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13. Acanthoderes phasianusj n. sp. 
A. modice elongatus, depressus, tenuiter tonientosus, fulvo, flavo- 
griseo, cano nigroque multifariam variegatus : thoracis tuberculis 
dorsalibus fortissime elevatis : elytris apice late sinuato-truncatis, 
angulis externis in spinas longas productis. Long. 6 lin. <5* . 
Head piceons, varied with paler shades, two rounded fulvous 
spots on the vertex, front uneven. Antennae much longer than the 
body; basal joint black, with grey pile, remaining joints piceous, 
third and fourth with two greyish rings, the rest pale at their bases. 
Thorax with the lateral tubercles large, acute, the dorsal ones 
very large, conical, the interstices punctured ; dusky brown, with 
fulvous streaks and spots. Elytra very slightly narrowed pos- 
teriorly, very sparingly granulate-punctate near the base; the 
centro-basal ridges produced forwards at the base, thence gra- 
dually subsiding towards the middle : the colour towards the 
base is brownish-black, varied on each elytron with four rounded 
fulvous spots edged with grey ; the apical third is fulvous, edged 
in front with greyish, but near the apex with brownish black ; 
there is a comma-shaped whitish mark on the disk of each be- 
fore the middle, a large dark-brown V-shaped mark behind the 
middle ; the rest is a combination of dusky brown, light grey, 
and fulvous minutely commingled. Body beneath shining black, 
clothed with grey pile. Eemora dusky, each with a large fulvous 
spot : tibiae and tarsi spotted with fulvous and dusky, the third 
and fourth tarsal joints being clear fulvous. The fore tarsi of 
the (S are strongly dilated and fringed. The prosternum is 
simple and rounded, the mesosternum subvertical and bituber- 
culated. 
One example taken at S. Paulo, on the Upper Amazon. 
14. Acanthoderes meleagris, n. sp. 
A. modice elongatus, depressus, postice attenuatus, tenuiter tomen- 
tosus, griseo, fulvo nigroque Isete variegatus, capitis thoracisque 
lateribus griseis : elytris trigonis, breviter truncatis, angulis ex- 
ternis in spinas longas productis. Long. 5^-6^ lin. c? $ . 
Head sparingly punctured, varied with black and fulvous, 
sides clear pale grey. Antennse rather short, black, the base of 
each joint from the second grey. Thorax with the lateral tuber- 
cles prominent and acute, the dorsal ones large, but only slightly 
elevated, interstices with a few large punctures ; black varied with 
fulvous, the sides clear pale grey. Elytra briefly truncate at the 
densius prope basin, utrinque obsolete bicarinata; fulvo-brunnea, 
apices versus griseo-varia, utrinque pone medium macula angulata 
nigra notata. Subtus niger, pilis cinereis vestitus. Pedes fusci, 
griseo-maculati. Sterna ut in A. pigmentato. Long. 8 lin. $ . 
