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rowed towards the apex, briefly sinuate-truncate, outer angle of 
the truncature much produced ; surface punctured, black, clothed 
with olivaceous-sooty pile, and varied with a few short grey 
streaks arranged in lines from base to apex. Body beneath and 
legs pitchy black, clothed with dull greyish pile. 
Ega. 
18. Lepturges inops, n. sp. 
L. parvus, angustatus, depressus, obscure rufescens ; elytris griseo 
lituratis, apice truncatis : femoribus posticis vix clavatis. Long, 
lin. cf . 
Head reddish, with scanty grey pile. Antennse dull reddish. 
Thorax reddish, with a dusky tinge, and scanty silky grey pile ; 
sides reddish; lateral spines large, pointing backwards, and 
situated close to the hind angles. Elytra narrow, slightly widen- 
ing towards two-thirds their length, truncated at the apex, with the 
outer angles of the truncature slightly produced; surface punc- 
tured, dull reddish, dusky on the sides near the base, variegated 
with dull greyish marks, there being a line on each side of the 
scutellum, an irregular, elongate, flexuous spot extending from 
the base to the middle near the suture, a small spot on the disk 
near the termination of the before-mentioned streak, and three 
oblong spots in a transverse row behind the middle of the disk ; 
besides these marks, the suture near the apex and the apex itself 
of the elytra are bordered with dull grey. Body beneath and 
legs dull testaceous red. Legs feeble; hind thighs scarcely 
clavate. 
S. Paulo, Upper Amazons*. 
19. Lepturges griseostriatus, n. sp. 
L. oblongus, postice attenuatus, fuscus : elytris rufescenti-fuscis, 
utrinque lineis griseis octo, quarum tribus interioribus postice in- 
terruptis, notatis : pedibus validis, femoribus fortiter clavatis ; 
tarsis posticis maxime elongatis. Long. 3| lin. cf . 
Head and antennse dull reddish. Thorax above blackish, 
thinly clothed with hoary pile; the disk with a few punctures; 
lateral spines large and thick, placed very near to the hind 
* A species inhabiting South-east Brazil closely resembles L. inops in 
general appearance and markings ; the following is a description of it : — 
L. miser. Parvus, oblongus, subangustatus, depressus, obscure fuscus, 
griseo variegatus. Caput nigricans, tomento fulvo vestitum. Antennse 
tenues, parce setosse, rufescentes, articulo basali piceo, reliquis apice 
obscuris. Thorax nigricans, griseo parce tomentosus ; spinis laterali- 
bus parvis, acutis, paulo ante basin sitis. Elytra apice integra, dorso 
punctata, obscure fusca; faseia valde dentata ante medium liturisque 
subapicalibus griseis. Corpus subtus pedesque nigro-picea; femori- 
bus omnibus clavatis. Long. 2 lin. S . Hab. Rio Janeiro. Coll. 
Bake well. 
