20G iNIr. D. Sharp's Cuutrihutiuns to the 



1. Lcptacinus Jilarhts, Er. 



Ega; Bates; a single individual; a second specimen, 

 from tlie Amazons, has also been given me by Dr. Trail. 



2. Metoponcus hasiventris, n. s]x Elongatus, angustus, 

 subdepressus, nitidus, piceus, abdomine basi pedibusque 

 testaceis; abdomine segmentis duobus ultimis obscure 

 rufis, sca'mentis singulis subtus medio flavescentibus. 

 Long. corp. 2^ lin. 



Antenna? short and stout, scarcely so long as the head, 

 obscure reddish; 3rd joint very small, smaller than the 

 2nd, not longer than broad; 4th joint much narrower 

 than 5th, 5 — 10 strongly transverse; last joint paler than 

 the rest. Head elongate, quite as broad as the thorax, 

 the sides straight; smooth and shining, on the under 

 surface with longitudinal channel along each side. Thorax 

 nearly as broad as the elytra, much longer than broad, 

 nearly straight at the sides; like the head, of a pitchy 

 colour, and with only one or two fine punctures ; superior 

 marginal line Avanting. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra 

 pitchy yellow, about as long as the thorax, scarcely i)unc- 

 tured ; suture indistinctly imbricate. Hind body elongate 

 and parallel ; the first visible segment pale yellow, the 

 next three pitchy, the two last dark reddish ; it is shining 

 and impunctate ; below each segment is ])ale in the middle. 

 The legs arc pale yellow, the femora stout ; the iront tarsi 

 simi)le, the four hinder ones very slender; the hind tibire 

 a little curved at the base. 



St. Paulo ; one specimen. 



.3. Mt'toponois luil/'soides, n. sp. Dc]H-essus, nigro- 

 piceus, nilidus, antennis obscure rufis, pedibus piceis, 

 clytris piceo-testaceis. Long. corp. 2h liu. 



Very depressed and rather narrow. Antenna? about as 

 long as the head, obscm-e red, not very stout ; 3rd joint 

 smalhn- and shorter than 2nd, 4th about e(pial to 3rd, 

 5 — 10 transverse: lltli joint ])aler than the rest. Head 

 slightly broader than tlie thorax ; at the sides ^vith two 

 elongate punctures in a line behind the eyes, otherwise 

 impunctate, but extr(>mely finely longitudinally strigose, 

 both above and lu-low ; the mitldle grooves between the 

 antennic short, but distinct; no channel on the under 

 surface at the side. Thorax scarcely naiTOwer than the 



