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2. Anidrytus LiauEFACTUS, Gorh. Endom. Rec. p. 47. 



I have received specimens of both sexes of what I consider 

 identical with this species, of which the type is now in Mr. Lewis's 

 possession from Peru, and one male from New Granada (?) ; but these 

 have only three joints at the base of the antennae red, and the apical 

 joint is quite black. The size is from 7|-8| millim. 



3. Anidrytus htjmilis, Gorh. Endom. Rec. p. 48. 



Further specimens were taken by Mr. Belt at Chontales, 

 Nicaragua, and will be noticed in the ' Biologia Centr.-Amer.' in due 

 course. 



Epopterus. 



1. Epopterus eganus. (Plate XVII. fig. 9.) 



Ovatus, rufo-hrunneus, nitidus ; aniennis nigris, articulis tribus 

 basalibus testaceis ; elytris singulis maculis tribus sat magnis 

 eburneo-albidis nigro-cinctis, duabus basalibus oblique sitis, una 

 subapicali. Long. .5-.5| millim. S $ . 



Mas. Tibiis anticis leviter curvatis, ad apices compressis. 



Hub. Amazon, Ega (H. W. Bates). 



Head and thorax rather pale castaneous red, not perceptibly 

 punctured, very finely and very sparsely pubescent at the sides of 

 the latter, narrowed to the front angles, and very narrowly margined ; 

 basal sulci short, linear. Scutellum black. Elytra wider than the 

 thorax, commencing to widen from the base to about one third from 

 the base, whence they are evenly and ovally contracted to the apex ; 

 each with three large yellowish-white spots edged with black. The 

 underside is brownish red, the tibiae darker at their bases than the 

 rest of the leg, as are also (but only very finely) the inner epipleural 

 margins of the elytra. 



Two examples from Mr. Bates's collection are now in Mr. Lewis's. 



2. Epopterus ephippiger. (Plate XVII. fig. 8.) 



Ovatus, ru/o-piceus, nitidus; elytris flavis macida magna discoidali 

 communi nigra ; antennis nigris, articulis tribus basalibus flavis ; 

 prothorace crebre, elytris parcius leviter punctatis. Long. 6 

 millim. S . 



Mas. Tibiis anticis ad apices interne compressis, leviter incurvatis. 



Hab. Amazon {H. W. Bates). 



Nearly of the same oval form and of the size of E. eganus, but 

 distinctly punctured. Head red, nearly smooth ; thorax twice as 

 wide as long, not so wide as the elytra at their base, thickly and 

 distinctly punctured ; basal sulci straight, a little converging, sides 

 narrowing, slightly curved, margin distinct and faintly raised. 

 Scutellum rufous, punctured. Elytra paler yellow than the thorax, 

 punctures distinct, only a few scattered hairs at the sides ; epipleurse 

 yellow, only very narrowly darker at their margins. Underside and 

 legs uniformly pitchy red. 



I have only seen one example of this species, a male. It is very 

 distinct from any Epopterus yet described. 



