200 Mr. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



Hind body dark tawnr, sparingly punctured, and with a 

 scanty but. rather long concolorons pubescence. Legs 

 yellowish; tibiie darker than the femora. 

 Ega; five specimens. 



4. Xantlioliniis nnticus, n. sp. Snbdepressus, nitidus, 

 rufus, capite, ])rothorace nnterius abdominequc uigris, hoc 

 apice rufo ; capite parcc fortiter ]ninctato ; thoracc versus 

 angulos anteriores utrinque 4- vel 5-punctato, serie dorsali 

 nulla; elytris obsolete punctatis. Long. corp. o lin. 



Antennre dark red, short and stout, basal joint curved, 

 and towards the extremity thickened, as Ion"- as the four 

 or five following ones together; 2nd and 3rd joints short, 

 the latter slightly the longer, 4th joint transverse, 5 — 10 

 differing little from one another, each strongly transverse; 

 lull joint stout and obtusely pointed, rather paler at its 

 extremity. iNIandibles pitchy red ; palpi red, the labial 

 ones scarcely thickened. Head black, rather broader than 

 the thorax, with the frontal furrows rather curved, and 

 each at its extremity bearing punctures ; along the sides 

 are placed distant coarse punctures, and at the extreme 

 vertex there are also some i)unctures, the hind angles are 

 rounded ; there is a longitudinal channel extending from 

 the vertex to near the frontal furroAvs ; beneath there is a 

 strigose sculpture on each side. Thorax red, Avith the an- 

 terior part black ; it is longer than broad, a good deal 

 narrowed behind, and it is impunctate except for four or 

 five punctures on each side near the front angles. Scu- 

 tcllum red, large, bearing only three or four not very 

 distinct ])unctures. Elytra red, as long as the thorax, 

 each bearing two or three not very distinct series of 

 longitudinal jiunctures, and also obsoletely rugidose. Hind 

 body black, with the 7th segment and the Gth, except at 

 its base, red ; the segments only very sparingly punctured. 

 Legs red. 



Ivio Purus ; a single individual, found by Dr. Trail on 

 the 21th September, 1874. 



'). Xdiitholiniis ]>i/(/i(ili.<, ^^. sp. Niger, nitidus, capite, 

 thorace elytrisque ]a>te violact'is, ano testaceo, ])edibus 

 ])iceis, ciipitr llioi-acciiui' lan'issimis. Long. corp. (! lin. 



Antenn;e short, but little longer tli.iu the head, pitchy, 

 the biisal joint about as long as tlu^ six following ;" .Srd 

 joint longer than 2nd; joints 4—10 transverse, similar in 



