396 !Mr. D. Sliai'})'s Contributions to the , 



middle. Elytra distinctly longer than the thorax, yel- 

 lowish, finely and moderately closely punctured. Hind 

 body yellow, impunctate. Legs yellow, only moderately 

 stout. 



Kio ^Madeira ; two individuals, captured by Dr. Trail 

 2oth ]May, 1874. They Avere attracted by light. 



6. Bledius similis, n. sp. Fusco-testaceus, capite ab- 

 dominisque apice summo nigricantibus, pedibus pallidis ; 

 prothorace subtransverso, obsolete punctato, subtiliter 

 canaliculato, angulis posterioribus sinuatis ; elytris sub- 

 tiliter sat crebre punctatis. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Antennae yellowish; all the joints from 3 — 10 short, 

 and each distinctly stouter than its ])redecessor, so that 

 though the 3rd joint is both short and slender, the ]ienul- 

 tiraate ones are rather strongly transverse. Head black. 

 Thorax reddish, blackish towards the front margin, dis- 

 tinctly shorter than broad, only slightly nan-ower than the 

 elytra, sparingly and indistinctly piuictured, channelled 

 along the middle; it is a little shining: the sides are 

 nearly straight, till near the hind angles, when they are a 

 good deal narrowed, in such a way as to make the hind 

 angles appear a little sinuate. The elytra are rather 

 narrow, a good deal longer than the thorax, of a dirty- 

 vellowish colour, finely and indistinctly punctured. The 

 hind body is yellowish and impunctate, the extreme apex 

 a little blackened. The legs are pale yellow, rather 

 slender. 



Rio Purus ; a single individual, found by Dr. Trail on 

 the 2oth October, 1874. 



Obs. — This minute species resembles exti-emely the 

 B. mnticus, but has the thorax differently formed. 



7. Bledius modestus, n. sp. Piceus, elytris dilutioribus, 

 antennis pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace latitudine hand 

 breviore, lateribus rotundatis, canaliculato, sat evidenter 

 ]iunctato ; elytris crebre subtiliter punctatis. Long. corp. 

 I lin. 



Antenna? yellow, short; all the joints from 3 — 10 short 

 and each distinctly broader than its predecessor, so that 

 the penultimate ones are rather strongly transverse. Man- 

 dibles and palpi yellow, head nearly l)lack, with the an- 

 termal tubercles rather strongly marked, and the eyes very 

 convex. Thorax distinctly narrower than the elytra, as 



