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TJlomin^. 



Pahrus minor, sp. n. 



Statura P. depressi, angustior, nitidus; elytris tenuiter striato- 



punctatis. 

 Long. 1^ lin. 



Kesembles P. depressus in general form, but is much 

 smaller, much narrower, paler in colour, and more shining. 

 The thorax is narrower, narrowed at the base in the same 

 way, very much more finely punctured. Elytra more parallel, 

 with lines of very fine but distinct punctures, the punctures 

 appearing slightly irregular in size ; the interstices rather 

 narrow, nearly flat, each with a line of extremely fine and 

 delicate punctures. The fifth stria is more impressed for a 

 short distance at the base, and the interstice beyond it is 

 rather more convex, giving the appearance in certain lights 

 of a short costa. 



Toxicum riificoUej Pascoe. 



This species was described from Matabello by Mr. Pascoe 

 under the name Anthracias rujicollis (A. M. N. H. 18b3, xi. 

 p. 489), and he placed with it a specimen from Saylee which 

 he considered a variety of it, having a black line down the 

 middle of the thorax. 



The specimen from Saylee is Toxicum Chevrolatij Montr. 

 (1855), described from Woodlark Island; specimens are in 

 the JMuseum collection from New Guinea, and were described 

 by Mr. F. Bates as Toxicum incticolle (1873). 



T. ruJicoUe difters from T. Chevrolati in having the thorax 

 entirely red, in being a trifle larger, and in having the pro- 

 sternal process less strongly punctured and less strongly 

 grooved at the sides. 



Erotylidae. 

 Aulacochilus cyaneipenniSj sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidissimus ; elytris Isete cyaneis, striato- 

 punctatis ; ore, auteunis, pedibus abdominequo piceis; anten- 

 narum clava, femoribus tibiisque plus minusve infuscutis. 



Long. Ig lin. 



Head moderately finely and moderately closely punctured. 

 Thorax more finely and moderately closely punctured ; at the 

 extreme base and at the margins the punctuation almost 

 vanishes and the surface is slightly dull. Elytra blue, striate 

 punctate, the dorsal lines fine and scarcely impressed, the 

 lateral ones rather more strongly punctured and moderately 

 deeply impressed, the lateral interstices distinctly convex. 



[To be continued.] 



