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spatio tertio pone medium confuse trifariam punctato ; femoribus 

 subtus unispinosis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Vertex impressed with a deep longitudinal groove. Thorax 

 conical, the sides being obliquely narrowed from base to apex ; 

 on either side, just above the base, is a small, obscure rufous 

 spot. Spine of the elytra broad, deeply excavated above, pro- 

 duced obliquely outwards and somewhat backwards. Abdomen 

 very obscure nigro-seneous, apical segment stained on cither 

 side with an obscure rufous patch. 



In my collection. 



Acanthodes lateralis, n. sp. 



A. subelons^ta, subdeprcssa, nigra, subnitida, tlioracis ntta utrinque 



clytrornJiKiue vitta latcrali, postice abbreviata, fulvis. 

 Long. 2| lin. 



Hah^ Peru. 



Subelongatc, subdcpressed, black ; a broad vitta on either side 

 of the thorax, and a broad marginal stripe on each elytron, com- 

 mencing at the base and ti'rminating below the middle, fulvous. 

 Vertex rugose, deeply grooved down the middle ; antenna; acute, 

 shining blue-black, the six basal joints distingt, moniliform. 

 Thorax one-third broader at the base than long, narrowed from 

 base to apex, sides indistinctly sinuate, anterior angles armed with 

 a small obtuse tooth ; above subcylindrical, coarsely and deeply 

 punctured, centre of the base slightly excavated. Scutellum 

 shining black. Elytra much broader than the thorax, slightly 

 increasing in width towards their apex, the latter obtusely trun- 

 cate ; sides narrowly margined, the outer edge coarstly serrate, 

 apical margin also serrate ; posterior angles produced into a 

 large flattened acute spine, its apex directed obliquely back- 

 wards; above subdepressed along the suture; each elytron with 

 three raised costae, the suture also elevated ; interstices with a 

 double row of deep regular punctures, third interstice from the 

 suture with three rows, less regularly placed. Beneath black, 

 sternum fulvous. 



In my own cabinet and that of the Rev. H. Clark. 



Genus Stethispa. 



Corpus elongatum, dorso depressum, nitidum, non mctnllicum. 

 Caput porreetuni, /ron/e intcf oculos vix producta; antennia validis, 

 subfusiformibus, ariiculis cylindricis, l*"" brevi, vix incrassato, 2—4*"™ 

 singulis primo vix lougioribus, 5'" ad npiccm singulis adhuc paullo 

 longioribus, inter sc rctjualibus ; mento elongato, latcribus siuuatis ; 

 oculis integris. Thorax basi trausvcrsus, latcribus marginatis, basi 



