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21. Leiopus Dorcadioides, n. s. B.M. 



L. punctulatus, brimneus, cano sublineatus ; capite inter antennas 

 linea, impressa transversa et linea, longitiulinali ab ore ad ver- 

 ticem currente ; oculis supra distantibus ; thorace cinereo, 

 fusco punctulato, vittis duabus medianis antice approximatis ; 

 scutello cinereo ; elytris singulis apice oblique abruptis, inar- 

 gine, sutura et lineolis abbreviatis cinereis. 



Covered with minute punctures, brown ; head between the 

 eyes with a rather deep transverse impressed line and another 

 longitudinal line less deep, extending from the mouth to the 

 crown ; antenna? with the first thickened joint cinereous, the 

 other joints sub ferruginous ; eyes above distant from each other ; 

 thorax cinereous, rather closely dotted with brown, the middle 

 with two abbreviated brown vittse approximating in front ; scu- 

 tellum cinereous ; elytra, each at the apex obliquely cut inwards, 

 the margin, suture, and two or three short lines proceeding from 

 it cinereous ; under side and legs slightly ferruginous and closely 

 covered with short grey hairs. 



Length 3£ lines, 

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



22. Leiopus bituberculatus, n. s. B.M. 



L. punctulatus, cinereo-fuscus ; antennis subferrugineis ; oculis 

 supra approximatis ; elytris supra subplanis arcu post-mediano 

 cinereo, singulis ad basin medio tuberculo parvo uncinato, ad 

 mediam et posticam partes cinereo variegatis ; femoribus basi 

 pallidis, tibiis pallido uni-annulatis ; tarsorum articulo primo 

 pallido. 



Punctured, cinereous-brown ; antenna? subferruginous ; eyes 

 almost meeting on the top part of the head; elytra above some- 

 what depressed, with a pale transverse arcuated line a little be- 

 hind the middle, each near the base with a small tubercle, which 

 is hooked backwards at the tip ; the elytra about the middle and 

 near the apex are varied with ash-colour, the apex is somewhat 

 attenuated ; the femora are pale at the base ; the tibiae have a 

 palish ring about the middle ; the first joint of the tarsi is pale. 

 Body beneath cinereous. 



Length 3i lines. 

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



23. Leiopus dorsalis, n. s. B.M. 

 L. pallide-fuscus ; thorace cinereo subvariegato ; elytris plaga 



magna, communi cinerea, ante medium, maculaque altera sagit- 



