98 FMay. 



5. — Ora hrevenofafa. 



Scii'fr.'i hrrvrnoiniun V\v, Melans^es exot.-onloni. xii. ]). G (Jan. 

 1915). 



Elliptic, broad, depressed, moderately shining, closely pubescent; testa- 

 ceous, the upper surface (except along the elytral suture) more or less suffused 

 or variegated with piceous, the elytra with several small spots near the base, 

 a transverse mark at the sides below the humeri, an indistinct, angulate, 

 oblique fascia beyond the middle, and a dull patch at or near the apex, 

 flavous or testaceous (the elytra in one example, ^, obscure testaceous, with 

 some markings below the base, an outwardly-widened, oblique, nngulate post- 

 median fascia, and a trifurcate mark near the apex, piceous) ; densely, very 

 finely punctate. Head rather small, hollowed or foveate on each side between 

 the eyes anteriorly, the eyes large ; antennae long, slender, joint 3 distinctly 

 longer than 2, the others elongate, filiform, Prothorax uneven, very short, 

 rapidly narrowed from the base, deeply hollowed in front opposite the eyes. 

 Elytra long, broad, somewhat acuminate at the tip, feebly tricostate, and with 

 a shallow groove along the suture, the margins explanate ; in the $ depressed on 

 the inner part of the disc below the base, and with a short, deep, longitudinal 

 sulcus adjacent to the suture near the tip, and a large rounded fovea exterior 

 to it. Posterior coxae without trace of plate. Posterior tibiae broad in ^, 

 narrower in 9? tlie elongate upper spur nearly as long as the first tarsal joint. 



Length 5-6, breadth 3-3.t mm. ( d $ •) 



Hah. Brazil, Mendes [type], Espirito Santo {Fri/ : cT $ ), lllia 

 Santa Amaro, near Santos {G. E. Bryant: $ : 2G.iii.l912). 



The above description is taken from two females in good condition, 

 and an imperfect male. These vary inter se in the development of the 

 markings of the upper surface, and all are paler than Pic's type (pre- 

 sumably 6 ), which is described as nigro-piceous above, the elytra with 

 short testaceous macules near the base and at the sides, O, (Sci/rtes) 

 lignea Blanch., from Bolivia, which has more sharply maculate elyti-a, is 

 doubtless an allied form, 



6, — Ora hituherculata, n. sp. 



2 . Oval, acuminate posteriorly, shining, rather coarsely flavo-pubescent ; 

 testaceous, the head between the eyes, the prothorax (except at the sides), and 

 the elytra with a broad indeterminate space on the outer part of the disc ex- 

 tending for two-thirds of their length (and partly enclosing a short, curved, 

 pallid humeral streak), infuscate or piceous; closely punctate, the punctures on 

 the elytra rather coarse. Head broad, the eyes large; antennae moderately 

 h)ng, slender, joints 2 and 3 short, equal. Prothorax broad, arcuately narrowed 

 from the base, deeply hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra long, 

 flattened on the disc anteriorly, and compressed and somewhat acuminate 

 behind, sharply margined ; each with a small depressed space near the suture 

 towards the tip, in the centre of which is a small, oblong, tuberculiform plica. 



