190 jNIr. 1). Sharp's Cuntrihutiuiis to the 



Nordm.ann) to determine wlietlicr my opinion as to puhcs- 

 cens, Nord., being a distinct species be correct. A 

 S])ecimen from Laj)orte's collection is in my possession, 

 belonging to a closely allied but distinct species i'njm 

 S. fanebris, but whetlier it be the individual from Avhich 

 lie drew his descri})tion of S. fonnicaria I cannot say, 

 though it bore that name in his collection. 



5. Stcrculia fimctaria, n. sp. Xigro-tenea, nitida, 

 capite oblongo-ovali, opaco; thorace crebrc punctato linca 

 lata impunctata, elytris hoc brevioribus. Long. corp. 

 6 — 7 lin. 



Antennai stout, much thickened to the extremity, tlie 

 scape pitchy, the flagclhmi obscure ferruginous ; ord joint 

 not quite one and a half times so long as the 2nd; 4 — 10 

 transverse, ditf(M'ing l)ut little in longtli, but the 10th quite 

 twice tlie width of the -ith ; 11th joint stout ami rather 

 short, notched on one side at the extremity. Mandibles 

 pitchy, very short ; palpi reddish. Head narrow, scarcely 

 so broad as the thorax, nearly twice as long as broad, 

 coarsely and closely punctured, a little smooth in the 

 middle near the front : beneath it is shining and irreijii- 

 larly punctured, the punctures thei'c moderately coarse, 

 Avith some coarser ones towards the front in the middle; the 

 lateral grooves nari'ow and piuictured, the smooth space 

 limitin<>- them beneath broad and distinct. Thorax elon- 

 gate, nearly twice as long as broad, about half the width 

 of the elytra, the sides nearly straight from the base to in 

 front of the middle, then gently narrowed ; it is brassy 

 black, the middle broadly smooth, very shin.ing and im- 

 piuictate, the sides evenly, moderately closely, and mode- 

 rately coarsely punctiu'cd; the pubescence scanty, the 

 oblique imjircssions (piite ol)solete. FJytra rather shorter 

 than the thorax, brassy, rather shining, finely and rather 

 closely punctured, with a fine erect pubescence. Hind 

 body brassy, finely and closely punctured and pubescent. 

 Legs ])itchy l)lack ; tarsi jialcr. 



Jn the male the iiind margin of the Tth si-gment beneath 

 is a little emarginate, and just in front of this the segment 

 is rather more closely ami finely punctured. 



I'yga ; lluTc indixiduals, two $, one ?. 



Obs. — One ol" these specimens is labelletl by Mr. Bates 

 as found under dung. 



G. Stcrculid clariror/iis, n, sji. Xigro-a?nea, nitida, 



