170 H. S. Gorham: Four new Pe/onia from Brazil. 



The head, thorax, body, legs, and base of the elytra for nearly 

 half their length, are yellow; the abdomen is black, but infuscate 

 at its base. 



There were two examples of this insect among a number of 

 Cleridae received by the from Messrs. Deyrolle. It is very distinct 

 from any other known to me, the black portion of the elytra is 

 a little wider at the suture than at the margins, and the serial 

 punctures are to be traced on this part, though very faintly. 



3. Pelonium thor acicum n. sp. 



Elongalum, subcylindricum, nigrum, nitidum , breviter pilosum; 

 capite (occipite excepto) flavo, prothorace aurantiaco basi nigro, 

 elytris nigris, pone medium tennissime albido-marginalis; pedibus 

 nigris, tibiis anficis et posficis, anfennis articulis fribns ultimis 

 interne albescentibus ad basim flavescentibus. — Long. 7 — 8 mill. 

 Hab. Brazil (Jatahy, Goyaz). 



Head and thorax orange -yellow, the former black above on 

 the crown, the latter with front margin very narrowly and the bind 

 margin more widely black, especially at the bind angles. The head 

 very sparsely and obsoletely punctured, the thorax only very obso- 

 letely so at the sides, the lateral tubercules well pronounced. Elytra 

 quite black, excepting that the margins behind the middle are very 

 finely whitish. Their sides parallel, the base with series of large 

 irregulär punctures extending on the disk beyond the middle, but 

 gradually merging into the, close confluent pnnctuation which Covers 

 the whole surface. The tips of the mandibles, the tips of the palpi 

 and the antennae are black, the ninth and tenth joints are tri- 

 angulär but not wide, and the apical Joint is equal to the preceding 

 Joint, and these are whitish on their inner sides. 



This insect belongs to a group of very closely allied species 

 of which P. crinitum Klug may be taken as the type (cf. Biol. Centr. 

 Am. ni, 2, p. 19*')- The antennae are ten-jointed, the elytra very 

 parallel. I have described one species from the Island of St. Vincent 

 (P. insulare). 



One specimen sent me by Messrs. Deyrolle and one in coli. 

 Schenkung from the same source. 



4. Pelonium cyaneum n. sp. 



Elongafum, poslice amplialum, cyaneum antennis pedibusque nigris, 



Ulis articulis nono et decimo interne ramosis, capite prothoraceque 



nilidis, parce profunde punctntis, Interibns haiid tuherculatis, elytris 



subopacis, totis creherrime et conßuenter punctatis. — Long. 6 mill. 



Hab. Brazil (Parana). 



