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liind margin, but not the extreme base; 6th brassy black, 

 reddish at the base, 7th entirely yellowish: it is sparingly 

 and rather finely punctured, the red parts with golden 

 hairs, the black parts with blackish hairs. Legs yellowish- 

 brown. 



Ega ; two specimens, ? . 



4. Glentis vestitus, n. sp. Obscure rufus, pubescentia 

 rufa vestitus, capite testaceo, subtiliter aureo-tomentoso, 

 inter antennas aenescente ; abdomine segmentis longitudi- 

 naliter reneo-lineatis. Long. corp. 10 lin. 



]\Ias : segmento 6" ventrali medio fascicula parva pilorvmi 

 longorum, margine apicali medio leviter emarginato, 7° 

 apice medio late satque profunde inciso. 



AntennfB long and slender for this genus, nearly as 

 long as head and thorax, of a dull-reddish colour; 3rd 

 joint longer than 2nd, none of the joints transverse, 10th 

 about as long as broad, llth about as long as 10th ; the 

 extremity truncate, with the internal angle much produced. 

 Palpi yellowish ; mandibles red at the base, pitchy black 

 towards the extremity. Head yellowish, with a metallic 

 mark in front between the antennte ; it is about as broad 

 as the thorax, rather convex above, and clothed with a 

 very fine but rather dense golden pubescence. Thorax 

 considerably narrower than the elytra, rather longer than 

 broad, a little narrowed behind, the anterior angles not 

 much deflexed, and but little rounded ; the sides slightly 

 sinuate, the hind angles obtuse ; it is covered above with 

 a dense ferruginous-red pubescence, and has at the anterior 

 angles seven or eight long erect, setas. Scutellum densely 

 clothed with black velvety pubescence. Elytra about as 

 long as the thorax, densely covered with a reddish pubes- 

 cence, hiding their colour and scul])ture. Hind body nar- 

 rowed towards the extremity, reddish, with a brassy line 

 along the middle, formed by an elongate spot down the 

 middle of each segment ; it is closely and finely punctured, 

 and rendered dull by a dense, depressed, concolorous pubes- 

 cence. Legs yellowish ; tarsi pitchy. Breast clothed with 

 golden pubescence. 



In the male the 6th segment of the hind body beneath 

 has a very short line of long, erect hairs, and the hind 

 margin is a little emarginate; the 7th segment has a broad 

 and rather deep notch in the middle of the hind margin. 



Para, Ega, St. Paido ; three specimens $ , one ? . 



