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



however, here being always pale. Scutellum and meta- 

 sternum black. Legs pale, tibise and tarsi ferruginous 

 red. 



Hub. — Amazon (Bates); coll. Fry and Gorham. 



Pelonium maculosum, n. sp. 



Oblongo - elongatum, ferrugineum, capite thoraceque 

 dense subrugose punctatis, hoc nigro-binotato ; elytris 

 fortiter striato-punctatis, nitidis, singulatim maculis qua- 

 tuor nigris notatis, una basali, duabus in medio saepe 

 confluentibus, una tertia parte ante apicem. 



Long. 2| — 34 lin. 



Not very nearly allied to any other known to me. 



Rather elongate, dark rufous, elytra rather paler at 

 their apex. Legs and antenna3 pale yellow. Head and 

 thorax thickly punctured, punctures confluent, clothed 

 with rufous erect setee ; little shining, with an elongate 

 black spot on each side the middle, sides strongly lobed. 

 Elytra shining, with rows of large deep punctures vanish- 

 ing before the apex; somewhat pubescent, with four con- 

 spicuous black spots on each; one on the base near the 

 scutellum, two nearly round in the middle, and one gene- 

 rally transverse, about a third from the apex. 



Hab. — Rio Janeiro; Fry. 



Pelonium ? extraneum, n. sp. 



Rufo-ferrugineum, antennis, genubus, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris, capite et thorace crebre punctulatis nitidis, elytris 

 creberrime subtiliter punctatis. 



Long. 6g lin. 



Head sparingly but deeply punctate, scarcely so wide 

 as the thorax ; eyes well cut out, rather coarsely facetted ; 

 antennge eleven-jointed, seventh and eighth joints very 

 short, especially the eighth, black. Palpi yellow. Thorax 

 a little narrowed in front, with an impressed line in front 

 and near the hind margin ; disk moderately, sides more 

 thickly punctured, the latter evenly rounded, without signs 

 of lobes. Anterior femora sub-clavate, middle and hind 

 pairs rather compressed ; knees narrowly, tibiae and tarsi 

 black. Elytra rather convex, a little widened behind; 

 humerus not very prominent, very thickly and finely 

 punctured, punctures confluent; four fine raised lines may 

 be traced, but they are not distinct. The suture is finely 

 raised, and at the apex there is a short sutural stria; 



