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Black, or fuscous black, pilose ; the pubescence or hairs 

 testaceous. Antennae and palpi ferruginous. Head punctate 

 between the eyes; the clypeus smooth. Thorax somewhat hex- 

 agonal, truncate at base, the greatest breadth a little behind the 

 middle, uniformly coarsely punctate, the margins a little expanded 

 and rcflexed posteriorly, and where expanded testaceous and semi- 

 transparent; dorsal line faint, and on each side of it an elongate 

 basal fovea; the middle of the base very slightly and abruptly 

 projecting backwards. Scutellum small, smooth. Elytra some- 

 what elongate and parallel, crenate-striate, the interstices faintly 

 ])unctate ; two testaceous spots on each elytron, the anterior co- 

 vering the whole interstitial spaces from the 4th to the raised and 

 inflexcd margin inclusive, anteriorly gradually ascending from the 

 4th till it reaches the 7th interstice, on which and the remaining 

 portion of the side of the elytron the colour runs up to the base, 

 where it turns in again upon the 6th and 5th, and posteriorly runs 

 down a short space upou the 7th or 8th and the remaining 

 lateral space ; the posterior spot is narrower, and confined to the 

 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th interstices, being curved obliquely 

 backwards. Under-side black ; prosternum and breast coarsely 

 punctate, and segments of the abdomen finely punctured, with 

 a few coarser punctures on the sides. Legs testaceous. 



I have dedicated this species to my friend Mr. John T. Syme, 

 Lecturer on Botany in St. George^s Hospital, London, a very able 

 and zealous entomologist. 



It is not without doubt that I have placed it in the genus 

 Crasjjedophorus instead of in Panar/ceus. It has much more the 

 appearance of Panagceus crux-major, P. fasciatus, &c., than of 

 any of the Craspedophori with which I am acquainted, but none 

 of the three specimens which I possess have the anterior tarsi 

 dilated. It may be that they are all females, or it may be that 

 the tarsi of the males are not dilated. In the absence of proof 

 that they are dilated, I have kept this and the following species 

 in this genus (of which the non-dilatation in the males is the 

 essential character), notwithstanding that I cannot help thinking 

 they more properly belong to Panagceus. 



8. Cr. vicinus, mihi. 



Valde affinis praecedenti, et difFert prsecipue in macula antica 

 ' non attingeute marginem elytrorura. 

 Long. 3| lin., lat. li lin. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species — possibly only a 

 variety. It is rather larger, has the fovese at the base of the 

 thorax rather deeper and broader, and the testaceous or yellow 

 markings on the elytra differently disposed. The anterior spot 



