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at the middle and another near the apex, as well as the lateral 
margins, flavous. 
Length 8-9 millim. 
Head black, shining, with a few deep punctures near the eyes ; 
the latter large, widely separated ; clypeus acutely triangularly 
raised, flavous; labrum black, with a row of punctures ; antenne 
long and slender, black ; thorax short and strongly transverse, the 
sides feebly rounded anteriorly, straight at the base, the anterior 
angles thickened and produced, the sides broadly flattened, with a 
thickened margin, the flat portion well defined from the convex 
surface, the latter impunctate, obsoletely transversely depressed or 
grooved near the base; scutellum broad, black; elytra with a 
distinct depression below the base, not perceptibly punctured, 
bright metallic blue ; the lateral margins, the epipleur, and two 
narrow transverse bands flavous—of these the first is placed at the 
middle and extends quite to the suture, the second one is situated 
very near the apex, not quite extending to the suture and 
of slightly upward direction; metatarsus elongate, claw-joint 
moderately thickened ; the anterior femora more or less stained 
with flavous at the extreme base. 
Hab. Peru, Prov. Huallaga (G. A. Baer). 
Of this handsome species I have received several Specimens from 
M. Clavareau, of Brussels. I know no other species with similar 
shaped and same number of bands. 
Llytra blue. 
ASPHARA TIBIALIS, Sp. N. 
Pale flavous, the head, antenne, tibize, and tarsi black ; thorax 
impunctate ; elytra metallic blue, impunctate. 
Length 7 millim. 
Head entirely impunctate, black; clypeus acutely raised, tri- 
angular, slightly stained with flavous, palpi robust; antenne 
extending below the middle of the elytra, black, third joint 
slightly shorter than the fourth; ; thorax with the sides gradually 
flattened, with narrow thickened margins, the anterior angles 
thickened but not dentiform and scarcely produced, the disc 
impunctate, flavous ; scutellum black; elytra with a shallow trans- 
verse depression below the base, entirely impunctate, dark metallic 
blue, below flavous; the tibie and tarsi black, extreme base of the 
posterior tibiz flavous; claw-joint moderately thickened. 
Hab. Amazons, 
Of this species, distinguished by its system of coloration, five 
specimens are contained in my collection. 
Elytra with longitudinal fulvous bands. 
ASPHHRA FERRUGINEO-VITTATA, Sp. nh. 
Elongate, subparallel, testaceous ; thorax with strongly rounded 
and broadly flattened sides, impunctate; elytra with a narrow 
