of the Amazon Valley, 425 
2. Ctenodes zonata, 
Klug, Nov. Acta Ac. Caes. L. C. Nat. Cur. xii. 454, 
pi. xlii. f. 1. 
Elongate- ovata, nigra, thoracis lobis lateralibus et ely- 
trorum fascia mediana obliqua luteis; elytris lateribus 
vix explanatis, apice oblique subtruncatis. 
Long. 10 J lin. c?. 
Hah. — Para. On foliagq in the dense forest. 
3. Ctenodes miniata, 
Klug, lib. cit.y p. 455, pi. xlii. f. 2. 
Oblonga, paulo convexa, laete corallina ; elytris apice 
obtusissime rotundatis, supra costatis, interstitiis crebre 
grosse scabrosis, nigris, utrinque maculis magnis quin- 
que, margine laterali medio interrupto, suturaque ad 
apicem, corallinis ; scutello nigro. 
Long-. 9 lin. $ . 
Hah . — Yilla Nova. One example, on foliage. 
Sub-fam. Steenacanthim. 
Genus Sternacanthus. 
Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1832, p. 172; Lacord. 
Gen. ix. 154. 
1. Sternacanthus Batesii. 
Pascoe, Journ. of Entom. i. 355. 
Oblongus, niger, glaber, nitidus; elytris fasciis latis 
tribus haud dentatis coccineis, tertia interdum ad sutu- 
ram interrupta, callo humerali nigro; antennis omnino 
nigris. A S. undato (Oliv.) differt fasciis haud fortiter 
dentatis. 
Long. 7-12 lin. $ . 
Hah. — Para; on foliage in the forest, at the end of 
the dry season. 
