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Show 1894.] COLEOPTERA O F T H E G E N U S CBPIONYCHIS. 625 antennae fulvous or fuscous, the third joint slightly shorter than the fourth; thorax strongly transverse, the sides straight at the base, strongly rounded in front, the anterior angles produced outwards into a short somewhat truncate tooth, the surface with a few extremely minute punctures, testaceous ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra closely and finely punctured, pale testaceous, an elongate spot on the shoulders, a more rounded one at the suture near the scutellum, and a transverse band at the middle pale fulvous; underside and legs dark fulvous or piceous. Hab. Bolivia. EPIONYCHIS FUSCOANNULATA, n. sp. (nigropunctata, Clk. Catal.). (Plate X X X V I I I . fig. 6.) Dark fulvous; thorax flavous, with a few fine punctures; elytra closely and strongly punctured, chestnut-brown, each with six flavous spots margined with black (1.2.2.1). Length 4 lines. Of strongly convex shape, the head punctured near the eyes, fulvous, frontal tubercles transverse, labrum piceous ; antennae short, black, the lower three joints fulvous, third joint slightly longer than the fourth, the following joints equal; thorax scarcely narrowed in front, the sides straight at the base, rounded anteriorly, anterior angles slightly produced outwards, the surface with a few fine punctures, flavous ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra rather strongly and very closely punctured, chestnut-brown, a round spot at the middle of the base, two before and two below the middle, placed transversely and slightly oblique, and another spot at the apex, flavous, margined with fuscous; underside and legs dark brown, pubescent. Hab. Bahia. The position, number, and the colour of the elytral spots will distinguish this species ; the name of nigropunctata given by Clark being misleading, I have altered it. EPIONYCHIS MULTOMACULATA (brunneicollis, Clk. Catal.). Black; thorax flavous, with seven black spots ; elytra black, with a very narrow discoidal and lateral flavous stripe, connected at the apex by a small transverse branch, opaque, nearly smooth. Length 2\ lines. Head greenish black, coarsely punctured round the eyes; antenna? very short, black, the third joint only half the length of the fourth; thorax more than twice as broad as long, pale flavous, very finely and sparingly punctured, the sides strongly rounded, with a narrow flattened margin, the anterior angles not produced into a tooth, the disc with four black spots placed transversely, another one near the base at the middle and a smaller spot at each side, there are also two narrow black markings at the sides of the anterior margin; scutellum and elytra bluish black, opaque, nearly impunctate except at the base, where a few very P R O C . Z O O L . Soc-1894, N o . XLII. 42 |