28 ALTTENXIS. 



8. Alm-nus Lans"bergii, Salle. B.M. 



Sum, Ann. de la Soc. Etit de France, t. vii. p. 432. pi. 13. fig. 3. 



^.niger; thorace nibro; elytris fla^•is ; sutxira, linca submarginali, 



vitta hiimorali obliqua pimctoque infra mcdiiun, nigris. 

 Long. 11 liu. 



Hab. Columbia; Venezuela. 



British Museum, and most other collections. 



This fine insect, formerly rare, has been brought from Columbia 

 by M. Salle, and subsequently desciibcd by him in the French 

 Society's Annales. 



9. Alumus d'Orbignyi, Guer. 



Guh: Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 331. 



A. niger ; thorace lateribus rubro-maculato ; elytris flavis, utrisque 



puncto centrali margineque apicali nigris. (Mas.) 

 Long. 12 lin. 



-'to* 



A. shining black ; sides of the thorax red ; elytra pale yeUow, a 

 central spot on each, and a narrow line along the apical margin, 

 black ; antennae shorter than half the body ; thorax transverse ; 

 sides dilated and rounded, deeply sinuate at their base, suddenly 

 narrowed and emarginate just behind the anterior angle, the latter 

 obtuse ; above convex, subcylindrical in front, posterior half 

 transvei'sely excavated and depressed ; in the central line is a deep 

 longitudinal groove, extending from the base nearly to the apical 

 margin ; coarsely and closely punctured, punctiu'ing less crowded 

 on the anterior part of the disc, variolose at the sides, nigose 

 behind ; interstices on the basal haK raised and transversely stri- 

 gose. Scutellum punctured, black. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, parallel, narrowly margined ; apex regularly rounded, 

 above convex, closely punctiu'ed, pale yellow, each vnth a small 

 subrcniform spot in the middle (its conca\ity looking backwards), 

 and a narrow line on the apical margin, black. (Male.) 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Collection of J. S. Baly. 



Mr. Thompson, to whom I am indebted for my specimen, has a 

 fine series of this insect. Although closely allied to the following 

 species, it can be easily separated by its antenna;, the and shape, sculp- 

 ture and coloiu' of the thorax, in addition to its smaller size. 



10. Alumus Saundersii, n. sp. 



A. late elongatus, convcxiLs, niger, nitidus ; thorace rubro, basi 

 apiceque nigris; elytris pallidc fla\ds, utrisque puncto ceutraK 

 margineque apicali nigris. 



Long. 15 lin. 



