of the Amazon Valley. 17 



A widely distributed insect in the Amazons region^ being 

 found on the banks of the Tapajos and near Ega on the Upper 

 Amazons. The species has also been met with by M. Bar in the 

 interior of French Guiana. Cayenne examples agree precisely 

 with those found at Ega ; but those brought from the Tapajoa 

 are much lighter in colour, and have many tawny spots on the 

 upper surface of the thorax and elytra, which are wanting in 

 those of other localities. 



4. Torofutut terebraiu, n. sp. 



T. oblongs, convexiusculus, fuscos : thorace antice maculi^ quatuor 

 fulvis m serie transrersa dispositis : elytris nigro eriseoque nebu- 

 losis, medio macula commuoi cinerea, ante apicem linea transrersa 

 fulva. Long. 4 lin. J . 



Head velvety black, cheeks ashy, vertex with a short ashy line. 

 Antenna* reddish testaceous, bases of joints (except the basal 

 two) pallid, apices dusky. Thorax very little broaoer than the 

 head, the sides i.i the middle with a distinct conical protuber- 

 ance ; surface blackish, sides streaked with ashy, fore part with 

 a transverse row uf four distinct tawny spots, an obscure oblique 

 line uf the same hue extending from the base towards the di^ik 

 on each side. Elytra oblong, not narrowed until near the apex, 

 at which point they are suddenly narrowed to the tip, the latter 

 obliquely truncated; surface thickly punctured, except near the 

 apex, purplish brown, varied throughout with pale bluish grey 

 and patches of a black colour, apical part clear brown (including 

 the margins), but crossed by a thin Yellowish line from lateral 

 margin to sutarc. Body beneath silky ashy. L^ reddish, 

 ringed with grey and black. 



S Terminal abdominal segment with dorsal plate semicircu- 

 larly notched at the tip, ventral with a shallower notch. 



Found only at S. Paulo, Upper Amasons. 



5. TbrtMURtt virens, n. sp. 



T, obloagus, convexiusculus, fuaoo ■eriMUi» viridi micans : elytris 

 plaga magna ante medium cinerea, ^neibiia canis utriuque macula 

 transversa fuses. Long. 3^-4^ lin. S $ • 



Head sooty black, cheeks yellowish ashy. Antennae reddish, 

 bases of third to sixth joints pallid. Thorax very little broader 

 than the head, the sides in the middle with a conical protuber- 

 ance, surface dark brown, becoming green in certain lights; 

 disk speckled with tawny ashy, sides ashy, with a brown streak. 

 Elytra oblong, obliquely truncated, surface punctured, except at 

 the apex ; dark brown, with a large patch before the middle, 

 and the apical region ashy, the apical spot enclosing a transverse 

 curved blackish streak : the whole surface has a silky green 



Ann. l^ Mag, N, Hist, Ser. 3. Fo/. xiv. 2 



