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black. Legs ebony-black, the femora of the middle and hind 

 pairs of legs with two spines at the end, the inner short, the 

 outer one very long : under side red, last segment of abdomen 

 blackish beneath. 



Length 7 2 lines. 

 Hab. Brazil (Para) (Coll. Bates). 



17. Sph^rion rugicolle. 



Sphaerion rugicolle, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) hi. 233. 

 Hab. Columbia. 



18. Sphaerion triste. B.M. 



Sphaerion triste, Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) iii. 233. 

 Hab. Bolivia; Columbia (Coll. Goudot). 



19. Sphaerion procerum. 



Sphaerion procerum, Erichs. Schomb. Reise, iii. 572. 

 Hab. British Guiana. 



20. Sphaerion subpiceum, n. s. B.M. 



S. piceum, antennarum articulo tertio apice spina subrecurva 

 articulis quarto quinto sextoque spinis brevibus rectiusculis ; 

 thorace vage-punctato, elytris punctatis, apice laeviuscula in 

 spinam subplanam productis, femoribus apice inermibus. 



Of a pitchy brown colour, the third joint of the antennae with 

 a longish spine at the end which is somewhat recurved, the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth with short straightish spines, the joints on 

 the outside slightly ciliated. Thorax with many scattered punc- 

 tures. Elytra punctured, rather deeper in colour towards the 

 tip, which ends in a shortish flat spine. Femora not much 

 thickened, without spines at the end. 



Length 6f lines. 

 Hab. Honduras (Coll. Dyson). 



21. Sphaerion insulare, n. s. B.M. 



S. pallide fuscum, antennarum articulis tertio, quarto, quinto, 

 sextoque apice spinigeris, thorace crebre et regulariter reti- 

 culato- punctatis, elytris punctatis, piligeris, apice laevibus, 

 emarginato-sinuatis, spinigeris ; femoribus inermibus. 



Pale brown, head depressed. Antennae with the third, fourth, 

 fifth and sixth joints spined at the end. Thorax somewhat 

 rounded on the sides, covered, especially above, with a close net- 

 work of points. Elytra punctured, hairy, tip smooth, notched, 



