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NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN SALTATORIAL DASCILLIDAE. 



BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



(Continued from p. 149.) 



8. — Scirtes nigrans, n. sp. 



Oval, rather broad, somewhat convex, shining, finely pubescent ; black or 

 piceous, paler beneath, the antennae testaceous, more or less infuscate at 

 or towards the tip, the palpi infuscate or black, the elytra in one specimen 

 testaceous along the suture and on the anterior portion of the disc, the legs 

 testaceous, the posterior femora in the middle, and the posterior tibiae at the 

 apex sometimes, infuscate ; sparsely, minutely, the elytra rather coarsely and 

 diffusedly, punctate. Head broad, the eyes large ; antennae slender, mode- 

 rately long, joints 2 and 3 short, equal. Prothorax broad, rapidly, arcuately 

 narrowing from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra without 

 grooves or costae, sharply margined. Posterior coxal plates rectangular. 

 Posterior legs moderately elongate, the femora broad, the tibiae widened, 

 curved, the upper spur much shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 3-31, breadth 2^-2| mm. {6 2-) 



Sal. Brazil, Rio de Janeii-o (Fri/). 



Eight specimens, including one with the disc o£ the elytm indeter- 

 minately testaceous on the disc anteriorly. Larger and more robust than 

 the European S. Jiemisphaericus L., the elytra rather coarsely, diffusedly 

 punctate, the posterior tibial spurs shorter. A more elongate example ( $ ) 

 from Illia Santa Amaro, Santos (G^. E. Bryant: 16.ii.l912)j with the 

 elytral punctui'ing still stronger, probably belongs to the same species. 

 Compared with the somewhat similar, differently colom-ed S. rotundattis 

 Champ., from Central America, the posterior femora are less incrassate. 

 S. hrasilensis Pic (1913), length 3^ mm., which has the head and pro- 

 thorax red, may be allied to S. nigrans. There are various very similar 

 Eastern forms. 



9. — Scirtes testaceicollis. 



Scirtes testaceicollis Pic, L'Echange, 1913, p. 173. 



Short-oval, moderately convex, shining, thickly cinereo-pubescent ; nigro- 

 piceous, the antennae (the slightly infuscate joints 9-11 excepted), prothorax, 

 elytral suture (indistinctly), tibiae, tarsi, and apices of femora, testaceous ; 

 closelv, extremely minutely, the elytra much more coarsely, punctate. Head 

 broad; antennae not very slender, comparatively short, joint 3 minute, shorter 

 than 2, the following joints moderately elongate, somewhat widened. Pro- 

 thorax convex, rapidly, arcuately narrowed from the base, feebly hollowed in 

 front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles not very prominent. Elytra 

 rounded and sharply margined at the sides. Posterior coxal plates rect- 



