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the sides, with fuscous. Scutellum triangular, fuscous. Elytra some- 

 what broader than the thorax, parallel, elongate, finely punctate- 

 striate ; antemedially, an obsolete oblique depression towards the 

 shoulders gives a gibbous appearance to the scutellary angles ; the 

 surface is finely pubescent ; the colour is pale ferrugineous, suffused 

 throughout with fuscous. Antennae filiform, with a tendency to di- 

 latation towards the apex, pale ferrugineous, the seventh and eighth 

 joints being fuscous. Legs pale ferrugineous, the posterior femora 

 being rufo-ferrugineous. 



H. fallax is readily recognized by its quadrate and constricted 

 thorax and by its attenuated elytra. 



Brazil. In the collection of M. Deyrolle. 



17. Hypolampsis nigrina. 



H. oblongo-ovata, subcylindrica, impubescens, picea ; capite brevi, 

 granulato ; thorace subquadrato, ad basin leviter constricto, antice 

 et ad basin transverse depresso, granulato ; elytris subparallelis, 

 punctato-striatis, tenuiter jiavo-pubescentibus, piceis, ad basin et 

 ad latera rufo suffusis ; antennis piceis, ad basin rufts ; pedibus 

 rufo-ferrugineis, femoribus posticis fusco suffusis. 



Long. corp. 1^ lin., lat. ^ lin. 



Oblong-ovate, subparallel, subcylindrical, impubescent, piceous. 

 Head short, slightly produced ; eyes tolerably large and prominent, 

 situated at the base of the head ; the surface is distinctly granulated. 

 Thorax transverse (almost quadrate), slightly constricted near to 

 (not immediately at) the base ; the anterior angles are depressed, 

 the sides marginate; near to the anterior margin, and also more 

 distinctly and broadly at the base, is a transverse depression ; the 

 surface is finely granulated. Scutellum triangular. Elytra sub- 

 parallel, punctate-striate, clothed (when viewed under a high mag- 

 nifying power) very sparingly with flavous pubescence ; piceous, 

 obsoletely suffused near the apex and suture with rufous. Antennas 

 slightly incrassated towards the apex ; piceous, with the basal joints 

 rufous. Legs rufo-ferrugineous, the posterior femora being suffused 

 with fuscous. 



Island of St. Paul. 



18. Hypolampsis minima. 



H. oblongo-ovata, parallela,fusco-picea, subpubescens ; thorace qua- 

 drato, ad basin constricto ; elytris subcylindricis, punctato- 

 striatis ; antennis longiuscidis, ad apicem dilatatis, fusco-Jlavis ; 

 pedibus Jlavo - testaceis. 



Long. corp. 1 lin., lat. f lin. 



