17G ^Ir. 1). Sliui"p\s Cuntributioiis to the 



and liind part of the Gtli yellow, anal styles nearly black. 

 Legs yellow. 



The male has the hind mamin of the 6th segment 

 beneath broadly but slightly emarginate ; the following 

 segment has a rather shallo\v, rounded emargination at 

 the extremity. 



Amazons ; a single male, without special locality. 



Ohs. — Though very closely allied to P. abemnis, this 

 S]3ecies has the basal portions of the 5th and 6th segments 

 of the hind body more sparingly punctiu'ed, and the male 

 has the hind margin of the 6th segment quite distinctly 

 emarginate. 



15. Pltilonthus 2>ropinquus, x\. s^. Augustus, nitldus, 

 capite suborbiculato, seneo ; prothorace rufb-testaceo, serie 

 dorsali grosse 6-pnnctato ; elytris fulvis, ajiicc late fusco- 

 a^nescentibus ; abdomine fulvo, ante apicem nigro, parce 

 punctato. Long. corp. 3| lin. 



This species is extremely close to the preceding one, 

 and differs from it only as follows. The thorax is nar- 

 rower, the elytra are a little brassy towards the extremity, 

 the hind body is more sparingly })unctured, the extreme 

 base of each of the 5th and 6th se<2:ments being much more 

 sparingly punctured than in P. aberrans ; the punctures 

 on the thorax are larger, and the elytra are rather more 

 sparingly punctured. 



Ega ; one specimen, $ . 



Obs. — 1 have also another female, found by Mr. Bates, 

 ■which I l)elieve belongs to a closely allied but distinct 

 species ; the antcnna3 have joints 4 — \) distinctly infuscate, 

 and the two apical ones yellow, and the femora and tibite 

 are a little infuscate at their apices. 



16. Philontlms recjilhis, n. sp. Fulvus, capite feneo, 

 elytris a])icem versus, abdoinincque ante a})iccm nigrican- 

 tibus ; antennis basi, })edibus, anoque testaceis ; prothorace 

 grosse punctato, jiimctorum numerus utrinque circiter 

 sexdeciin. Long. corp. 4 lin. 



Allied to 1*. aberrans, but easily distinguished by the 

 different punctuation of the thorax. The anteiuiiv are 

 rather longer than head and thoi'ax, the three basal joints 

 yellow, the rest infuscate ; joint 3 longer than 2nd ; 4 — 10 

 diiTcring but little from one another, even the 10th consi- 

 derably longer than l)road. Head brassy, a little broader 



