostly confluent. Body beneath 

 tawny. Legs blackish. 



Ega. 



3. Hesycha cretacea, n. sp. 



H. oblongo-elongata, subdepressa ; elytris maculis numerosis fulvis 

 maculaque magna laterali cretaceo-alba. Long. 8 lin. $ . 



Head grey, margins of eyes with tawny lines, front punctured; 

 eyes elongated; antenniferous tubercles acute on their inner 

 side, vertex with three short black streaks. Antenna3 a little 

 longer than the body, dark brown ; basal joint clavate, third 

 joint very slightly curved. Thorax quadrate, sides each with 

 two large obtuse tubercles, surface with transverse furrows, 

 tawny mixed with grey, and spotted with black. Scutellum 

 black, margined with grey. Elytra oblong, a little dilated be- 

 yond the middle, slightly convex, shoulders moderately promi- 

 nent; with irregular clusters of punctures arranged in lines, 

 black, covered with pinkish-tawny spots, partly confluent, and 



parum convexa ; humeris productis, antice curvatis, postice tuberculo 

 nigro armatis, quasi uncinatis ; supra grosse punctata, punctis partim 

 confluentibus, sordide brunnea, strigis pallidis et fuscis variegata. 

 Corpus subtus brunneum. Pedes fusci. how^.A^Xm, <J . Ha6. Rio 

 Janeiro, k D. Squires capta. 



