398 Mr. H. W. Bates on Ceramhycidce 
utrinque macula magna flava; scutello flavo; elytris 
humeris, regione scutellari^ macula prope basin elongata 
obliqua triangular!, alteraque triangular! communi buic 
adjacente, et fascia abbreviata angusta versus apicem, 
Isete flavis; pectore flavo-rufo, flavo-tomentoso ; abdo- 
mine fasciis quatuor flavis ; tarsis rufescentibus. 
Long. 6 lin. 
Hah, — Para. 
6. Mecometopus ruhef actus, n. sp. 
CylindricuSj fulvo-piceus, capite antennis et tborace 
fulvo-rufis; hoc oblongo-ovato, postice utrinque macula 
magna flava ; elytris fascia basali (scutellum includente) , 
litura sub -humeral!, macula prope basin elongata obliqua 
triangular!, alteraque huic adjacente communi triangular!, 
et fascia postica ad suturam baud interrupta, Isete flavis, 
parte apical! rufo-tincta ; pectore et fasciis quatuor ven- 
tralibus flavis; pedibus fulvo-piceis. 
Long. 4^-54 lin. 
Hah. — Ega; on branches of dead trees. 
Described from four examples. Allied to M. amahilis, 
Chevrolat, which wants the posterior fascia, and has the 
anterior oblique spot of a different form. 
7. Mecometopus latecinctus, n. sp. 
Cylindricus ; capite, antennis (clava nigra excepta) , et 
thorace fulvo-rufis ; hoc oblongo-ovato, postice utrinque 
griseo-sericeo ; scutello flavo ; elytris nigris, macula prope 
basin elongata obliqua triangular!, alteraque adjacente 
communi triangular!, et fascia lata baud distante, Isete 
flavis, parte apical! flavo- cinerea ; pectore et jfasciis 
quatuor ventralibus flavis ; pedibus rufis. 
Long. lin. 
Hah. — St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 
The black ground colour of the elytra in this species 
forms bands much narrower than the yellow belts and 
spots. 
8. Mecometopus purus, n. sp. 
M. Iceto valde affinis ; difiert elytris basi nigerrimis, 
macula prima antice baud truncata, antennis clava nigra ; 
