Staphi/linida> of the Amazon Vallerj. IGl 



not closely punctured, and sparingly pubescent. The legs 

 are black. 



Ega ; one specimen, $ . 



8. Belonuchus hoUsoides, n. sp. Augustus, depressus, 

 niger, nitidus, autennis elytrisque fuscis, illarum basi pecli- 

 busque testaceis. Long. corp. 2 Im. ^ ^,^:^^]{ 



Mas: abdomiue segmento 7° ventrali margme apicali 

 medio minus profunde triangulariter mciso. 



Antennae short, three basal joints yellow, the rest mfus- 

 cate; joints 2 and 3 short, about equal m length, 6-10 

 differing little from one another, slightly transverse. 

 Mandibles and palpi yeUowish Head large, quite as 

 broad as the elytJa, black and shmmg, with an irregidar 

 row of six punctures between the eyes and three or four 

 other punctures behind these on each side, and with a hue 

 impressed line on the front part. Thorax narrower than 

 the elytra, longer than broad, narrowed behind, the front 

 ano-les quite romided and deflexed, the sides sinuate ; it is 

 b ack and shining, with a dorsal row of three punctures on 

 each sTde the middle, and besides these with only two or 

 th?ee other small punctures. Scutellum finely and close y 

 mnctu red. Elytra about as long as the thorax, blackish, 

 Cy and not ^closely punctured. Hind body slender; 

 segments 2-5 a little depressed at the extreme base, and 



fe" coarsely and closely punctured, the other part 

 smrincly punctured, the pubescence fine and scanty The 

 Eai^ dirty yellow. The anterior and posterior femora 

 very sparingly furnished with spines beneath. 

 Ega ; two specimens, $ and ? . 



9. Belonuchus cBqualis, n. sp. Elongatus, depressus, 

 capite thorace antennisque uigris, illarum basi pedibus, 

 Se anoque testaceis ; ely tris rufis, abdomme dense sub- 

 +i1Upr i-tunctato. Long. corp. 3 1 Im. 



Sr abdomiue segment^ V ventrali apice leviter emar- 



^'Ibout the size of Xantholinus lentus Anteniia. rather 

 short, yellowish at the base, the rest pitchy ; 3id oint a 

 lit?le longer than the 2nd; joints 5-10 each slightly 

 stouter than its predecessor, the 5th slightly transverse, 

 10th distnctly so. Mandibles pitchy; palpi yellowish. 

 Headtther Urge, broader than the thorax, with an irre- 



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