376 JMr. H. W. Bates on the Longicorn Coleoplei^a 



rowed towards the apex, briefly sinuate-truncate, outer angle of 

 the truncature much produced ; surface punctured, black, clothed 

 with olivaceous-sooty pile, and varied with a few short grey 

 streaks arranged in lines from base to apex. Body beneath and 

 legs pitchy black, clothed with dull greyish pile. 

 Ega. 



18. Lepturges inops, n. sp. 



L. parvus, angustatus, depressus, obscure rufescens : elytris griseo 

 lituratis, apice truncatis : femoribus posticis vix clavatis. Long. 



2ilin. (5. 



Head reddish, with scanty grey pile. Antennae dull reddish. 

 Thorax reddish, with a dusky tinge, and scanty silky grey pile ; 

 sides reddish ; lateral spines large, pointing backwards, and 

 situated close to the hind angles. Elytra narrow, slightly widen- 

 ing towai'ds two-thirds their length, truncated at the apex, with the 

 outer angles of the truncature slightly produced; surface punc- 

 tured, dull reddish, dusky on the sides near the base, variegated 

 with dull greyish marks, there being a line on each side of the 

 scutellum, an irregular, elongate, flexuous spot extending from 

 the base to the middle near the suture, a small spot on the disk 

 near the termination of the before-mentioned streak, and thi'ee 

 oblong spots in a transverse row behind the middle of the disk ; 

 besides these marks, the suture near the apex and the apex itself 

 of the elytra are bordered with dull grey. Body beneath and 

 legs dull testaceous red. Legs feeble; hind thighs scarcely 

 clavate. 



S. Paulo, Upper Amazons*. 



19. Lepturges griseostriatus, n. sp. 



L. oblongus, postice attenuatus, fuscus : elytris rufescenti-fuscis, 

 utrinque lineis griseis octo, quarum tribus interioribus postice in- 

 terruptis, notatis : pedibus validis, femoribus fortiter clavatis ; 

 tarsis posticis maxima elongatis. Long. 3| lin. S • 



Head and antennae dull reddish. Thorax above blackish, 

 thinly clothed with hoary pile; the disk with a few punctures ; 

 lateral spines large and thick, placed very near to the hind 



* A species inhabiting South-east Brazil closely resembles L. inops in 

 general appearance and markings ; the following is a description of it : — 



L. miser. Parvus, oblongus, subangustatus, depressus, obscure fuscus, 

 griseo variegatus. Caput nigricans, tomento fulvo vestitum. Antennae 

 tenues, parce setosae, rufescentes, articulo basali piceo, reliquis apice 

 obscuris. Thorax nigricans, griseo parce toraentosus ; spinis lateraU- 

 bus parvis, acutis, paulo ante basin sitis. Elytra apice integra, dorso 

 punctata, obscure fusca ; fascia valde dentata ante medium Uturisque 

 subapicalibus griseis. Corpus subtus pedesque nigro-picea ; femori- 

 bus omnibus clavatis. Long. 2 lin. ^ . Hab. Rio Janeiro. Coll. 

 Bakewell. 



