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Leptinopterus Fryi $, Parry (var. max., ? ignota). (PI. VII. 



fig. 4.) 

 Psalidostomus Fryi, Parry, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1862, p. 112. 



L. niger ; tliorace elytrisque pilis clnereis brevibus adspersis ; 



• capite antice subemarginato et elevato, supra oculos oblique 



truncate ; mandibulis gracilibus, porrectis, leviter falcatis, 



intus irregulariter dentatis ; protborace transverse, antice 



angiisto et dense aureo-fulvo ciliato, angulis posticis valde 



acutis ; scutello pilis aureo-fulvis tecto ; tibiis anticis tri- 



dentatis, posticis inermibus. 



Long. Corp. unc. 1, lin. 2; tnandib. lin. 7. 



Hab. Braz. Prov. Cantagallo (specimen unicum). Coll. Dom, 



Fry olim, nunc in Coll. Parry. 

 Black. Mandibles, bead and protborax somewhat sbining; elytra 

 dull, the left mandible with four teeth, the tips gradually incurved 

 and pointed, the right mandible with three teeth only. Prothorax 

 with two slight foveas near the front margin and a slighter one 

 behind on the median line, wider than the elytra, the sides ex- 

 tending obliquely outwards to the posterior angle, which is very 

 prominent, the whole of the anterior margin and the middle of the 

 posterior fringed with tawny golden hairs, extending in the latter 

 over nearly the whole of the scutellum, the surface minutely 

 punctured, more or less covered with short grey hairs. Elytra 

 dull, minutely punctured, and also covered with short grey hairs; 

 tip of elytra depressed, humeral angles prominent, and armed 

 with an obtuse spine. Tibiae with longitudinal lines of points, 

 the anterior short, and armed with three teeth externally, and 

 minutely serrulated towards the apex ; the tarsi clothed beneath 

 with golden hairs ; the under-side of the prothorax fringed in front 

 and behind with short, yellowish-rufous hairs. 



In the great width and dilatation of the posterior angles of the 

 prothorax, this insect approaches somewhat to the genus Chiusog- 

 nallms. I am indebted to A. Fry, Esq., the possessor of a fine 

 collection of Brazilian Coleoptera, for being enabled to give the 

 description of it, and through his kindness it now forms part 

 of my own collection. 



Leptinopterus rotundatus $ , Parry ( ? ignota), (PI. VII. fig. 8.) 

 Psalidostomus rotundatus, Parry, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1862, p. 112. 

 Dorcus pachygnalhus, MS. Mus. Berol. 



L. ferrugineus, nigro-marginatus ; capite magno, lateribus pone 

 oculos unituberculatis ; mandibulis brevibus, curvatis, api- 



