of the Amoy,on Valley, 
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una basali, alteris duabus paulo post medium ; pedibus 
brevibus, robustis. 
Long. 8 lin. S • 
Of less cylindrical form than the preceding, the elytra 
tapering towards the apex, and each prolonged there 
into an elongate black spine ; the thorax is oblong, 
rounded in the middle, and very closely covered with 
large punctures, or fovese, giving a reticulate appear- 
ance; lying across the middle are four black spots, 
beside one on each side on the anterior margin. Ely- 
tra coarsely punctured, and with minute punctures on 
the interstices between the larger ones ; setose, the apical 
third nearly smooth and shining ; the basal eburneous 
spot is large and oblong, bordered with black behind ; 
the two posterior spots consist of a smaller inner one, 
and a much larger outer one, the smaller a little in ad- 
vance of the other, and separated distinctly from it ; they 
are edged with black before and behind. The legs are 
short and stout, the hind femora not reaching, by a long 
way, the apex of the elytra; the knees are black. 
This very distinct species occurred only at Para. 
Genus Opades. 
Lacordaire, Gen. viii. 288. 
1. Opades vittipennisj n. sp. 
Elongatus, cinnamomeo-fuscus, pube subtili sericea 
vestitus ; elytris oblongis, vix convexis, sutura et vittis 
utrinque tribus obscurioribus notatis. ^ 
Long. 1 un. 3 lin. 
Differs from 0. costipennis, according to the descrip- 
tions of Buquet and Lacordaire, in its broader and less 
cylindrical form, and in the colour of its fine dense pu- 
bescence, which in 0, costipennis is greenish-gray,^^ 
and in our species is of a dingy brown, or cinnamon- 
brown hue. Both species have two elevated and almost 
spiniform black tubercles on the disc of the thorax. The 
dark vittae of the elytra lie along the interstices of the 
costas, and are distinctly seen only in certain lights. 
Hah. — Ega. 
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