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8. Lepturges venustusj n. sp. 
L. subelongatus, griseus : thorace supra nigro trivittato : elytris 
maculis vittisque nigris. Long. 2J-3J lin. c? $ . 
Head greyisli. Antennae black. Thorax grey or light brown, 
the upper surface having three broad and regular black stripes, 
and the sides each having a similar stripe above the insertion of 
the coxae; the lateral spines placed close to the hind angles, 
short, obtuse. Elytra oblong, rounded, and somewhat widened 
behind the middle in the $ , shorter and more tapering in the S j 
broadly sinuate-truncate at the apex, outer angle of the trunca- 
ture produced into a tooth in the $ , both angles produced and 
acute in the 6) upper surface with punctures scarcely apparent 
through the tomentum, grey or light brown, with a black vitta 
over the suture, dilated about the middle and narrowed towards 
the apex, a similar vitta, of more equal breadth, on each side, 
beginning at the shoulder, detached from the margin of the 
elytron at one- third its length, and ending in a curve before the 
apex, and two elongate black spots in the middle of each elytron 
— one near the base and one behind the middle. Body beneath 
and legs blackish, with grey pile. 
Ega and Para, on dried twigs and branches. The lateral 
vitta of the elytra is sometimes interrupted near its termination, 
leaving a detached spot on the disk near the apex. 
9. Lepturges dilectus, n. sp. 
L. oblongus, depressus : thoracis spinis lateralibus magnis, acutis, 
subporrectis : elytris profunde sinuato-truncatis, fuscis, plaga 
communi irregular! ante medium maculisque posticis griseis. 
Long. 3^ lin. S • 
Head brown. Thorax brown, with grey pile, punctured on 
the disk and hind margin ; lateral spines placed near to the 
hind angles, large, prominent, and acute, standing out somewhat 
from the sides of the thorax. Elytra deeply sinuate-truncate, 
both angles of the truncature produced and acute, the outer 
ones most so ; surface closely punctured, brown, with a large 
common grey patch about the middle, which emits short lines 
towards the base and apex ; at the base, on each side the scutel- 
lum, there is a small round grey spot, and behind the large grey 
patch there are, on each elytron, two short grey lines, followed 
by a transverse grey streak connected with the suture near the 
apex. Body beneath and legs reddish, with grey pile. 
Ega, on dead branches. There is a Cayenne species* resem- 
* L. Barii, n. sp. Oblongus, depressus. Caput et antemise rufescentes. 
Thorax rufescens, griseo-sericeus, disco et margine posteriore punc- 
tatis ; spinis lateralibus prope angulos posticos sitis, parvis, subpor- 
rectis, acutis. Elytra apice sinuato-truncata, angulis truncaturJE pro- 
