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18. Leiopus eremita. 



L. niger, dense cinereo-tomentosus ; elytris parce punctatis, apice 

 oblique truncatis, fasciis tribua nigris, flavo-cinctis, prima an- 

 gusta, undata, ab humero oblique ad suturam descendente, 

 secunda media, angulata, extus fortiter dilatata, tertia obliqua 

 ante apicem, tibiis apice tarsisque nigris, thorace spina laterali 

 media, femoribus posticis clavatis. 

 Long. lin. 5£. 



Liopus eremita, Erichs. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p. 145. 

 Hab. Peru. 



19. Leiopus cretiger, n. s. B.M. 



L. ochraceo-luteus, fusco-punctatus ; elytris ante mediam partem 

 fasciaque angustata fusca albido variegata, maculaque parva 

 suturali communi ; lateribus post medium macula marginali 

 subtriangulari cretacea; pedibus abdomineque subtus fusco 

 creberrime punctulatis. 



Of a dirty ochraceous yellow, punctured with brown ; antennae 

 with the first joint thickly punctulate ; thorax with two indistinct 

 paler longitudinal bands down the middle ; elytra with an ob- 

 scure brownish band before the middle, indistinctly varied with 

 white ; behind it there is a small white spot on the suture, and 

 common to both elytra ; the lateral margin of each elytron has 

 a chalk-like spot of a somewhat triangular form and marked with 

 two darker spots. Legs and abdomen beneath thickly punc- 

 tulated with brown. 



Length 4f lines. 

 Hab. Columbia (Coll. Goudot). 



20. Leiopus alboplagiatus, n. s. B.M. 



L. pallide fulvo-ochraceus, sericeus ; elytris plaga magna laterali 

 alba, elytris punctatis ; metathoracis lateribus albis. 



Pale ochreous-grey, silky ; posterior margin of thorax with a 

 row of impressed points; scutellum truncated behind. Elytra 

 from the base to beyond the middle punctured, the punctures 

 for the most part running in lines, a large white marginal patch 

 on each elytron occupying nearly the half of the margin, but not 

 extending half way to the suture ; antennae, legs, and under side 

 similar in colour and covering to the upper side ; antennas slightly 

 darker at the tips ; sides of metathorax white. 



Length 6i lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Ega) (Coll. W. B. Bates). 



