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scutellum black ; elytra very closely and strongly punctured, 

 testaceous, with the basal and sutural margins, a humeral spot, 

 and a narrow submarginal stripe metallic green ; this latter stripe 

 joins a transverse broad band before the apex, while a similarly 

 coloui'ed spot is placed at the middle of the disc on each elytron ; 

 below and the legs black, finely pubescent. 

 Hah. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 



Nephrica sanguinolenta, sp, n, (Plate XX, fig, 10,) 



Below fuscous, above dark red ; thoi-ax obsoletely sulcate, im- 

 punctate; elytra very minutely punctured, bright red, the disc 

 with a large subquadrate yellowish patch. 



Length 8 millim. 



Head impunctate, with the exception of a single puncture near 

 the eyes, the latter kidney-shaped, large ; clypeus thickened, but 

 rather broad between the antennae ; the latter extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, dark fulvous, the third joint twice as long 

 as the second and as long as the fourth ; thorax rather more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, slightly 

 obliquely narrowed towards the apex, with a distinct reflexed 

 margin, anterior angles thickened, slightly produced outwards, 

 the disc impunctate, very obsoletely sulcate near the base, dark 

 reddish ; elytra closely and extremely minutely punctiu-ed, of 

 nearly blood-red colour, the latter interrupted at the middle by a 

 large subquadrate yellowish patch, the anterior edge of which 

 extends rather nearer towards the base than the posterior one 

 towards the apex ; below and the legs dark fulvous. 



Hah. Espirito Santo, Brazil, 



A single specimen of this well-marked species is contained in 

 my collection, 



Nephrica fulvicornis, sp, n, 



Flavous, the antennse and the legs fulvous, the breast and the 

 posterior femora black; head and thorax impunctate; elytra 

 bluish black, a transverse band at the middle, the apex and the 

 lateral margins flavous. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head impunctate, pale flavous ; eyes large, sinuate, frontal 

 tubercles distinct ; clypeus slightly raised, triangular ; antennae 

 robust, fulvous, the third joint distinctly shorter than the fourth ; 

 thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides with a rather 

 broad flattened margin, anterior angles obtusely thickened, 

 the disc impunctate, yellowish white ; scutellum black ; elytra 

 perceptibly punctured on the pale portion only, bluish black, this 

 colour interrupted by a transverse flavous band at the middle 

 which does not quite extend to the suture, but is connected with 

 the similarly coloured lateral margin, the apex likewise pale 

 flavous ; below flavous, the sides of the breast and the posterior 

 femora black. 



Hah. Amazonia. 



