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4. AmBLYSCELIS ^ FERRtTGINEXJS, Sp. nOV. 



Elongatus, postice suhangv status, totus ferrugineus, suhnitidus, 

 supra crebre subtiliter, infra crebre fortius punctalus ; ebjtris 

 striatis, striis subtilissime crenulatis, interstitiis minute 

 punctatis. 



Long. Zg-S millim. 



Hab. S. A.frica (Natal) (coll. Gorkam, Mus. Leyden) (Finsch). 



Head with the front thickly, the crown more sparsely but more 

 deeply punctured, the front edge of the epistome angularly but not 

 deeply emarginate. The antennte not reaching the base of the 

 thorax, their club fuscous. Thorax transverse, the disc rather 

 convex and the front angles depressed, finely but thickly punctured. 

 Elytra with the humeral callus more distinct than in A. natalensis, 

 Crotch, widest at the base, the interstices flat, except near the callus, 

 where the striae are deeper. The legs are as in A. natalensis, the 

 thighs rather stout and compressed, the tibiae very strongly tri- 

 angularly widened near the apex, and setose externally at this part. 

 Episterna and sides of the metasternum rather strongly punctate. No 

 abdominal lines. 



I received about a dozen specimens of this insect from the Rev. 

 Canon Fowler, who obtained them from Boucard's collections ; also 

 one specimen communicated from Mr. Ritsema. 



5. Brachysphenus egensis, sp. nov. (Plate LXI. fig. 8.) 

 Oblongo-ovatus, parum convexus, pallide castaneus, nitidus ; 



elytris nigris, tenuiter flavo-marginatis, sutura et limbo laterali 

 angustius fuscis, distincte punctato-striatis; antennis fuscis, 

 articulis tribus basi pedibusque rufis. 



Long. 8 millim. 



Hab. Amazons, Ega {Bates) ; Guiana, Cayenne {Reiche ; coll. 

 Crotch). 



Head and thorax very even and nearly smooth, yet not glabrous, 

 owing to being very finely alutaceous and with indistinct stellate 

 punctuation ; the latter is at the base twice as wide as long, narrower 

 in front ; the sides rounded, the excavation in front rather deep and 

 its base straight ; presternum much compressed, so as to be distinctly 

 carinate in front, yet not projecting. Elytra widest a very Utile 

 below the base, narrowed to the apex, the black discoidal plagia 

 extending very evenly from the second to the seventh stria; beyond 

 which, on the yellow margin, there is only the least trace of an 

 eighth stria, near the apex usually about eight punctures. Meta- 

 sternal and abdominal hnes are distinct, the former long and reflexed 

 but fine. 



Two specimens in Mr Armitage's collection, and two in the 

 Cambridge collection. May be placed next B. cordiger. 



6. Brachysphenus ucayalensis, sp. nov. (Plate LXI. fig. 6.) 

 Oblongo-ovatus, rubidus, verticis puncto thoracisque punctis 



decern nigris ; elytris nigris, juxta scutellum tnacula angusta 

 Amhlyscclis, Gorham, Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. x. 1888, p. 144. 



