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fourth and fifth each nearly one-half shorter than the third, equal, 

 sixth much shorter than the fifth, transverse, seventh equal in 

 length to the third, somewhat thickened, and forming with the 

 four terminal joints an elongated, scarcely compressed club; su- 

 tural lines between the four latter obsolete. Thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long at the base, sides straight but running 

 slightly outwards from their base to the middle, thence rounded 

 and narrowed to the apex ; anterior angles armed with an obtuse 

 tooth ; above transversely convex, transversely depressed on the 

 hinder disk, surface closely covered with large deep punctures, 

 rugose, a longitudinal space down the middle nearly free from 

 punctures ; basal lobe depressed, very broadly truncate. Scu- 

 tellum transverse at the base, sides narrowed from base to apex, 

 the latter obtuse, surface oblique at the base, apical portion 

 horizontal, transversely grooved. Elytra slightly increasing in 

 width from base to apex, lateral and apical margins narrowly 

 dilated, finely but not closely serrate ; apical border obtuse, its 

 serratures less distinct than those of the sides ; each elytron tri- 

 costate, the interspaces deeply bigemellate-punctate ; the three 

 patches on each elytron are arranged as follows : — first subro- 

 tundate at the base; the second large, subtriangular, on the 

 outer disk, its base attached to the lateral border ; and the third 

 transverse, concave, placed before the apex. 

 In my collection. 



Uroplata octopttstulata, n. sp. 



U, elongata, anguste cuneiformis, subdepressa, rufo-testacea, sub- 

 nitida ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, rude rugoso-punctato : elytris 

 apice truncatis, aiigulo postico lamina compressa, apice rotundata, 

 lateraliter vix promiuula, iustructis ; utroque tricostato, pone me- 

 dium quadricostato ; pallide rufo-violaceis, singulatim pustulis 

 quatuor, una basi, secunda ante, tertia pone medium quartaque 

 ante apicem positis, fuh is, angulo postico obscure purpureo. 



Long. 3\ liu. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Very similar in form and colouring to U. cruentata, but more 

 coarsely punctured ; apex of the elytra more distinctly truncate, 

 their hinder angles more distinctly produced. Head somewhat 

 strongly produced between the eyes, vertex smooth ; antennae 

 robust, subincrassatc towards their apex, joints cylindrical, two 

 basal equal, only slightly thickened, third slightly elongate, 

 fourth and fifth equal, each one-third shorter than the third, sixth 

 rather shorter than the fifth, seventh equal in length to the 

 third, slightly thickened, and, with the four following joints 

 (which arc coalescent, and without any trace of sutural lines), 

 forming an indistinct club, the apex of which is acute. Thorax 



