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base, just alDOve the shoulder, to the centre of the disk 

 about midway between the base and apex, where it turns 

 towards the side at an acute angle, two round spots below 

 this, and an apical streak, impressed and shining green. 

 Beneath and legs punctured. 



Hab. Ega, Amazons. 



Should follow trisulcata, L. & G. 



I have named this Ijeautiful species after its discoverer, 

 Mr. H. W. Bates. 



Halecia cyaneo-notata, E. S. 



Lsete seneofusca. Thorax punctatus, linea dorsali irregu- 

 lari subelevata ad basin impressa. Elytra punctata striata, 

 utrinque post medium maculis duabus rotundatis vittaque 

 apicali cyaneis ornata. Subtus obscure senea, pedibus 

 cyaneis. 



Bronzy brown, shining. Elytra each with two round 

 spots (one just about the middle, the other midway between 

 it and the apex) and a short streak extending from the 

 apex to a little way up the lateral margin, cyaneous ; in 

 the specimen before me there is also a slight indication 

 of another spot near the base. Beneath dull iDronzy. Legs 

 cyaneous. 



Somewhat the shape of iridea, Mann. Head depressed 

 in front very largely punctured. Thorax punctured, 

 with a very slight depression on each side near the 

 anterior margin, a small fovea at the base of the dorsal 

 line and a small impression on the base at each side near 

 the posterior angle, seeming as if it formed part of the 

 basal impression of the elytra. Elytra finely punctured, 

 and punctate striate, with an impression on each side above 

 the shoulder. Posterior margins not denticulate. Apex 

 of each attenuate and ending in a sharp point. Beneath 

 punctured. 



Length, 7-h lines ; breadth, 2^- lines. 



Hab. Para. H. W. Bates. " 



Should follow Batesii, E. S. 



Halecia cupriceps, E. S. 



Caput cyaneo cupreum, punctatum. Thorax purpureo- 

 fuscus, valde punctatus, linea dorsali impressa, lateribus 

 utrinque longitudinaliter impressis, impressionibus viridi- 



