tus of Fabricius, ' Syst. Eleu.' ii. 375 ; and Hcs. hizonatus of Newman, 

 'Annals of Natural History,' v. 17. This splendid genus is exclusively 

 Australian ; it is by no means uncommon, and many other species 

 may be expected to occur from that rich and highly interesting country. 



Genus. — Tomopterus, Serville. 



Is described in the 'Ann. Ent. Soc. of France,' i. 546, the typical 

 species, Tom. StaphyUnus of Serville, is described, I. c. There is a 

 second species, of great beauty, at present undescribed : it has an ob- 

 lique wliite line on each elytron, the two nearly meeting at the suture, 

 somewhat in the fashion of the letter V. The insect is larger and much 

 handsomer than Tom. StaphyUnus; ^'hovld a courteous entomologist 

 meet with it, he will adopt for it the name of Tomopterus pretiosus of 

 Newman. Both species inhabit Brazil. 



Genus. — Charis, Neivman. 



Caput fere pronum, elongatum, fere trigonum ; antennae dimidio 

 corporis baud longiores, apice crassiores, 11-articulatae, articulis api- 

 calibus brevioribus : prothorax fere globosus, capite latior, lateribus 

 convexis, nuUo modo armatis : elytra valde abbreviata, cuneata : fe- 

 mora tumescentia, metatibiis elongatis hirsutis. 



Charis Euphrosyne. Nigra ; antennae picese, basi testaceae : elytra 

 testacea, marginibus suturali et marginali nigris : abdominis in- 

 cisurae argenteo-lanuginosae. (Corp. long. '45 unc. lat. '125 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. A single specimen is in the cabinet of Mr. Shuc- 

 kard. It is a rather robust insect, a good deal resembling Tomopterus 

 Staphylinus of Serville. 



Charis Erato. Caput nigrum, antennis piceis ; oculi nigri, mag- 

 ni, in faciem conniventes : prothorax pmictus, niger, vestigiis 

 lateralibus argenteis, lineaque obscura postica albida: scutel- 

 lum argenteo-lanuginosum : elytra puncta, testacea, marginibus 

 late nigris, lineaque singuli obliqua prope suturam argentea : 

 pedes feiTuginei, tarsis metatibiisque apice fuscis, metafemora 

 basi palUda : sternum nigrum, vestigiis argenteo-lanuginosis : 

 abdomen basi testaceum, apice nigrum. (Coi^p. long. "4 unc. 

 lat. "05 unc.) 



Inhabits Brazil. There is a single specimen in the cabinet of Mr. 

 Shuck ard. 



