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Two males and one female, the latter having three minute tufts on 

 the ventral ses^ments, one larger tuft only being present in the males. 



Physcius Champ. 

 The tjpe of PJiijscius is P. conicus, from Central America. Pic 

 has since referred ten other species to the genus, all from the Antilles 

 or South America. Two from Brazil, in the Fry collection, are 

 apparently different from any of these latter, so far as can be judged 

 from the brief descriptions. The former differ from P. conicus in 

 having very much shorter antennae and more widely separated eyes. 



1. — Physckis brevicnllis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, robust, rather shining; piceotis, the head rufous, the 

 prothorax rufo-piceous, the mouth parts, palpi, antennae, legs, and tip of 

 abdomen testaceotis, the elytra with au oblong black streak near the suture 

 before the tip ; densely, minutely punctate, and clothed with very fine, sericeous, 

 cinereous pubescence. Head large, transversely convex, narrowly extended on 

 each side behind the very large eyeSj the latter separated by about their own 

 width ; antennae rather stout, short, scarcely reaching beyond the base of the 

 prothorax, joints 1 and 2 much stouter than 3 and 4, 3 a little longer than 4, 

 5-10 serrate, transverse, 11 ovate, about as long as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax 

 strongly transverse, sub-quadrate, much narrower than the head, margined at 

 the base, and with two large, obliqtie, narrowly separated, shallow foveae on the 

 disc. Elytra rather convex, moderately long, a little broader than the head, 

 widened to beyond the middle, deeply, transversely depressed below the base, 

 and with indications of a seriate arrangement of the punctures down the basal 

 third, the suture depressed before the apex. Legs short, slender. Length 2f, 

 breadth 1 mm. ( (J .) 



Hah.: Brazil, Eio de Janeiro {Fry). 



One specimen, with the broad terminal dorsal segment extruded, 

 showing the genital armature beneath. P. brasiliensis Pic, from 

 Jatahy, is similarly coloured, but it is said to have the head very little 

 broader than the prothorax, and the latter almost as long as broad. 



2. — -Physcius scajjularis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, shining ; piceous, the head and prothorax 

 rufescent^ the antennae, palpi, and legs, and the elytra with a sharply defined 

 humeral spot and a common triangular apical patch, testaceous ; densely, 

 minutely punctate, and finely sericeo-pvibescent. Head moderately large, 

 together with the eyes considerably wider than the prothorax ; eyes distant, 

 large ; antennae short, rather slender, about reaching the base of the prothorax, 

 joints 5-10 serrate, transverse. Prothorax rather convex, quadrate, slightly 

 broader than long, margined at the base and with two large, oblique, narrowly 

 separated, shallow foveae on the disc. Elytra long, considerably broader than 



