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11. Anacolus nigrinus, n. s. B.M. 



A. nigerrimus, abdomine subtus, pedibusque quatuor anticis ob- 

 scui'e subferrugineis, elytris confertim punctatis ; thorace et 

 capite pilis griseis hii-tis. 



Head deep black, between the antennae channelled, palpi some- 

 what ferruginous. Thorax and head more or less thickly covered 

 with greyish brown hairs. Two front pairs of legs of a dark 

 blackish brown ; hind legs black, with a bluish tint. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



12. Anacolus melanocerus, n. s. B.M. 



A. flavo-aurantiacus, antennis nigris ; capite postice et linea media 

 impress! nigris ; thorace macula media nigra ; elytris nigris, 

 humeris et margiuibus aurantiacis ; pedibus flavis, femoribus 

 posticis intus apice nigris. 



Orange-yellow ; antennae black ; hind part of head black, and 

 an impressed line down the middle black. Thorax in the middle 

 with a black patch. Elytra black, shoulders and margins orange- 

 yellow. Legs yellow ; femora of hind legs black at the tip within, 

 tarsi at the end blackish brown. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



13. Anacolus xanthocerus, n. s. B.M. 



A. flavus, antennis flavis basi nigris ; capite postice nigro ; tho- 

 racis dorso macula magna nigra ; elytris nigris flavo-aurantiaco 

 marginatis ; pedibus quatuor anticis omniua fla\'is ; pedibus 

 posticis flavis, femoribus apice nigris; tibiis intus nigris, postice 

 flavo marginatis, extus apice nigris. 



Yellow ; antennae yellow ; basal joint and the stem of the three 

 following joints black ; hind part of head black, and two spots 

 on the face in fiont of the antennae. Thorax above with a large 

 black spot in the middle. El>i;ra black, margined with orange- 

 yellow; sides of metathorax with an oblique black line. Two 

 fore pairs of legs entirely yellow ; the hind legs yellow, the tip 

 of the femora black, the' inside of the tibia; blackish, margined 

 behind with yellow, on the outside blackish at the tip. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



It is not impossible that these four Venezuela Insects may all 

 prove varieties of one species, to which the name Anacolus varia- 

 bilis may be given ; the antennae in all are beautifully flabellated. 

 They diifer from the other Anacoli in having the sternum flat 

 and dilated, somewhat as in Myzomorphus. A large series of 



