53^ .MARTIN JACOB"? 



elytra microscopically punctured, with rows of piceous small 

 spots. 



Length h millim. 



Head entirely impunctate, the frontal tubercles narrowly trans- 

 verse, the clypeus broad, swollen, rlavous and impunctate, labrum 

 and palpi piceous, antennae slender, not reaching the middle of 

 the elytra, flavous, the last four or five joints fuscous, third 

 joint one half longer than the second and as long as the fourth 

 joint ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, strongly narrowed 

 in front, the sides oblique, straight, the anterior angles oblique, 

 forming another distinct angle before the middle, posterior mar- 

 gin slightly rounded , the surface fulvous , very shining and 

 entirely impunctate, scutellum small, broader than long; elytra 

 ovate, very convex, scarcely perceptibly punctured when seen 

 under a strong lens ; below and the legs pale fulvous, the poste- 

 rior femora piceous, strongly incrassate, posterior tibiae strongly 

 widened at the apex and sulcate, with a distinct spine. 



Hah. Da Sancurar agli Amarr Burgi. April 1896. 



The specific name given to this species is in honour of Lieu- 

 tenant Vannutelli, one of the survivors of the expedition. 



15. Longitarsus Jansoni, sp. n. — Winged, obscure fulvous, 

 the labrum and the terminal joints of the antennae piceous, 

 thorax finely punctured , elytra more strongly punctured , the 

 punctuation close, the apex of the posterior femora piceous. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head impunctate, the frontal elevations nearly obsolete, the 

 clypeus triangular, eyes large, the antennae extending to two 

 thirds the length of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal four or 

 five joints more or less fuscous, the third joint not longer 

 than the second, shorter than the fourth joint, the apical joints 

 elongate and slender; thorax one half broader than long, the 

 sides straight, the anterior angles oblique, forming another di- 

 stinct angle before the middle, the disc very finely and somewhat 

 closely punctured , the punctures rather stronger at the base ; 

 elytra wider at the base than the thorax, convex, slightly more 

 widened posteriorly, the apex of each elytron rounded, the punc- 



