50 Mr. D, Sharp's Coutributiuns to the 



pubcscentibiis ; abdomine subtillssime pnnctato. Long. 

 Corp. (capite abdomiueque extensis) \h liii. 



Antenna} slender, scarcely tliickened towards tlie extre- 

 mity, yellowish, -with joints 5 — 10 nearly black, each joint 

 longer than broad. Head infuscate, very indistinctly 

 punctured, but -with a distinct pubescence. Thorax ob- 

 scure reddish, scarcely visibly punctured, but Avith a 

 delicate, distinct pubescence ; the front angles depressed 

 and rounded, the sides scarcely curved ; the hind angles 

 obtuse, the base rounded, very slightly emarginate in front 

 of the scutellum. Elytra a good deal longer, and slightly 

 broader than the thorax, iufuscate-red, Avith the shoulders 

 paler, their punctuation close and tine, but more visible 

 than on the other parts of the suriace ; the extremity only 

 obsoletely sinuate near the outer angle. Hind body much 

 narrowed towards the extrenuty, reddish, Avith the 4th, 

 5th and 6th segments infuscate, the apex yellowish ; the 

 dorsal segments very finely ])uncturcd and pubescent. 

 Legs yellowish, rather long and slender. 



The male shoAvs no marked external sexual characters ; 

 the hind margin of the dorsal plate of the 8th segment is 

 almost truncate, being only very slightly emarginate. In 

 the female the hind margin of the dorsal plate of the 8tli 

 segment is deeply emarginate ; and the same plate sIioaas, 

 at the extreme base on each side, a deep transverse fovea 

 of Avhich there is no trace in the male. 



Para ; several specimens taken two or three years ago. 



Obs. — A variety occurs in the same locality; it is 

 almost unicolorous reddish, except the middle of the 

 antenuLC. 



MVK.AIIGASTER, n. gCU. 



Tarsi anteriores (4- ?) intermedii et posteriores 5-arti- 

 cidati. 



I'rothorax latcribus rotundatis, postice latioribus. 



I'rosternum carinatum, anterius acute elevatum. 



Elytra lateribus baud carinatis. 



Abdomen conicum, basi fortiter constrictum, segmentis 

 dorsalibus transversim convcxis. 



Coi-i)us anterius latins, ])artibus anterioribus pilis brevi- 

 bus cras.sis instruct is. Anteunie sat crassa^, evidenter 

 piloselhe. Thorax coleoptera latitudine excedens, basi 

 utrinque emarginatns, angulis posterioribus acutis reti'or- 

 sum sj)ectanti!jus, lateribus rotundatis, angulis anterior!- 



