] 92 [Ai^just, 



16. — Sci'j'fes sfri^osus, n. sp. 



Oblong, shining, rather coarsely pubescent ; rufo-ca.«taneou9, the eyes 

 black, the antennae testaceous, the posterior femora slightly iuf uscate ; the 

 elytra densely, rugulosely, the rest of the upper surface closely, minutely, 

 punctate. Head broad, the eyes rather large; antennae quite slender, long, 

 joints 2 and 3 short, equal in length, those following becoming yery gradually 

 shorter aud perceptibly stouter. Prothorax convex, arcuately narrowing from 

 the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, narrowly margined. Posterior coxal plates subrectangular. Po^terior 

 legs long, the tibiae moderately widened, the upper spur much shorter than 

 the first tarsal joint. 



Length 3, breadth 14 mm. 



Hah. Bbazil, Riode Janeiro {Fry). 



One specimen, in good condition. Intermediate in size between 

 S. lutens and S. helvolus : the antennae much more slender, the elytia 

 more densely punctured, and the posterior tibial spurs not so stout as in 

 the former ; the elvtra much longer than in the latter. 



17. — Sci7'tes laevicoUis, n. sp. 



$. Oblong-OTal, shining, clothed with fine brown pubescence; nigro- 

 piceous, the basal margin of the prothorax, the suture (indistinctly) and 

 epipleura of the elytra, the apices of the femora, and the tibiae and tarsi, 

 rufescent or testaceous, the antennae almost entirely black ; the head and 

 prothorax sparsely, very minutely, the elytra densely, finely, punctate. 

 Antennae Tery slender, moderately long. Prothorax rapidly narrowed from 

 the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles obtuse. 

 Elytra with an indication of a sutural groove, narrowly margined, transversely 

 depressed before the apex, the apices somewhat oblique and feebly sinuate, the 

 sutural angles sharp. Posterior coxal plates angular. Posterior femora mode- 

 rately broad, the tibiae slightly widened, the spurs slender, the upper one much 

 shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 2f, breadth 2^ mm. 



Sah. Beazil, Alto da Serra Sao Paulo ( G. JE, JB)ya7it : 

 21.iii.l912). 



One specimen, assumed to be $ , the apices of the elytra being 

 formed as in that sex of the Eastern S. nilgiinejisis {infra), which is 

 very like the present insect. S. laevicoUis may be known by its piceous 

 bod}', very slender, black antennae, comparatively smooth prothoiux, 

 rather slender posterior tibiae, and somewhat oblong sha]:>e, resembling 

 Cyphon in that respect. 



