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lar row accompanying the sutural margin ; dark aeneous, their lateral 

 margins broadly flavous ; this band is slightly narrowed and sinuate 

 below the sboulders. There is also in one specimen before me a 

 short stripe of flavous between the margin and the scutellum at the 

 base of each elytron. Underside and legs greenish aeneous, extreme 

 apex of tibiae and the tarsi fulvous. 

 Collected by Mr. G. Champion. 



Genus Stilodes, Chevr. 



18. Stilodes belti, sp. nov. 



Ovate-rotundate. Obscure brownish aeneous, submetallic ; elytra 

 geminate-punctate-striate, flavous, the suture (widened before and 

 behind the middle) and three longitudinal rows of elongate spots 

 dark brown. 



Length 4|-5 lines. 



Hub. Chontales, Nicaragua. 



Head distinctly and moderately closely punctured, labrum brown, 

 apex of mandibles and the antennae obscure piceous ; the latter gra- 

 dually thickened, with their apical joints longer than broad. Thorax 

 transverse, anterior margin straight in middle, posterior one produced, 

 sides rounded, the anterior angles slightly produced; surface coarsely 

 punctured near the sides, more finely on the disk, with a small but 

 deep round fovea at each side, of the same brownish aeneous colour, 

 as the head. Scutellum smooth. Elytra convex, geminate-punctate- 

 striate on the disk, more irregularly punctured near the sides, the 

 first sutural stria very short, flavous, with three parallel rows of 

 irregular-shaped dark brown spots placed as follows — the first row 

 on the disk (consisting of four spots of increasing size), the second 

 and third row (of three spots each) placed towards the lateral margin 

 without, however, touching the latter, their two anterior spots joined 

 at the shoulder into an elongate ^-shaped mark : two other short 

 stripes are connected with the suture anteriorly and posteriorly. 

 Outer limb, underside, and legs brownish aeneous. 



19. Stilodes ilavo-marginata, sp. nov. 



Orate, convex. Dark violaceous blue ; elytra punctate-striate, each 

 elytron margined with a broad crescent-shaped yellow band from the 

 base towards the apex. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Vertex rather convex, with an indistinct middle line ; head rather 

 sparingly but distinctly punctured ; three lower joints of the antennae 

 light brown, the rest piceous and gradually increasing in width. 

 Thorax transverse, its sides parallel at the base, rounded towards the 

 apex and finely margined ; surface sparingly impressed with punc- 

 tures like those of the head, almost impunctate towards the sides. 

 Scutellum smooth, trigonate. Elytra slightly wider at the base than 

 the thorax, narrowed and rounded towards the apex ; surface of each 

 elytron impressed with ten rows of rather deep punctures, the first 



