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elytra are broad, considerably dilated at three-fourths the length, sinuate-truncat8 

 at the apex and margined on the sides, the dilated margins are yellow like the rest 

 of the body, the surface (including the basal margin) is brilliant unicolorous brassy- 

 green, slightly sericeous, owing to the fine transverse-striation of the surface ; the 

 strise are very feebly impressed and punctate. The teeth of the claws are 

 remarkably long ; but leave a long apical portion of the claw, as usual, simple. 



Ega ; coursing amongst Boleti, on dead trunks. 



Coptodeea .eneoettfa, n. sp. Rufo-testacea, elytris ceneo-micantibus, 

 profunde sub-punctato-striatis, cajnte thorace angustiori, labro elongato, 

 apice sulcato, thorace transversim quadrato, lateribus rotundatis, anguUs 

 posticis hand prominulis, basi recto. 



Long. 7 millim. Lat. elytr. 3 millim. $ $ . 



The colour of the body and limbs is entirely testaceous-red, with the exception 

 of the elytra, which are bright aeneous, in most examples with the reddish ground- 

 colour shining through ; the colour sometimes passes to golden, but never to 

 cupreous. The thorax has two indistinct brassy-brown spots on the disc. The 

 antennae are rather stout, with the joints oblong. 



Ega ; also at Para. 



Coptodeea debilis, n. sp. Parva, rufo-testacea, pectore abdominis que 

 lateribus fuscis, elytris sub-punctato-striatis, fuscis, disco (striis fuscis 

 exceptis) testaceo. Long. 5 millirn. Lat. elytr. 2£ millim. 



Testaceous-red, sides of the sterna and abdomen dark brown, elytra also dark 

 brown, with the disc paler, the stria? of a duskier hue. Head nearly as wide as the 

 thorax, the latter broader than long, sides rounded, base arched, the sides being 

 oblique. The elytra are deeply striate and the striae faintly punctured. 



St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 



Coptodeea veesicoloe, n. sp. Lata, supra cuprea, viridi et aureo 

 micans ; capite magno, sed thorace paulo angustiori ; hoc valde trans- 

 verso, lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis haud prominulis, basi recto ; 

 elytris brevibus, sinuato-truncatis, profunde punctato-striatis, fasciis 

 valde jlexuosis macularibus duabus, prima (utrinque interrupta) e 

 maculis quinque,secunda [interdum apud suturam interrupta) e maculis 

 septem, formata ; corpore infra piceo-rufo, lateribus nigricantibus, 

 antennis, labro, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; labro antice, ut in G. 

 CATA8C0P0, acute inciso. Long. 9 millim. Lat. elytr. 5 millim. 



Very similar to C. depressa, Dej., of southern Brazil ; but much shorter and 

 the thorax in porportion much broader and less narrowed behind, with the posterior 

 angles not prominent. The macular fasciae are very similar ; the sutural interstice 

 is narrow, and in the hinder belt sometimes free from yellow spots, and all the spots 

 are short except that on the fourth interstice in the anterior belt. 



Not uncommon at Ega ; also Para. 



