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is distinguished further from Bryaxis by the internally dentate an- 

 terior tibias of the male. The species known to me may be thus 

 characterized : — 



Median proiiotal fovea large circular and spongiose ; basal carinse of the abdo- 

 men very short and remote TalidR 



Median fovea obsolete or very feeble, never spongiose; abdominal carinse less 

 distant. 

 Autennal club nearly normal in the male, the anterior trochanters not 



apically spinose COiijlliicta 



Antennal club very large compact and subcylindrical in the male, the 

 anterior trochanters internally spinose near tlie apex. 

 Body as in conjuncta; male antennal club broader, the last joint not 

 longer than the three preceding together ; tenth joint more than twice 



as wide as long brendeli 



Body as in Reichenhachia rubicunda, but with larger elytra ; male antennal 

 club more elongate, the tenth joint one-half wider than long, the 

 eleventh as long as the four preceding, the tenth and eleventh with a 

 large common flattened impression beneath, which, on the eleventh, is 

 strongly and very coarsely asperate, on the tenth smooth.... mystica 



In brendeli Horn, the flattened lower surface of the tenth antennal 

 joint in the male is not smooth, but coarsely asperate except near 

 the base. Valida differs greatly from sanguinea in having a larger 

 circular pronotal fovea. Dr. Brendel indicates tw^o varieties of con- 

 juncta ; the first is not described and must therefore be regarded as 

 unpublished, but, on the other hand, truncaticornis appears to be 

 a valid species. 



R. mystica n. sp. — Robust, convex, oval, black, the apical joint of the 

 antennae paler ; elytra ruby-red, blackish at base and apex ; legs pale ferru- 

 ginous throughout ; integuments polished, subimpunctate, the elytra sparsely 

 and very obsoletely punctulate ; pubescence moderate in length, coarse, sparse. 

 Head wider than long, very slightly smaller than the prothorax ; eyes large, 

 prominent ; fove?e large, deep, just behind the middle, separated by rather 

 more than one-half the total width; antennal prominences separated by a 

 large deep and smooth concavity, without trace of fovea ; antennae stout, one- 

 half as long as the body, second joint stouter but not longer than the third, 

 fourth smallest of all, quadrate, fifth to seventh larger, slightly modified, 

 eighth narrower, wider than long, ninth twice as wide as long, more acute 

 internally, tenth very much longer and wider than the ninth. Prothorax two- 

 fifths wider than long, widest before the middle, the sides convergent and 

 broadly, very feebly sinuate thence to the base ; transverse sulcus gradually 

 and feebly dilated in the middle but remaining abruptly defined ; median 

 fovea completely obsolete. Elytra but slightly wider than long, the sides 

 feebly divergent, broadly arcuate, rounded at base for some distance to the 



