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the second short, ovate ; the third much longer than the fourth or 

 first ; the first to the fifth flavous (the first and second being suffused 

 with fermgineous) ; the sixth to the eighth piceous (the base of the 

 sixth being ferrugineous) ; the ninth to the eleventh testaceous. 

 Legs flavous, the terminal joint of the anterior tarsi (which is more 

 broadly bilobed than in the allied species) fuscous, and the apex (on 

 the outer side) of the posterior femora suffused with fuscous. 



Petropolis (Organ Mountains, Kio Janeiro). In the collection of 

 Mr. Fry. 



14. Physimerus trivialis. 



P. oblong o-ovatus, parallelus, subpubescen$, ferrugineus ; capite 

 brevi, inter oculos transverse foveolato, punctate ; fhorace trans- 

 verso, rectilineari, subtiliter punctato ; elytris punctato-striatis ; 

 antennisjiliformibus, nigris ; pedibus nigris. ;; 



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



Oblong-ovate, somewhat depressed, subparallel, of a dull ferru- 

 gineous colour throughout. Head short, transverse, slightly depressed 

 in front ; eyes large, prominent, distant, their extreme lateral margin 

 extending as far as (or even slightly beyond) the sides of the thorax : 

 between the eyes is very faintly apparent a fovea in the shape of the 

 letter T ; this fovea is almost obsolete : the surface of the head di- 

 stinctly punctured. Thorax transverse (almost quadrate), rectangular, 

 rectilinear ; the anterior and posterior angles distinct and subacute ; 

 surface somewhat depressed, very finely punctate throughout, and 

 (under a high power) finely though sparingly pubescent. Scutellum 

 triangular. Elytra distinctly punctate-striate, subpubescent. An- 

 tennce filiform, with a distinct tendency to incrassation towards the 

 apex; the first joint dilated, and inflected outwards; the second 

 short, ovate ; the third and fourth of nearly equal length ; black. 

 Legs black. 



I have only seen a single specimen of this insect, from St. Paul, 

 Brazil. In the cabinet of M. Deyrolle. 



15. Physimerus juvencus. (TAB. III. fig. 3.) B.M. 

 Physimerus juvencus, Dej. Cat. (ed. 3) p. 407 (auct. Chevr. Coll.). 



P. ( c? ) oblongus, subdepressus, robustus, subpubescens, niger ; capite 

 brevi, inter oculos transverse depresso, punctato, rufo-ferrugineo ; 

 thorace transverso, subtiliter pubescenti, punctato, flavo ; elytris 

 robustis, subcylindricis, punctato-striatis, nigris, vittis duabus a 

 humeris usque ad apicem albo-pubescentibus, hac ad suturam, hac 

 admarginem; antennisfiliformibus,ferruyineis,art. 4Sfuscis; 

 pedibus flavis. 



