294 Mr. D. Sliar[)'!i Cuntribulions to the 



Very similar at first sight to S. (ingustatus. vVntcnnrc 

 yellow, as long as head and thorax ; 1st joint rather stout, 

 2nd more slender and a good deal longer than 3rd ; 4 — 7 

 slender, 8 — 10 each a little thicker than its predecessor, 

 10th more than twice as long as broad, 11th distinctly 

 stouter and a good deal longer than 10th, Mandibles 

 elongate, yellow. Head broader than the thorax, about 

 as broad as the elytra, blackish, with rcticidate punctua- 

 tion, which becomes more rugulose on the vertex. Thorax 

 small, rather longer than broad, much narrower tlian the 

 elytra ; much narrowed towards the base, and more abru])tly 

 towards the front, blackish, with a coarse, reticulate sculji- 

 ture. Elytra broad and short, scarcely longer than the 

 thorax, l)lack, with the apical portion pale yellow, the jxile 

 l)art slightly broader near the suture than at the sides; 

 they are densely, rather coarsely and rugulosely piuicturcd. 

 Hind body blackish, with the hind part of the 6th and 

 following segment paler: it is rather stout and convex, but a 

 good deal narrowed at the base ; it is coarsely punctured. 

 The legs arc rather short, and almost white. 



llio Purus ; a single female, taken by Dr. Trail on the 



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13th October, 1874 



Ohs. — This species much resembles our European *S'. an- 

 qnstatm, but is slightly larger, the antenna^ are conside- 

 rably longer, the elytra are shorter and more rugulosely 

 ])uncturcd, and the pale colour does not extend so for 

 forwards along the suture ; the hind body is more con- 

 stricted at the base, and the eyes are a good deal larger. 



6. Sunius mdrginatus, n. sp. Niger, fortiter punctatus, 

 antennis elongatis, pedibusrpie pallide testaceis: elytris 

 thorace longioribus, apice late testaceis. Long. corp. 

 2 lin. 



Antenna"' slender, quite as long as head and thorax ; the 

 loth joint scarcely visibly thicker than the ])roceding ones, 

 and the Uth only very slightly thicker than lOth. Head 

 coarsely jnmctured, and with reticulate sculpture. Thorax 

 with ix'ticulate sculpture, of which the meshes are large 

 and distiiu't, l^lvtra i-athcr longer than tlie thorax, with 

 a coarse and rather distinct pui\ctuation, black, with the 

 liind inaro-in yellow, the yellow colour extending nuich 

 farther forwards along the suture than elsewhere. Hind 

 body rather coarsely ])unctureil, and with distinct, rather 

 coarse pubescence and setaj. 



