372 LAMIID.E, 



each of the elytra a little behind the base hollowed out ; before 

 the middle there is a sutural white spot common to both, the 

 front and back of which are marked with black ; there are two 

 interrupted black bands near the middle, the space between 

 which is varied with white ; near the apex is a large black spot, 

 in some specimens divided so as to resemble three leaves placed 

 together ; the abdomen is black in the middle, the sides with a 

 toothed band of greyish-yellow hairs ; the legs are black and 

 varied with cinereous. 



Length 5i lines. 

 Hab. Venezuela. 



4. EUTRYPANUS COLOBOTHEIDES, n. S. B.M. 



E. thorace lateribus postice subtuberculatis ; thorace, elytrisque 

 fusco-griseis, elytris punctis maculisque parvis flavescentibus 

 irroratis ; thorace supra vittis duabus dorsalibus nigris, medio 

 subcoarctatis et pallido marginatis, elytris singulis maculis 

 tribus nigro-fuscis, mediana majore ; abdomine subtus griseis 

 pilis densissime tecto, abdominis marginibus anguste pallidi- 

 oribus ; antennis fuscis, articulis basi pallidioribus, articulo 

 sexto basi cinereo. 



Thorax with the sides somewhat tubercled behind, brownish- 

 grey, with two dark brown bands, which are contracted about 

 the middle, and are margined with palish yellow ; on each side 

 near the front is a short brown line ; the hinder margin has a 

 row of punctures ; the scutellum and elytra are brownish-grey, 

 each of the latter has numerous small yellow dots, a small dark 

 brown spot at the base, and three dark brown marks on the back, 

 one behind the middle the largest, but touching neither the mar- 

 gin nor the suture : the spot near the apex is notched behind ; 

 the under side is thickly covered with griseous hairs, the margins 

 of the segments being somewhat paler ; the antennae are brown, 

 the joints at the base paler, the sixth joint at the base is grey ; 

 the two hind legs have the first joint of the tarsi grey. 



Length 6 to 7 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



5. EUTRYPANUS TESSELLATUS, n. S. B.M. 



E. nigro-fuscus ; thoracis lateribus subtuberculatis, dorso medio 

 fusco punctis duobus albis anticis, latere albo fasciato ', elytris 

 basi ad mediam partem pallidis fusco tessellatis ; fascia lata 

 nigro-fusca, apice albo nigro-fusco maculato ; abdomine subtus 

 albido, metathorace fusco, lateribus unimaculato. 



The head with the sides and a line on each side of the front 



