418 ]Mr. D. Slmr])'s Cuntributions to the 



testaceus, nitidiis, parce obsoletlssirae punctatus ; protlio- 

 race lateribus rotundatls, basin versus angustato. Long. 

 Corp. ^ lln. 



Antennre reddish, rather slender; 3rd joint shorter and 

 smaller than 2nd, 4 — 8 differing little from one another, 

 not transverse, 'J and 10 broader than the preceding joints, 

 transverse. Head rather small, clypeus almost immargi- 

 nate, eyes prominent, antenna! tubercles distinct ; the 

 colour is infuscate-red, the surface is shining, but very 

 finely coriaceous, and with a few excessively fine .punc- 

 tures. Thorax transverse, a good deal rounded at the 

 sides and narrowed behind, shining reddish, with a very 

 few extremely obsolete punctures, and with an indistinct 

 impression near each hind angle. Elytra much longer 

 than the thorax, bright yellowish-red, almost impimctate. 

 Hind body infuscate-reddish, the extremity and the hind 

 margin of each segment brighter, impunctate, the sides of 

 each segment coriaceous. Legs bright yellow. 



St. Paulo ; two individuals, sex unknown. 



THORAXornoRUS, Motsch. {Gli/ptoma, Er.) 



Under this generic name there are mixed in collections 

 and entomological works two distinct genera ; of these, the 

 one to whicir Glyptuma craasicorne, Er., and its allies 

 belong, is allied to Lispinus ; while the other, containing 

 2'horaxophorus corticinus, Motsch., and its allies, is one^ 

 whose natural affinities are much more obscure to me. Ot 

 the two new species here described, one, T. opacus, is 

 allied to G. crassicorne, Avhile the other, T. crassus, is an 

 ally of T. corticinus. Of these two genera or groups, the 

 one containing G. crassicorne is pecidiar to South Ame- 

 rica, while the other is found in South ^^.merica, Xoi'th 

 America, Europe and East India. 



L Thora.vophorus opacus, n. sp. Elongatus, niger, 

 opacus, pedibus ))iceis ; antennis crasslusculis, eloiigatis, 

 articiilo 2° solum transverso ; elytris unicostatis; abdomen 

 cylindricum. Long. corp. IJ, lin. 



Antennre stout, about 1 lin. in length, blackish; 2nd 

 joint smaller than the others, not so long as broad; 3rd a 

 little longer than 4th, quadrate, 4th nearly as long as 

 broad; 5 — 10 differing little from one another, each a 

 little longer than broad ; 1 1 th joint jjointed at apex. Head 

 quite as broad as thorax; the surface dull, velvet-like, 



