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Show 782 MR. M. JACOBY O N N E W [Dec 16 lar row accompanying the sutural margin ; dark aeneous, their lateral margins broadly flavous ; this band is slightly narrowed and sinuate below the shoulders. There is also in one specimen before me a short stripe of flavous between the margin and the scutellum at the base of each elytron. Underside and legs greenish aeneous, extreme apex of tibiae and the tarsi fulvous. Collected by Mr. G. Champion. Genus STILODES, Chevr. 18. S T I L O D E S BELTI, sp. nov. Ovate-rotundate. Obscure brownish aeneous, submetallic; elytra geminate-punctate-striate, flavous, the suture (widened before and behind the middle) and three longitudinal rows of elongate spots dark brown. Length 4\-5 lines. Hab. Chontales; Nicaragua. Head distinctly and moderately closely punctured, labrum brown, apex of mandibles and the antennse obscure piceous ; the latter gradually thickened, with their apical joints longer than broad. Thorax transverse, anterior margin straight in middle, posterior one produced, sides rounded, the anterior angles slightly produced; surface coarsely punctured near the sides, more finely on the disk, with a small but deep round fovea at each side, of the same brownish seneous colour, as the head. Scutellum smooth. Elytra convex, geminate-punctate-striate on tbe disk, more irregularly punctured near the sides, the first sutural stria very short, flavous, with three parallel rows of irregular-shaped dark brown spots placed as follows-the first row on the disk (consisting of four spots of increasing size), the second and third row (of three spots each) placed towards the lateral margin without, however, touching the latter, their two anterior spots joined at the shoulder into an elongate ^-shaped mark : two other short stripes are connected with the suture anteriorly and posteriorly. Outer limb, underside, and legs brownish aeneous. 19. STILODES FLAVO-MARGINATA, sp. nov. Ovate, convex. Dark violaceous blue ; elytra punctate-striate, each elytron margined with a broad crescent-shaped yellow band from the base towards tbe apex. Length 4 lines. Hab. Brazil. Vertex rather convex, with an indistinct middle line; head rather sparingly but distinctly punctured ; three lower joints of the antennae light brown, the rest piceous and gradually increasing in width. Thorax transverse, its sides parallel at the base, rounded towards the apex and finely margined ; surface sparingly impressed with punctures like those of the head, almost impunctate towards the sides. Scutellum smooth, trigonate. Elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, narrowed and rounded towards the apex ; surface of each elytron impressed with ten rows of rather deep punctures, the first |