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short and very broad, abruptly dilated from the very base ; 

 this character can only be seen when the tibia is extended 

 unnaturally, so as to be almost in a line with the femur 

 (PI. XL % 1). 



Onthocharis cequalis, sp. n. 



Elongato-oblonga, picea paullo virescens, nitida ; capite vertice sub- 

 tiliter crebre punctato, clypeo fortius punctato, piceo, antice sat 

 profunde emarginato, medio dentibus duobus acutiusculis instructo ; 

 thorace virescenti, crebre evidenter punctato, basi utrinque laeviori, 

 medio linea brevi impressa ; elytris striatis, striis punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis fero planis, fere lsevibus ; pygidio virescenti, subtiliter 

 punctato ; pedibus piceis, tibiis posticis elongatis, apicem versus 

 latioribus, tarsorum articulo basali longitudine latiori, basi angus- 

 tato. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hob. Santarem (H. W. Bates). 



The clypeus has the anterior emargination a little deeper 

 than in many of the allied species, and the angles of the 

 emargination are rather acute and extend forwards almost to 

 a level with the middle teeth ; the punctuation is very dis- 

 tinct, the punctures slightly separated from each other. The 

 thorax has the punctuation fine but distinct, especially ante- 

 riorly ; the impressed median Hue is very distinct. The 

 elytra are dark pitchy, with a green tint ; the stria? are dis- 

 tinct but not very deep, the dorsal stria? are very finely punc- 

 tured, with some larger punctures at intervals, the lateral 

 stria? only show the larger punctures ; the interstices are not 

 visibly punctured, except the sutural one, which has a few 

 very delicate punctures. The pygidium is green, with very 

 distinct punctures, which are slightly separated. The poste- 

 rior femora are broad ovate ; the tibia? are smooth above, 

 except the usual line of punctures, the outer apical angle is 

 distinctly produced ; the basal joint of the tarsus is short, 

 narrowed at the base, emarginate at the apex, with the outer 

 angle much prolonged (PI. XI. fig. 2). 



Onthocharis Io?ta } sp. n. 



Elongato-oblonga, nigro-picea, nitida ; capite thoraceque cupreis, 

 elytris fere nigris, vix virescentibus, pedibus piceis ; capite crebre 

 subtiliter punctulato, clypeo subtilius punetulato, antice emar- 

 ginato, medio dentibus duobus acutis instructo : tborace subtibter 

 crebre punctulato, medio Linea brevi bene impressa ; elytris evi- 

 denter striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis fere planis, subtilissime 

 parce punctulatis ; pygidio sat fortiter punctato ; femoribus pos- 



