:586 Mr. I), .^^ip's Cunirihvtions to the 



coarse but ol)S()lt'tc punctures. Elytra sliiiiiup;, ratlier 

 sparingly sprinkled -with ill-defined, sonicwliat coarse 

 })unctures. Hind Ijody shining above ; the Gtli and 7th 

 segments with shallow, rather sparing punctures; sculj)- 

 ture of the 7th segment on the under side almost similar 

 to that of the upper side ; 6th with sparing coarse punc- 

 tures. Legs reddish, with the femora pitchy red. 



St. Paulo ; a single individual, wliich I consider to be a 

 female. 



Ohs. — This species is closely allied to O. solhlus, and 

 has the mandibles similarly formed, but is readily distin- 

 guished by the different sculpture. 



7. Osorius oculutus, n. sp. Piceus, cylindricus, an- 

 tennis pedibusque rufis, oculis majoribus, prominulis ; 

 capite, thorace, elytrisque fortiter sat crebre punctatis, 

 nitidulis ; abdomine dense asperato-jiunctato, opaco. Long. 

 Corp. 2^ lin. 



AntennaB red ; 7th joint abruptly larger than the pre- 

 ceding ones. Clypeus nearly straight in front, the angles 

 very slightly prominent ; surface of head shining, coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures wanting along the middle and 

 at the vertex. Thorax about as long as broad, coarsely, 

 deeply and ratlier closely pimctured, with a sharply- 

 defined longitudinal space along the middle impunctate ; 

 the sides slightly narrowed fi-om the front to behind the 

 middle, and thence more abruptly to the base ; the lateral 

 margin very fine, the hind angles obtuse and indistinct. 

 Elytra rather longer than the thorax, coarsely and mode- 

 rately closely and deeply punctured. Hind body above 

 densely punctured, and with a distinct, rough, pale pubes- 

 cence ; beneath coarsely punctured, but more sparingly 

 than on the upper side, and therefore more shining. Legs 

 red ; hind tibite slender, bearing three spines. 



Ega ; three individuals. 



Obs. — This species at first sight greatly resembles the 

 North American O. latipes, but it is considerably smaller, 

 and may be at once distinguished by the larger and more 

 convex eyes. Laporte has described a species about 

 this size from Columbia ; but the few Avords of his de- 

 scription {Osorius pyymceus, Etudes Ent. p. 130) are 

 so meagre as to render tlie identification of his species 

 extremely difficidt. 



