40 ISIr. 1). Sliarj)'s Con(ribii(io/ts to the 



tinguislies it readily from its allies, viz., E. sciilptiUs and 

 the species of Faltif/n'a and Antalia. 



It may not be aniit^s to remark liere, that altliou<^li 

 ]\I. l\ev, in the recently published i)arts of the " Ilistoire 

 Katiirelle des Coleo])teres de France," has i)laced the two 

 genera Alitalia and Falagria in different primary divisions 

 of the Aleocliaridcc , still the two genera are really allied, 

 as the Eudcra sculptilis and cava undovibtedly indicate. 



1. Eudera cava, n. sp. Rufescens, antennis basi excepto, 

 capite, elytris, pectoreque obscurioribus ; thorace elytris- 

 que dense subtilissime punctatis, abdomine fere impunctato, 

 segmentis 2 — 4 basi profunde transversim impressis; 

 thorace fortiter transverse, anterius obsolete impresso, basi 

 transversim bifoveolato. Long. corp. 1^ lin. 



Antennro short and stout, the basal joints reddish, the 

 others obscure in colour ; 3rd joint stout, a little shorter 

 than 2nd; joints 4 — 10 similar to one another in length, 

 and each distinctly broader than its predecessor, the 4th 

 not so long as broad, the 10th strongly transverse; 11th 

 joint pointed, as broad as, and more than tAvice as long as 

 10th. Head nearly black, short and broad, with a narroAV 

 and remarkably abriq)t neck, Avith a transverse impression 

 in fi'ont at the insertion of the antenna}, the surface very 

 finely, scarcely visibly, pimctured. Thorax obscure red- 

 dish, broader than the head, but uarroAver than the elytra, 

 strongly transverse, the front angles rounded and de- 

 pressed, the hind ones rectangular ; on the middle, in 

 front, is a small indistinct impression, and in the middle, 

 in front of the base, is a kind of transverse imjiressed 

 line, which is interrupted in the middle, and in certain 

 lights appears to consist on each side of two or three 

 very minute foveas placed extremely close to one another; 

 the surface is very finely and closely punctured and 

 pubescent. Elytra short and broad, longer than the 

 thorax, the suture depressed at the base behind the 

 scutellum ; their colour obscure castaneous, their punc- 

 tuation very fine, and not so dense as that of the 

 thorax. Hind body broad, above shining and flat; the 

 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments each with a peculiar large deep 

 transverse impression at the base ; at each front angle of 

 these impressions there is a kind of tubercle or projection. 

 Legs rather short ; middle coxi\3 widely separated. 



Para ; eight individuals taken two or three years ago ; 

 I notice no indications of sexual distinctions anions them. 



