386 Mr. D. Sliai'p's Contrihutionx to the 



coarse but obsohite punctures. Elytra sliining, ratlior 

 sparingly sprinkled with ill-defined, somewhat coarse 

 ])uncturcs. Hind body shining above ; the 6th and 7th 

 segments Avith shallow, rather s})ai-ing punctin-es; sculp- 

 ture of the 7th segment on the under side almost similar 

 to that of the upper side ; 6th with sparing coarse punc- 

 tures. Legs reddish, with the femora pitchy red. 



St. Paulo ; a single individual, which I consider to be a 

 female. 



Ohsi. — This species is closely allied to O. solidus, and 

 has the mandibles similarly formed, but is readily distin- 

 guished by the different sculpture. 



7. Osorhis oculatus, n. sp. Piceus, cylindricus, an- 

 tennis pedibusque rufis, oculis majoribus, prominulis ; 

 capite, thorace, elytrisque fortiter sat crebre pimctatis, 

 nitidulis; abdomine dense asperato-punctato, opaco. Long. 

 Corp. 2^ lin. 



AntennjB red ; 7th joint abruptly larger than the pre- 

 ceding ones. Clypeus nearly straight in front, the angles 

 very slightly prominent ; surface of head shining, coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures wanting along the middle and 

 at the vertex. Thorax about as long as broad, coarsely, 

 deeply and rather closely punctured, with a shar])ly- 

 defined longitudinal space along the middle imjiimctate ; 

 the sides slightly narrowed from the front to behind the 

 middle, and thence more abiniptly to the base ; the lateral 

 margin very fine, the hind angles obtuse and indistinct. 

 Elytra rather longer than the thorax, coarsely and mode- 

 rately closely and dee})ly punctured. Hind body above 

 densely punctured, and with a distinct, rough, pale pubes- 

 cence ; beneath coarsely punctured, but more sparingly 

 than on the n]iper side, and therefore more shining. Legs 

 red ; hind tibiie slender, bearing three s^jiues. 



Ega ; three individuals. 



Ob.s. — This species at first sight greatly resembles the 

 North American O. Iftfi/ics, but it is considerably smaller, 

 and may be at once distinguished by the larger and more 

 convex eyes. Laporte has described a species about 

 this size from Columbia ; but the few words of his de- 

 scrii)tion [Osoriiis pj/f/j/ucns, Etudes Ent. p. 130) are 

 so meagre as to render the identification of his species 

 extremelv dilficidt. 



