134 Mr. D. Sharp on some 



uncommon on tlie flowers of various trees in the mountain 

 forests. The $ and ? seem almost indistinguishable; the 

 two specimens enclosed represent Avhat I consider to be 

 the two sexes." 



It will be seen that I have treated what Mr. Blackburn 

 considered to be the two sexes as two closely-allied sj^ecies, 

 fancying that the only individual I have seen of each may 

 be a male ; it is, however, quite possible Mr. Blackburn 

 may be right ; Avhen I have had an opportunity of in- 

 specting more specimens, so as to arrive at a certain con- 

 clusion as to the sexes, I shall be able to settle the 

 question. 



3. Brachypeplus rohustus, n. sp. Sat latus et elon- 

 gatus, subparallelus, depressus, fere opacus, testaceus sed 

 plus minusve infuscatus, leviter a^neo-micans, antennis 

 fuscis basi testaceo ; capite pone oculos mediocres obliquo, 

 crebre fortiter punctato ; prothorace fortiter transverso, 

 anterius leviter emarginato, angulis posterioribus fere 

 rectis, fortiter crebre punctato, disco obsolete tri-impresso ; 

 elytris opacis, coriaceis, conspicue seriatim punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis latis, hand punctatis, angulo suturali recto ; abdomine 

 dense punctato. Long. 6 mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



In one sex, which I have no doubt is the male, the 

 apical portion of the last segment of the hind body is less 

 elongate, and leaves exposed a narrow supplementary seg- 

 ment : in each sex the hind margins of both dorsal and 

 ventral segments are nearly truncate. 



I have received a pair of this species as No. 84, and am 

 informed by Mr. Blackburn that he found a small colony 

 of the species in the chinks of the bark of a living tree 

 on one of the higher mountains. 



4. Brachypeplus Reitteri, n. sp. Elongatus, angus- 

 tulus, parallelus, hand omnino depressus, fere opacus, 

 fusco-niger, vel piceus, pedibus sordide testaceis ; protho- 

 race trans versim subquadrato, lateribus subrectis, crebre 

 fortiter punctato ; elytris leviter sulcatis, sulcis latis dense 

 que punctatis, interstitiis angustis, crebre seriatim punc- 

 tatis. Long. 6 mm. ; lat. 1§ mm. 



In the male the dorsal and ventral plates of the apical 

 segment are not so elongate as in the female, and leave 

 exposed a narrow, supplementary anal segment ; the hind 

 margins of both plates are rather broad and nearly trun- 

 cate ; in the female the apical dorsal plate is narrow at the 



