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antennae fulvous or fuscous, the third joint slightly shorter than 

 the fourth ; thorax strongly transverse, the sides straight at the 

 base, strongly rounded in front, the anterior angles produced 

 outwards into a short somewhat truncate tooth, the surface with a 

 few extremely minute punctures, testaceous ; scutellum fulvous ; 

 elytra closely and finely punctured, pale testaceous, an elongate 

 spot on the shoulders, a more rounded one at the suture near the 

 scutellum, and a transverse band at the middle pale fulvous ; 

 underside and legs dark fulvous or piceous. 

 Hob. Bolivia. 



(Edionychis euscoannulata, n. sp. (nigropunciata, Clk. Catal.). 

 (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 6.) 



Dark fulvous ; thorax flavous, with a few fine punctures ; elytra 

 closely and strongly punctured, chestnut-brown, each with six 

 flavous spots margined with black (1.2.2.1). 



Length 4 lines. 



Of strongly convex shape, the head punctured near the eyes, 

 fulvous, frontal tubercles transverse, labrum piceous ; antennae 

 short, black, the lower three joints fulvous, third joint slightly 

 longer than the fourth, the following joints equal ; thorax scarcely 

 narrowed in front, the sides straight at the base, rounded anteriorly, 

 anterior angles slightly produced outwards, the surface with a few 

 fine punctures, flavous : scutellum fulvous ; elytra rather strongly 

 and very closely punctured, chestnut-brown, a round spot at the 

 middle of the base, two before and two below the middle, placed 

 transversely and slightly oblique, and another spot at the apex, 

 flavous, margined with fuscous ; underside and legs dark brown, 

 pubescent. 



Hah. Bahia. 



The position, number, and the colour of the elytral spots will 

 distinguish this species ; the name of nigropunciata given by Clark 

 being misleading, I have altered it. 



(Edionychis multomacueata (brunneicollis, Clk. Catal.). 



Black ; thorax flavous, with seven black spots ; elytra black, with 

 a very narrow discoidal and lateral flavous stripe, connected at the 

 apex by a small transverse branch, opaque, nearly smooth. 



Length 2| lines. 



Head greenish black, coarsely punctured round the eyes ; 

 antennae very short, black, the third joint only half the length 

 of the fourth ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, pale 

 flavous, very finely and sparingly punctured, the sides strongly 

 rounded, with a narrow flattened margin, the anterior angles not 

 produced into a tooth, the disc with four black spots placed 

 transversely, another one near the base at the middle and a smaller 

 spot at each side, there are also two narrow black markings at the 

 sides of the anterior margin ; scutellum and elytra bluish black, 

 opaque, nearly impunctate except at the base, where a few very 



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