166 Mr. D. Sharp's Conirihntions to the 



front part on each side, close to tlic inner margin of tlic 

 eye, and very near to one another, and Avith several other 

 punctures on each side behind the eye. Thorax long'er 

 than broad, narrowed to the front, straight at the sides, 

 with a row of five ])ancturcs on each side the middle, and 

 outside this row with a row of three other punctures on 

 the front part. Scutellum closely and finely punctured. 

 Elytra about as long as the thorax but In-oader, 

 closely and finely punctured. Hind body naiTowed to- 

 wards the extremity, blackish and a little versicolorous ; 

 the Gtli segment black at the base, the rest of it and the 

 7th segment rusty yellow ; the hind margin of the oth 

 segment also rusty; it is rather closely punctured on the 

 up])er side, the punctuation being denser on the basal 

 halves of the 5th and Gth segments than elsewhere ; its 

 pubescence is rough and coarse. The legs are of a dirty- 

 yellow colour, Avith the tibia) and tarsi darker, the inter- 

 mediate coxre approximated. 



Parti, Ega; six specimens, $ and ?. 



2. Philonthus corallipcnnis, n. sp. Niger, elytris anoquc 

 rufis, dense subtilissime punctulatis; antennaruni basi j)edi- 

 busque testaeeis, prothorace serie dorsali subtiliter 8-punc- 

 tato. Long. corp. 8 lin. 



Mas : tarsis anticis dilatatis. 



Allied to P. salinus, but much narrower, and with the 

 protlioracic series of punctures more numerous. The an- 

 tenna3 are long and slender, the basal joint entirely and 

 the 2nd and .3rd partly yellowish ; 3rd joint longer than 

 2nd, all the joints longer than broad. The ])al[)i arc 

 yellowish. The head is rather narrower than the thorax ; 

 at the back and between the eyes it is finely, rather closely 

 punctured, the middle part impunctate. The thorax is 

 longer than broad, nearly straight at the sides, and not (or 

 scarcely) narrowed in fi-ont ; it has on each side the middle 

 a dorsal row of eight ])unctures, not very regularly placed, 

 and has besides four or live others in a line outside these. 

 The scutellum is smoky, densely punctured. The elytra 

 are about as long as the thorax, but a little broader, 

 of a red colour, very densely and finely punctured, quite 

 dull. Plind body rather long and slender, but little nar- 

 rowed behind, very densely and finely punctured, the 

 hinder portion reddish ; the limit of this colour not well 

 marked. The legs are ])ale yellow. 



Para, Obydos, Ega, Tapajos ; numerous specimens. 



