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intermediate joint slightly widened ; thorax with nearly straight 

 sides, slightly nari-owed anteriorly, anterior angles thickened and 

 produced into a short point, the sides flattened but gradually so, 

 without deep accompanying groove, the disc impunctate, fulvous 

 or flavous, anterior maigin i-ather deeply concave ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra gradually and slightly widened posteriorly, with a 

 short but rather deep sutural depression below the base, im- 

 punctate, pale testaceous, with two metallic dai^k purplish bands, 

 the first subquadrate at the base, nearly extending to the middle 

 but not to the lateral margins, its posterior edge straight, the 

 posterior angles rounded, the second band occupies the entire 

 apex and has its anterior angles rounded, these bands are separated 

 by the testaceous ground-colour in shape of a transverse band of 

 nearly similar size as the dark ones ; under side and legs black, 

 apex of abdomen flavous; claw-joint not strongly thickened. 



Hab. Peru. 



Principally distinguished by the position and shape of the 

 posterior band in connection with the flattened sides of the thorax. 



ASPHiERA GLABRIPENNIS, Sp. n. 



Obscure testaceous ; the thorax with gradually flattened sides,, 

 impunctate ; elytra impunctate, with a metallic blight green sub- 

 quadrate spot at the base and anothei' one near the apex •,. 

 posterior femora Avith the apex black. 



Length 7-10 millim. 



Of elongate and flattened shape, of a rather dirty testaceous ; the 

 head finely punctured at the sides as well as the space in front of 

 the eyes, the frontal elevations broad, clypeus rather strongly 

 raised; antennae long and slender, obscure testaceous, the terminal 

 joints very elongate ; thorax with gradually flattened sides, nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, the anterior margin deeply concave, the sides 

 nearly straight, anteiior angles in shape of a small tooth, the 

 sui-face impunctate; s^cutellum testaceous; elytra entirely im- 

 pmictate, with two brilliant metallic green bands or patches, the 

 first at the base, not extending to the sutui'al or lateral margin 

 and downwvards to about one -third the length of the el}^ra, the- 

 other band of more rounded shape near the apex, not extending to 

 either margin ; below finely pubescent ; the apex of the posterior- 

 femora black ; claw-joint moderately swollen. 



Hah. Marcapata, Peru. 



I would have referred this species to A. chapuisi Har., but the 

 author gives the colour as rufo -testaceous and the elytra as 

 finely punctured, but even with a strong lens I cannot discover 

 any punctuation. 



ASPH/ERA FUNEREA, Sp. n. 



Black ; thorax whitish or obscure testaceous, the flattened sides 

 well separated ; elytra very minutely punctured, coloured like 

 the thorax, a broad transverse band at the base and another still 



