74 PHYSIMERUS. 



surface is irregularly and coarsely granulated ; the colour black : eyes 

 tolerably large, situated at the base of the head. Thorax transverse, 

 broader than the head, but much narrower than the elytra, rectan- 

 gular, rectilinear ; the anterior angles depressed ; the sides subraar- 

 ginate ; at the basal angles is a broad, distinct and tolerably deep 

 depression, while, medially, a longitudinal fovea extends from the 

 anterior margin to the base ; the surface (when viewed under a high 

 power) is clothed throughout sparingly with short pale fulvous pu- 

 bescence ; the colour black. Scutellum triangular, fuscous. Elytra 

 much broader than the thorax, robust, punctate-striate, clothed 

 throughout with a fine and thick brightly-flavous pubescence : this 

 pubescence is broken by several bands of piceous colour, extending 

 from the shoulder to the apex ; the first (which is between the 

 suture and the first stria) extends nearly to the apex ; the second 

 (between the second and third striae) does not reach the apex ; 

 the third (between the fourth and fifth stria?) extends only two- 

 thirds of the length of the elytra ; the fourth (between the sixth 

 and seventh stria?) is longer than the third, but shorter than the 

 second; the fifth (between the eighth and ninth stria?) is as long as 

 the second, becoming somewhat obsolete as it approaches the apex ; 

 and, lastly, the line of margination which extends from the shoulders 

 to the apex ; these intermediate (with the sutural and marginal) lines 

 are all of equal breadth. Antennae tolerably robust, incrassated to- 

 wards the apex, black. Legs piceous throughout. 



Columbia ; Bogota. Taken by M. Parzudaki. In the collection of 

 M. Chevrolat. 



5. Physimerus labialis. 



P. oblongo-ovatus, subattenuatus, puhescens, brunneus ; capite brevi, 

 transverso, ad basin antennarum T foveolato, granulato, impu- 

 bescenti ; thorace transverso, ad basin oblique depresso, subpunc- 

 tato, sparsim pube vestito ; elgtris subparalhlis, punctato-striatis, 

 pubescentibus ; antennisjiliformibus,fuscis ; pedibus Jiavis,fusco 

 suffusis. 



Long. corp. 2 lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, subattenuated, very finely pubescent, of a tawny- 

 brown colour throughout. Head short, transverse, very slightly 

 produced in front ; between the labrum and the base of the antenna? 

 is a transverse plane (impunctate and of a pale rufous colour) ; im- 

 mediately above the base of the antenna? are two minute tubercles, 

 giving distinctness to a transverse and to a longitudinal fovea, which 

 form, together, the character of the letter T ; the surface throughout 

 gramdated and impubescent. Thorax transverse (almost quadrate) ; 



