2G8 'Mv. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



7 til .'<e(>:mont of the liiud body has on the underside a 

 broad but not deep notch at the extromltv, whieh is con- 

 tinued forwards as a shaUow, longitudinal depression. In 

 the female the front tarsi are only slightly dilated, and the 

 7th segment is simple. In both sexes tlie 8th segment 

 terminates in two stout, pointed, horny styles of a pitchy- 

 red colour. 



Tapajos ; one male, three female si^ccimens. In two 

 of the latter the elytra are without the dark mark. 



20. Lithocliaris germona, n. sp. Rufo-testacea, nitida, 

 paree nigro-setosa; ])rothorace latltudine fere longiore, an- 

 gulis anterioribus rotundatis ; elytris thoracis longitudine, 

 macula fusca ; abdomine sat crebre punctato, segmento 6° 

 utrinque maculato. Long. corp. 3 lin. 



Antennte with the 2nd joint long, 3rd longer than 2nd. 

 ]\randi})lcs rather long, each Avith two distinct teeth in the 

 middle. Thorax very convex, about as long as broad ; the 

 sides a little curved and narrowed behind, the front and 

 front angles much rounded. Elytra about as long as the 

 thorax. Hind body finely and moderately closely punc- 

 tiuxul. 



In the male the front tarsi are distinctly dilated ; the 

 ventral plate of the Gth segment of the hind body is a 

 little emarginate in the mifldlc at the extremity ; on the 

 7th segment the hind margin is broadly but not very deeply 

 emarginate, and in front of the emargination has a longi- 

 tudinal smooth space. 



Extremely similar to L. poUta, except in the points 

 mentioned above. 



Tai)ajos; one male, two female specimens. The male 

 is indicated as having been found in an ant's nest. 



21. Lithocharis pa(jnna, n. sp. Kufo-tcstacea, nitida, 

 parce nigro-setosa; pi'othorace basin versus vix angustato; 

 elvtris thoracis longitudine, sutura maculaque obli(]iia 

 nigricantibus ; abdomine subtiliter sat crebro pimctato, 

 segmento sexto utrinque macula magna ; mento tuberculo 

 crecto, acuminato. l^ong. corj). 3 lin. 



Antenna^ reddish, slender, al)()ut as long as head and 

 thorax, not thicker at the extremity; 3rd joint a little 

 longer than 2nd ; loth twice as long as broad. Mandibles 

 icil, iii()(l(i:ilrl\ clniigiite, each in the mIddK' with two 

 shnrt Irctli, whicli aie oljtuse or emarginate at the extre- 



