134 Mr. D. Sharp's Cuiitrihutions to the 



above, nuinorouslv and moclerately coarsely punctured, 

 with an iinpunctate line in the niiddle, the punctures Avith 

 outstandini; "ircv hairs. Seutellum taAvny, closely and 

 finelv puncttued, Klytra tawny, a little longer and much 

 broader than tlie thorax, rather closely and finely punc- 

 tured and Avith a concolorous pubescence. Hind body 

 taAvnv, 4th seijment slio^htly marked Avith black at the 

 base, 5th and Gth broadly black at the base, basal half of 

 the 7tli yelloAv, extremity blackish, lateral lobes of the 8th 

 seo-ment blackish ; the base of each segment is finely and 

 moderately closely ])imctured, the extremity of each spar- 

 ingly punctured; the u\}\)vv surface Avith coarse black 

 hairs, the basal part of the 7th segment AA-ithout these hairs 

 and scarcely punctured. Legs yelloAvish; basal joint of 

 hind tarsi nearly as long as the three following together. 



I'ara; I'^ga, scAcn specimens. 



()/ks. — This species I anticipate Avill proAe closely allied 

 to St(/ji/t?//i/ius sefinK'ntdrius, Va\; indeed, I should liaA'e 

 referred these individuals to that species had it not been 

 that Erichson describes the apical segment of the hind 

 body by the Avords " toto nigro," Avhereas in P. liiteipes it 

 is yelloAv, Avitli the hind margin black. Erichson's locality 

 for S. segmentnrinsi is Columbia, and I have an indi- 

 vidual of/'', liiteipes from Venezuela; should it ^ /ove that 

 the Avords I have quoted from Erichson's description are 

 erroneous, it may be probable that P. liiteipes is con- 

 specific Avith S. segmentarius. 



2. Philothalpus lotus, n. sp, Fulvus, capite antennisque 

 nigrls, his articulo ultimo ferrugineo; abdomine segmentis 

 2 — 5 late piceis. Long. corp. 5^ lin. 



Mas: tarsis anticis fortiter dilatatis; abdomine segmento 

 sexto ventrali apice medio late emarginato, 7" triangulariter 

 inciso. 



Fern, latet. 



Broader than usual in this genus. Antennre nearly as 

 long as the head and thorax, blackish, Avith the 1st one or 

 tAvo joints pitehy, and the last joint obscure reddish ; 3rd 

 joint considerably longer than 2nd, 4 — 10 each a little 

 shorter than its predecessor, 4 — 6 longer than broad, 

 8 — 10 a little transverse, 7 — 10 each slightly produced 

 on the inside; 11th joint sinuate and pointed at the ex- 

 tremity. ^Mandibles and ])alj)i pitchy red. Head as 

 broad as the thorax, black, scarcely brassy, coarsely and 



