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14. Colobothea paulinaf 
C. robustior, modice elongata, fusco-nigra ; capitis vertice lineis 
duabus divergentibus ; thorace vittis sex, elytris maculis parvis 
oblongis discretis, cinereo-fulvis, apice cano marginatis, siiiuato- 
truncatis, angulis exterioribus spinosis. Long. 4-6 lin. $ . 
Head dusky, streaked with ashy-tawny, vertex with two ashy- 
tawny lines diverging on the occiput. Thorax black, with three 
tawny-ashy lines on each side ; the sides above the coxae and the 
sternum of the same colour ; surface wanting the two punctures 
near the base which are distinctive of C. seminalis. Elytra 
brownish black, sprinkled with a number of small oblong tawny- 
ashy spots, which are so arranged as to leave black undefined 
spaces in the situations where lateral spots or fasciae are usually 
situated in the allied species; apex edged with hoary white. 
Body beneath ashy-tawny ; abdomen spotted with black on the 
sides. Legs black, spotted with grey. 
$ . Terminal ventral plate broadly emarginated at the apex, 
and with a tooth in the middle of the emargination ; angles 
produced into spines. Dorsal plate tapering, obtuse. 
Upper Amazons, at S. Paulo, on branches of dead trees. The 
species has also been found in the interior of French Guiana by 
M. Bar. A closely allied form is found in Venezuela; but it 
differs greatly in the shape of the terminal abdominal segment 
in the female*. 
15. Colohothea varicap n. sp. 
C. modice elongata et attenuata, fusca ; thorace dorso vittis duabus 
cinereo-fulvis, postice divaricatis, lateribus cinereo-fulvis vitta ni- 
gra ; elytris maculis parvis cinereo-fulvis, partim discretis, partim 
subconfluentibus. Long. 4|-5 lin. c? $ • 
Head dusky, forehead streaked with tawny-ashy; two diverging 
lines of the same colour on the vertex. Antennae black, reddish 
towards the base ; fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth joints with 
whitish rings. Thorax black on the surface, with two thickish 
tawny vittse diverging behind ; sides and under surface ashy, each 
with a black stripe. Elytra moderately tapering, apex truncate, 
exterior angles spinose ; surface dark brownish, sprinkled with 
* Colohothea mosaica (Deyrolle, MS.). Modice elongata, nigra, griseo 
maculata. Caput nigrum, orbita oculorum griseo marginata. An- 
tennae fuscae, griseo tomentosae, articulis basi pallidioribus. Thorax 
griseus, vittis octo nigris, dorso punctis duobus prope basin. Elytra 
modice attenuata, apice truncata, angulis exterioribus spiniformibus, 
nigra, maculis quadratis griseis in seriebus sex vel septem ordinatis, 
pone medium et prope apicem interruptis. Corpus subtus cinereo- 
fulvo tomentosum, nigro maculatum. Pedes picei, cinereo tomentosi. 
Foeminae segmento terminali abdominis attenuato, apice fisso. Long. 
6 lin. Hah. in Venezuela. Coll. Bates. 
