of the Amazon Valley. 877 



angles. Elytra rather elongate, narrowed from base to apex, 

 sinuate-truncate, both angles of the truncature slightly produced j 

 surface feebly convex, punctured, light brown, each with eight 

 longitudinal lines (besides a short one near the scutellum) of an 

 ashy-grey colour ; the second, third, and fourth from the suture 

 interrupted a little beyond the middle of the elytron, and leaving 

 a considerable space free from lines; towards the apex these 

 three lines are represented by a thick streak. Body beneath and 

 legs dull reddish, clothed with ashy pile. The legs are rather 

 long and stout, the thighs thickly clubbed, the hind tarsi greatly 

 elongated, especially the basal joint, which is much longer than 

 the remaining three taken together. 

 Forests of the Cupari, River Tapajos. 



20. Lepturges alboscriptus, n. sp. 



L. oblongo-ovatus, niger : elytris utrinque linea arcuata lineolisque 

 duabus albis oruatis. Long. 3| lin. $ . 



Head black, with a few silvery-grey hairs. Antennae black, 

 furnished with numerous bristles. Thorax black, with patches 

 of silvery-grey pile ; surface sparingly punctured ; lateral spines 

 prominent and acute, placed very near the hind angles. Elytra 

 oblong-ovate, slightly convex, very briefly and obtusely trun- 

 cated; surface punctured; each elytron with a distinct white 

 line extending from the shoulder to the suture behind the mid- 

 dle, and then sharply bent, terminating on the lateral margin ; 

 besides this line, there are two short white streaks placed trans- 

 versely, — namely, one on the side, at one-third the length of the 

 elytron, and the other very near the apex. Body beneath and 

 legs dusky. Legs moderately stout; hind tarsi moderately 

 elongated. 



One example, taken at Caripi, near Para. 



21. Lepturges dulcissimus, n. sp. 



L. oblongus, depressus, testaceo-flavus : capita nigro, lineola flava : 

 elytris fulvo-griseis, apice flavis ; marginibus, sutura fasciaque sub- 

 apicali nigris. Long. 3| lin. § . 



Head deep shining black ; labrum and a short and broad line 

 on the crown yellow. Antennse black. Thorax testaceous yel- 

 low ; disk clothed with rich golden pile ; lateral spines reduced 

 to mere tubercles, and placed near to the hind angles. Elytra 

 oblong, slightly narrowed near the tip, depressed, broadly trun- 

 cated, outer angle of the truncature slightly produced ; surface 

 punctured, clear tawny grey, with the suture, lateral margins, 

 and a fascia near the tip deep black ; the apical space behind the 

 fascia yellow. Body beneath reddish testaceous, except the tip 



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