378 ]Mi-. D. Sharp's Coyitrihutions to the 



Amazons ; a single individual, Avitliout more sjjccial 

 locality. 



Ohs. — I have also a specimen from Ega, Avhicli 1 ])elieve 

 to be merely a variety of this species; the chief difference 

 it exhibits from the individual above described consists in 

 the absence of any smooth space on the thorax. 



25. Sfffnis prox/nnis, n. sp. (Sect. II. B,Er.) Niger, 

 supra nitidus, ])arclus albido-])ubescens, antennis palpis({ue 

 testaceis, apice infuscatis; pedibus infuscato-rufis,femoribus 

 tibiisque basi (piam apice dilutioribus; capite thorace vix 

 latiore, bi-impresso; elytris thorace longioribus, crebi'C 

 fortiter punctatis ; abdomine crebre fortitcr punctato. 

 Long. Corp. 1^ lin. 



Antennje reddish with the club, dusky ; palpi yellow, 

 but with the front half of the last joint distinctly darker. 

 Head small, not excavate, with two impressions between 

 the eyes, which can scarcely be called sulci, as thev do not 

 reach the vertex, and are also abbreviated in front b}' the 

 well-marked antennal tubercles; only sparingly punctured, 

 the more elevated portions appearing as smooth spaces. 

 Thorax much narrower than the elytra, rather longer 

 than broad, slightly curved at the sides towards the front, 

 coarsely and rather closely somewhat irregidarly punc- 

 tured. Elytra longer than the thorax, distinctly impressed 

 within the prominent shoulders, coarselv but not closely 

 j)unctiu-ed. llintl body rather coarsely and moderatelv 

 closely punctured, much more finely at the extremity than 

 on the basal segments. 



Amazons (]irobably "^fapajos ; a single male. 



Ohs. — This s])ecies is excessively closely allied to S. 

 parviceps, and differs therefrom only in slight characters ; 

 it is a littl(> sniaUer than ^S'. parviceps, and has the antennae 

 distinctly shorter ; the sulci on the head are less distinct, 

 being more fovea-like ; the thorax is slightlv narrower, the 

 (elytra are rather shorter and i-atlier more coarsely and less 

 closely punctured; the ]iunctuatiou ot" the hind bodv is 

 not quite so coarse and deep. The male characters seem 

 scarcely to differ. 



Megalops. 



Many points of the structure of these remarkable insects 

 remain to be ascertained, before the position and affinities 

 of the species can be satisfactorily decided on. Erichson 



