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half broader than long, slightly narrowed anteriorly, the sides 
nearly straight, with an extremely narrow thickened margin, only 
obsoletely flattened in front of it, the anterior angles slightly 
mucronate, the surface entirely impunctate, pale flavous or 
testaceous ; scutellum black; elytra not perceptibly punctured, 
black, very shining, nearly parallel, the lateral margins narrowly 
and an equally narrow transverse band at the middle, flavous; 
under side and legs black; the metatarsus elongate, the claw-joint 
but slightly swollen. 
Hab. Peru. 
The comparatively long thorax, the nearly straight and but 
slightly flattened sides, in connection with the very narrow and 
straight elytral pale band at the middle, well distinguish this 
species from others similarly marked. 
ASPHARA MACULICOLLIS, sp. n. 
Black, the antenne obscure fulvous; thorax pale testaceous 
with a transverse piceous band, the sides straight; elytra entirely 
impunctate, metallic green, the lateral margins and a transverse 
narrow band at the middle flavous ; claw-joint distinctly swollen. 
Length 5 millim. 
Smaller than the preceding species; the elytra more widened at 
the middle, with a broader lateral reflexed margin; the head with 
a single puncture close to the eyes, black at the vertex, the lower 
portion stained with flavous, the frontal elevations cond tri1- 
gonate, divided by a deep narrow groove; clypeus strongly 
raised ; antenne dark fulvous, the third and fourth joints very 
elongate, the following joints shorter; thorax with nearly straight 
lateral margins, the sides flattened, the anterior angles mucronate; 
the disc impunctate, whitish, with a narrow transverse piceous 
band; scutellum black; elytra with broad flattened lateral 
margins, impunctate, metallic green, the flattened sides and a 
transverse narrow band at the middle pale yellowish; below 
and the legs black; metatarsus elongate; claw-joint distinctly 
thickened. 
Hab. Peru, Marcapata. 
Separated by the sculpture and colouring of the head and that 
of the antenne, the thoracic transverse band, and colour of the 
elytra. The general size is smaller than that of the allied species. 
A. nobilitata Fab. is of different coloration, although the elytral 
pattern is similarand the claw-joint is scarcely swollen. A. disco- 
fasciata Baly is another closely allied species, but has differently 
coloured antenne, rounded sides of the thorax, finely punctured 
elytra, and their transverse band broad, not narrow. 
ASPHERA APICALIS, sp. 1. 
Black or piceous, the basal joints of the antenne and the 
clypeus flavous; thorax impunctate, fulvous or flavous; elytra 
greenish-zneous or purplish, impunctate, the lateral margins, 
a transverse band at the middle, a spot near the scutellum, 
