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some short erect hairs; scutellum black. Elytra black, with 

 brassy reflections, coarsely and thickly punctured, punctures 

 near the suture smaller, with short erect black hairs ; prothorax 

 beneath saffron, mesothorax beneath saffron and marked with a 

 Y-like raised figure ; metathorax pitchy, with a light spot in the 

 middle and behind ; under side of abdomen pitchy-black, shining, 

 slightly punctured. Legs black, somewhat compressed, with 

 scattered black hairs ; femora of second and third pairs of legs 

 on the inside with a short spine. 



Lensth 5 lines. 

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



6. Eriphus plagiatus, n. s. B.M. 



E. niger, obscure punctatus ; elytris miniaceis, plaga elongata 

 suturali et apice nigris. 



Head and antennae black, antennae margined with hairs on 

 the outside; third joint of antennae by much the longest; the 

 terminal joint not longer than the preceding. Thorax black, 

 scabrous, almost warty ; scutellum black. Elytra vermilion-red, 

 slightly punctured ; a long spear-shaped black mark on the 

 suture, common to both elytra, tips of elytra black. Legs black. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Spirito Santo). 



7. Eriphus dimidiatus, n. s. PI. VI. f. 7- B.M. 



E. niger ; thorace aurantiaco-flavo, medio nigro lineato ; lateribus 

 singulis medio gibbosis, elytris basi flavis, medio longitudina- 

 liter bicostatis. 



Black ; thorax of a rich orange-yellow, in the middle with a 

 broad black line on each side, with a slight gibbosity in the 

 middle, the surface as if reticulately punctured ; scutellum black. 

 Elytra for the basal half orange -yellow, with two longitudinal 

 costse in the middle, the apex of a lustrous black, the black run- 

 ning angularly into the orange. Legs black, base of femora of 

 first pair of legs inclined to yellow ; under side of abdomen and 

 metathorax black, somewhat silky ; metathorax punctured ; an- 

 tennae somewhat dilated at the end. 



Leneth 6 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Para) (Coll. W. B, Bates). 



8. Eriphus crubntator. B.M. 



Eriphus cruentator, Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. ? 



