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1. Panchrestus pulcher. 



P. ovatus, robust us, subpubescens, rufus, nitidus ; capite brevi, antice 



siittproducto, suhtditer granulato ; thorace transverso, ad latent 

 obsolete dentato, crebre punctato ; elytris brevibus, robustis, striato- 

 punctatis, sparsim fulvo-puhescentibus ; antennis brevibus, ad 

 apieem incrassatis, art. 1-5 Jtavis, 6-11 nigris ; pedibus pallide 

 rufis autflavls. 



Long. corp. 2± lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Ovate, robust, subpubescent, bright red, shining. Head short, de- 

 pressed (almost vertical), produced in front ; labrum black ; eyes tole- 

 rably large, distant, situate at the back of the head, and extending 

 laterally nearly to the anterior angle of the thorax ; surface closely 

 granulated and rufous. Thorax transverse ; the anterior angles de- 

 pressed ; the sides marginate and irregular in outline, projected ante- 

 medially in the form of a tooth ; surface coarsely and thickly punc- 

 tured. Scutellum very small. Elytra short, broad, robust, with 

 punctures arranged in the form of stria?, bright rufous, clothed very 

 sparingly with fulvous pubescence. Antennae short, robust, incras- 

 sated towards the apex ; joints first to fifth flavous or fusco-flavous ; 

 sixth to eleventh considerably incrassated and black. Legs pale red 

 or flavous throughout. 



I cannot but feel it to be probable that this insect may (with others 

 hereafter to be discovered) constitute a separate genus : in its abbre- 

 viated form (its transverse thorax and robust elytra), coupled with 

 its short and incrassated antenna), and the peculiar vertical form of 

 the head (which approaches to Loscoprosopus), not to mention the 

 lateral angular projection in the marginatum of the thorax, it pre- 

 sents several points of difference from its allies. 



From the district of the Amazon. Collected by Mr. Bates. 



2. Panchrestus rubicimdus. B.M. 



P. ovatus, robustus, rufus, subpubescens; capite brevi, inter oculos 

 oblique foveolato ; thorace crebre punctato ; elytris valde punctato- 

 striatis, subpubescentibus ; antennis ad apieem dilatatis, art. 1-5 

 testaceis, 6-11 nigro-fuscis ; pedibus testaceis. 



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



Ovate, broad, robust, rufous, subpubescent. Head short, slightly 

 depressed ; eyes large, somewhat prominent ; below the base of the 

 antennae is a transverse triangular depression ; immediately above 

 the antenna) is an obsolete, obliquely transverse fovea, in the form of 

 the letter V : surface thickly punctured. Thorax transverse; the 



