216 Mr. D. Sliarj)'s Contributions to the 



A rather narrow s})cclcs, -witli lone;, slentlcr anteiiuio ; 

 these are rather longer than head and thorax, pitchy red, 

 I'ather paler at the cxtrenuty; 1st joint scarcely so long as 

 the three following together, 3rd not twice as long as 2nd, 

 joints 4 — 8 diflering little from one another, 9 — 11 each 

 shorter than its ]n-edeccssor. Mandiljles and paljii pitchy 

 red. Head broader than the thorax, nearly as broad as 

 the elytra, long behind the eyes, the part in front of the 

 eyes not long ; it is densely and rather coarsely rugose- 

 punctate, only the extreme front being free from ])unc- 

 tures, and is clothed with a fmc depressed ])ubcscence. 

 Thorax narrower than the elytra, longer than broad, 

 nearly straight at the sides behind, and only a little nar- 

 rowed in I'ront ; it is closely, and rather coar^^ely ])micturod, 

 with a, line along the middle, smooth. Elytra rather 

 longer than the thorax, densely and rather coarsely pnnc- 

 tured, rather shining, the extreme apex very narrowly 

 3'cllow. Hind body rather long, finely ]nnictnred, and 

 ])ubescent. Legs yellow, the coxa; and knees slightly 

 darker. 



The male is only distinguished by the broad but very 

 shallow emargination of the extremity of the ventral 

 plate of the 7th segment. 



Tapajos ; six individuals. 



9. Cri/ptobium scutigerum, n. sp. Antennis, pedibus, 

 clytroiuuKiue a))ice testaceis, capitc opaco, dense obsolete 

 ])inu'tato, suljtilitcrquepnbescente; thorace satnitido, dense 

 Ibrtiterquc ])unctato, linea media angusta hvvi ; elytris tho- 

 race longioribus, dense minus fbrtiter punctatis. Long. 

 Corp. 3f lin. 



INIas: abdominc scgmento 3" ventrnli apiccm versus fovea 

 parva transversa imj)ressa, quarto in lobo lato, apice rotun- 

 dato, dense longe(pie setigero, producto, basin versus fovea 

 par^■a impresso. 



Antenn;c nearly as long as head and thorax, yellow ; 

 3rd joint one and a half times as long as 2nd, 8th joint 

 about as long as 4th, 9 — 11 each a little shorter than its 

 ])redecessor. Head longer than broad, al)out as broad as 

 the thorax, (piite dull aud oj)a(]ue, rather closely but indis- 

 tinctly ])unctured, finely pubescent. Thorax two-thirds 

 the width of the elytra, nearly one and a hall" times as long 

 as broad, nearly straight at the sides, only very slightly 

 narrowed in front ; it is coarsely aud closely puncturetl. 



