212 Mr. D. Sharp's Contrihiitiohs to the 



tlbns; cri])itc tliornooqnc opacis, clytris crebre fortitor 

 riigoso-])iiiu'tatI.s. Long', corp. 5 liii. 



jNIas latct. 



Femina: abdomine segmcnto 7" vcntrali apice obsolete 

 emarginato. 



Closely all led in structure to the C. pigas. Antennas 

 pitchy at the base, then nearly black, obscure reddisli at 

 the extremity; 1st joint as long as the five folloAving. 

 iSIandiblcs pitchy. Head subcircular, much rounded be- 

 hind the eyes, quite as broad as long, as broad as the 

 elytra, dull black, very sparingly and rather coarsely but 

 not deeply punctured, with a large ocellatcd puncture 

 close to the inner margin of the eye, and a similar punc- 

 ture at some distance behind the eye. Thorax much 

 narrower than the elytra, quite one and a half times as 

 long as broad, opaque bhick, sparingly and indistinctly 

 punctured, a little in front of the base a slightly elevated 

 raised smooth line. Elytra not quite so long as the thorax, 

 their common width rather greater than tlicir length, a 

 little shining, black, near the outer margin broadly ferru- 

 ginous, coarsely and closely rugose-punctate. Hind body 

 broad, rather narrowed at the base, the lateral margins 

 much developed ; it is black, with the 7tli segment reddish, 

 and is rather finely and sparingly punctured. The legs 

 are pitchy black, the femora paler at the base, the front 

 femora nearly entirely yellow, and with a tubercle beneath ; 

 the front tibiae towards the apex with a fulvous pubes- 

 cence. 



Ega; one specimen. 



3. Cri/ptohium opacum, n. sp. Nigrum, peropacum, 

 antennis ])edil)us(|ue ruib-testaceis; capite elytriscpie om- 

 nium dense subtilissimeque rugoso-punctatis ; prothorace 

 dense punctato, liuea media impunctata. Long. corp. 

 41 lin. 



]\Ias : al)d()mine segmento 7" ventrali apice minus pro- 

 funde et late exciso. 



Antenmu nearly as long as liead and thorax, yellowish ; 

 3rd joint considerably longer than 2n(l, [){\\ joint nnich 

 longer tliiiu lOtli. Palpi yellowish. Head broad, rather 

 ])roader than the tlujrax, very nearly as broad as the elytra; 

 the front jiart much ])i-oduced, so that the eyes are ])]aced 

 a little lieliind the middle; it is extremely dull, being very 

 densely and indistinctly punctured. The thorax is about 



