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of each ending in a short spine ; surface rugose. Each elytron with 

 five smooth strongly marked longitudinal ridges. Beneath and legs 

 punctured, covered with golden pubescence. 



Length 12 lines. Breadth 4 lines. 



Hab. New Granada. 



C. EXiMiA (fig. 12). Cyanea, thorace angulis posterioribus productis et 

 valde acutis ; elytris striatis, fascia flava post medium posita, latcribus 

 postice denticulatis ; subtus punctata. 



Cyaneous blue with purple reflections. Elytra with a narrow yellow 

 transverse band just above the apex. 



Head punctured, with a triangular elevation above the mouth. Thorax 

 very convex, at the base twice as wide as long; anterior margin 

 raised and produced in the centre, two-fifths as long as the base ; 

 sides very slightly curved, posterior angles produced and very acute ; 

 base deeply bilobed ; surface highly polished and very finely punc- 

 tured, with a transverse impression on each side above the middle 

 midway between the dorsal line and the lateral margin. Elytra twice 

 as long as wide, finely punctate and striated, the striae deei)ening as 

 they approach the apex ; sides subparallel, nearly straight ; posterior 

 margin denticulate. Beneath and legs punctured. 



Length 13 lines. Breadth 6 lines. 



Hab. Brazil. 



C. BREVicoLLis (fig. 13). Cyanea, nitida, thorace brevi punetato ; ely- 

 tris fascia flava ante apiceni ornatis ; subtus cyanea, punctata. 



Dark purplish black. Elytra with a wide yellow band above the apex. 

 Beneath and legs cyaneous. 



Head punctured, with a triangular elevation on the forehead. Thorax 

 at the base twice as wide as long ; anterior margin raised, somewhat 

 produced in the centre, half as long as the base ; sides slightly 

 rounded ; base bilobed ; surface very finely punctured, with a small 

 transverse depression on each side of the disk, and a somewhat 

 ovate one in each posterior angle. Elytra twice as long as wide, 

 finely punctate-striate, the striae becoming very deep, and the inter- 

 stices raised as they approach the apex ; sides slightly sinuate above 

 the middle ; posterior margin denticulate, apex of each bidentate ; a 

 well-marked channel runs parallel to, and just above, each lateral 

 margin ; there are also two or three depressions on each side of 

 the elytra. Beneath and legs punctured. 



Length 12 lines. Breadth 4| lines. 



Type in the Collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro. 



C. Batesix (fig. 14). Cyanea, elytris fascia testacea prope apicem po- 

 sita ; thorace angulis posterioribus paulo rotundatis, elytris striatis ; 

 subtus cyanea, tribus segmentis posterioribus flavis. 



