1-4U Mr. D. Sharp "ri CuJitribaiions to the 



than its predecessor; 4lli joint much longer than broad, 

 10th ahout as long as broad; last joint al^ont as long as 

 the 4th, ])()ii»ted on one side. Tarts of the mouth red. 

 Head as l)road as the thorax, orbiculatc ; the eyes large, 

 above red and opaque, -with numerous very obsolete punc- 

 tures, each bearing a fine upright hair; beneath smooth and 

 shining, -with a few very fine ])unctures. Thorax a little 

 narrower than the elytra, the length one and a half times 

 the width, narrowed behind, transversely very convex at 

 the front angles, Avliich are very rounded, the sides a little 

 sinuate beliind, the hinder angles quite rounded ; above 

 it is of a very dull-reddish colour, extremely obsoletely 

 pimctured, but with a rather coarse and evenly distributed 

 black pubescence. Scutellum very densely pubescent. 

 Elvtra scarcely the length of the thorax, of an oljscurc 

 duil-bluish colour, with an obsolete but rather rugulose 

 sculpture. Hind body slender and elongate, a little nar- 

 rowed towards the extremity, of a reddish colour ; a large 

 part of the 5th and Gth segments pitchy, the extremity of 

 the 7 til also dark, and the basal segments are also a little 

 infuscate at the extreme base; the segments are moderately 

 coarsely but not closely punctured ; the hind half of the 

 eth and the basal part of the 7th very finely and sparingly 

 punctured, the styles of the 8th segment blackish. _ The 

 legs are reddish-yellow and rather long, the hind tarsi long 

 and slender, the basal joint about twice the length of the 

 second. 



St. Paulo ; one specimen, i . 



2. Eiujastits niundas, n. sp. Opaeus, fulvus, antennis 

 basi excei)to nigris, elytris vii-idi-opacis, dense punctatis; 

 abdomine nigro-fulvoque variegato, dense punctato. Long. 



cov\). 7 lin. 



Antenna? with the three basal joints red, the rest 

 ])la('kish ; joints 4 — 10 each distinctly shorter 1)ut scarcely 

 broader tlian its predecessor ; 4th a good deal longer than 

 broad, 10th scarcely so long as broad. Head rather 

 narrow, with the eyes very large, of a tawny-red colour, 

 dull, covered with an obsolete ]iunctuation, and Avith a fiiu; 

 scanty g(;l(len pubescence. Thorax elongate, similar in 

 colouV to the head, very dull, very obsoletely punctured, 

 and with a fine, very de])ressed, reddish pubescence. Scu- 

 tellum velvety-l)laek. h'Jytra as long as the thorax, of 

 a dull-"reenish colour, tlie basal part of their inllexed 



