80 PHTSIMERUS. 



fovea ; the surface is granulated and rufous. Thorax elongated, 

 rectangular, subcylindrical ; the anterior angles depressed, the sides 

 marginate ; at the base is a transverse depression, giving a rounded 

 form to the anterior disc ; the surface granulated and rufous. Seidell um 

 triangular, black. Elytra parallel, with broad and large punctures 

 arranged in the form of striae ; a slight oblique depression is ap- 

 parent antemedially near the suture ; the siu'face is obscurely and 

 finely pubescent, of a black or bluish-black colour. Antennas fili- 

 form, tolerably robust, thq joints (the second is the shortest) being 

 nearly equal in length ; first to fourth ferrugineous, fifth to eleventh 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi ferrugineous. 



Morro Queimado (Brazil). In the collection of Mr. Fry. 



13. Physimerus fascicularis. 



P. oblongo-ovatus, parallelus, glaber, niger ; eapite subprodueto, 

 ad basin antennarum transverse foveolato, punctidato, nigro (ad 

 basin fulvo) ; thorace transverso, lateribus ad angulos posteriores 

 et anteriores obsolete coarctatis, punctata, flavo, antiee fnscato; 

 elytris parallelis, punctis (ad apicem obsoletis) in striis ordinatis, 

 nigris, ad medium transverse vitta ferruginea fasciatis ; antennis 

 Jiliformibus, art. 1-5 jlavis, QSpiceis, 9-11 testaceis ; pedibus 

 flavis. 



Long. corp. 2 lin., lat. ^ lin. 



Oblong-ovate, subclongated, parallel, glabrous, black. Head short, 

 depressed, slightly produced in front ; below the base of the antennae 

 is a broad triangular transverse depression ; immediately above the 

 antennae (between the eyes) is a transverse fovea, which is bisected 

 at its upper margin by a short longitudinal fovea, giving together 

 the appearance of the letter T inverted ; eyes large, prominent, ex- 

 tending laterally as far as the anterior angles of the thorax ; the 

 surface finely punctate, black, — the base (from the insertion of the 

 antennae to the line of the thorax) being fulvous, the margins behind 

 the eyes black. Thorax transverse, the anterior angles depressed 

 and subacute ; the sides margin ate and (close to the anterior and 

 posterior angles) obsoletely coarctate ; surface punctate, especially at 

 the sides and base, flavous (suffused with fuscous along the line of 

 the apex). Scutellum triangular, ferrugineous. Elytra parallel, with 

 punctures (which are more obscure towards the suture and apex) 

 arranged in the form of striae, an appearance of striation being per- 

 ceptible towards the margination; impubesccnt, black, divided medially 

 by a broad transverse ferrugineous band. Antenna' filiform (with a 

 slight tendency to dilatation towards the apex) ; the first joint broad 

 and dilated at the apex, and of the same length as the fifth and sixth ; 



