HYPANTHEKUS. 101 



Oblong-ovate, subrobust, parallel, subpubescent, flavous. Head 

 short, slightly produced ; between the eyes and above the base of the 

 antennae is an obsolete fovea in the form of the letter T ; the surface 

 is finely pubescent and thickly punctate. Thorax transverse (almost 

 quadrate) ; the anterior angles depressed and somewhat rounded ; 

 the sides marginate; near the base are two broad postmedial de- 

 pressions, while from the head to the scutellum extends an obsolete 

 (almost imperceptible) longitudinal impression. Scutellum small, 

 triangular. Elytra broad, parallel, punctate-striate (the punctures 

 being broad and the striae shallow) ; clothed throughout with a fine 

 flavous pubescence, which can only be traced by a high magnifying 

 power, except at the apex, where it is more distinctly apparent. 

 Antennae filiform, tolerably robust. Legs : the posterior short ; the 

 apex of the tibiae (which does not extend beyond the elytra) being 

 produced beyond the insertion of the tarsi; the globular inflation 

 above the posterior claw bright red. 



This species differs considerably in detail from H. rufo-testaceus, 

 which in general facies it resembles ; it is narrower in form, the an- 

 terior angles of the thorax are less acute, the striation on the elytra 

 is more distinct^the pubescence on the surface is closer, and on the 

 elytra there is hardly any trace of a transverse antemedial depression, 



Island of St. Paul, Brazil. In the cabinet of M. Deyrolle. 



6. Hypantherus rufo-testaceus. 



H. oblongo-ovatus, robustus, subpubescens, rufo-testaceus; capite 

 inter oculos tricarinato ; thorace quadrato, ad apicem coarctato, 

 ad basin transverse depresso, punctato ; elytris robustis, striato- 

 punctatis, ad basin flavo-pubescentibus ; pedibus subpubescentibus, 

 rufo-flavis, femoribus (et tibiis ad basin} posticis fusco suffusis. 



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



Oblong-ovate, robust, sparingly pubescent, rufo-testaceous. Head 

 short, somewhat produced ; between the insertion of the antennae is a 

 longitudinal carination, which extends on either side obliquely in the 

 direction of the upper margin of the eyes ; within this Y-shaped ridge 

 is another medial longitudinal carination, which extends to the line 

 of the base ; the surface thickly punctate. Thorax quadrate ; the 

 anterior angles slightly truncate ; sides anteriorly slightly coarctate, 

 marginate, the margination shortly and abruptly contracted imme- 

 diately behind the anterior angle ; surface at the base transversely 

 subdepressed, punctate. Scutellum small, triangular, rufo-fuscous. 

 Elytra broad, robust, with punctures arranged in the form of striae ; 

 a transverse antemedial depression extends obliquely upwards to^ 



