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pedibusque testaceis, elytris thorace bre^^oribus anoqiie 

 obscure nifis ; thorace crcl)re minus sulitiliter punctato ; 

 abdomine apicem versus subattenuato. Long. corp. 3^ lin. 



Allied to ^.y?/.<fC2/?es, and almost' equal in size thereto, 

 but rather more slender, and with the red of the extremity 

 ol" the hind body more distinct. The antennae are short 

 and stout, the three first joints yellow ; the 3rd a little 

 longer than the 2nd ; the 4th strongly transverse, but 

 mucli narrower than the 5th ; the rest strongly transverse, 

 slightly narrower after the 7 th to the extremity ; last joint 

 quite twice as long as the preceding one. Palpi obscurely 

 yellowish. Head narrow, scarcely half so wide as the 

 thorax, rather coarsely but not closely pimctured. Thorax 

 narrowed to the front, its breadth quite one and a half 

 times its length, closel}^ and strongly punctured. Elytra 

 considerably shorter than the thorax, reddish, closely and 

 rather strongly punctured. Hind body slightly nan-owed 

 to the extremity ; 2nd and 3rd segments sparingly and 

 finely punctured, the rest coarsely but not closely ; the 

 7th segment and the hind portion of the 6th reddish. 

 Legs dull yellowish. 



Tapajos ; one specimen, which is, I have no doubt, a 

 female. 



Obs. — Though closely allied to A. prisca, this species 

 may be readily distinguished from it by the pale basal 

 joints of the antennse. 



3. Aleochara auricomn, n. sp. Rufo-testacea, fulvo- 

 pubesccns, capite nigro, antennis abdominisque segmentis 

 2 — 5 nigricantibus ; elytris thorace brevioribus ; abdomine 

 segmentis 3 — 7 sat crebre punctatis. Long. corp. 4 lin. 



Antennfe blackish, with the apical joint blackish-yellow, 

 stout ; 3rd joint one and a half times the length of the 

 2nd ; 4th scarcely so long as broad ; 5 — 10 strongly 

 transverse ; last joint elongate, rounded at the extremity, 

 more than twice as long as the tenth. The head is black, 

 rather strongly but not closely punctured. The thorax is 

 yellow, ample, its breadth one and a third times its length ; 

 its base and hind angles much rounded, narrower in front 

 than behind ; it is moderately, finely and closely punc- 

 tured, Avithout channel or fovea. The elytra are not more 

 than two-thirds the length of the thorax, with a similar 

 colour and punctuation to it. The hind body is pitchy- 

 red at the extreme base, the segments becoming darker 



