62 Mr. D. Sharp's Cuiitributioits to the 



and a little narrowed towards the front, the base much 

 rounded, the hind anii'les ([uitc indistinct ; it is ratlicr 

 ])aler in colour than the head and elytra, finely and not 

 closely punctured. The elytra are distinctly lono;er than 

 the thorax, but their ])unctuation is similar to it ; their 

 hind margin is not sinuate. Ilind body with the basal 

 segments distinctly and not densely, the apical one 

 sparingly punctured; the three basal segments reddish, 

 the others darker. Legs yellowy. 



In the male, the hind margin of the dorsal plate of the 

 7th segment of the hind body has in the middle a long 

 and broad projection Avhich is divided in the middle, each 

 side being rounded, while at each side the hind margin 

 terminates in a long, slender, pointed and incurved spine, 

 which projects fully as far backwards as the central 

 process. 



Barreiras de Janarape, 9th January, 1875, a single 

 male brought back by Dr. Trail. 



Ohs. — Though nuich smaller, this species is somewhat 

 similar to 11. funtjicola, particularly in the structure of its 

 antenme. The gena? are yery finely margined, the middle 

 coxa3 distinctly separated, the mesosternal process much 

 produced between them. 



3. IIovKiloia breL'i's,n.s]). Opaca, breviuscula, testacea, 

 nlgro-cingulata, antennis extrorsum infuscatis ; oculis 

 magnis; prothorace valde transverso; abdomiue crebre 

 punctato. Long. corp. $ lin. 



Antenna3 stout, the three or four basal joints pale 

 yellow, the others infuscate ; 3rd joint more slender and 

 rather shorter than 2nd; 4 — 10 about ecpial to one another 

 in length, each a little broader than its ]n-edecessor, 

 the 4th about as long as broad, the penultimate ones 

 transverse ; 11th broad, (piite as long as the two preceding 

 together. Head broad and short, but a good deal )iai-- 

 rower than the thorax, the eyes occujn'ing nearly all the 

 sides ; blackish in colour, finely punctured. Thorax dis- 

 tinctly narrower than the elytra, strongly transverse, the 

 base much rounded, but a little truncate in front of the 

 Kcutcllum, the hind angles indistinct ; it is yellowish in 

 colour, iinely ])unctured, without channel or impression. 

 Elytra l)road, longer than the thorax ; black with a violet 

 tinge, closely and finely punctured, their hind margin not 

 at all sinuate at the outer angles. Hind body broad and 



