.'^08 Mr. D. Sharp's Coiitrihutions to the 



than on the upper surface, as the setigerous punctiu'es are 

 not so cons]ncuous; on both faces it is furnished Avith con- 

 spicuous hhick setai of various lengths, but is otherwise 

 quite destitute of pubescence ; the upper surface of the 

 fi'ont tarsi is infuscate-yellow. 

 Ega ; a single female individual. 



4. TcEnodema lenta, n. sp. Nigra, nitida, capite, tho- 

 race, elytrisque viridi-feneis; palpis,antennaruni basi, tarsis- 

 {{ue anterioribus testaceis; capite thoraceque fortiter, el}i;ris 

 parce subtiliter, punctatis. Long. corp. 7^ hn. ; lat. ely- 

 trorvim 1 lin. 



Mas: abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice late, panluni 

 profunde emarginato. 



Elongate and narrow; antennae slender, about \\ lin. in 

 length ; the two basal joints yellow, very slightly infuscate 

 inwardly; the apical joint pitchy, .3rd one and a half times 

 as long as 2nd. Palpi yellow ; mandibles pitchy at the 

 base, red at the apex. Head small, on the upper surface 

 shining brassy, densely and coarsely punctured, a trans- 

 verse space in front of the vertex impunctate ; the punc- 

 tures are umbilicate, and bear each a fine pale hair. 

 Thorax \ lin. long, and not quite 1 lin. broad, distinctly 

 rounded at the sides, similar in colour to the head, very 

 shining, coarsely punctured, the punctures irregularly 

 distributed, wanting on a space near the front angles ; two 

 elongate patches of punctures along the middle separated 

 by an indistinct space, bearing finer punctures, which are 

 al)sent in front of the base ; the marginal portions coarsely 

 but not densely punctured, the larger punctures nmbilicate. 

 Scutellum concolorous, slightly punctured. Elytra over 

 1 line in length, similar in colour to the thorax, A'ery 

 shining, greenish brassy, very sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, the apical punctures finer than the basal ones. 

 Hind body elongate, and very narrow, black, the basal 

 sogmonts coarsely but not deeply nor densely punctured, 

 their hind margins impiuictate; 6th and 7th segments very 

 sparingly punctured, the hind margin of the latter obscure 

 reddish; the under surface coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tuatiou of tlic 7th segment rather coarse but obsolete, the 

 hind margin reddish ; the terminal segment obscurely 

 reddish beneath, pitchy above ; front tarsi yellow. 



The male has the hind mai-gin of the 7th venti'al seg- 

 ment broadly but not deejjly emarginate at the extremity. 



Ega ; a single male. 



