176 ^Ir. 1). Sliiirp\s Cuiitribntions to the 



and hind part of the Gtli yellow, anal styles nearly black. 

 Lei2;s yellow. 



The male has the hind margin of the 6th segment 

 beneath broadly but slightly emarginate ; the following 

 segment has a rather shallow, rounded cniargination at 

 the extremity. 



Amazons ; a single male, without sj)ecial locality. 



Ohs. — Though Aery closely allied to P. aberrnns, this 

 species has the basal portions of the 5th and 6th segments 

 of the hind body more sparingly punctured, and the male 

 has the hind margin of the 6th segment quite distinctly 

 emarginate. 



15. Philontlius jirojnnqiius, r\. ^Y*' Angustus, nitidus, 

 capite suborbiculato, a^neo ; prothorace rulb-testaceo, serie 

 dorsali grosse 6-punctato ; elytris fulvis, apice late fusco- 

 aenescentibus ; alxlomine fulvo, ante apicem nigro, parce 

 punctato. Long. corp. 3| lin. 



This species is extremely close to the preceding one, 

 and differs from it only as follows. The thorax is nar- 

 rower, the elytra are a little brassy towards the extremity, 

 the hind body is more sparingly ])unctured, the extreme 

 base of each of the 5th and 6th segments being much moi-e 

 sparingly pnnctured than in P. oberrans ; the punctures 

 on the thorax are larger, and the elytra are rather more 

 sparingly punctured. 



Ega ; one specimen, $ . 



Obs. — I have also another female, found by ^Slr. Bates, 

 which I believe belongs to a closely allied but distinct 

 species ; the antennae have joints 4 — \) distinctly infuscate, 

 and the two apical ones yellow, and the femora and tibiie 

 are a little infuscate at their apices. 



16. Philonthus regillus, n. sp. Fulvus, capite a^neo, 

 elytris apicem versus, abdomineque ante apicem nigrican- 

 tibus ; antennis basi, pedibus, anoque testaccis ; prothorace 

 grosse punctato, punctorum numerus utrinque circiter 

 sexdecim. Long. corp. 4 lin. 



Allied to P. aberrans, but easily distinguished by the 

 different punctuation of the thorax. The antenn;i? are 

 rather longer than head and thorax, the three basal joints 

 yellow, the rest infuscate ; joint 3 longer than 2nd ; 4 — 10 

 differing but little from one another, even the 10th consi- 

 derably longer than broad. Head brassy, a little bi'oader 



