136 jNIi'. D. Sluirp'ts Contribatiuns to the 



punctures, leaving a central line smooth. Tlic scutellum 

 is liirg-c, densely and distinctly ])unctured. The elytra are 

 about as long as, and rather broader than the thorax, of 

 a tawny coloiu*, moderately closely and rather finely 

 punctured. The hind Lody is rather narrowed to the 

 extremity, of a tawny colour, the 5th and Gth segments 

 darker and the 7th yellowish; segments 2 — 4 finely and 

 rather closely, 5th and Gth densely and finely, 7th very 

 sparingly and finely punctured. Legs yellowish. 



Ega ; one specimen. 



dha. — This species differs from sc<jinentarius and its 

 allies, in that the curved impressions on the basal seg- 

 ments of the hind body are so obsolete that they might 

 almost be correctly described as absent. The insect 

 differs, however, from Eiir/aatus com])letely in its fades, 

 and can therefore scarcely be considered intermediate 

 between it and Pldluthulpus. 



Gastrisus, n. gen. 



Ligula Integra. 



Palpi labiales articulo ultimo suboblongo, apice trun- 

 cato; maxillares articulo ultimo pri\?cedente longiore, apice 

 acuminato. 



Thorax lineis marginalibus lateralibus utrinque hand 

 conjunctis, lateribus membraiul stigmaticil instructis. 



Abdomen segmentis 2 et 3 sine linea incurvata. 



Geiuis riiilontJn statura similis, sed prothoracis lineis 

 lateralibus hand conjunctis, lateribus pone coxas membrana 

 instructis, differt. Generis Philothdlpi quoque affinis, sed 

 ab illo, ])rolhoracis membrana stigmatica, abdoniineque 

 sine lineis incurvatis, discedit. Generis typus G. Icevi- 

 (jatiis. 



The three new species I refer to this genus are very 

 discre])ant by their sculpture; G. ohsolrtus and G. Uevi- 

 (jntus are peculiarly smooth, Avhile G. jnivctatm is remark- 

 able for its coarse sculpture. G. obsolctus and Iceiui/atus 

 may possibly"])rove to be only one species; they suggest, 

 at first sight, a com))aris()n with Qiic({ins,h\\{ differ there- 

 from 1)V the less abrui)tly-inHex(d lateral ])ieces of the 

 thorax. G. j>iinit>ttits has quite the facies of a diminutive 

 PliilontJins aiuilis, Er. 



1, Goxfrisus obsohtns, u. s]i. liulb-testaceus, antennis 

 ni'Tis, basi piceo, capite joneo ; thorace disco fiisco-aMieo ; 



