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front part on cacli side, close to the inner margin of tlie 

 eye, and very near to one another, and with several other 

 punctnres on each side behind the eye. Thorax longer 

 than broad, narrowed to the front, straight at the sides, 

 "Nvith a row of five punctures on each side the middle, and 

 outside this row with a row of three other punctures on 

 the front part. Scutellum closely and finely punctured. 

 Elytra about as long as the thorax but broader, 

 closely and finely punctured. Hind body narrowed to- 

 wards the extremity, blackish and a little versicolorous ; 

 the 6th segment black at the base, the rest of it and the 

 7tli segment rusty yellow ; the hind margin of the 5th 

 segment also rusty ; it is rather closely punctiu-ed on the 

 Tipper side, the punctuation being denser on the basal 

 halves of the 5th and Otli segments than elsewhere; its 

 pubescence is rough and coarse. The legs are of a dirty- 

 yellow colour, with the tibia; and tarsi darker, the inter- 

 mediate coxa3 approximated. 



Para, Ega ; six specimens, $ and ? . 



2. Pldlontkus coralllpennis, n. sp. Niger, elytris anoquc 

 rufis, dense subtilissime punctulatis; antennarum basi pedi- 

 buscpie testaceis, prothorace serie dorsali subtiliter 8-punc- 

 tato. Long. corp. .3 lin. 



Mas : tarsis anticis dilatatis. 



Allied to P. sallnus, but much narrower, and with the 

 prothoracic series of pvmctures more numerous. The an- 

 tennaj are long and slender, the basal joint entirely and 

 the 2nd and .'5rd ])artly yellowish ; 3rd joint longer than 

 2nd, all the joints longer than broad. The i)aipi are 

 yellowish. The head is rather narrower than the thorax ; 

 at the back and between the eyes it is finely, rather closely 

 punctured, the middle part im]iuiictate. The thorax is 

 longer than broad, nearly straight at the sides, and not for 

 scarcely) narrowed in front; it has on each side the middle 

 a dorsal row of eight punctures, not very regularly placed, 

 and has l)esides four or five others in a line outside these. 

 The scutellum is smoky, densely punctured. The el\ tra 

 are aljout as long as the thorax, but a little broader, 

 of a red colour, very densely and finely punctured, quite 

 dulh Iliud body rather long and slender, but little nar- 

 rowed beiiind, very densely and finely ])unctured, the 

 hinder portion reddish ; the limit of this colour not well 

 marked. The legs are pale yellow. 



Parti, Obydos, I'jga, Tapajos ; numerous specimens. 



