134 Mr. I). Sharp's Contributions to the 



above, numerously and moderately coarsely punctured, 

 ■with an imi)unctate line in the middle, the punctures with 

 out?tandino; p-ey hairs. Scufellum tawny, closely and 

 finely ])unctuk'd'. Elytra tawny, a little \on<^QY and much 

 broader than the thorax, rather closely and finely punc- 

 tured and Avith a concolorous pubescence. Hind body 

 tawny, 4th segment slightly marked Avith black at the 

 base," 5th and Gth broadly black at the base, basal half of 

 the 7th yellow, extremity blackish, lateral lobes of the 8th 

 segment blackish ; the base of each segment is finely and 

 moderately closely ]wnctured, the extremity of each s]iar- 

 inglv punctured; the upper surface Avith coarse black 

 hairs, the basal part of the 7th segment Avithout these hairs 

 and scarcely punctured. Legs yelloAvish; basal joint of 

 hind tarsi nearly as long as the three folloAving together. 



Parti; Ega, scA'cn specimens. 



Ohs. — This species 1 anticijiate Avill prove closely allied 

 to Stfi])liylinus ser/mentarius, Er. ; indeed, I should have 

 referred these individuals to that species had it not been 

 that Erichson describes the apical segment of the hind 

 body by the Avords " toto nigi-o," Avhereas in P. hiteipes it 

 is yellow, Avith the hind margin black. Erichson's locality 

 for S. sec/nunitarius is Columbia, and I have an indi- 

 vidual of P. luteipes from Venezuela; should it proA-e that 

 the Avords I have quoted from Erichson's description are 

 erroneous, it may be probable that F. luteipes is con- 

 specific Avith S. segmentarius. 



2. r/iilothalpus lotus, n. sp. FidA-us, caplte antennisque 

 nigris, his articulo ultimo ferruginco; abdomine segmentis 

 2 — 5 late piceis. Long. corp. oi- lin. 



Mas: tarsis anticis fortiter dilatatis; abdomine segmento 

 sexto ventrali apice medio late emarginato, 7" triangulariter 

 inciso. 



Fem. latet. 



Broader than usual in this genus. Antenna' nearly as 

 long as the head and thorax, blackish, Avith the 1st one or 

 tAvo joints pitchy, and the last joint obscure reddish; 8rd 

 joint consideral)ly longer than 2nd, 4 — 10 each a little 

 shorter tlnni its ]iredecessor, 4 — G longer than broad, 

 8 — 10 a little transverse, 7 — 10 each slightly produced 

 on the inside; lltli joint sinuate and j)ointed at the ex- 

 tremity. Mandibles and ])alpi ])itchy red. Head as 

 broad as the thorax, black, scarcely brassy, coarsely and 



