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silky grey pile ; lateral spines placed close to the hind angles, 

 acute. Elytra oblong, rounded on the sides; apex sinuate- 

 truncate, angles of truncature not produced ; surface grey, with 

 (on each) about seven angular blackish spots, — namely, one under 

 the shoulder ; a second, oblique, near the scutellum ; a third, of 

 large size, on the side near the middle ; a fourth, elongated, near 

 the apex ; and, finally, three, more or less contiguous, on the 

 disk behind the middle : some of the spots are partially confluent 

 in some examples. Body beneath and legs reddish, clothed with 

 grey pile. 



Santarem, on dry twigs. 



13, Lepturges pulchellus, n. sp. 



L. parvus, elongatus, carneo-griseus : thorace supra fusco trivittato : 

 elytris maculis magnis fuscis, apice late sinuato-truncatis. Long. 

 2lin. $. 



Head clothed with changeable grey pile. Antennae dusky. 

 Thorax pinkish or tawny grey, with a broad black vitta in the 

 middle and one on each side, the latter varying in hue according 

 to the light j lateral spines placed close to the hind angles, 

 very small and obtuse. Elytra oblong, rather narrow, broadly 

 sinuate-truncate, the external angles of the truncature produced; 

 surface punctured, pinkish or tawny grey, with a large dusky 

 spot close to the scutellum, a second, larger and rounded behind 

 the middle, near the suture, and a third, smaller, near the apex ; 

 the sides also, except near the apex, occupied by an elongate stripe 

 or spot of a dusky colour. Body beneath and legs tawny grey. 



Santarem ; on dry twigs in the woods. 



14. Lepturges delicatus, n. sp. 



L. parvus, oblongus, depressus, griseus : thorace vittis duabus rufes- 

 centibus : elytris punctis numerosis rufescentibus, utrinque macula 

 magna posteriore nigra. Long. 2 lin. 6 ^ • 



Head reddish, clothed with grey pile. Antennse reddish 

 testaceous, each joint from the third tipped with black. Thorax 

 reddish testaceous, clothed with grey pile, and with two abbre- 

 viated vittse on the disk of a darker reddish -brown colour; 

 lateral spines distinct, acute, placed very near the hind angles. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, depressed; apex obliquely sinuate-truncate, 

 both angles of the truncature produced ; surface punctured, 

 grey, sprinkled with brownish-red spots, and having on each 

 elytron behind the middle a large black spot extending from the 

 side to the disk : in some specimens there is also a dusky spot 

 on the side towards the base. Body beneath and legs reddish 

 testaceous ; tips of tibiae and tarsi black. 



Upper and Lower Amazons, at S. Paulo and Santarem. 



