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ginate, impunctate, black or violaceous blue ; a transverse band from 

 the margin to the suture, situated at the middle, slightly convex 

 anteriorly, and narrowed towards the suture, and a transverse sub- 

 quadrate patch, widened towards the suture, white. Underside 

 black, abdomen flavous ; claws scarcely thickened. 

 Hab. Cache, Costa Rica. Collected by Mr. Rogers. 



Genus Asph^era, Chev. 



7. AsPH^ERA APICALIS, Sp. UOV. 



Ovate, convex, black ; clypeus and sides of thorax testaceous. 

 Elytra purplish, the extreme lateral margins and the apex more or less 

 flavous testaceous. 



Length 3-4 lines. 



Head with a few rather deep punctures, deeply transversely de- 

 pressed, with a short longitudinal groove between the eyes, the space 

 in front of the latter rather swollen. Clypeus light testaceous. An- 

 tennae rather long, the fourth and fifth joints the longest, of equal 

 length, the basal three joints piceous, the rest black. Thorax nar- 

 rowed from base to apex, its sides broadly margined, anterior angles 

 acute, but not produced ; surface impunctate, black, the sides light 

 testaceous ; scutellum black, broadly triangular. Elytra closely and 

 irregularly punctured, the interstices transversely and longitudinally 

 wrinkled, to a less extent towards the apex, of a purplish colour ; the 

 apex with a triangular space extending to a greater or smaller degree 

 upwards, as well as the extreme lateral margins, flavous testaceous. 

 Underside and legs black. Metatarsus as long as the two following 

 joints, claw-joint moderately swollen. 



Hab. Brazil. 



8. Asph^era balyi, sp. now 



Light fulvous below ; head and elytra dark metallic green, 

 shining ; thorax and two spots on each elytron testaceous. 



Length 3| lines. 



Head with a deep transverse depression, impunctate, lower face 

 testaceous ; antennas piceous, basal three joints testaceous. Thorax 

 with the anterior angles not mucronate, but obtusely rounded, sides 

 regularly rounded and broadly flattened, base with an obsoletely 

 depressed transverse narrow groove, posterior margin sinuate at each 

 side, surface very minutely punctured ; elytra narrowly margined, 

 throughout finely punctured, very shining dark metallic green, the 

 extreme lateral margin, a transversely placed oval-shaped spot in 

 the middle, and a smaller one of the same shape near the apex light 

 testaceous. Underside fuscous or ferruginous ; kuees and the tibia? 

 piceous. Metatarsus as long as the two following joints united, 

 claw-joint moderately swollen. 



Hab. Peru. 



9. Asph^era amazonica, sp. nov. 



Elongate, subparallel, light flavous ; antenna? and legs fulvous ; 



