Omosaiuuks | Liuiiiida' |. 

 llrild t'\M rlrd, vciticiil, ([luulnilr in iVoiit. Mvcs very (Icrply (li\ id.d, l hr 

 two porlidiH roiiiu'ctt'd only by a iuutow liiu". Aiitciiniu di.MlMiit, 

 robust, shorti-r thiiu \hc body, iu'duncidiilt', and ciliiiUHl beiioatli, fbf 

 lirst joint .sli}>:litly incnissatvd, the third loujii'st, tho iH>st gradually 

 diHTrasiiio- in b-np-th. I'lpistouK^ very short. Labniin small, transvorsr, 

 romulfd. I'ldpi slender, snbacMndnati". l*rothonix arcluHl, narrower 

 than the elytra, rounded in the midille, conlraeted anteriorly and |>os- 

 teriorly, tin* sides strt)nj;-ly toothed. Seiitelliiiii (pindrato. Elytra short, 

 narrow, broadest at tho base, eonvex. Lejis niodt>rate; tibiae eonipressed, 

 the ant(>rior eniar|4-inatt> internally; tarsi very short, the basal joint trian- 

 gular. Prosternuui broad, rounded posteritu'ly ; niesosternuni sub-bilobod. 



This ^viius, with ScojxkIks, M})i)ears to iMiter into a. sniull group 

 of South Aniericiin Jiongiconis, of which tho Cmnnhi/.v sericcKs of 

 Tcrty may bo considorod us tho typo. This i.s oiio of Mv. JJatos's 

 rarost capttiros, ho having uovor mot with nioic Ihun two sjHH'inions ; 

 ono is uow in my colloctioii, tho othor in his own. 



Oiiu)S((rof(S siiK/nhiris. (1*1. VI 11. tig. T).) 

 O. atro-picous, erinitus, pube sparsa griseo-lulva variusj elytris basi pe- 



dunculo-fascicuhitis. 

 Ilab. Jha/.il (Para). 



Pitchy-black, with long slenih'r seatten^d hairs, particubirly on th.- 

 posterior part of tin; elytra and h'gs, ami rather thinly cov(U-ed with a 

 greyish-yellow pubescence, which is most predominant on tht» pro- 

 thora.x and basid half of tho elytra, forming also a sort of band, whicdi 

 is margined with a littlo white anteriorly, acroa.s their posterior third ; 

 head narrower above the eyes, the peduncles bearing the anteima', 

 rather distant, with a longitudinal groove between them; lateral tooth 

 of the prothorax on the middle ; a shar}) carina half the length of the 

 elytra terminating at ihc humeral angle, tlui sid(^ below it bent abruptly 

 down, near the base an elevated protuberance? bearing a. fascicle of long, 

 nearly erect black hairs ; tibiio with a line; of thickly-set yellowish hair.>« 

 externally; body beneath deep black, the, throat, breast and abdonuMi 

 very glossy. Jjcngth 5 lines. 



L.vNuuKiA [Languriidai ]. 



Latroillo, Gon. Cru.st. vl Insect, iii. p. (Jo. 



Lawjuria illcetahi/ls. (IM. V. fig. 4.) 



Z. elongata, rubro-fusca ; elytris chalybco-viridibus ; antemiarum clava, 



pedib usque fuscis. 

 JIah. Natal. 



Narrowly elongate, «lark reddish-brown, smooth, shining; head and 

 prothorax finely punctured, the latter much mirrower posteriorly ; scu- 

 tellum subcordate, reddish-brown ; elytra narrow, paralhd, striato- 

 punctate, dark steel-green; antennto pale at the base, the club black; 



