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silky grey pile ; lateral spines placed close to the hind angles, 
acute. Elytra oblong, rounded on the sides; apex sinuate- 
truncate, angles of truncature not produced ; surface grey, with 
(on each) about seven angular blackish spots, — namely, one under 
the shoulder ; a second, oblique, near the scutellum ; a third, of 
large size, on the side near the middle ; a fourth, elongated, near 
the apex; and, finally, three, more or less contiguous, on the 
disk behind the middle : some of the spots are partially confluent 
in some examples. Body beneath and legs reddish, clothed with 
grey pile. 
Santarem, on dry twigs. 
13. Lepturges pulchelluSj n. sp. 
L. parvus, elongatus, carneo-griseus : thorace supra fusco trivittato : 
elytris maculis magnis fuscis, apice late sinuato-truncatis. Long. 
2 1in. $. 
Head clothed with changeable grey pile. Antennae dusky. 
Thorax pinkish or tawny grey, with a broad black vitta in the 
middle and one on each side, the latter varying in hue according 
to the light; lateral spines placed close to the hind angles, 
very small and obtuse. Elytra oblong, rather narrow, broadly 
sinuate-truncate, the external angles of the truncature produced; 
surface punctured, pinkish or tawny grey, with a large dusky 
spot close to the scutellum, a second, larger and rounded behind 
the middle, near the suture, and a third, smaller, near the apex ; 
the sides also, except near the apex, occupied by an elongate stripe 
or spot of a dusky colour. Body beneath and legs tawny grey. 
Santarem ; on dry twigs in the woods. 
14. Lepturges delicatus, n. sp. 
L. parvus, oblongus, depressus, griseus ; thorace vittis duabus rufes- 
centibus ; elytris punctis numerosis rufescentibus, utrinque macula 
magna posteriore nigra. Long. 2 lin. cf 2 • 
Head reddish, clothed with grey pile. Antennse reddish 
testaceous, each joint from the third tipped with black. Thorax 
reddish testaceous, clothed with grey pile, and with two abbre- 
viated vittse on the disk of a darker reddish-brown colour; 
lateral spines distinct, acute, placed very near the hind angles. 
Elytra oblong-oval, depressed; apex obliquely sinuate- truncate, 
both angles of the truncature produced ; surface punctured, 
grey, sprinkled with brownish-red spots, and having on each 
elytron behind the middle a large black spot extending from the 
side to the disk : in some specimens there is also a dusky spot 
on the side towards the base. Body beneath and legs reddish 
testaceous ; tips of tibise and tarsi black. 
Upper and Lower Amazons, at S. Paulo and Santarem. 
