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This species, which was obtained by Mr. Buckley some years ago, 

 and of which I expressed an opinion at the time (P. Z. S., 1880, p. 

 591) that it might possibly represent a new species, closely allied to 

 M. armatus, Lac, must, I think, be considered as such, as a closer ex- 

 amination has proved to me. M. Buchleyi differs from M. armatus in 

 the following details : — the elytra, instead of being black with a 

 narrow central fulvous band, have two fascise, one before the other 

 behind the middle, thus resembling the pattern of the female ; the 

 apex of the elytra, which in M. armatus is black, with a small fulvous 

 spot and finely sericeous, is smooth and fulvous with a black central 

 spot iir M. Buchleyi ; the female of the present species differs also 

 from that of M. armatus in having the thorax coloured exactly like 

 the male, that is, black with a flavous lateral margin ; the colour of 

 the under-side (flavous, with the sides of the breast and the middle of 

 the abdominal segments black) agrees with that of the allied .species. 

 I have, however, never seen a specimen of M. armatus marked as 

 pointed out above, and moreover, the position of the elytral bands 

 excludes the supposition that the two insects are identical. 



DOEYPHOEA BBAZILIENSIS, n. Sp. 



Obscure piceous ; head and thorax testaceous, the former with three the latter 

 with four black spots ; elytra dark violaceous-blue, finely and remotely punctured, 

 the lateral margin narrowly testaceous. 



var. : elytra entirely pale fulvous or testaceous. Length, 4^ — 5£ lines. 



Of oblong and parallel sbape, rather convex, the head remotely punctured, with 

 two spots at the base, two near the antennae, and a central one, black ; thorax nearly 

 three times broader than long, the sides strongly rounded before the middle, the 

 anterior margin deeply emarginate behind the eyes, straight at the middle, the pos- 

 terior margin broadly produced at the middle, the surface remotely but irregularly 

 punctured, the punctures rather deep and closely placed at the sides; scutellum 

 black ; elytra finely and not closely punctured, the punctures arranged in irregular 

 rows, the lateral margin and the epiplem-se testaceous, the disc dark violaceous-blue ; 

 below obscure piceous, the legs testaceous, stained with piceous ; mesosternal process 

 long and pointed ; tarsi black. 



Blab. : Brazils, St. Catharina (my collection). 



Closely allied to D.fervida and _D. cincta, but differing entirely 

 in the punctuation of the thorax and elytra, and from _D. amabilis, 

 Baly, in the much larger 3ize and colour of the elytra ; the pale 

 variety may possibly be immature, but agrees in every other respect 

 with the type. 



DOEYPHOEA PICEOFASCIATA, %. Sf. 

 Testaceous ; the terminal joints of the antenna black ; thorax transverse, nearly 

 impunctate ; elytra strongly convex, punctate-striate, a sutural broad band and 



