22-4 Mr. D. Sharp's Cuutributions to the 



dense, profundo, fortltcr regulariterquc punctatis. Long. 

 Corp. o lin. 



Antcnniv yellow, slender and elongate ; .']rd joint niucli 

 longer than 2nd, even the lOth slender and elongate, fully 

 twice as long as broad. l*al])i yellow, elongate ; man- 

 dibles yellow. Head elongate and narrow, narrower than 

 the thorax ; the eyes convex and ])roniinent, placed iar 

 from the vertex and at a considerable distance from the 

 insertion of" the antennas ; the antenna! elevations very 

 marked, the sj)ace between them smooth and shining, and 

 Avith oidy three or fonr punctm-cs; the back part of the head 

 is gradually narrowed from the eyes till the neck ; it is 

 opaque, and is coarsely and rugnlosely but not densely 

 punctured. Thorax much narrower than the elytra, 

 greatly longer than broad, distinctly narrowed towards 

 the front, and very slightly towards the base ; it is shining 

 and of a bi'ownish-yellow colour, coarsely punctured, but 

 with a rather broad, smooth space along the middle. 

 Scutellum coriaceous. Elytra longer than the thorax, of 

 a brownish colour, with the hind margin a little paler; 

 they are densely covered with coai'se and deep, rather 

 regularly-arranged ])unctures, the interstices of which ai*e 

 quite shining. Hind body brownish-yellow, with the 6th 

 segment blackish; it is not shining, is only scantily ])unc- 

 tured, and sparingly pubescent. The legs are elongate 

 and yellow. 



Kio ^ladeira; a siniile female found 1)v Dr. Trail on 

 the 2.3 ih Mav, 1874 ; it was attracted bv lioht. 



Ohs. — This peculiar species appears to approach the 

 genus ()])hites in some of its peculiarities; it is the most 

 remarkal)le Cri/ptohium known to me, and I have very 

 great ])l('asure in naming it in honour of its discoverer, 

 Dr. '['rail, to whom 1 am indebted for the only indivitlual 

 known of it. 



* Si'iLEiiONUM, n. gen. 



Labi'um transversuin, late emarginatum. 

 Palpi maxillares articulo tertio incrassato, basi angusto. 

 Antenna' crassiuscula\ sub-fi-acta\ 

 Tarsi articulo (juarto sinqjlice. 



Corpus elongatum, angustum, alaluin. Caput liberuni, 

 collo tenui a verticis prolongatione tricarinata, obtecto. 



* I had written this word Sphferin inn, and it so stands in the list of species 

 nt the foiniiicncciiient of this paper; hut as JM'ii'lisoii has used tlie word 

 S^ihurinu for a genus of Coleoptera, 1 have thought an alteration necessary. 



