266 Mr. D. Sharp's Contvibutioiis to the 



Thorax a j^ood deal shorter than broad, a little narrower 

 than tlio elytra, nmcli narrowed towards the base ; the 

 front rather rounded, tlie surfaee closely covered with dis- 

 tinct asperities and sli<T;htly shining- ; along the middle in 

 front of the base is a short, smooth line, in which is a fine 

 channel ; the colour is dusky reddish, a little paler than 

 the head. Elytra a good deal longer than the thorax ; 

 their colour obscure fuscous, slightly shining, their pnnc- 

 tuation indistinct. Hind body obscure ferruginous, very 

 indistinctly ])unctured. Legs yellow; front tarsi not 

 dilated, hind tarsi slender, with the 4th joint quite 

 simple. 



Amazons ; a single individual, without s})ecial locality; 

 it is probably a male, as it has the ventral ])late of the 7th 

 segment of the hind bodv a little emaro-inate in the 

 middle at the extremity. 



18. Lithocharis iiiinnhi, n. sp. Castanea, nitidula, an- 

 tennis breviusculis, apicem versus leviter incrassatis; capitis 

 lateribus posterius profunde strigosis; prothorace sat elon- 

 gato, crebre minns distincte punctato, linea media glabra ; 

 elytris thorace paulo longioribus, crebre pnnctatis. Long. 

 Corp. 1 lin. 



Antenna? reddish, short and rather stout ; 2nd and 3rd 

 joints about equal, 6 — 10 each slightly broader than its 

 predecessor, the 9th and lOth distinctly transverse; 11th 

 joint short, stout, obtus('lv])ointed. Ijabrum rather small, 

 in the middle with two rather stout, widely-separated teeth, 

 and a little emarginate outside the teeth. INIandibles 

 short, each with two small teeth. Head rather large, 

 almost broader than the elytra, slightly narrowed in front; 

 the vertex a good deal emarginate, the hind angles much 

 rounded ; on either side, behind the eyes, coarsely longitu- 

 dinally strigose ; towards the front rather coarsely but in- 

 distinctly ))unctured, the s(Mil])ture wanting on the middle. 

 Thorax a little narrower than the elytra, quite as long as 

 bioad, a little narroAved to the base; the front angles dis- 

 tinct and not rounded, in I'loiit of them abruptly obli(piely 

 narrowed to form a rather slender neck ; the surliico 

 shining, I'ather coarsely and closely but indistinctly ])unc- 

 lurcd, with a l)roa(l line; along the middle smooth. Klytra 

 a little longer tlian the tliorax, rather finely and indis- 

 tinctly and not densely ])unetured. Hind body a little 

 contracted towards the Ijase, indistinctly punctured, slightly 



