82 Rev. H. 8. Gorhani's Xote-o on the 



raised points, .shoulders very prominent, beyond the middle a 

 denuded curved fascia and a similarly deniided spot near the 

 apex, round these the grey pubescence is thicker. 



Hab.— ] (Dr. Baden).' 



Allied to holosericeus, White. 



Cirrus iMiclolas, n. sp. 



Niger, nitidus, capite et thorace ruhs, elytris macula basali, 

 fasciisijue tribus sutura interruptis flavis ; antennarum basi 

 apice(|ue, palpis, femoribus (ex parte) tarsisque pallide testaceis. 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Head and thorax glabrous, rusty red (in one example clouded 

 with pitchy on the disc) clothed with a few dark coloured settB, 

 shining ; antennae with two or three joints at the base, and the 

 club pale, the apical joint especially so, the rest pitchy. Elytra 

 blue black with a few scattered punctures, spots, 1 basal, nearly 

 round, then a short broad fascia not touching mafgin, only a 

 little oblique, then a fascia of same width starting from margin 

 nearly straight, the apical fascia starts from margin, but leaves 

 the apex and suture narrowly black. Femora and tarsi pale, 

 the former with their half next the tibi* pitchy above, rufous 

 beneath. 



Hab. Amazon, (Saunders). 



Clems atrlceps, n. sp. 



Rufo-testaceus, punctatus, nitidus, capite elytrisque iiigris, 

 his basi, fascia mediana et apice tlavis. Long. lin. 3^. 



Head black, shining, sparsely and deeply punctured. Thorax 

 clear rusty red, the extreme front margin black, disc very 

 sparingly, front more thickly, but less deeply punctured. Elytra 

 with the basal half thickly and roughly punctured, almost striate, 

 the large punctures irregular in shape and frequently united, yet 

 on the whole arranged in rows, as far as the commencement of 

 the apical yellow ; their base (narrowly at the shoulder, more 

 widely round the scutellum), a middle fascia (entire in some, 

 interrupted by a fine line at the suture in others), and the apex 

 for about a quarter the length of the elytron are pale yellow, the 

 body, legs, antenme and palpi pale red. 



Hab. Guatemala, (Saunders), also from Aceytuna in the same 

 district, at an elevation of 5,100 feet. (0. Salvin). 



