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than its predecessor; 4tli jouit much loiio'cr tliau broad, 

 loth about as long as broad ; last joint abo'.it as loug as 

 the 4th, pointed on one side. Parts of the mouth red. 

 Head as broad as the thorax, orbiculatc ; the eyes large, 

 above red and opaciue, with numerous very obsolete punc- 

 tures, each bearing a fine upright hair; beneath smooth and 

 shining, with a few very iiiie ])unctures. Thorax a little 

 narrower than the elytra, the length one and a half times 

 the width, nai'rowed behind, transversely Aery convex at 

 the front angles, which are very rounded, the sides a little 

 sinuate behind, the liinder angles quite rounded ; above 

 it is of a very dull-reddish colour, extremely obsoletely 

 ])imcturcd, but with a rather coarse and evenly distributed 

 black ])ul)escence. Scutellum veiy densely pulx'scent. 

 Elytra scarcely the length of" the thorax, of an obscure 

 dull-bluish colour, Avith an obsolete but rather rugulosc 

 sculpture. Hind body slender and elongate, a little nar- 

 rowed towards the extremity, of a reddish colour ; a large 

 part of the 5th and 6th segments jntchy, the extremity of 

 the 7th also dark, and the basal segments arc also a little 

 infuscate at the exti-eme base; the segments are moderately 

 coarsely but not closely ]Kmctnred ; the hind half of the 

 6th and the basal part of the 7th very tinely and sparingly 

 punctured, the styles of the 8th segment blackish. The 

 legs are reddish-yellow and rather long, the hind tarsi long 

 and slender, the basal joint about twice the length of the 

 second. 



St. Paulo ; one specimen, $ . 



2. Eiigaatua munchis, n. sp. Opacus, fulvus, antcnnis 

 basi excepto nigris, elytris viridi-opacis, dense ])unctatis; 

 abdomine nigro-fulvoque variegato, dense punctato. Long. 

 Corp. 7 lin. 



Antennae with the three basal joints red, the rest 

 blackish ; joints 4 — 10 each distinctly shorter but scarcely 

 broader than its predecessor; 4th a good deal longer than 

 broad, 10th scarcely so long as broad. Head rather 

 narrow, with the eyes very large, of a tawny-red colour, 

 dull, covered with an obsolete punctuation, and Avith a lino 

 scanty golden ymbcscence. Thorax elongate, similar in 

 coloiu* to the head, very dull, very obsoletely punctured, 

 and with a fine, very de2)ressed, reddish pubescence. Scu- 

 tellum velvety-black. Elytra as long as the thorax, of 

 a dull-greenish colour, the basal part of their inflexed 



