1918.] 99 



Posterior coxae without plate. Posterior tibiae moderately ■v\'iclened, sharply 

 cariuate, the upper spur s-horter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 4^, breadth :?| mm. 



Hah. Brazil, Alto da Sierra de vSao Paulo ( G. E. Bryant : 



12.iii.l912). 



One specimen. Xarrower than 0. {Scirfes) hrevenofaia Pic, as 

 here identified, the elytra less uneven, more coarsely punctate, and very 

 differently marked, the subapical fovea in $ replaced by a small tuber- 

 culiform plica, a unique diameter in the group. 



7. — Ora cinnamomea, n. sp. 



Broad oval, acuminate behind, somewhat depressed, shining, pubescent ; 

 rufo-castaneous, the anteunae, palpi, under surface and legs testaceous ; 

 closely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate. Head rather small, with- 

 out foveae; antennae slender, joints '2 and 3 short, equal. Prothorax arcuately 

 narrowed from the base, deeply bi&inuate in front, the anterior angles promi- 

 nent. p]lytra rapidly narrowed from the middle (thus appearing acuminate 

 posteriorly), the margins rounded and broadly explanate in their basal half; 

 the disc without trace of grooves, a faint sutural one excepted, or costae. 

 Posterior coxae without plate. J^osterior femoja extremely broad, the tibiae 

 widened, curved, and sharply carinate, the upper spur shorter than the first 

 tarsal joint. 



Length 4i, breadth 24 mm. (J?) 



Hah. Brazil, Espirito Santo {Sclimidf, ex coll. Frij). 



One example. Less elongate and relatively broader tlian O. bifaher' 

 eulaia, the elyti*a somewhat cordate, and with more rounded wider 

 margins. The simple posterior coxae separate 0. ciiinamomea fi'om one 

 or two somewhat similar Scirtes from the same country. 



8. — O/'a nigricornis. 



Ora nigricornis Champ. Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 1, p. 006 

 (LS97). 



Hah. Paxama, Bugaba [type] ; Brazil, Bio de Janeiro {Mxis. 

 Brit.). 



There are two examples of this species — recognizable by its oblono- 

 shape, testaceous body, black antennae, and parti}' infuscate legs — in the 

 Museum, received from the " Entomological Society of London " in 1858. 

 They are labelled " Rio." An unnamed allied form from Trinidad is con- 

 tained in the Brussels Museum. It is quite possible that O. nigricornis 

 is synonymous with Scirtes ( Cgplion) tesfaceus F., from Tropical America, 

 but till the types can be compared it would be unsafe to treat them as 

 one species. j 2 



