124 Mr. D. ShaqV6 Cuntributimis to the 



cyancis, fasciis dnabiis cinorco-puhesccntibus, abdominc 

 supra scgmcntis 4 ct 5 subtiliter punctatis. Long. corp. 

 5 lin. 



Mas latct. 



Fem. : abdominc segmeuto 7° et supra et infra medio 

 leviter producto, acuminatoqne. 



This species is very closolj allied to the preceding, so 

 that it is only necessary to point out the characters dis- 

 tinguishing it therefrom. The antenna) have the first five 

 joints pale yellow, 7 — 10 nearly black, the 11th again 

 pale. The punctures on the thorax are coarser and rather 

 more numerous in 1\ virgincus ; the uj^per side of the 

 lilnd l)odyis distinctly though finely ])unctured, this being 

 especially evident on the .Hrd and 4th segments. The 

 hind body is also narrowed and pointed at the extremity, 

 but this is jjrobably a character ])eculiar to the female. I 

 have no doubt the discovery of the male will prove this to 

 be a good and distinct species. 



Fonteboa ; one ? specimen. 



Obs. — Though this species greatly resembles P. la-fus, 

 P. vcntralis and P. Traili, I feel no doubt it uill ]irovc 

 distinct from all of ihem : the female is readily distin- 

 guished by its sexual characters from the same sex of 

 I*. IcBtus ; the females of the other two species being un- 

 known to me, I can of course make no com})arison with 

 them. 



10. Phciopterus mirandi/s, n. sp. Niger, nitidus, anten- 

 nis, pedibus, abdomineque rufo-testaceis ; elytris cvaneis, 

 fasciis duabus cinereo-pubescentibus ; abdominc apicem 

 versus vix angustato, fere impunctato. Long. corp. 4| lin. 



Mas : tarsis anticis leviter dilatatis, abdomiuigque apicis 

 structura valde complicatd insignis. 



Fem. latet. 



Autcnnre slender and rather long, yellow, with the 7th 

 and Sth joints infuscate ; 3rd joint not quite twice the length 

 of the 2nd; 4th not quite so long as 2nd; 11th joint 

 rounded at the extremity. Palpi pale yellow, mandibles 

 pitchy. Head about as broad as the thoi'ax, above of an 

 obscure-greenish colour, and not very shining ; all the disc 

 free from punctures, and a little convex ; the sides coarsely 

 punctured ; a quadrate space behind the labrum depressed, 

 and with some very coarse but not Avell-defined ])unctures. 

 Thorax black and shining, narrower than the elytra, 

 transversely convex, its length hardly greater than its 



