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of the middle with a row of four ])uncturcs, and with a 

 few other ])iincture.s scattered near the front angles. Scii- 

 tellum thickly ])inictured. Elytra as long as the thoi-ax, 

 I'ather finely and closely punctured. Hind body narrowed 

 towards the extremity ; hind portion of the 6th and the 

 Avhole of the 7th segment reddish ; it is closely ])unctured, 

 with the exception of the 7th segment, Avhich is finely and 

 sparingly punctured. The legs are black, the front and 

 the hind femora spinous beneath. 

 Ega; one specimen, $. 



4. Belonuchus grandiceps, n. sp. Rufo-testaceus, iiiti- 

 dus, ca])ite abdomineque nigris, hoc apice flavo, antennis 

 nigris, basi testaceo. Long. corp. 6 lin. 



]Mas: capite majore, clypeo sub-bidentato, abdomine seg- 

 mento 7° ventrali, margine apicali, utrinque fortiter inciso. 



Allied to B. xanthopterus, but with the thorax ree. 

 instead of black. Antenuaj with the three or four basa. 

 joints yellow, the rest black, the last joint rusty ; 3rd joint 

 rather longer than the 2nd, 6 — 10 transverse. Palpi 

 yellow; mandibles red or j^itchy red. Plead black and 

 shining, wath a deep longitudinal impression in front, with 

 numerous very coarse punctures behind the eyes, and with 

 four or five near the inner margin of the eyes. Thorax 

 reddish-yellow, narrower than the elytra, very slightly 

 narrowed behind, and with the sides nearly straight ; it is 

 about as long as broad, and has on each 'side the middle a 

 dorsal row of five ])unctures, the three middle ones approx- 

 imated, and besides this with about six other punctures 

 near the front angles. Scutellum reddish, closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra about as long as the thorax, reddish- 

 yellow, rather finely and moderately closely ])unctured. 

 Hind body black, with the hind margin of the 6th and the 

 whole of the 7th segment yellow ; it is closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctured, and has a coarse black pubescence ; the 

 yellow portion is much more finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured. The legs are yellow. 



In the male the head is larger than the thorax, and the 

 clypeus is obtusely elevated on the inside of the insertion 

 of each antenna ; the 7th segment of the hind body has a 

 deei) notch on each side of the middle of the hind margin ; 

 the anterior femora are obtusely dilated in the middle, and 

 the hind femora are more strongly spinulose than in the 

 female. 



Ega ; Tai)ajos, St. Paulo, five specimens, 3 $ ,2 9 . 



