104 May, 



1. — Eurypus kirbyi, n. sp. 



S . Elongate, flattened above, shining- ; testaceous above, ferruginous beneath, 

 the eyes, the antennae (joints 1 and 2 excepted), and the sviture (narrowly), 

 sides, and epipleura of the elytra, black ; somewhat thickly clothed with long, 

 decumbent, whitish hairs, the elytra with scattered erect hairs intermixed. 

 Head closely, coarsely punctate, longitudinally grooved on each side between and 

 before the eyes, the antennary orbits prominent ; antennae short, about reaching 

 the humeri, joints 4-10 strongly serrate, 3 nearly twice as long as 2, 4^11 a little 

 shorter. Prothorax transversely quadrate, slightly sinuate at the sides, the 

 angles sub-rectangular, the base bisinuate, the two foveae connected by a deep 

 groove before the margin ; closely, coarsely punctate. Elytra long, subparallel 

 to about the middle, much wider than the prothorax ; closely impressed with 

 irregularly distributed, moderately coarse and fine punctures, and with rows of 

 rather coarse punctures showing through from beneath, the suture grooved 

 before the apex, the humeri impressed within. Beneath closely pimctate ; 

 ventral segment 2 with a longitudinal, oval, densely pubescent, tuberculiform 

 spot in the centre. Length 10^, breadth 3| mm. 



Hah. : Brazil, Rio Graude do Sul {Dr. Ihering). 



One specimen in perfect condition. Narrower than E. rvhens ; the 

 prothorax more coarsely punctate on the disc and strongly transverse ; 

 the elytra sub-parallel, without trace of seriate punctures, the suture 

 narrowly and the outer limb more broadly black. E. kirbyi cannot be 

 the sexual complement of the differently marked E. ruhens, the type of 

 which (now without abdomen) must be ? . 



2. — Eurypiis cyanipennis, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, broad, very shining ; rufo-testaceous, the eyes and antennae 

 (the basal 1-3 joints excepted) black, the elytra cyaneous ; sparsely punctate 

 and clothed with fine, decumbent hairs, those on the elytra fuscous. Head 

 grooved on each side anteriorly ; antennae extending very little beyond the 

 base of the prothorax, joints 4-10 strongly serrate, 5-10 transverse, 3 much 

 longer than 4, 11 ovate, blunt at the tip. Prothorax transversely sub-quadrate, 

 narrowed anteriorly, a little wider than the head, bisinuate at the base, with 

 two large, deep, transversely placed foveae on the disc, and the two basal foveae 

 connected by a deep groove. Elytra long, oval, very much broader than the 

 prothorax, at the middle about twice its width, transversely depressed on the 

 disc near the base, hollowed at the sides below the humeri, the latter excavate 

 within, the suture also depressed before the apex ; the scattered irregularly 

 placed pimctures becoming coarser towards the sides, the interspaces smooth. 

 Beneath somewhat closely punctate. $. — Ventral segment 2 with a small, 

 longitudinal, oval, densely pubescent, tuberculiform pi-ominence in the centre, 

 and 3 and 4 each with a similar smaller tubercle towards the apex. Length 6^ -9^, 

 breadth 3-4 mm. 



