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intermediate joint slightly widened ; thorax with nearly straight 
sides, slightly narrowed anteriorly, anterior angles thickened and 
produced into a short point, the sides flattened but gradually so, 
without deep accompanying groove, the disc impunctate, fulvous 
or flavous, anterior margin rather deeply concave; scutellum 
black; elytra gradualiy and slightly widened posteriorly, with a 
short but rather deep sutural depression below the base, im- 
punctate, pale testaceous, with two metallic dark purplish bands, 
the first subquadrate at the base, nearly extending to the middle 
but not to the lateral margins, its posterior edge straight, the 
posterior angles rounded, the second band occupies the entire 
apex and has its anterior angles rounded, these bands are separated 
by the testaceous ground-colour in shape of a transverse band of 
nearly similar size as the dark ones; under side and legs black, 
apex of abdomen flavous; claw-joint not strongly thickened. 
Hab. Peru. 
Principally distinguished by the position and shape of the 
posterior band in connection with the flattened sides of the thorax. 
ASPHAERA GLABRIPENNIS, Sp. Nn. 
Obscure testaceous ; the thorax with gradually flattened sides, 
impunctate ; elytra impunctate, with a metallic bright green sub- 
quadrate spot at the base and another one near the apex; 
posterior femora with the apex black. 
Length 7-10 millim. 
Of elongate and flattened shape, of a rather dirty testaceous ; the 
head finely punctured at the sides as well as the space in front of 
the eyes, the frontal elevations broad, clypeus rather strongly 
raised; antennz long and slender, obscure testaceous, the terminal 
joints very elongate ; thorax with gradually flattened sides, nar- 
rowed anteriorly, the anterior margin deeply concave, the sides 
nearly straight, anterior angles in shape of a small tooth, the 
surface impunctate; scutellum testaceous; elytra entirely im- 
punctate, with two brilliant metallic green bands or patches, the 
first at the base, not extending to the sutural or lateral margin 
and downwards to about one-third the length of the elytra, the 
other band of more rounded shape near the apex, not extending to 
either margin ; below finely pubescent ; the apex of the posterior 
femora black ; claw-joint moderately swollen. 
Hab. Marcapata, Peru. 
T would have referred this species to 4. chapuisi Har., but the 
author gives the colour as rufo-testaceous and the elytra as 
finely punctured, but even with a strong lens I cannot discover 
any punctuation. 
ASPHRA FUNEREA, Sp. N. 
Black; thorax whitish or obscure testaceous, the flattened sides 
well separated; elytra very minutely punctured, coloured like 
the thorax, a broad transverse band at the base and another still 
