200 INIr. D. Slia^s Confn'/jKfions to the 



Illnd body dai-k tawny, s]\irliii>ly punctured, and wltli a 

 scanty but rather long concolorous pubescence. Legs 

 yellowish ; tibi;e darker than the femora. 

 Ega ; five sj)ecinicns. 



4. Xantliolimis anticus, n. sp. Subdepressns, nitidns, 

 rufus, capite, prothorace antcrius abdoniineque nigris, hoc 

 apice rufo ; capite parce fortiter punctato ; thorace versus 

 angulos anteriores iitrinque 4- vel 5-punctato, serie dorsali 

 nulla ; elytris obsolete punctatis. Long. corp. 5 lin. 



Antennae dark red, short and stout, basal joint curved, 

 and towards the extremity thickened, as long as the four 

 or five following ones together ; 2nd and 3rd joints short, 

 the latter slightly the longer, 4th joint transverse, 5 — 10 

 difltcring little from one another, each strongly transverse; 

 llth joint stout and obtusely pointed, rather paler at its 

 extremity. ^Mandibles pitchy red; ])ali)i red, the labial 

 ones scarcely thickened. Head black, rather broader than 

 the thorax, with the frontal furrows rather curved, and 

 each at its extremity bearing punctures ; along the sides 

 are placed distant coarse punctures, and at the extreme 

 vertex there are also some ])unctures, the hind angles are 

 rounded ; there is a longitudinal channel extending from 

 the vertex to near the frontal furrows ; beneath there is a 

 strigose sculpture on each side. Thorax red, Avith the an- 

 terior part black ; it is longer than broad, a good deal 

 narrowed behind, and it is impimctate except for four or 

 five punctm-es on each side near the front angles. Scu- 

 tellum red, large, bearing only three or four not very 

 distinct punctures. Elytra red, as long as the thorax, 

 each bearing two or three not very distinct series of 

 longitudinal jiunctures, and also obsoletely rugulose. Hind 

 body black, with the 7th segment and the 6th, except at 

 its base, red ; the segments only very sparingly punctured. 

 Legs red. . 



liio Purus ; a single individual, found by Dr. Trail on 

 the 24th September, 1874. 



5. Xdiitholiiiii.t pj/f/ialts, n. S]). Niger, nitidus, capite, 

 thorace elytriscpie h\jte violaceis, ano testaceo, pedibus 

 piceis, capite thoraceque la^vissimis. Long. corp. 6 lin. 



Antenna^ short, but little longer than the head, ])itchy, 

 the basal joint about as long as the six following; 3i'd 

 joint longer than 2nd; joints 4— 10 transverse, similar in 



