340 IMr. J. S. Baly on new Genera and Species of Hispidae. 



obscure metallico-viridibus, utroque tricostato, maculis duabus 

 inter se confluentibus, una basi, altera vix ante medium positis, 

 plagaque magna communi trigonata, ante apieem posita, fulvis. 

 Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Amazons. 



Head veiy moderately produced between the eyes, vertex finely 

 rugose, longitudinally grooved ; antennae shorter than half the 

 body, subincrassate, two basal joints nearly equal, the first 

 thickened, third nearly as long as the two preceding united; 

 fourth and fifth equal, each two-thirds the length of the third; 

 sixth distinctly shorter than the fifth, transverse; seventh rather 

 shorter than the third, slightly thickened, and, together with the 

 four apical joints, forming an indistinct, slightly compressed 

 club; seven lower joints nearly cylindrical, subnitidous, granulose. 

 Thorax more than one-half broader than long, sides nearly 

 straight behind, rounded and narrowed before their middle, 

 sinuate immediately behind the anterior angle, the latter armed 

 with an obtuse tooth; above subcylindrical, flattened and 

 transversely impressed on the hinder disk, closely covered with 

 large round punctures, rugose-punctate on the sides, a small 

 longitudinal space in the middle of the disk, impressed in the 

 centre with a short longitudinal groove, free from punctures ; 

 basal lobe depressed, broadly truncate. Scutellum broadly tri- 

 angular, rounded at the apex, basal surface oblique, apical hori- 

 zontal, slightly concave. Elytra broader than the thorax, sides 

 subparallel in front, gradually but slightly dilated towards the 

 hinder angles, the angles themselves scarcely produced, obtuse ; 

 lateral and apical margins slightly dilated, the former minutely 

 and remotely, the latter coarsely, serrate ; each elytron tricostate, 

 the interspaces deeply bigemellate-punctate. 



Uroplata cruentata, n. sp. 



XJ. elongata, anguste cuneiformis, subdepressa, fulvo-rufa, sub- 

 nitida, thoracis vittis duabus nigris : elytris apice obtuse rotun- 

 datis, angulo postico non prominulo, obtuso ; singulatim tricos- 

 tatis, obscure rufo-violaceis, metallico-micantibus, utroque linea 

 angusta suturali, margine laterali, postice abbreviata, fascia trans- 

 versa subapicali maculisque tribus, harum prima basi, secunda vix 

 ante medium, margini adfixa, tertiaque transversa, apice posita, 

 fulvo-rufis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah, Brazil. 



Head moderately produced between the eyes, vertex obsoletely 

 grooved longitudinally, indistinctly keeled in front; antennae 

 longer than the head and thorax, robust, subincrassate, two 

 basal joints equal, scarcely thickened, third somewhat elongate, 



