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(338) 4. # Telephorus Curtisii. Curtis s Telephones. 



T. (Curtisii) niger ; capite Tufo fascia interoculari nigra; prothorace ehngato, scutello, pedibus, ventreque sey mentis apice 



et lateribus, testaceis. 

 Curtis's Telephorus, black ; head rufous with an interocular black band ; elongated prothorax, scutellum, legs, apex, and 



sides of the ventral segments, testaceous. 



Length of the body 4^ lines. 



Taken in Lat. 65°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Very like the preceding species, but it is smaller, there is a black band between the eyes ; the 

 prothorax is considerably longer and narrower in proportion, the posterior angles are more acute, and 

 the tarsi are black. 



xxviii. * Subgenus Malthacus. Kirb. 



Palpi with the terminal joint narrow and subtriangular. 

 Prothorax nearly square. 



This subgenus differs from the genuine Telephori in the different shape of the terminal joint of 

 its palpi. 



(339) 1 . * Telephorus (Malthacus) puncticollis. 



Puncture-necked T. Malthacus. 



T. M. ( puncticollis J niyra capite rhomboidali ; prothorace punctulato bigibbero, canaliculato, utrinque luteo; ore, elytrisque 

 latere antice, pallidis ; antennis basi subtus, cvbitisque obscure rufis. 



Puncture-necked T. Malthacus, black; head rhomboidal ; prothorax minutely punctured, two-hunched, channelled, red- 

 dish-yellow on each side, mouth and elytra anteriorly on the side, pallid ; antennae at the base underneath and 

 cubits, obscurely rufous. 



PLATE VII, FIG. 4. 

 Length of the body 2j lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



