148 Mr. D. Sharp's Cuntrlbntluns to the 



2. Glcnus Bates! , n. sp. Ilufiis, capite rufo-testaceo, 

 thorace elytrisqiie i^aiiguiiico-tomcntosis, abdomine iiigro- 

 sulxvneo, segmeiitis sino-nlis transversim vix sinimtim rufo- 

 inarginatis, crebre subtilitcr punctatis. Long. corp. 13 lin. 



Closely allied to G. Chri/sis, Grav., but distinguished 

 therefrom by the redder colour of the pubescence on the 

 thorax and elytra, and by the much more closely and 

 finely punctured hind body; the transverse red markings 

 of segments 3 — 5 are nearly straight. 



Tapajos ; two sjiecimens. 



Obs. — I have also an individual of this fine species in 

 my collection, labelled " Brazil." A fully extended large 

 individual attains sixteen or seventeen lines of leno-th. 



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3. Glenus mnazonicus,n. sp. Opacus, pube aureo sub- 

 tili parcius yestitus, capite rufo-testaceo, thorace sei'Iceo- 

 seneo; elytris obscure violaceo-brunneis, ad latera macula 

 iiignt notatis; abdomine rufo-brunneo, maculis fasciaque 

 nigro-aineis. Long. corp. 9 lin. 



Antenn[e a little shorter than head and thorax ; 3rd joint 

 considerably longer than 2nd; 7th joint a little transverse, 

 8 — 10 distinctly so ; 11th joint truncate and sinuate at the 

 extremity ; they arc of an obscure-reddish colour, darker 

 towards the extremity, but with the last joint again a little 

 paler. INIandibles reddish at the base, black towards the 

 extremity ; palj)i reddish. Head dull reddish, obscurely 

 metallic between the antenii;e, above rather convex ; 

 sj)aringly and very fhiely punctured, Avith a fine golden 

 ])ubescence. Thorax much narrower than elytra, consi- 

 dera1)ly longer than broad, distinctly narrowed behind, 

 the front angles rounded and nuich deflexed, the sides a 

 little sinuate ; above it is of a very dull-brassy colour, 

 with a very silky lustre ; it is sparingly and very obso- 

 letely punctured, with a fine golden pubescence, a])parently 

 very easily removed. Scutellum black, dull and velvety. 

 Elytra not loTigcn* than the thorax, of a peculiar duU-i-ed- 

 (lish coloui-, with a violet tinge, at the outside with a 

 blackish, ill-defined mark ; not visibly ])unctured, and 

 with a scanty, depressed, golden pubescence, a])])ai-ently 

 very easily removed. Hind body narrowed to the extre- 

 mity, of a reddish coloiu", marked with black, of a faint 

 brassy tinge ; 2nd segment nearly entirely black, 3i'd with 

 a ])road mark in the middle and a small one on each side, 

 4th and oth each with a mark in the middle reaching the 



