56 Mr. 1). Sharp's Cmitrihutioiis to the 



elevated. Legs yellowish ; tlie basal joint of the hind 

 tarsus about as long as the three succeeding together. 



In the female the np]ier side of the sixth segment has 

 an indistinct longitudinal elevation (or two) on each side, 

 and also some scattered fine asperities, with their points 

 directed backwards ; the 7th segment is covered above 

 ">vith similar, but larger and more numerous, as]ierities, 

 and its hind margin is irregularly serrate; the teeth six or 

 eight in number ; the lateral margins of these two seg- 

 ments are also indistinctly serrate. 



Ega; one female individual. 



4. 3Ii/rmedonia sjiinifer, n. sp. Rufo-testacca, nitidula, 

 capite, elytrorum macuhi externa, abdomineque medio 

 nigris, antennis apicem versus infuscatis ; prothorace sub- 

 quadrato, basin versus subangustato, ante scutellum foveo- 

 lato, fortiter punctato, punctis leviter impressis ; elytris 

 dense scabrosis ; abdomine supra hevigato, subtus crebre 

 subtilissime punctulato. Long. .'H lin. 



Mas : abdomine segniento 2" dorsali, spina elongata, 

 tenui armato, marginibus lateralibus angulo acuminato, 

 sexto utrinque longitudinaliter plicato ante apicem granulis 

 duobus instructo, 7" dense granidato, medio tuberculo majori 

 armato, margine apicali obscure serrato, medio leviter cmar- 

 ginato. 



Fern, abdomine simplice. 



Antennas rather long and stout, reddish-yellow, infus- 

 catcd towards the apex ; 3rd joint quite twice as long as 

 the 2nd, one and a-half times the length of the 4tli ; from 

 5 — 10 each joint is a little shorter than the preceding, 

 the 5th more than half the length of the 4th, much longer 

 than broad, the 10th about as long as broad; the 11th 

 joint pointed, quite twice as long as the 10th. Head 

 black and shining, strongly punctured, but with a smooth 

 space in the middle. Thorax shining, yellowish, about 

 as long as broad, the sides a little dilated in front; the 

 posterior angles extremely obtuse, with a fovea in front 

 of the scutellum, and an indistict inq)ressi<)n on each side 

 behind, covered with large but little-im])ressed punctures ; 

 these punctures nearly disappear in front, and are quite 

 absent at the anterior angles. The elytra are about as 

 long as the thorax and nearly twice as broad, reddish- 

 yellow, with a black spot on the external margin behind, 

 denselv covered Avith coarse as])erities or elevations. The 

 hind body is yellowish, nnirked nuieli with black in the 



