234 jlr. D. Shar2:)'s CuiitrthHtions to the 



Ratlier smaller than L. pnncticeps, and closely allied ; 

 the head shorter and rather differently punctni'ed, the 

 structure of the 6th segment of the hind body in the male 

 different. About as large as L. briiiadpes, but more 

 parallel and rather broader. Antemiag longer than head 

 and thorax, reddish-yellow; 3rd joint longer than 2nd, 

 4 — 10 each a little shorter than the preceding one. Head 

 almost as broad as the thorax, the hind angles densely 

 punctured ; a small space in the middle impunctate and 

 shining, the punctures in front of and those surrounding 

 this space coarse and not so close. Thorax about as broad 

 as the elytra, quite as long as broad, quadrate, of a jntchy 

 colour, shining, rather coarsely and closely punctured, \vitli 

 a line along the middle smooth. The elytra are longer 

 than the thorax, rather closely and distinctly ])unctured. 

 The hind body is pitchy, with the extremity reddish, finely 

 and rather closely pvmctured. The legs are yellow. 



The male has a large deep notch at the extremity of the 

 7th ventral segment; the 8th segment has a broad and 

 deep longitudinal impression along the middle, at the 

 extremity it is deeply emarginate ; the sides of the longitu- 

 dinal impression are not abruptly defined (as they are in 

 X. decisum), nor produced beyond the hind margin, and 

 their extremity forms a rounded right angle. In the 

 female the dorsal lobe of the 8th segment is quite simple, 

 not at all laterally compressed; both the dorsal and ventral 

 plates of the 7th segment are a little produced and rounded 

 at the extremity. 



Taj)ajos ; several specimens. 



6. Lathrohium niendnx, n. sp. Piceum, nitidulum, 

 antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; capite dense pimctato, 

 disco lasvi, fronte parce fortiter punctata ; ])rothorace 

 crebre punctato, lineil media impunctata. Long. corp. 

 vix 4 lin. 



Mas: abdomine segmento 7" ventral! apice profunde 

 exciso ; 6" medio iudistincte longitmlinaliter im])rcsso ; 

 5° medio depress©, basi utrinque impressione transversa 

 profunda. 



This species resembles exactly the L. pnraUehnn ; it is 

 scarcely smaller, and has the antenna^ thorax and elytra 

 slightly shorter ; but the male characters are remarkable, 

 and very different. In this sex the 7th ventral segment 

 has a notch similar to that of L. parallclum, but it is not 



