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very coarsely and not closely punctured, the punctuation absent from the base and from 
a narrow space along the middle. Elytra a good deal longer than the thorax, each 
obliquely impressed and quite sparingly punctate. Hind body with the second segment 
quite impunctate, and the third nearly so, the three following quite sparingly punctured ; 
the hind margin of the sixth and the whole of the seventh segment and also the ter- 
minal styles pale yellow, the latter black, however, at the extremity. Anterior legs 
with the coxee dark, the femora yellow, the tibiee infuscate yellow, darker behind than 
in front; middle legs nearly black, but the femora yellow above ; hind legs black. 
A single female only has been received; the species is not closely allied to any 
other. 
2. Brachydirus divisus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 19.) 
Gracilis, rufus; elytris abdomineque nigris, hoc ad apicem pallide testaceo, antennis pedibusque testaceis, 
elytris abdomineque parce sparsim albido-pubescentibus. 
Long. 12 millim. 
Hab. PanaMa, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne very short, joints seven to ten very strongly transverse. Head very densely 
punctate, the punctuation on the vertex more sparing. Thorax hardly so long as 
broad, quite sparingly punctate. -Elytra longer than the thorax, sparingly punctate, 
and with a few black and grey hairs. Hind body slender, very sparingly punctate. 
The hind margin of the sixth and the whole of the seventh segment yellow; the anal 
styles also pale yellow, but orange-coloured at the extremity, and there ciliate with 
dark hairs. 
The male has the terminal ventral plate much prolonged in the middle, the prolonged 
portion is deeply cleft and is somewhat compressed, so that the edges of the cleft are 
raised ; the preceding plate is narrower in the middle than at the sides; the terminal 
styles are densely pubescent externally with black hairs, 
Three specimens have been found; the male in bad preservation. 
3. Brachydirus gracilis. 
Gracilis, fulvo-testaceus ; abdomine nigro, apice flavo-testaceo, stylis analibus ad apicem nigro-ciliatis, antennis 
pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace abdomineque parce punctatis, hoc segmentis intermediis sparsim albido- 
pubescentibus. 
Long. 12 millim. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
Antenne short, joints seven to ten very strongly transverse. Head very densely punc- 
tate, rather sparingly pubescent, the vertex sparingly subobsoletely punctate. Thorax 
irregularly and only sparingly punctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, quite sparingly 
and not coarsely punctate. Hind body slender, second segment with two or three punc- 
tures on each side, third very sparingly punctate, and also the following segments with 
only scanty punctuation. The hind margin of the sixth and the whole of the seventh 
