190 INIr. D. Ship's Contrihutions to the 



Nordinanii) to determine wlietlicr my opinion as to pubrs- 

 ceiis, Nord., being a distinct species be correct. A 

 specimen from La|)orte's collection is in my possession, 

 belonging to a closely allied but distinct species from 

 S. funebris, but whether it be the individual from -which 

 he drew his descrij)tion of S. furmicarla I cannot say, 

 though it bore that name in his collection. 



5. StercuUd Jiinefaria, n. sp. Nigro-ivnea, nitida, 

 capite oblongo-ovali, opaco; thorace crebre punctato linea 

 lata impunctatjx, elytris hoc brevioribus. Long. corp. 

 6—7 lin. 



Antcnn:r! stout, much thickened to the extremity, the 

 scape ]Htchy, the flagcllum obscure ferruginous ; 3rd joint 

 not quite one and a half times so long as the 2nd; 4 — 10 

 transverse, differing but little in length, but the 10th quite 

 twice the width of the 4th; 11th joint stout and rather 

 short, notched on one side at the extremity. JNIandibles 

 pitchy, very short ; i)a]pi reddish. Head narrow, scarcely 

 so broad as the thorax, nearly twice as long as broad, 

 coarsely and closely punctured, a little smooth in the 

 middle near the front ; beneath it is shining and irregu- 

 larly punctured, the punctures there moderately coarse, 

 with some coarser ones towards the front in the middle ; the 

 lateral grooves narrow and punctured, the smooth space 

 limiting them beneath broad and distinct. Thorax elon- 

 gate, nearly twice as long as broad, about half the width 

 of the elytra, the sides nearly straight from the base to in 

 front of the middle, then gently narrowed ; it is brassy 

 black, the middle broadly smooth, very shining and im- 

 j^unctate, the sides evenly, moderately closely, and mode- 

 rately coarsely punctiu'cd; the pubescence scanty, the 

 oblique impressions quite obsolete. Elytra rather shorter 

 than the thorax, bi-assy, rather shining, finely and rather 

 closely piincturcd, with a fine erect pubescence. Hind 

 body brassy, finely and closely punctured and pubescent. 

 Legs pitchy black ; tarsi paler. 



In the male the hind margin of the 7th segment beneath 

 is a little emarginate, and just in front of this the segment 

 is rather more closely and finely punctured. 



Ega ; three individuals, two $ , one ? . 



Obs. — One of these specimens is labelled by Mr. Bates 

 as found under dung. 



6. StercuUa claricornis, n. sp. Nigi'o-wnea, nitida. 



