248 Rev. H. S. Gorham's descriptions of 



externe, femoribus anticis et posticis, subtus, nigro-notatis. 

 Antennis fuscis, articulo basali flavo. 



Long. lin. S^— 3^. 



Hab. — Ega (Bates) ; coll. Fry and Gorham. 



Var. A. Thorace fusco, margine antico rufo, fascia 

 secunda latiore. Ega and village of S. Paulo, Amazon. 



Var. B. Thorace toto fusco, antennis articulis primo 

 et nono testaceis. Ega and S. Paulo, Amazon. Also 

 from Mexico ; coll. Gorham. 



Obs. — A species agreeing with the type of my descrip- 

 tion stands in the Brit. Mus., named " tomentosus, Spin." 

 His description, however, does not agree with the present 

 insect, and is referred by Spinola himself to variegatus, 

 Klug. 



It is a variable species, and I should have been inclined 

 to consider var. B. distinct had I only seen Mexican speci- 

 mens. The coloration of the antennae in this variety 

 resembles that of setulosus, Thoms. An example in 

 Mr. Fry's collection is intermediate between this and the 

 type having the base of the antennse with the ninth joint 

 yellow and the disk only of the thorax dark. 



Epiphloeus capitatus, n. sp. 



Niger, subnitidus, capite pedibusque flavis his tibiis et 

 tarsis anticis et intermediis femoribus anticis etiam subtus 

 infuscatis ; elytris striato-punctatis. 



Long, vix 3 lin. 



^ Allied to sericeus, Klug., but smaller and more parallel. 

 The thorax is of the same colour as the elytra, which are 

 leaden-black, without any violet tinge as in sericeus, the 

 deep seriate punctuation of which will also distinguish 

 this and the following from that species. 



Hab. — Ega, Amazon (Bates) ; coll. Fry. * 



Epiphloeus nitidus, n. sp. 



Testaceus, pectore, antennis, thoracis margine antico, 

 elytris tibiis tarsisque quatuor primis nigro-fuscis ; elytris 

 parallelis, striato-punctatis, pube brunneo tenuiter vestitis. 



Long. 2 1 lin. 



Bather smaller than the preceding, and easily distin- 

 guished by the yellow thorax and body. 

 Hab. — Ega and Para (Bates) ; coll. Fry, 



