154 ISlr. 1). Sli^l^'s Contributions to the 



6tli nearly l)l<iok, l)iit its hind niarpn and tlic 7tli son;mcnt 

 yellowish ; it is above elothed Avith a nearly eoneolorous 

 ])ul)eseence, which is arninjred so as to make it appear in- 

 distinctly variegated, besides this with stiff reddish hairs, 

 and on the 6th segment with black hairs. Legs reddish. 

 Tnnantins ; one specimen, 2 . 



6. Stapliylinus ainazonicus, n. sp. Niger, opacus, 

 nigro-tomentosns, seutello densius atro-tonientoso; abdo- 

 niine supra biiariam nigro-maculato, segmentis singulis 

 summo basi, medio macula einerea minus conspicuu. 

 Long. Corp. 11 lin. ; lat. (elytrorum) 2h lin. 



Mas latet. 



Antennre short and slender, rather longer than the 

 head, black, Avith the extremity of the last joint rusty; 3rd 

 joint long, one and a half times the length of the 2nd ; 

 joints 6 — 10 much narrowed to the base, but none of them 

 transverse (in the ? at any rate). Mandibles black ; 

 palpi pitchy. Head smaller than the thorax, greatly 

 narrower than the elytra, narrowed to the front, dull 

 black, densely and moderately coarsely, but not deeply 

 punctured, covered Avith a dense, fine and short, erect, 

 black pubescence. Thorax narrower than the elytra, fully 

 as long as broad, the sides nearly straight, not nairoAved in 

 front, but Avith the front angles deflexed and rounded ; it is 

 of a very dull black, densely and rather coarsely but very 

 shalloAvly punctured, densely clothed Avith a ])ubescencc 

 fciimilar to that of the head Scutellum Avith a dense black 

 velvety pubescence. Elytra slightly longer than the thorax, 

 quite dull black, scarcely punctured but rugulose, coAered 

 Avith a eoneolorous ])ubescence. Hind body black; the sides 

 of each segment Avitli coarse shalloAv ])nnctures; at the base 

 of each segment is a middle spot of scanty yelloAvish or 

 ashy hairs, on each side of which there is a velvety-black 

 pubescence. The legs are black ; the tibiio and tarsi Avith 

 rusty liairs. The Avings dtdl yellowish. 



Ega; one specimen, ¥ . 



Obs. — I regret that Avhile mounting this insect I lost 

 the 7th segment of the hind body ( Avhich had become de- 

 tached}. I cannot describe it fully but only say that it 

 was quite black. 



7. Staplit/linns nntiqnus, Nord., Er. 

 I'arsi, Tapajos, Ega. 



This appears to ))e one of the most Avidely distributed 



