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and sinuate at the sides, the front angles deflexed and 

 rounded ; it is of a shining-reddish colour, has a dorsal 

 row of six coarse punctures on each side the middle, and 

 has also six or seven other coarse punctures on each side 

 near the front part. The scutellum is smoky, closely and 

 finely punctured. The elytra are scarcely so long as the 

 thorax, tawny at the base, the other part infuscate ; they 

 are coarsely and moderately closely punctiu-ed. The hind 

 body is rather slender ; segments 2 — 4 are tawny in colour, 

 5 and 6 black ; the hind margin of the 6th and the base 

 of the 7 th yellow ; segments 2 — 4 are each at the base 

 S]3aringly and finely punctured, the 5tli is more closely, 

 and the black part of the 6th still more closely punc- 

 tured ; the extremity of the 7th segment, as well as the 

 anal styles, is fuscous. The legs are yellow, long and 

 slender ; the intermediate coxfe distant. 



Ega ; two specimens, ^ , $ . 



Ohs. — Besides these individuals, I have three other 

 specimens which I believe represent two distinct but very 

 closely allied species, but as they are all females I cannot 

 feel quite sure about it. 



14. Philontlius conformis, n. sp. Nitidus, rufus, pedibus 

 testaceis, capite aaneo, elytris basi et summo apice rufis, ab- 

 domine ante apicem nigricante, apice testaceo ; prothorace 

 serie dorsali 6-punctato ; elytris crebre (basi dense) punc- 

 tatis. Long. corp. 3| lin. 



Mas : abdoraiue segmento 6° ventrali apice leviter emar- 

 ginato, 7" late minus profunde exciso. 



Antennas elongate and slender, red, the middle joints 

 rather more obscure in colour than the basal and apical 

 ones; 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 10th longer than broad. 

 Thorax red, elongate and narrow, on each side of the 

 middle with a row of six punctures ; the punctures are 

 only moderately large, each being separated from the 

 neighbouring one by a perfectly distinct interval ; and also 

 with about seven other coarse punctures on each side. 

 Elytra hardly so long as the thorax, red at the base, then 

 smoky, Avith the extreme margin again reddish ; the punc- 

 tuation at the base is dense and only moderately coarse, it 

 becomes more sparing towards the hind margin. Hind 

 body reddish, with the 5th and basal portion of the 6th 

 segments reddish, the red segments very sparingly punc- 

 tured, the black not densely punctured; the 7th segment 



