156 Mr. D. Sharp's Coiitrihutions to ihe 



individual fi-om Para the head and thorax are rather more 

 sparingly and a little more coarsely punctured. 



9. Stapln/linns vetustus, n. pp. Niger, caplte, thorace, 

 elytrisque obscure sneis, his obsolete variegatis, abdomine 

 supra tessellatOj ano riifo-testaceo ; thorace fere eljtrorum 

 latitudine. Long. corp. 7^* lin. 



]\Ias: abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice medio minus 

 profunde emarginato. 



Closely allied to the preceding ; the head and thorax 

 more densely punctured ; the thorax both longer and 

 bi'oader, and the 3rd joint of the antenna3 longer. An- 

 tennae reaching nearly half-Avay down the thorax, pitchy ; 

 2nd and 3rd joints rather long, 3rd considerably longer 

 than 2nd; joints 4 — 10 differing but little from one another, 

 transverse, but not strongly so ; 4th joint sinuate at the 

 extremity, and pointed on one side. Head small, naiTOwer 

 than the thorax, narrowed in front, dull brassy, closely 

 and rather coarsely punctured, with a fuscous pubescence. 

 Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, about as long 

 as broad, very slightly narrowed in front, dull brassy, 

 coarsely and very densely punctured, with a very short 

 and very narrow smooth line in front of the scutellum, and 

 clothed with a fuscous pubescence. Scutellum velvety 

 black. Elytra about as long as the thorax, dull brassy, 

 finely pubescent and indistinctly tessellated. Hind body 

 narrowed to the extremity, j)itchy ; 7th segment and hind 

 margin of the 6th yellow, obscurely tessellated, with a dark 

 brown and scanty ashy pubescence, and besides this with 

 coarse, nearly black hairs. Legs pitchy ; femora marked 

 Avith yellow toAvards the extremity. 



Tunantins ; one specimen ; also four other individuals 

 without S])ecial locality. 



Ohs. — This species is closely allied to S. antiquus, but 

 is larger and broader ; the legs, the antenna^ and the 

 pubescence are darker in colour; tlie antenna* are thicker, 

 and the carina-like space along the head and thorax is 

 absent. 



Belonuciius. 



About thirty species arc at present referred to this 

 genus, and all of them are indigenous to its warmer jiarts, 

 one or two extending their range to the United States of 



