178 ]\Ir. D. Sharp's Contributions to tJie 



much produced behvccn the antcnnj\3 — this part with a 

 deep iuipression, a line of" tour punctures between the 

 eyes, two on each side, and between them a fifth, a con- 

 tinuation of" the front longitudinal impression ; all the 

 back part and bchiiul the eyes rather closely punctured, the 

 punctures beinrr very coarse and deep. Thorax reddish- 

 yellow, shining, nearly twice as long as broad, distinctly 

 narrowed behind, the sides sinuate, the front angles greatly 

 depressed, the front part somewhat produced in the middle ; 

 it is covered with extremely coarse and dee}) punctures, 

 only the posterior angles and a space between the two 

 hinder punctures being distinctly free from them. Scutel- 

 lum narrow, closely punctured. Elytra much narrower 

 than the thorax, of a shining-tawny colour, the back jior- 

 tion infuscated and slightly metallic ; they are very 

 coarsely and moderately closely punctured. The hind 

 body is slender, it is sj^aringly but i-ather coarsely punc- 

 tured, with erect long black setii? ; it is shining and of a 

 tawny colour at the base, the 5th and 0th segments being- 

 blackish ; the hind margin of the latter and the 7th pale 

 yellow, tip of the 7th and anal styles fuscous. Legs long 

 and slender, pale yellow, the pubescence at the extremity 

 of the tibic\3 (especially the intermediate ones) rather 

 darker, 



Ega ; one specimen, $ . 



18. PhilontJius lonc/ipes, n. sp. Elongatus, capite sub- 

 orbiculato, ajneo; prothoracc basin vei-sus angustato, fulvo, 

 disco asnescentc ; elytris dense punctatis, fulvis, fascia lata 

 media violacea; abdomine fulvo, segmentis 2 — 4 late nigri- 

 cantil)iis, 5 et 6 nigris, ano flavo; pedibus et autennis i>asi 

 articukxpie ultimo fidvo-testaeeis; prothoracc serie dorsali 

 5-punctato. Long. corp. 4 A lin. 



Mas latet. 



Anteiuue slightly longer than liead and thorax; three 

 basal joints reddisli-yellow, the rest infuscated, the ter- 

 minal joint being again ])aler; 2nd and ."ird joints about 

 equal, 4 — lOditiering little in length, each slightly stouter 

 than its ])redecessor, even the 10th considerably longer 

 than l)i-oad ; 11th joint rather long, obli((U('ly acuminate. 

 Mandibles aiul jjalpi reddish-yellow. Head slightly 

 broader than the thorax, the hinder angles rounded, the 

 front distinctly ])roduced between the insertion of the 

 antenuic, with a deep longitudinal impression on the front 

 part, with four large punctures in a line between the eyes, 



