204 ]Mr. D. 81iaq)'s Contributions to the 



1. Lcptacinus nitidns, n. sp. lliifo-piceus, nitidus, 

 pedihus teslaeois, capite sublilitcr i)arcissime puiictato; 

 prothorace lateribus subtiliter sat crebre piinctatis, medio 

 LtvI; elytris parce subtilissime punctatis. Loii";. cori). 

 2 lin. ° ^ 



Antennre didl yellowish, stout, thickened toAvards the 

 extremity ; llrd joint shorter tlian 2nd ; 4 — 10 very short, 

 and strongly transverse ; 11th joint ])ointed. Head long, 

 straight at the sides, not narrowed in front, the hind 

 angles rounded, the antennal grooves short, indistinct and 

 diverging behind ; it is rather convex above, of a very 

 shining-pitchy colour, finely and sjjai-ingly punctured, with 

 scanty, fine, but rather long, exsertcd setie. Thorax twice 

 as long as broad, narrower than the elytra, nearly straight 

 at the sides, being only very slightly broader in front,"a]l 

 the angles rounded ; of a very shining-])itchy colour, the 

 sides evenly and finely but not closely punctured ; the 

 middle smooth, with a few long, exsertcd setie at the sides. 

 Scutellum shining, depressed in the centre, impunctate. 

 Klyti-a scarcely so long as the thorax, of a shining pitchv- 

 yellow coloui-, very finely aiul sparingly punctured. Hind 

 body cylindric, pitchy, shining, rather sparingly and very 

 finely punctured. I^egs yellow ; tarsi slender!^ 



Ega ; one specimen. 



LiTIIOCIIARODES. 



Antenniu gcniculata^. 



Labrum medio profunde triangulariter excisura. 

 ^ Palpi articulo ultimo subulato, praoccdente multo bre- 

 viore. 



Elytra sutura imbricata. 



Coxa3 intermedi;\! dislantes. 



Tarsi antici simplices. 



Profhoracis linea mavginalis sujierior caret. 



jVIandibulai ^alida', breviores. Vi\\\n labiales articiilis 

 duobus primis crassiusculis, suba:qualibus ; articulo ultimo 

 tenuissimo, j)ra3cedente breviore. Antennae crassiuscuhv, 

 sat e1ongat:e. Pedes elongati, femoribus linearibus. 

 Abdomen apicem vei'sus ])aulo latins. 



This genus seems to be most allied to J.ej/folin/i.f, from 

 which it differs by the simple undilated front tarsi, aiul l)y 

 its much shorter maxillary ))alpi ; the single species I refer 

 to it differs much in ajjpearance from L. nothns, on account 

 of its shining and sparingly punctured surface. In these 



