and Species of Coleoptera. 441 



Amary gratis alienus. 



A. subeiliptieus, nitidissime cupreus, antennis, pedibus et corpore 

 infra fusco-eastaneis ; prothorace scutelJoqne subtilissime pune- 



1 J • W ham m • **" 



tatis. Long. 7 lin. 

 Ilab. Covin 



Subelliptic, very glossy copper-coloured above ; beneath, 

 antennae and legs chestnut-brown ; head with a shallow fovea 

 between the eyes, which are moderately approximate in front ; 

 clypeus marked off from the head by a deep semicircular line ; 

 rothorax broadly transverse, and with the triangular scutel- 

 um very minutely punctured ; elytra rounded at the shoulders, 

 moderately convex, each with eight lines of very small punc- 

 tures ; body beneath and legs glossy chestnut-brown ; anterior 

 femora gradually expanding into a very slight tooth in the 

 middle. 



A somewhat isolated species, compared with the numerous 

 Australian forma; remarkable also for the small but distinct 

 tooth on the anterior femora. 



(Enomia. 



Caput breve; clypeus & capite sulcatim discretus. Oculi approxi- 

 mate Antenna breviusculse, aitieulis a quarto dilatatis. Pro- 

 thorax transversus, utrinque haud lineatus. Elytra oblonga. 

 Presternum postice rotundato-productum ; mesostemum antice de- 

 pressum. Pedes breves, intermedii et postiei sequalcs. 



There does not appear to be any genus of Strongyliinre to 

 which this can be approximated, although Epiplecta might 

 be thought to be an exception, owing to the remarkable cha- 

 racter of the antennae. The widening of the joints begins with 

 the fourth, which is equilaterally triangular • the remainder to 

 the tenth are short, more especially dilated on one side, and 

 rounded at the base ; the last is smaller and rounded. 



(Enomiaji 



(E 



apice excepto, luteis. Long, o lin. 



Ilab. Para (Province of). 



Black, with a very slight gloss, the elytra reddish brown ; 



head closely punctured ; antennae dull black, about twice as 



long as the prothorax, third joint shorter than the fourth, 

 radually thicker towards the apex; prothorax rounded at the 

 sides, minutely and closely punctate; scutellum triangular j 

 elytra three times as long as the prothorax and a little broader 

 at' the base, the sides parallel, deeply striate-punctate, punc- 

 tures oblong and approximate, interstices finely punctate ; body 



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