BY THOMAS G. SLOAN E. 379 



at base and rising from a punctiform impression a little distance 

 behind basal borderj third interstice impunctate, ninth(counting 

 near apex) seriate-punctate; margin not interrupted near apex. 

 Prosternum with anterior coxal cavities close J; intercoxal part 

 concave, produced a little at base; basal declivity narrow, abrupt. 

 Jfesoslermini narrow and longitudinally channelled between 

 intermediate coxjb; mesepimeron reaching coxa. Metasternal 

 episterna short, wide. Scutellum short, wide, obtusely i-ounded 

 behind. Legs short; anterior tibise incrassate with .six or seven 

 short spines along outer side, inner side deeply emarginate before 

 apex, inner spur remote from apex; anterior tarsi short, four 

 ba.sal joints wide, posterior tarsi slender, joints 1-4 successively 

 shorter, first as long as three succeeding joints together. 



Stichonotus leai, n.sp. 



Oval, convex, nitid. Piceous; prothorax and elytra with wide 

 ferruginous margins; scutellum and part of elytra adjoining 

 reddish; elytra with disc generally piceous, apical and lateral 

 declivities generally ferruginous (first interstice brown, the brown 

 tint reaching almost to apex; eighth and ninth interstices and 

 lateral channel wliolly ferruginous, seventh interstice piceous at 

 base and in middle of lengtli, sixth interstice reddish except 

 near base, fifth reddish for a short distance a little behind base); 

 undersurface piceous, inflexed borders of prothorax and elj'tia 

 ferruginous; legs, antennae, and mouth-parts ferruginous. 



Head smooth, large (IS mm. across eyes), convex; clypeal 

 suture distinct. Prothorax transverse(l-45 x 2*9 mm), widest at 

 base, strongly narrowed to apex(l-7 mm.); sides lightly rounded- 

 apex widely emarginate; anterior angles pointed, advanced in a 

 short triangular prominence; base lightly sinuate on each side; 

 basal angles sharp, triangular; margins ferruginous, very wide, 

 but declivous, posteriorly; border well developed and equal on 

 sides, weak, but continuous, along anterior margin, obsolete on 

 base; a light fovea on each side of base opposite third stria of 

 elytra; median line lightly impressed, reaching base. Elytra 

 wide, short(3-8 x 3 mm.), convex; striae entire, finely crenulate. 



