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nate, the surface iinpuuctate, more or less black, the anterior 

 angles broadly testaceous ; scutellum black ; el}i;ra testaceous, 

 finely and closely punctured ; under side and legs black ; the meta- 

 tarsus as long as the following two joints together, claw-joint 

 strongly inflated. 



Hah. Peru. 



Very closely allied in coloration to A . tarsata ; but the head 

 pale, the antennpe slender, without widened and pubescent joints, 

 and the metatarsus much shorter. Of this species I possess three 

 specimens. The species is also closely allied to A . albifrons, but is 

 much larger, and the anterior angles of the thorax are mucronate, 

 the luider side and legs are black. From both species the broad and 

 blunt carina will distinguish the present one ; it is more pro- 

 nounced than in any other species I am acquainted with. 



ASPH-EKA AMABILIS, Sp. n. 



Black ; thorax short, transverse, impunctate ; elytra testaceous, 

 extremely finely and closely punctured, the apical margins black. 



Var. Elj'tra unicolorous testaceous. 



Length 5 millim. 



Of posteriorly slightly widened shape ; the head black, shining, 

 impunctate, the vertex sometimes marked with a testaceous spot, 

 deeply transversely grooved between the eyes, the latter large ; 

 palpi testaceous ; antennte black, the third and fourth joints equal ; 

 thorax short and transverse, the lateral margins rounded, the sides 

 broadly flattened, this portion well separated from the disc, the 

 latter impunctate, black, shining, the anterior angles produced 

 outwards into a small tooth ; scutellum broad, black ; elytra sliglitly 

 wider at the base than the thorax, convex, gradually widened 

 posteriorly and without basal depression, testaceous, extremely 

 closely and finely punctured, the extreme apical margins black ; 

 under side and legs black, the metatarsus of the posterior legs as 

 long as the following two joints together, claw-joint rather 

 strongly swollen. 



Hab. Peru. 



The black head and thorax and the proportionately short shape 

 of the latter well distinguish this species, of which I possess 

 thi-ee specimens, two of which have the apex of the elytra black 

 to a small extent and the vertex marked by a small testaceous 

 spot ; in the other specimen the sjDot and the black apex of the 

 elytra are absent. 



Elytra iviih onetcdlic transverse bands. 

 Asphji:ra carilloensis, sp. n. 



Testaceous ; the head, breast, and the legs black ; antennae long, 

 fulvous ; thorax impunctate, anterior angles bluntly produced ; 

 elytra nearly white, impunctate, a transverse band at the base and 

 another narrower one, slightly oblique, metallic dark blue, both 

 bands abbreviated at the sides. 



