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towavds the extremity; 3rd jouit ahont equal to 2iul, 4tli 

 and 5th about equal to one another, ahout as long as 

 broad, 6 — 10 distinctly transverse, 11th stout, ]K)iut('d, 

 about as long as the two ]ireceding together, jjabi-uni 

 ■with two distant obscure teeth in the middle. ]\Iandibles 

 each with three teeth in the middle ; on the left mandible 

 the centre one is smaller, on the ri^-lit mandible lono;er 

 than the others. Head quadrate, rather convex, the vertex 

 with a deep, short longitudinal impression in the middle; 

 the surface shining, at the sides more densely and coarsely 

 punctured than in the middle; the eyes rather small. 

 Thorax distinctly narrower than the elytra, not quite so 

 long as broad, distinctly narrowed behind, the front a little 

 obli(|ue on each side, the front angles rather prominent ; 

 the surfiice shining, rather finely and indistinctly ])unc- 

 tured, Avith a very obsolete line along the middle. Elytra 

 red, shining, a little longer than the thorax, rather 

 sparingly and indistinctly punctured, impressed on each 

 side the sutiu'e at the base, and each with two indistinct 

 abbreviated series of punctures on the disc. Hind body 

 rather darker than the front parts, but with tlie apex paler, 

 a little contracted at the base, closely and finely punctured. 

 Legs yellow, front tarsi only slightly dilated; underside 

 of head coarsely and closely punctured. 



Ega; a single individual, of whose sex I am in doubt, 

 the hind body showing nothing peculiar in structure. 



9. Lithocharis intcf/rtt, n. sp. Fuseo-ferruginea, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis, dense subtiliter punctata, opaca; 

 prothorace quadrate. Long. corp. 2 lin. 



Antenna) reddish, rather slender; 3rd joint about equal 

 to 2nd, 4th shorter than third, 5 — 10 diilering little from 

 one another, 10th about as long as broad. Labrum 

 reddish, ])rominent in the middle, and there with three 

 small teeth. ]\Iandibles and palpi red, the former each 

 Avitli three teeth. Head rather long, a little narrowed 

 towards the front, a little broader than the thorax, and 

 quite as broad as the elytra; nearly truncate behind, witli 

 the angles rounded, dull reddish in colour, finely and very 

 densi'ly ])nncturcd, the eyes small. Thorax a little nar- 

 rower than the elytra, ahnost as long as broad, a little 

 narrowed behind, the Iront distinctly but not greatly 

 ol)rKpie on each side; the surfiice obscure reddish, finely 

 and very densely punctiu'ed, without distinct impressions 



