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eyes, with the first two joints of the antennse red, the rest black 

 and subdentate. Thorax red, about the width of the head and 

 truncate at the apex, longer than broad, slightly narrowed above 

 the posterior angles, and slightly rounded and margined at the 

 base, with a transverse depression immediately in front of it. 

 Scutellum dull red, transverse. Elytra short, deep blue, punctate 

 and truncate. Abdomen with the two first segments red, the 

 remainder black. Legs entirely black. 



513. — Oarphurus pallidipennis. n. sp. 

 Length '2| lines. 

 Elongate, nitid, thinly clothed with long blackish hair. 

 Head rather large, exserted, slightly narrowed behind the eyes, 

 lightly bicanaliculate in front, thinly punctate and of a red colour, 

 with the labrum, and the antennae excepting the two first joints, 

 black. Thorax red with black sides, narrower than the head, 

 longer than the width, truncate in front, rounded behind, trans- 

 versely impressed near the base and margined on the sides and 

 base. Scutellum transverse, broadly rounded at the apex. Elytra 

 short, pale red, punctate, and obliquely truncate. Abdomen 

 black, with the two terminal segments piceous. Legs black, with 

 the tibiae more or less red. 



Balanophorus. n. gen. 



Maxillary palpi fusiform, obtuse. Labrum transverse, rounded 

 in front. Head broad. Eyes large and prominent. Antennae 

 rather short, first joint much larger than the second, the third 

 dentate, the remainder pectinate. Elytra much shorter than the 

 abdomen. Tarsi short, first joint large, the three following very 

 small ; in the anterior tarsi the second takes its rise from the 

 middle of the base of the first. The visicles of the thorax and 

 abdomen large and exserted. 



514. — Balanophorus Mastbrsii. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 

 Nitid, thinly punctate, very hairy. Head black and im- 

 pressed with a transverse curve on the forehead, with the anterior 



