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what bell-shaped and slightly pilose, sides obliquely banded with 

 ash-coloured pubescence. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Hab. Amazon (Tapayos) (Coll. W. B. Bates). 



145. PIEZOCERA. 



Piezocera, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 92. 



1. Piezocera bivittata. 



Piezocera bivittata, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 93. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



2. Piezocera coriacea. 



Piezocera coriacea, Erichs., Schomb. Reise, iii. 573. 

 Hab. British Guiana. 



3. Piezocera Chevrolatii, n. s. PL VII. f. 3. B.M. 



P. ferruginea, elytris lucidis, punctatis, fuscis, maculis quatuor 

 flavidis, postice rotundatis, thoracis dorso spinis duabus erectis ; 

 capite inter antennas spinis duabus curtis. 



Of a ferruginous red on the head and thorax ; two small 

 spines between the antennae, one on each side close to the basal 

 joint ; first and second joints of the antennae rufous, the other 

 joints brown; head punctured and somewhat hairy. Thorax 

 with two erect spines, placed transversely across the middle, 

 covered with rather long hairs. Elytra truncated and somewhat 

 notched at the end, deep brown, with four large ochraceous spots, 

 two on each elytron, the anterior largest and obliquely cut in 

 front, the posterior somewhat notched in front, both rounded 

 behind ; at the base of each elytron, close to the scutellum, there 

 is an inconspicuous yellowish spot. The legs and underside of 

 the head and thorax pale yellow, underside of abdomen brown. 



Length 4^ lines. 

 Hab. Venezuela (Coll. Dyson). 



There are two varieties of this species in the Museum collec- 

 tion -, in the first, the head, thorax, antennae and legs are of a 

 ferruginous brown, the elytra being ochraceous, the suture and 

 lateral margin brown ; in the second variety, the elytra are nearly 

 of a uniform black ; in other respects, however, these specimens 

 agree with the type as described above. 



