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2. Hesycha maculosa, n. sp. 
//. elongata, convexiusciila, fusca, maculis immerosissimis partim 
confluentibus fulvis ; vertice nigro trilineato ; thorace iiigro macu- 
lato. Long. 8^ lin. S $ • 
Head dusky, front channeled down the middle, punctured ; 
eyes rather elongated, margined on the inner side narrowly with 
tawny ; vertex tawny, marked in the middle with three parallel 
black lines ; antenniferous tubercles produced into a short acute 
tooth on the inner side, longer in the male than in the female. 
Antennse longer by one half than the body in the male, and the 
terminal joint very slender and much longer than the preceding ; 
in the female a little longer than the body, with the terminal 
joint shorter than the preceding ; basal joint abruptly clavate, 
third joint scarcely perceptibly curved ; colour blackish. Thorax 
quadrate, surface uneven, with several impressed curved lines 
and raised interspaces, sides behind the middle with an acute 
tubercle; colour tawny, marked with two short black lines in 
front in the middle and a spot behind them, and four spots on 
each side of the disk. Scutellum black. Elytra elongate and 
rather convex, slightly tapering ; shoulders prominent, and sur- 
mounted by a glossy black tubercle; surface quite even and 
moderately punctured, dark brown, covered uniformly with a 
multitude of tawny specks, mostly confluent. Body beneath 
tawny. Legs blackish. 
Ega. 
3. Hesycha cretacea, n. sp. 
H. oblongo- elongata, subdepressa ; elytris maculis numerosis fulvis 
maculaque magna lateral! cretaceo-alba. Long. 8 lin. $ . 
Head grey, margins of eyes with tawny lines, front punctured; 
eyes elongated ; antenniferous tubercles acute on their inner 
side, vertex with three short black streaks. Antennae a little 
longer than the body, dark brown ; basal joint clavate, third 
joint very slightly curved. Thorax quadrate, sides each with 
two large obtuse tubercles, surface with transverse furrows, 
tawny mixed with grey, and spotted with black. Scutellum 
black, margined with grey. Elytra oblong, a little dilated be- 
yond the middle, slightly convex, shoulders moderately promi- 
nent; with irregular clusters of punctures arranged in lines, 
black, covered with pinkish-tawny spots, partly confluent, and 
pamra convexa ; humeris productis, autice curvatis, postice tuberculo 
nigro armatis, quasi uncinatis ; supra grosse punctata, punctis partim 
confluentibus, sordide brunnea, strigis pallidis et fuscis variegata. 
Corpus subtus brunneum. Pedes fusci. Long. 4| lin. $ , Hab. Rio 
Janeiro, a D. Squires capta. 
