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infuscatc, mucli broader than tlie thorax, but scarcely so 

 long, M-ith a small deep fovea belaud the scutellum, ex- 

 tremely finely — almost imperceptibly — punctured. Hind 

 body slender, but distinctly narrowed at the base ; blackish 

 except at the base, which is yellowish, the segments very 

 finely punctured. Legs yellow, the femora infuscate, 

 except at the base ; the front ones however almost yellow. 



Para ; a single individual taken two or three years ago 

 by Mr. Smith. 



Obs. — This species is smaller and more slenderly formed 

 than our European F. sulcutnhi, and the antennas are 

 similar in structure to those of i^. S2dcatula, but are not 

 quite so much incrassate at the apex. 



2. Falagria varicornia, n. sp. Rufo-brunnca, nitida, 

 fere la?vis, antennis articulo ultimo, femoribus posticis basi, 

 tarsis omnibus, abdomineque basi pallidis, hoc segmentis 

 3 — Gnigris; thorace subcordato, angidis posticis niinutis, 

 ])rominulis, late jjrofundeque canaliculato ; elytris hoc 

 longioribus. Long. 1^ lin. 



Of an obscure reddish colour, with the elytra rather 

 darker ; the hind body, with the exception of it's pale base, 

 nearly black ; the legs and antennae variegated. The 

 antennas are very long and reach beyond theextremity of 

 the elytra, they are reddish at thc\ise; the joints from 

 the middle to the tenth get gradually darker, but the last 

 joint is very pale, nearly white; this joint is elongate and 

 pointed, about the length of the three preceding together. 

 The head is broader than the thorax, reddish, almost im- 

 punctate.^ The thorax is rcddisli, its length about as 

 much as its greatest width. The postenor angles are very 

 minute and j)ointed, and directed outwards ; it has a very 

 broad and xiivy dee]) longitudinal channel. The scutellum 

 is delicately margined and I'urnished with two or three 

 indistinct raised lines. Tlie elytra are darker in colour 

 than the head and thorax, veiy convex, depressed along 

 the suture and round the scutellum, shining and almost 

 glabrous. The hind body has the two basal seoments 

 testaceous, the rest nearly l)laek ; the very extremity 

 obscurely })aler ; it is nan-owed at the base, im'punctate on 

 tlie upper side, and only obscurely furnished with hairs. 

 The legs are very long and slender, they are reddish-vel- 

 low, the anterior wllh the tarsi paler, the middle ones 

 have the base of the tibiie darker, the apex as well as the 



