1,56 Mr. D. Slink's Coiitribiifion.s to the 



individual from Pant tlic head and thorax are rather more 

 t^pariiigly and a little more coarsely punctured. 



9. Stap/n/linus i-etftstiis, n. sp. Nig;er, capitc, thoraco, 

 elytrisque obscure ivneis, his obsolete variegatis, abdominc 

 supra tessellato, ano rufo-testaceo ; thorace fere elytrorum 

 latitudine. Long. corp. 7^ lin. 



]VIas: abdominc segment© 7° ventrali apice medio minus 

 profunde eraarginato. 



Closely allied to the preceding ; the head and thorax 

 more densely pimctured ; the thorax both longer and 

 broader, and the 3rd joint of the antennjc longer. An- 

 tennji? reaching nearly half-way down the thorax, pitchy; 

 2nd and 3rd joints rather long, 3rd considerably longei 

 than 2nd; joints 4 — 10 differing but little from one another, 

 transverse, but not strongly so ; 4th joint sinuate at the 

 extremity, and pointed on one side. Head small, nairower 

 than the thorax, narrowed in front, dull brassy, closely 

 and rather coarsely punctured, Avith a fuscous pubescence. 

 Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, about as long 

 as broad, very slightly narrowed in front, dull brassy, 

 coarsely and very densely pvmctured, with a very short 

 and very narrow smooth line in front of the scutellum, and 

 clothed with a fuscous ])ubescence. Scutellum velvety 

 l)lack. Elytra about as long as the thorax, dull brassy, 

 finely pubescent and indistinctly tessellated. Hind body 

 narrowed to the extremity, pitchy ; 7th segment and hind 

 margin of the 6th yellow, obscurely tessellated, with a dark 

 brown and scanty ashy pubescence, and besides this with 

 coarse, nearly black hairs. Legs pitchy ; femora marked 

 with yellow towards the extremity. 



Tunantins ; one specimen ; also four other individuals 

 without special locality. 



Obs. — This species is closely allied to S. aiitlquus, but 

 is larger and broader ; the legs, the antennaj and the 

 pubescence are darker in colour ; the antennre are thicker, 

 and the carina-like space along the head and thorax is 

 absent. 



Belonuchus. 



Aboiit thirty species arc at present referred to this 

 genus, and all of them are indigenous to its warmer parts, 

 one or two extending their range to the L'nited States of 



