300 !Mr. D. Sharp's CoJitributions to the 



late fiiscis ; capite tlioraceque infuscato-rufis, illo vertice 

 rotundato, hoc a]Mccm versus fortiter angustato ; elytris 

 qiuidralis, siunmo barsi rufescente, ajjice hute testaceo, 

 medio nigricantibus ; abdomme nigricante, segmentis du- 

 ol)us basalibus nifescentibus, apice testaceo. Long. corp. 

 If lin. 



Antenna) elongate and slender, almost geniculate, not 

 thickened towards the extremity; 1st joint elongate, as 

 long as the three following together ; 2nd joint rather 

 long, 3rd more slender than, but about as long as 2nd, 

 5 — 10 each a little shorter than its ])redecessor, 1 1th rather 

 long, slightly stouter than, and twice as long as the lOtli. 

 ^landibles elongate, the left one with two teeth, of which 

 the upper one is elongate, tlie right one with three rather 

 large teeth. Labruin large, the middle prominent, and 

 with two rather long and slender teeth, and on each side 

 of these with a small obscure one. Maxillary pal})i pale 

 yellow ; 2nd and 3rd joints elongate and slender, the 3rd 

 being about four times as long as broad. Head rather 

 large, broader than the thorax and quite as broad as the 

 elytra, the vertex rounded, the neck narroAv, the eyes 

 remote from the antenna?, the colour pitchy or infuscate 

 red ; the surface rather coarsely punctured, with the usual 

 Sunius punctuation. Thorax a good deal narrower than 

 the elytra, rather longer than broad ; the greatest width in 

 front of the middle, thence abruptly narrowed to the front, 

 and a good deal towards the base ; in colour and sculptm-c 

 similar to the head. Elytra quadrate, a little longer than 

 the thorax, blackish, with the extremity rather broadly 

 pale yellow ; the base reddish, moderately closely, ([uitc 

 distinctly pimctured, a little shining. Ilind body finely 

 punctured; the two basal segments reddish, the three fol- 

 lowing ones blackish, the extremity yellow. Legs long 

 and slender, the four hinder femora with a broad band of 

 dark colour at the extremity. 



J'>ga ; two female individuals. 



Obs. — This species in its general form differs little from 

 Stllicus. 



15. Sunius bidens, n. sp. Elongatus, angustulus, sub- 

 cvliTidricus, testaceus, elytris medio ))uncto fusco notatis ; 

 aiitcmiis elungatis, teiuiibus ; hibro medio obtuse bidcntato. 

 Long. Corp. 2^ lin. 



Autcnnre almost white, very slender, rather longer than 



