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the scutellum, another at the lateral margins before the middle, 

 and a transverse spot near the apex, fiavous. 



Length 9-10 millim. 



Head sparingly punctured, black, opaque ; labrum and antennfe 

 fulvous, the terminal joints transversely widened ; thorax strongly 

 transversely convex, the sides rounded, the anteiior angles not 

 prodviced, the surface sparingly punctured, black, opaque ; scu- 

 telhim impunctate, black ; elytra finely punctate-striate, pointed 

 posteriorly, black, opaque, with an oblong spot near the scutellum, 

 a subquadrate spot at the lateral margin before the middle, and 

 another transverse one near the apex, flavous; underside and 

 legs black, shining, apex of the tibiae clothed with fulvous 

 pubescence. 



Hah. Espirito Santo, Brazil [Fruhstorfer). 



Of this distinctly marked species I have six specimens which I 

 received from Mr. Fruhstorfer. 



Stilodes ecuadoriensis, sp. nov. 



Testaceous, the head greenish black ; thorax sparingly punc- 

 tured ; elytra regularly punctate-striate, the punctures placed on 

 narrow black stripes, the fourth stripe abbreviated ; underside 

 greenish piceous. 



Length 10 millim. 



Head metallic greenish, finely and sparingly punctured ; labrum 

 flavous ; antennae slender, greenish black, the basal joint, the 

 outer ones below and the two or three terminal joints entirely 

 flavous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides perfectly straight, 

 the posterior angles acute, the surface remotely and strongly 

 punctured, testaceous ; scutellum metallic green ; elytra with rows 

 of deep punctures, the latter not always regulai-ly placed, the 

 second, third, and fourth, and the sixth, seventh, and eighth rows 

 metallic greenish black in shape of narrow stripes, the fifth row 

 of this colour near the apex only, the others all more or less 

 interrupted posteriorly ; underside stained with blackish ; legs 

 entirely testaceous. 



Hah. Santa Inez, Ecuador (Haensch). 



Of this neatly marked species two specimens are contained in 

 my collection. 



StILOBES (?) GEOMETER, Sp, nOV. 



Flavous, two spots at the head, the disc of the thorax, and the 

 breast black ; thorax finely punctiired ; elytra closely and irregu- 

 larly punctured, flavous, with a narrow oblique olivaceous black 

 band from the shoulders to the middle and another at the sides to 

 the apex, both bands joined at the suture and at the shoulders. 



Length 10 millim. 



Head closely punctured, black, this colour divided into two 

 large spots by a narrow central flavous stripe, the space in front 

 of the eyes and the labrum likewise flavous,; antenna? entirely 



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