414 Mr. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



tennis piceo-rufis, pedibus abdominisque aplce summo 

 rnfis ; tliorace elytrisque crebre sat Ibrtitcr punctatis ; 

 abdomine punctis magnis Icviter impressis, puncto singulo 

 margine posteriore oranino deficiente, segmento apicali 

 fortiter puuctato. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 



Antennre dark red, moderately stout ; 3rd joint mncli 

 longer than 2nd, 7 — 10 slightly transverse. Head rather 

 finely punctured. Thorax broader than long, straight at 

 the sides and not narrowed behind ; rather closely punc- 

 tured, with a narrow smooth space along the middle, and 

 an elongate impression near each outer angle, which 

 reaches more than half-way to the front. Hind body 

 punctured as in L. apicalis, but the punctiu'es on the 7th 

 segment not quite so deep and coarse. 



Para ; a single individual (I believe a female), collected 

 by ]\Ir. Smith. 



Ohs. — This species is extremely closely allied to L. api- 

 calis, but is not quite so large, and the sculpture of the dorsal 

 plate of the 7th segment is a good deal less coarse. It is 

 very similar in size and form to L. strinla, but has the 

 ,3rd joint of the antennae longer. The elytra are without 

 the discoidal stria of L. striola, and their sutural portion 

 is more coarsely punctured, and the sculpture of the hind 

 body is different. 



5. Lis])inus punctaius, n. sp. Nigro-piceus, nitidus, 

 fortiter ])unctatus, antennis piceis, pedibus abdominisque 

 apice rufis ; capite lato ; prothorace transverse, basin 

 versus angustato, basi utrinque imprcsso. Long. corp. 

 2 lin. 



Antennre stout and short ; joints 4 — 6 broader than 

 long, 7 — 10 distinctly broader tlian the preceding, strongly 

 transverse; 11th joint short, rather ])aler than the 10th. 

 Head broad and short, with a small impression on each 

 side, near the fi'ont ; rather coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures towards the vertex finer and more sparing, over the 

 eyes almost passing into strife. Thorax much broader 

 than long, a good deal narrowed towards the base, and 

 a little siiniate in front of the liind angles; shining black, 

 coarsely and ratlier closely ))unctured, with an excessively 

 fine channel on the middle, close to each hind angle, with 

 a broad but not sharply limited inqn-ession, the fi'ont part 

 of which forms a narrow, indistinct channel. Elytra 

 a good deal longer than the thorax, coarsely, deeply, and 



