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the eighth is concealed ; indeed, with a Stanhope lens I 

 can see no trace of it ; the structure of these organs is 

 precisely similar to those of vittatum, of which Spinola 

 says it is the suture between the seventh and eighth that 

 is obscure. Externally the antennae are blackish, in- 

 ternally pale, whitish at the club. 

 Hab. — I\io Janeiro ; Fry. 



Pelonium j)ictipenne, n. sp. 



Oblongum, pallide flavescens, nitidum, antennanira 

 funiculo, clava externe, capite ex parte, guttisque quinque 

 elytrorum, tribus basalibus duabus subapicaUbus nigris; 

 elytris albidis medio flavis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Antenna3 apparently ten-jointed, basal joint red ; 2, red 

 tinged with black, 3 — 7, black, club-black at the base and 

 externally, internally and at apex pale. Palpi yellow. 

 Thorax pale yellowish, tuberculate at sides which are 

 punctulate; disk smooth, depressed. Elytra (excepting 

 in the middle) pale Avhitish-yelloAv ; the sutui'c at the 

 scutellum and a humeral spot, as well as the reflexed 

 portion of the elytra under the humeral callus, and two 

 ti-iaugular, converging, subapical spots black; their sur- 

 face covered with obsolete, irregular, scarcely impressed 

 dots, darker than the ground colour, and which support 

 subdepressed setae. Legs pale yellow. 



Hah. — Rio Janeiro; Fry. 



Pelonium conjluens, n. sp. 



Oblongum, postice ampliatum, flavo-testaceum nitidum, 

 subpubescens, capite, pectore, guttisque nonnullis elytro- 

 rum basalibus et subapicalibus, stepe confluentibus, nigris ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis. 



Long. 3— 3i lin. 



]\Iost nearly allied to sex-notatum, Klug. 



Head black, mandibles yellow at the base; palpi and 

 antennai yellow, the latter fuscous externally. Thorax 

 pale, faintly punctulate at the sides. Elytra Avith distinct 

 series of punctures obsolete at the apex, testaceous yellow ; 

 the scutcllar region and humerus are always black, and 

 these markings arc often uiiited ; towards tlic a[)('x two 

 or three lineal black markings occur; these, too, arc often 

 united so as to form an irregular oblique fascia, the sutiu'e, 



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