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" PsEUDOMORPHA AMAHOiDEs, Neu'man. 



" L«:vis, glabra ; antennis, sterna, venire, pedibuxque piccls ; capile nigra, labro fer- 

 rnginea ; pratharacis et elytrorum disca nigra, marginibus arete at manifesto 

 ferrugineis. (Corp. long. -3 line, elytioriun bit "15 unc.) 



" Smooth, shininjT, hlack above, pitcby bback beneath ; antennce pitchy bback ; head 

 smooth, with two obscure fovea on the epicraniiim between the eyes, bbick, the labriim 

 and mandibles bright ferruginous, the latter with the apices pitchy black ; prothorax 

 black, its lateral margins slightly dilated and recurved, and brightly ferruginous ; near 

 its posterior margin are two shallow ill-defined foveae ; the scutellum is conspicuous, 

 triangular, acute and extremely glabrous ; elytra black, their costal margin continuous 

 with the lateral margins of the prothorax, and like them slightly dilated and recurved, 

 and brightly ferruginous ; at the base of each, very near the scutellum, is an obscure 

 fovea ; the posterior margin is sinuate, truncate, and tinged with dusky ferruginous, 

 the marginal ferruginous line of prothorax and elytra is very narrow, but extremely 

 well defined ; the entire upper surface of bead, prothorax and elytra is covered with 

 very minute confluent punctures ; these are only discernable under a lens of high power, 

 and scarcely detract from the general glabrous appearance of the insect. 



"There is a single specimen, the only one I have seen, in Mr. Waterhouse's cabi- 

 net. Its habitat is 3753. 



" Although the genus Amara is now banished from our catalogues, the mind of the 

 British Coleopterist, clinging fondly to the ivord, will see the drift of my specific name, 

 should he ever meet with this pretty antipodean. Its size and figure at once call to 

 mind the most familiar species of that most familiar genus. 



" Adelotopus ephippiatus, Newman. 



" Lavis, nilida, picea, elytrarum pagina basali late tes'.acea, protlwracis latera pal- 

 lidiura valde dilatata et reflexa ; prothorax elytris lalior. (Corp. long. "2 uuc. 

 elytrorum lat. "075 unc.) 



" Smooth, shining, pitchy black; the sides of the thorax and the entire under sur- 

 face of the insect incliuiug to ferruginous; the elytra at their base adorned with a 

 somewhat saddle-shaped testaceous mark ; head, prothorax and elytra minutely and 

 regularly punctured ; head prone, deeply immersed in the prothorax ; labrum rounded 

 and much produced, cheeks enormously developed ; prothorax much broader than 

 long, slightly broader than elytra, its anterior margin excavated to receive the head, 

 and produced into an obtuse teeth on each side of it, its lateral margins much dilated 

 and recurved; scutellum very minute; sides of elytra parallel, slightly recurved, apex 

 truncate, the corners rounded. 



" Examples of this insect, which, when its mouth is examined, will probably form 

 a new genus, are in the cabinet of the British Museum, as well as in that of Mr. 

 Waterhouse. 



