84 PHYSIMERT7S. 



verse depresso, punctato ; elytris punctato -striatis, fusco semidr- 

 culariter notatis ; antennis ruf o -flams ; pedibus flavis. 



Long. corp. 2J lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, subelongate, subparallel, rufo-fuscous. Head short, 

 depressed, hardly produced ; between the labrum and the base of the 

 antennae a smooth subtriangular depression extends transversely ; 

 above the base of the antennae, between the eyes, is a medial longi- 

 tudinal fovea, which, at its upper extremity, extends obliquely to- 

 wards the upper and inner margins of the eyes, thus forming the 

 character of the letter Y ; eyes large, prominent, situated at the base 

 of the head, and extending laterally as far as the anterior angles of 

 the thorax; the surface very finely punctate, glabrous. Thorax 

 quadrate, considerably constricted towards the base; the anterior 

 angles depressed ; the sides marginate ; the base broadly and trans- 

 versely depressed; the surface sparingly and finely punctate, gla- 

 brous. Scutellum small, triangular, rufo-fuscous. Elytra consider- 

 ably broader than the thorax, subparallel, punctate-striate, the striae 

 becoming almost obsolete as they approach the apex, clothed through- 

 out (when viewed under a high power) with a fine and sparingly 

 distributed pubescence ; the colour rufo-fuscous, with a distinct 

 subcircular marking of darker fuscous, which, commencing at the 

 antemedial margination, extends laterally in the direction of the 

 suture, whence it approaches in a semicircular direction, but does 

 not reach, the humeral angle ; the extremity of the humeral angle is 

 also suffused with fuscous. Antennae filiform, rufo-flavous. Legs 

 flavous throughout. 



This insect in general appearance closely approaches P. ephippium ; 

 in form, however, as well as in pattern of colour it is abundantly 

 distinct. 



Para. In the collection of M. Chevrolat. 



18. Physimerus adumbratus. B.M. 



P. ovatus, latus, subdepressus, rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus; capite brevi, 

 punctato ; ihorace subelongato, prope basin coarctato ; elytris 

 latis, punctato-striatis, fusco- ferruyineis, fasciis duabus trans- 

 versis latis flavo-ferrugineis indistinctis ; antennis pedibusque 

 flavis. 



Long. corp. 1| lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Ovate, broad, slightly depressed, rufo-ferrugineous throughout. 

 Head short, transverse, shining, distinctly punctate ; eyes prominent 

 and distant ; between the eyes is a transverse depression, which is 



