372 ]\Ir. D. Sliarp's Contrihutlons to tlie 



17. Slenns excisns,r\.%^^.{%QQ,i.W.l^,YJY.^ Elongatns, 

 angustus, nig-er, nitidus, pedil)us,pal})is, antennisqiic pallide 

 flavis, liis a))ice fuscis ; prothorace subcylindrico, sed 

 iiK'dio distincte dilatato ; elytris hoc vix loiigioribus, 

 fortitei' punctatis, apice fere h^jvigatis ; abdomine minus 

 fortiter ])unctato, segmentis siiigidis basi albido-pubescen- 

 tibus. Long. corp. 2\ lin. 



Antenna? slender and elongate, quite as long as head 

 and thorax, jmle yellow, "with the three or four a])ical 

 joints infuscate, the three a})ical ones distinctly thickened; 

 3rd joint more than twice as long as 2nd. Plead with the 

 eyes almost broader than the elytra; the space between 

 the eyes slightly dei)ressed, almost even, rather coarsely 

 and closely })unctured, yet distinctly shining. Thorax 

 elongate and naiTow, yet distinctly contracted behind the 

 middle, so that the sides in the middle ap])ear a little 

 ])roininent ; it is also slightly nan-owed towards the front ; 

 it is densely and coarsely punctured and yet shining. The 

 elytra arc rather narrow; they are scarcely longer than the 

 thorax, their sides are a little rounded, the humeral angles 

 quite prominent ; they are coarsely and not closely punc- 

 tured and shining, the ]ninctures being fine and sjiaring 

 at the hind margin ; at the extreme base is a distinct 

 white pubescence. The hind body is slender and cylin- 

 dric, with only the basal segment margined ; the four 

 basal segments are distinctly, but not coarsely nor densely 

 punctuivd, the apical ones obsuletely punctured ; each 

 segment has at the extreme base a distinct, whitish 

 pubescence. The legs are long and slender, very pale 

 yellow ; the tarsal lobes elongate and sleiuler. 



In the male the ventral plate of the 7th segment has a 

 very broad and deep incision ; the Gth segment is a little 

 flattened towards the extremity and finely juuictured, and 

 with a line, pale pubescence ; its hind margin is a little 



cmarguiate. 



A single male was found by Dr. Trail on the 5th 

 November, 1874, but no special locality has been sent me. 



18. Stemis laticeps, n. sp. (Sect. II. B, Er.) Niger, 

 subnudiis, antcnnis, ])alpis, pedibusfjue testaceis ; fronte 

 leviter depressa, fortiter j)unctata, medio glabi-a ; thorace 

 cylindrico, dense fortiter, jirofundeque ])unctato ; elytris 

 latis, fortiter crebre punctatis, nitidulis; abdomine crebre 

 fortiter punctato. Long. corp. 2.J lin. 



