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Nautes ovattts, n. sp. 
of a rich purplisli-brown witli 
,tli 4i lines.-Ovate, convex; shining; ^ ^^^ ^^arginate ante- 
Len and purpHsh-coppevy rejections ; ^P— ^^^^^^^^^ ,lr_rather 
,.tly separated fron. the fron ^^J^;^^^^^^^^^^ p^.etures .nore 
punctured: prothora. ^-^^^^.^^^'^ broadly lobed at the middle of 
I on the disc; ^^teral niarg.ns thickened ,^^^^^^^^ 7 ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ 
,,the angles moderately prominent ^ll'^2Za .i tl^e .iies ; intervals 
.eply striated, the stri. ^^^^^ P^^^^^;!^^^^^^^^^^^ the legs a 
.e., sparingly punctured: under-side ^^^---J abdomen strongly 
rker : metasternum with a few punctures at the sides 
in ally wrinkled. 
ab. " Colombia." 
: prothorar finer ; and the leg. and antenna a shade redder. 
NaTJTES ELE&AN8, «• sp. 
..,th ., lines.-Elongate oval ; but little ^^ ---^^ S^ 
. with a slight golden tinge; ^^^/^^^ J^J^^^^^^ closely-save 
,i.ate anteriorly, confounded -''^''^^';^'''Jl°lZa^.ut little thickened 
; disc-punctured; ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ t^f rl;^^^^^^ 
.edges; the fore angles P^^^^^^'^^^^;, ,3,,, f.i.ter and oblong, between 
liddle, having the usual basal fove^, and anothe^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ 
..d exactly in the middle of ^^^^'^Z:!^, ,^ehind than in the 
: elytra but little ----' ^'^^f j'^^nely and remotely punctured, or 
.ding species; deeply striated, the ^^^^ ^J^ .^^^ ^^, apex, flat on the 
,d at the sides; the intervals -^^ ^ f .^'j ^^^^ ^,., shining reddish- 
lle, slightly and transversely rugulose : undei-side, le.s, 
. . .ri of the coll. Lafert6 ; it stands labelled 
j:::c:s:e':^t;rc...-r— ,n„e.e. 
3n as to its habitat. 
JSautes eximius, n. sp. 
^ov . head and prothorax slightly rugged, of 
Length 3i-3|lines.-Oblong; convex, ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^, iridescent; 
,,ppery-brown variegated with patches ^^ ^^^ J ^^'J^^, ,^ , broad, well- 
stlaUe^. truncated anteriorly seP^^ 
