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black. Legs ebony-black, the femora of the middle and hind 

 pairs of legs with two spines at the end, the inner short, the 

 outer one very long : under side red, last segment of abdomen 

 blackish beneath. 



Length 7i lines. 

 Hub. Brazil (Para) (Coll. Bates). 



17. Sph^rion rugicolle. 



Sphserion rugicoUe, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) iii. 233. 

 Hab. Columbia. 



18. Sphserion triste. B.M. 



Sphaerion triste, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) iii. 233. 

 Hab. Bohvia; Columbia (Coll. Goudot). 



19. SPHiERION PROCERUM, 



Sphserion procerum, Erichs. Schomb, Reise, iii. 572. 

 Hab. British Guiana. 



20. SPHiERION SUBPICEUM, D. S. B.M. 



S. piceum, antennarum articulo tertio apice spina subrecui-va 

 articulis quarto quinto sextoque spinis brevibus rectiuscuhs ; 

 thorace vage- pimctato, elytris punctatis, apice laeviuscula in 

 spinam subplanam productis, femoribus apice inermibus. 



Of a pitchy brown colour, the third joint of the antennae with 

 a longish spine at the end which is somewhat recurved, the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth with short straightish spines, the joints on 

 the outside slightly cihated. Thorax with many scattered punc- 

 tures. Elytra punctured, rather deeper in coloiu- towards the 

 tip, which ends in a shortish flat spine. Femora not much 

 thickened, without spines at the end. 



Length 6f lines. 

 Hab. Honduras (Coll. Dyson). 



21. SpH^RION INSULARE, n. s. B.M. 



S. pallide fuscum, antennarum articulis tertio, quarto, quinto, 

 sextoque apice spinigeris, thorace crebre et regulariter reti- 

 culato- punctatis, elytris punctatis, piligeris, apice Isevibus, 

 emarginato-sinuatis, spinigeris ; femoribus inermibus. 



Pale brown, head depressed. Antennae with the third, fourth, 

 fifth and sixth joints spined at the end. Thorax somewhat 

 rounded on the sides, covered, especially above, with a close net- 

 work of points. Elytra puuctvured, hairy, tip smooth, notched. 



