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79. Placusa luctuosa, sp. ii. 

 (Fauvel, in lift.) 



Shining; the head black, the thorax, elytra, and abdomen 

 j)itch-bro\vn, the base of the latter sometimes lighter. 

 Anteunaj with the first three joints testaceous. Legs testa- 

 ceous. 



Length l'.") mm. 



Distinct at once from the preceding species by the 

 distinctly shining fore-parts. Build of P. heterof/aster, but 

 much more shining, rather narrower, with more closely 

 punctured head and thorax, and with the penultimate joints 

 of the antenme rather more transverse. 



(^ . Eighth dorsal segment narrowed, the posterior margin 

 with a semicircular emargination. 



St. Vincent (//. H. SinUh). Type in the British Museum. 



80. Br achy char a aterrima, sp. n. 

 {Brackida aterrima, Fauvel, in litt.) 



Black, convex, shining, attenuated posteriorly ; first tiiree 

 joints of the antennae and legs testaceous. 



Length 2"5 mm. 



Of narrower build than B. crassa, Shp., with more distinct 

 elytral sculpture and much closer puncturation of the abdo- 

 men. 



Head impunctate ; antennte with the third joint 

 shorter than the second, the fourth to the tenth transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the eleventh short and stout. 

 Thorax strongly transverse, convex, widest a little before the 

 base (which is bisinuate), the sides strongly rounded and 

 narrowed anteriorly, less strongly rounded posteriorly, the 

 posterior angles rounded ; disc on either side with two 

 moderate punctures, one a little before the base, the other 

 at the anterior margin, and otherwise finely and sparingly 

 punctured ; pubescence sparing, rather short and stitf. 

 Elytra as long as and slightly broader than the thorax, 

 transverse, with a fine aciculate and distinctly squamulose 

 sculpture; pubescence as on the thorax. Abdomen attenu- 

 ated posteriorly, the third and fourth segments with very 

 fine and sparing squamulose sculpture, the fifth to the 

 seventh with moderately close and moderately coarse punc- 

 turation. 



(^ . l^ighth dorsal segment narrowed and tuberculate, 

 the lateral margins furnished on either side with a lightly 



