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elongate ; along the middle these punctures are crowded 

 together and confluent, so as almost to form an impressed 

 stria; the sutural stria deep. Hind body narrow and 

 elongate, cylindric, blackish, with the exti-emity reddish ; 

 above finely and indistinctly punctured, beneath the oblique 

 strije on the sides of each segment are quite distinct. Legs, 

 including the coxte, red. 



Ega; a single specimen, which I believe to be a female, 

 and an individual of a slightly different variety fi'om Para. 



Ohs. — This species may readily be distinguished from 

 L. striola by the more setose surface, by the more slender 

 joints of the base of the antennas (2 — 5), and by the less 

 ample elytra and hind body ; its nearest described ally is 

 probably L. quadripunctiilus , Fauvel. 



3. Lispinus apicalis, n. sp. Niger, nitidus, antennis 

 ]uceis, pedibus abdominisque apice summo rufis ; thorace 

 elytrisque crebre sat fortiter punctatis ; abdomine punctis 

 magnis le\dter impressis, puncto singulo parte posteriore 

 omnino deficiente, segmento apicali fortiter profundeque 

 punctato. Long. corp. 2f lin. 



Antennae rather stout ; 3rd joint nearly twice as long as 

 2nd, 7 — 10 each a little transverse. Head a good deal 

 narrower than the thorax, distinctly, moderately closely 

 punctured. Thorax a good deal broader than long, the 

 sides nearly straight, only slightly curved ; it is covered 

 with rather coarse, moderately close punctures, bears an 

 extremely fine channel on the disc, and an elongate im- 

 pression near the outer angles, which extends considerably 

 more than half-way to the front. Elytra a good deal 

 longer than the thorax, rather coarsely ])unctured ; the 

 punctures at the outside, hoAvever, quite fine, and at the 

 lateral margins wanting. Hind body a little flattened, 

 blackish, with the hinder part of the 7th segment red ; 

 the segments on the upper side bear a peculiar obsolete 

 punctuation, the hinder part of an obsolete coarse puncture 

 being entirely wanting ; the 7tli segment, however, offers 

 a striking contrast to the preceding ones, for it is deeply 

 and distinctly punctured : the under surface of the hind 

 body bears numerous fine, raised, oblique striae. 



Pard, ; a single individual (I believe a female), collected 

 by Mr. Smith. 



4. Lispinus terminalis, n. sp. Niger, sat nitidus, an- 



