n 1 January, 



An ol)lonL,', rufo-testaceous or reddish-brown insect, with a black 

 spot on the disc of each elytron before the middle, the elytra them- 

 selves striato-punctate, and the prothorax with conspicuous basal 

 foveae ; the posternal process is unnotched at the tip. A new specific 

 nan\e is re({uired. 



7 . — EustropMnus ho in binvs . 



Eustrophimis homhitms Seidl., Naturg. Ins. Deutschl., v. 2, 

 pp. 441, 442. Orchesia (?) Jlavida et var. Buq. in litt. 



Hab.: Brazil [type], Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



There are several specimens of this species in the Biitish Museum, 

 inchiding an immature pallid form, with the body (the metasternum, 

 antennae, and tarsi excepted) fhivo-testaceovis. The antennae are 

 almost wholly infuscate or black (the tij^ excej^ted ) and rather slender ; 

 the abdomen is lighter in colour in the dark individuals, and the legs 

 are more or less infuscate. The length varies from 8-9^ mm. This 

 insect, in regard to the colour of the under surface, agrees better 

 with the incomplete description of E. ochracens Motsch., than the 

 Central and South American specimens referred to it by myself in the 

 " Biologia " ; these latter, therefore, may i*equire a new name. 



8. — EustropMnus bombycimis u. sp. 



Elongate oval, attenuate posteriorly, convex, moderately shining ; nigro- 

 piceous or piceoiis, the head above, the antennae with the four basal joints and 

 tlie tip of the eleventh, the prothorax (two very large subconfluent patches on 

 the disc excepted), the elytra with a marginal stripe and a transverse s^jace 

 e.Kteuding inward from it before the middle (enclosing a transverse black spot), 

 and the abdomen (except at the base), testaceous or rufous ; thickly clotlied 

 with long, shaggy, fulvous pubescence. Antennae with joints 1-4 more slender 

 than those following, 5-10 broad, triangular, gradually decreasing in length, 

 11 oval. Eyes very large, approximate. Prothorax closely, minutely punctate, 

 the small basal foveae shai-ply defined. Elytra long, somewhat flattened on the 

 disc, coarsely striato-punctate, the interstices flat, closely punctate, the epi- 

 pleura moderately excavate. Beneath closely punctate. Prosternal process 

 rather broad, truncate at the tip. Mesosternal keel very prominent. Length 

 8J-9, breadth 4— ti mm. 



Hah. : Brazil {Mus. Brit.), Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



Three specimens. This insect is so like E. bombimis Seidl., that 

 it might almost be treated as a colour-variety of that species; the 

 antennae, however, have joints 5-10 a little broader, and 1—4 wholly 

 testaceous. One of tlie examples in tlie Museum is labelled with the 

 MS. name Orchesia bombycina. 



