17-4 jNIr. D. Sharp's Cuntribufious to the 



than the thorax, -witliout distinct impression on the middle 

 of the front, but with two punctures on each side between 

 the eyes, and a few other coarse punctures towards the 

 rounded hind angles. Thorax longer than broad, yel- 

 lowish, with a slight brassy reflection ; it is a good deal 

 narrower than the elytra, and distinctly narrowed behind; 

 on each side the middle it has a series of five extremely 

 coarse punctures, and outside these about six other very 

 coarse punctures on each side. Elytra yellow, about as 

 long as the thorax, coarsely and rather closely punctured. 

 Hind body yellow ; the basal segments sj^aringly pimc- 

 tured; the otli and Otli segments blackish, except the hind 

 margin of the latter ; the 7th yellow, anal styles nearly 

 black. Legs yellow. 



The male has the hind margin of the ventral plate of 

 the 7th segment of the hind body very slightly emar- 

 ginate. 



Amazons ; a single specimen, without more special 

 locality, from iSIr. Bates. 



Obs. — I had supposed this specimen to be a female, 

 luitil I dissected the apical segments; it is just possible 

 that the remarkable form of the last joint of the labial 

 palpi may be peculiar to the male. 



13. Philontlius aberrans, n. sp. Augustus, nitldus, 

 capite suborbicidato, ajneo ; prothorace rufo, serie dorsali 

 G-])unctato ; elytris iiiscis, basi fulvis ; abdomine fuho, ante 

 apiccm nigro, segmento 7°, cum scg. sexti margine apicali, 

 testaceo ; anteunis pedibusque testaceis. Long. corp. 

 3| lin. 



jVIas : tarsis antlcis simplicibus, abdomine segmento 7° 

 ventrali apice medio triangulariter exciso. 



Antenna? about as long as head and thorax, slender, 

 yellowish; 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 4 — 10 each is a little 

 shorter but scarcely stouter than its predecessor, the 4th 

 ([uite twice as long as broad, and even the 10th longer 

 than broad. The mandi])l(\'^ and pal]ii are yellowish. The 

 head is slightly broader than the thorax ; the front dis- 

 tinctly ])roduced between the antenna;, with a deep, longi- 

 tudinal impression along the front, with two ])imctures on 

 each side in a line near the inner margin of the eyes, and 

 with numerous other coarse ])imctures on each side at the 

 back; it is of a shining-brassy colour. Thorax much nar- 

 rower than the elytra, its length considerably (one and 

 a-half times) greater than its width ; it is narrowed behind 



