312 Mr. D. Sharp's Cuntrlbutlous to tlie 



the extremity, pitcliy black, with the tAvo basal joints 

 yellow behind; 3rd joint considerably shorter than 1st, 

 and about twice as long as 2nd. l*alpi pitchy, with the 

 upper border of the last joint yeUowish. Head coarsely 

 punctnred and clothed with an ashy pubescence, with a 

 small sjxice in front of the vertex smooth and shinino-. 

 Thorax longer than broad, 1^ lin. in length, 1 lin. broad, 

 straight at the sides and scarcely at all narrowed behind; 

 very densely and coarsely pvmctured, clothed with an ashy 

 pubescence, the punctures leaving the hind margin, and 

 a well-defined space on each side at the front, free and 

 smooth ; the base in the middle has also a small longi- 

 tudinal smooth space. Scutellum elongate and narrow, 

 almost impunctate. Elytra slightly longer than thorax, 

 about 1] lin. in length, coarsely ])unctured and clothed 

 with an ashy pubescence, but with the hind margin, the 

 suture, excei)t at the base, and the humeral angles, smooth 

 and free from pubescence. Hind body elongate, clothed 

 with an ashy pubescence ; the 5th, Gth and 7th segments 

 nearly entirely covered, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th wfth the 

 hind margins broadly free, the 7th and 8th at their ex- 

 tremities ferruginous ; imder side covered also wath a i)ale 

 pubescence, Avhich is more scanty than on the uj)per side. 

 Legs elongate, pitchy at the base"; tibi:e black; front tarsi 

 pitchy above, the hairs of their under surface white. The 

 male has the hind margin of the ventral plate of the 7th 

 segment broadly but slightly emarginate ; in both sexes 

 this plate is a little emarginate on each side, so that its 

 lateral margin projects as a short tooth. 

 Ega ; three specimens, 2 <? , 1 $ . 



10. TcEuodema vidua, n. sp. Elongata, nigra, capite, 

 thorace,elytrisquecyanescentibus;palpis,pedibus,antennis- 

 (|ue ])iceis, pedibus basi rufescentibus, antennis basi postice 

 testaceo ; cinereo-})ubcscens, prothorace sjiatio utrinque, 

 elytris sutura apiceque, abdomiiie segmentoium margini- 

 bus posterioribus hevibus. Long. corp. 7^ lin. 



This species is excessively closely allied to T. cinerea ; 

 it has the antenn:e distinctly shorter, viz., 1^ lin. in length, 

 the front j)ai"ts ar(> more distinctly blue, the leus paler at 

 the base and a little shorter, tiie i)unctuation of the thorax 

 approaching more nearly to the hind margin. 



Amazons; a single female without special locality. 



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