94 Mons. J. Bourgeois on Malacodermata 



clathris transversis quadrato-areolatis ; corpore subtus brunneo, 

 trochauteribus femorumquesummabasi genubusque flavescentibus. 

 Long. 6 mill. ; lat. 2 mill. 



[Captured at 10 P.M. on Dec. 18, 1826, between the 

 " Middle Part of the ascent up the " Sierra da Cubatao and 

 the " Upper Part " of the same ascent.] 



Plateros, Bourg. 



25. apicah's, Germ., 1 ex. — Bresil, Minas Geraes, near Nepo- 



raucena. 



[Nov. 3-6, 1825. See above, page 45. On 3rd and 4th at 

 Francisco Manoel's, 5th at Joao Alfonso's, 6th at Capitflo 

 Leite's. " On the 3rd took a stroll up the hill to a Ro^a and 

 got many insects." " 4tli .... ascended tiie hill into the 

 forest northward of our E-ancho and took insects, till wet 

 through in a thunder shower. In the evening caught some 

 insects by the candle."] 



26. variicostatus, sp. n., 1 ? . — Bresil, Minas Geraes. 



Subparallelus, supra fere planatus, subopacus, tenuissimepubescens, 

 nigro-fuscus, prothorace antice et lateraliter sat late flavo-mar- 

 ginato, trapeziformi, basi longitudine paullo latiore, antice sub- 

 rotundato, basi utrinque sinuato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis 

 anlicis sat bene distinctis, posticis extrorsum versus pauluni pro- 

 longatis, subacutis, disco postice longitudinaliter canaliculate, 

 antice carinulato ; elytris 9-costatis, costis insequalibus, alternis 

 (prsesertim 4, 6 et 8) magis elevatis, sexta a medio inde attenuata, 

 intervallis costarum a clathris transversis punctato-areolatis ; 

 corpore subtus nitidiusculo, tenuiter pubescente, fusco, trochau- 

 teribus femorumque summa basi rufescentibus ; abdominis seg- 

 mento ultimo ogivali ( $ ). 



Long. 7 mill. ; lat. 2| mill. 



Espece voisine de P. tnivqiialis, Bourg. (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 

 1899, p. 99), mais de coloration diffdrente. 



[Oct. 23, 1825. ^^ Lampyris:' At Discoberto, Minas 

 Geraes.] 



Lampyrididse. 

 Hyas, Cast. 



27. Sp.?, 1 ? .—Bresil, Minas Geraes. 



[Oct. 21, 1825. ^^ Lamjyyrisy "In a rossa at Disco- 

 berto and along a channel (on the margin of the forest) which 

 conducts water to the house."] 



