2i6 Mr. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



thorace dorso biseriatiiu obsolete puiictato, laterlbus levlter 

 rotundatis; elytris basi pimctis paucis. Long. corp. 1^ 

 lln. 



Mas latet. 



Antennae reddish, rather stout, the middle joints a little 

 obscure, 2nd and 3rd about c([ual. Palpi and mandibles 

 yellow. Head broad, distinctly broader than the thorax, 

 ■with a few sparing and fine punctures, which arc Avanting 

 on the disc. Thorax considerably narrower than the elytra, 

 longer than broad, a good deal rounded at the sides, and 

 a little narroAved behind ; on each side the middle Avith a 

 roAv of aboiit five indistinct punctures, "with a very few 

 indistinct punctures outside these near the front. Elytra 

 a little longer than the thorax, shining 1)lack, with the 

 extremity pale yelloAv; the sutural series of punctures indi- 

 cated only by one or tAvo at the base, and the lateral series 

 quite as indistinct, or more so. Hind body slender and 

 shining, the segments finely punctured in their basal 

 portion. The under surface pitchy ; legs pale yelloAv^, 

 Avith the coxa3 pitchy. 



St. Paulo ; a single female. 



This species is closely allied to L. (jlahi-nm, but is 

 smaller, has the head shorter, the thorax less parallel at 

 the sides, and the elytra more sparingly and indistinctly 

 punctured. 



25, Lathrohium puviilum, n. sp. Nitidulum, brevius- 

 culum, rufo-testaceum, elytrorum apice nigro, obsolete 

 punctulatum; antennis brevibus. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Antennaj yelloAv, rather stout, a little thickened toAvards 

 the extremity ; 1 st and 2nd joints thick, 2nd shorter than 

 1st, 3rd much shorter and more slender than 2nd, 4th 

 about as long as l)road, 8 — 10 rather strongly transverse, 

 11th acuminate. l'al})i yellow, 3rd joint of maxillary 

 large. Head as broad as the thorax, shining reddish- 

 yelloAv, impunctate along the middle, at the sides s])aringly 

 and ol)soletely punctm"cd. Thorax about as broad as the 

 elytra, about as long as broad, shining yellowish-red, 

 sparingly and scarcely A'isibly punctured. Elytra about 

 as long as the thorax, shining reddish-yellow at the base, 

 black at the ajicx, sparingly and veiy indistinctly ]umc- 

 tured. Hind body redilish, with the basal ])ortiou of the 

 6th segment infuscate, scarcely visiljly punctured. Legs 

 rather short, yclloAV ; tarsi short, anterior only moderately 



