9fi Rev. A. Mattiiews's Notes on M. FanvcVs 



flattened ; femora inserted Avithin the apex of the coxa?, 

 robust, armed with a small tooth on the inner side near 

 the apex, trochanters large and fusiform ; tibiae rather 

 short and stout, spiuose, armed with strong spurs on 

 the outer side and at the apex, tarsi five-jointed, 1 very- 

 long, Avith an obscure division in the middle, 2, 3, 4 

 short bilobed, 5 long and slender; claws moderate, sim- 

 ple (PI. V, f. 4). 



■posterior similar to the intermediate, but longer and more 

 slender. 



Ohs. Tlie above description of the anterior and posterior legs 

 is copied from M. Solsky's Memoir. ^I. .Solsky says that the 

 ventral apical segment is emarginate, this is probably sexual, 

 as that segment is entire in INIr. Janson's specimen. 



Amblyoinnus Jelskii, Solsky. 



L.c. 4 lin. =: 8 mm. Broad, rather depressed, dark casta- 

 neous, rather shining; head rather small, obtusely triangular, 

 moderately punctured, with the interstices deeply reticulate, 

 eyes placed at the farther extremity of a deep longitudinal 

 recess beneath the frontal plate; thorax subquadrate, narrowed 

 in front, with the angles obtuse, convex, much longer and 

 broader than the head, rather remotely and finely punctured, 

 Avith the interstices strongly reticulated, sides moderately round- 

 ed, Avith an impressed line Avithin the margin, basal margin 

 rounded and sinuated ; scutelhim large, triangular ; elytra very 

 short, rufous, rugosely punctured, much shorter and not Avider 

 than the the thorax, obliquely truncate toAvards the suture; 

 abdomen rather broader and twice longer than the other parts 

 of the body, moderately and distantly punctured, each segment 

 broadly rufous at the extremity, rather deeply margined, es- 

 pecially on the four first segments, apical segment entire and 

 obtuse, styles short and robust; legs rufous, short, robust and 

 spinose; antenna; short and slender, rufous. 



M. Solsky informs us that this species Avas found by IM. 

 Jelsky in the fur, and air i in the nests, of mice in Peru. He 

 also describes, under the name of Amh. Mniszcdii, a much 

 larger species from the same region, Avhich M. Jelsky believes 

 to be an iuquiliue or parasite on a species of Cavia. 



It is difficult to determine the systematic })o.sition of this 



