1918.] 147 



trace of grooves or costae, narrowly margined. Posterior coxal })lates small, 

 angular, hollowed behind. [Posterior legs wanting.] 



Length 3, breadth 2 mm. ( J ?) 



Hah. Brazil, Iguarassu ( G. A. Ramage). 



One specimen, received by the Museum in 189(5, and subseciuently 

 j)laced in their " Accessions " amongst the iZ«/f/t7V/rt<?, which it closely 

 resembles. S. multiguttatus must be placed near the Brazilian O. (jraijl 

 Clark { = sex)naculatus Pic). The flavous elytral markings are more 

 sharply defined than in any other Scirtes known to me. 



4. — Scirtes ci)LcticulUs, n. sp. 



$. Elliptic, ratlier convex, very s'.iiuing, finely pubescent; piceous, the 

 ^ides of the head broadly, the protliorax with ihe lateral, bjisal, and aj)ical 

 margins (leaving a sharply-detined, slightly curved, piceous fascia on the disc), 

 and the elytra with the suture to about the middle, the base, and outer margin 

 to below the humeri (the m irgiual strips curving inwards and dilated at its 

 j)oint of termination), flavous, the apical third of the elytr;), and the antennae, 

 legs, and abdomen, testaceous ; closely, very finely punctate. Head broad, 

 with a minute shallow fovea on each side near the eyes; antennae very slender, 

 moderately long, joint 3 very small, barely as long as 2. Prothorax convex, 

 rapidly narrowed from the base, bisinuate in front, the anterior angles ^onJe- 

 what obtuse. Elytra with an indication of a shallow sutural groove, rounded at 

 the tip, narrowly margined. Posterior coxal plates small, angular. Posterior 

 legs long, the tibiae distinctly carinate, the spurs curved, the long upper one 

 much shorter than the iSrst tarsal joint. 



Length 2f, breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. Amazoxs, Pi-ainha {Trail, xi-xii.l875). 



One specimen. A convex, very shining insect, elliptic in shape, with 

 a flavo-maculate head, fusco-fasciate prothorax, and the elytra of a dilute 

 piceous colour, with the suture and outer margin anteriorly, as well as the 

 base narrowly, flavous. The vittate head and general facies are sugges- 

 tive of the much larger and more robust Scirtes vittifrons, from Sierra 

 Leone infra. 



5. — Scirtes cayennensis. 



Scyrtes cayennensis Guer. Rev. Zool. 1861, p. 545. 



$ . Ohlong-oval, broad, depressed, moderately shining, thickly, coarsely, 

 pubescent ; rufo-testaceous, the elytra in great part (except along the base, 

 suture, and outer margin) reddish brown, the apices of tlie latter, the antennae 

 (the slightly iufiiscate joints 9-11 excepted), and legs, testaceous ; densely, finely, 

 the elytra a little more coarsely and rugosely, punctate. Head rather small, the 

 eyes not very large; antennae long, slender, joints 2 and 3 short, equal. Prothorax 

 rapidly, arcuately narrowing from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes, 



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