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Deep cyaneous blue, with purple reflections ; a band above the apex of the 

 elytra testaceous, and the last three segments of the abdomen flavous. 



Head largely and deeply punctured. Thorax a little more than twice as 

 wide as long at the base; anterior;margin slightly produced and elevated ; 

 sides rounded, slightly sinuate above the posterior angles, which are 

 somewhat produced and rounded ; base with a shallow median lobe ; 

 surface finely punctured j dorsal region depressed at the base ; near each 

 posterior angle is a small triangular fovea. Elytra not quite twice as 

 long as wide, punctate-striate, the striae deepening as they approach 

 the apex; sides sinuate above the middle; posterior margin from 

 above the transverse band denticulate ; apex of each bidentate. Be- 

 neath and legs punctured ; the latter with a few long hairs. 



Length 11^ lines. Breadth 4 lines. 



Hab. Brazils. 



C. Fry I (fig. 16). Cyanea ; thorace postice valde dilatato, minutissime 

 punctato ; elytris striatis, lateribus subparallelis, apicibus denticulatis ; 

 subtus punctata. 



Entirely deep cyaneous blue, with darker reflections. 



Head punctured, raised in a triangular form above the mouth. Thorax 

 more than twice as broad as long at the base ; anterior margin raised, 

 slightly produced in the centre, one third as long as the base ; sides 

 almost straight until just above the posterior angles, which are much 

 produced. Base bisinuatc ; surface very finely punctured, with a dcej) 

 transverse impression just over the scutellum, and a faint depression 

 near each jjoaterior angle. Elytra twice as long as wide, narrower 

 than the base of the thorax, striate, the strisE shallow and punctured 

 on their basal half, but very deep as they ajjproach the apex ; sides 

 nearly straight till close to the apex, then sharply rounded, denticu- 

 late. Beneath and legs finely punctured. 



Length 14 lines. Breadth 5^ lines. 



Type in the Collection of A. Fry, Esq., to whom the species is dedi- 

 cated. 



Hab. Para. 



C. MINOR (tig. 16). Viridis; thorace nitido, angulis posterioribus fove- 

 atis ; elytris striatis, fascia post medium llava ornatis ; subtus tribus ab- 

 dominis segmentis posterioribus ferrugineis. 



Bright green. Elytra with bluish reflections, with a somewhat wide 

 nearly straight flavous band above the apex. Beneath green ; the 

 last three abdominal segments ferruginous. 



Head slightly depressed between the eyes, punctured. Thorax at the base 

 a little more than twice as wide as long; anterior margin slightly raised ; 

 sides nearly straight ; posterior angles rounded ; base with a shallow 

 median lobe; surface very finely and remotely punctured; near each pos- 

 terior angle is a rather deep triangular fovea; there is also aslight trans- 



