776 SUPPLEMENT. 
punctate. Elytra scarcely so long as the thorax, closely and rather coarsely punctate ; 
on each at the apex near the suture is an indefinite yellow spot. Hind body entirely 
black, shining, coarsely and rather closely punctured. Legs infuscate-yellow. 
This species is an ally of A. fuscipes, Grav. The two examples received are both of 
one sex, and have the dorsal plate of the terminal segment simple, slightly rounded 
behind, the ventral plate less truncate, being more prolonged in the middle as if 
forming one half of a broad oval figure. 
10 (a). Aleochara repetita. 
Gracilis, subopaca, nigricans, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis; elytris brunneis, circa scutellum macu- 
laque magna laterali nigris, quam prothorax brevioribus ; abdomine acuminato, ex parte majore rufescente, 
minus dense et subtiliter punctato, maris margine posteriore minute serrato. 
Long. 43-6 millim. 
Hab. Panama, San Feliz (Champion).—Amazons, Para (coll. Sharp). 
This insect is very closely allied to A. orypodia, but the male is distinguishable by the 
hind margin of the last dorsal plate being minutely serrate. The colour is more exten- 
sively rufescent, especially on the hind body, than it is in A. orypodia, and this allows 
the females of the two to be discriminated, as does also the punctuation of the hind body, 
which is a little coarser and less close than it is in the allied species. The female has 
the last dorsal plate deeply emarginate in the middle; but there is no depression on the 
penultimate segment, and no trace of lobe on the hind margin of the antepenultimate. 
Found in dung (Champion). 
Aleochara simulatrix (p. 151). 
To the locality given, add:—Panama, San Feliz (Champion). 
13 (a). Aleochara, hilaris. 
Fulvo-testacea, capite abdomineque in medio nigris, prothorace elytrisque subtiliter punctatis, pedibus flavis, 
abdomine nitido, parce fortiter punctato. 
Long. 5 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
A species with rather slender antenne and not apparently very closely allied to any 
other known to me, though somewhat near A. miradoris, from which it is readily 
distinguished by its black head. Antenne with the fourth joint transverse, shorter and 
a little narrower than the fifth; joints 5-10 similar to one another, each slightly trans- 
verse; terminal joint elongate, nearly three times as long as the tenth. Thorax 
transverse, a little narrowed in front, finely punctate. Elytra not so long as the thorax, 
rather closely and finely punctured, scarcely infuscate at the outer angle. Hind body 
only sparingly punctate; terminal two segments clear yellow, the preceding two 
blackish. 
