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Show 1903.] SOUTH-AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 49 the scutellum, another at the lateral margins before the middle, and a transverse spot near the apex, flavous. Length 9-10 millim. Head sparingly punctured, black, opaque ; labrum and antennae fulvous, the terminal joints transversely widened; thorax strongly transversely convex, the sides rounded, the anterior angles not produced, the surface sparingly punctured, black, opaque ; scutellum impunctate, black ; elytra finely punctate-striate, pointed posteriorly, black, opaque, with an oblong spot near the scutellum, a subquadrate spot at the lateral margin before the middle, and another transverse one near the apex, flavous; underside and legs black, shining, apex of the tibia? clothed with fulvous pubescence. Hab. Espirito Santo, Brazil {Fruhstorfer). Of this distinctly marked species I have six specimens which I received from Mr. Fruhstorfer. STILODES ECUADORIEXSIS, sp. nov. Testaceous, the head greenish black; thorax sparingly punctured; elytra regularly punctate-striate, the punctures placed on narrow black stripes, the fourth stripe abbreviated ; underside greenish piceous. Length 10 millim. Head metallic greenish, finely and sparingly punctured ; labrum flavous; antenna? slender, greenish black, the basal joint, the outer ones below and the two or three terminal joints entirely flavous; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides perfectly straight, the posterior angles acute, the surface remotely and strongly punctured, testaceous; scutellum metallic green ; elytra with rows of deep punctures, the latter not always regularly placed, the second, third, and fourth, and the sixth, seventh, and eighth rows metallic greenish black in shape of narrow stripes, the fifth row of this colour near the apex only, the others all more or less interrupted posteriorly; underside stained with blackish ; legs entirely testaceous. Hab. Santa Inez, Ecuador {Haensch). Of this neatly marked species two specimens are contained in m y collection. STILODES (?) GEOMETRY, sp. nov. Flavous, two spots at the head, the disc of the thorax, and the breast black; thorax finely punctured ; elytra closely and irregularly punctured, flavous, with a narrow oblique olivaceous black band from the shoulders to the middle and another at the sides to the apex, both bands joined at the suture and at the shoulders, Length 10 millim. Head closely punctured, black, this colour divided into two large spots by a narrow central flavous stripe, the space in front of the eyes and the labrum likewise flavous; antenna? entirely P R O C . ZOOL. Soc-1903, V O L . II. No. IV. 4 |