172 i\Ir. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



Ega ; one specimen. This I believe to be a male on 

 aecount of its larire head ; the front femora have a few very 

 short spines, but the 7lh segment of the hind body is 

 I'ounded at the extremity, so that the individual may 

 possibly be a female. 



10. Philonthus lustrator, ii. sp. Fulvus, ca])ite tho- 

 raceque aeneis, elytris apicem versus, abdomincque ante 

 apicem nigris, ano pedibusque testaceis ; prothoracc serie 

 dorsali 5-jnmetato. Long. corp. '6h lin. 



Mas : abdomine scgmento 7° ventrali margine apieali 

 leviter emarginato, tarsis anticis simplieibus. 



Antenna3 nearly as long as head and thorax, the three 

 basal joints yellow, the rest infuscated ; 3rd joint hardly so 

 long as 2nd, 4 — 10 each a little shorter and a little stouter 

 than its predecessor, the 4th longer than broad, 10th 

 scarcely so long as broad. Mandibles and palpi yellowish. 

 Head quite as broad as the thorax, with the front dis- 

 tinctly produced between the insertion of the antennre, 

 with a deep longitudinal impression in front, with a line of 

 four deep punctures between the eyes, and with numerous 

 others on each side at the back; it is of a brassy colour, 

 l)ut through this the original tawny colour is perceptible. 

 Thorax much narrower than the elytra, longer than broad, 

 a little narrowed behind, a little sinuate at the sides; it is 

 similar in colour to the head, and has on each side the 

 middle a rather curved row of five coarse punctures, and 

 has besides six other punctures near the front angles. The 

 scutellum is densely and finely punctured. The elytra are 

 broad, scarcely so long as the thorax, of a shining-tawny 

 coloiu', broadly black towards the extremity, rather coarsely 

 and moderately closely pimctured. The hind body is of a 

 tawny colom*, with the 5th and Gth segments black ; the 

 extremity of the Gth and the whole of the 7th segments 

 yellow ; segments 2 — 4 sparingly punctured, 5 and 6 more 

 closely pimctured and Avith a coarse depressed black 

 pubescence. Legs yellow. 



Para ; one individual, $ . 



11. Philontlius ceneicoUis, n. sp. llufus, thorace a:neo, 

 elytris macula laterali ante apicem, abdomineque ante 

 apicem nigris, ano pedibusque testaceis; antennis fuscis, 

 basi cum articulo ultimo testaceis, thorace serie dorsali 

 5-punctato. Long. corp. 3.^ lin. 



Mas latet. 



