270 ]\Ir. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



a]>poais to be a female and has the front tarsi scarcely 

 diluted ; it comes extremely close to the Z. pagana, but 

 dilK'rs in liavino- tlic head slio-litly shorter and the hind 

 body a little more closely ])unctured as well as in its dark 

 niarking-s. Tiie tuberculate mentum readily distingnishes 

 it iVom L politd and L. f/ermana. 



Stilicus. 



The species of this genus found by Mr. Bates are only 

 two in number, and are evidently closely allied to the two 

 species S.Jur/dlis and S. carinutus described by Erichson 

 from Columbia. I have also three or four other closely 

 allied species from Jirazil, so that the genus is probably 

 rpiite as well represented in South America as in any 

 other part of the Avorld ; the species, though widely distri- 

 buted on tlie glol)e, being nowhere numerous. 



1. Stilicus amazonicus, n. sp. Niger, antennis pedi- 

 busque testaceis, capite thoraceque opacis, hoc fortiter 

 carinato ; elytris nigro-reneis, apice testaceo, minus fortiter 

 punctatis. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 



Antennae rather long, (piite yellow ; 3rd joint scarcely 

 longer than 2nd ; 10th joint quite as long as broad ; 1 1th 

 joint rather long, nearly as long as the two preceding to- 

 gether. Palpi yellow, slightly infuscate. Labrum large. 

 Head dull blackish, rather elongate, very densely punc- 

 tured; the punctures on a small space on the middle 

 coarser than elsewhere, so that this spot is a little shining, 

 but none of the ])unctures are wanting, neither are the 

 interstices there any broader. Thorax just ^ lin. in length, 

 strongly angulated at the sides and abruptly nai-rowed 

 towards the iront, densely ]:)unctured and with a siiiuing 

 conspicuous smooth line along the middle. Elytra just 

 as long as the thorax and about as broad as long, a little 

 shining, of an o])scure brassy colour, with the extremity 

 ])ale }'ellow ; leather sparingly and not coarsely though dis- 

 tinctly punctured. Kind body densely and finely punc- 

 tured, slightly shining. Legs clear yellow. 



Ega ; a single female specimen. 



This species is rather larger than the European S. 

 orhiculatus ; its antenna' are longer, the terminal joint or 

 the maxillary jjalpi is more elongate and more linear, the 

 head behind the eves is longer and less truncate, the 



