204 :Mr. D. Slinfp's Contrihntions to the 



1. Lc])tacinns iiif id/as, ii. sp. l\iif()-]Mccns, nitidus, 

 pcdibiis testaccis, capitc subtiliter ])arcissimc ])unctato ; 

 prothorace lateribus subtiliter sat crebre punctatis, medio 

 lani ; clvtris parcc subtilissimc punctatis. Long. corp. 

 2 lin. 



Antennae dull yellowish, stout, thickened towards the 

 extremity; 3rd joint shorter than 2nd; 4 — 10 very short, 

 and strongly transverse ; 11th joint ])ointed. Head long, 

 straight at the sides, not narrowed in front, the hind 

 angles rounded, the antennal grooves short, indistinct and 

 diverging behind; it is rather convex above, of a very 

 shii»ing-])itchy colour, finely and sparingly punctured, with 

 scanty, tine, but rather long, exserted set<e. Thorax twice 

 as long as broad, narrower than the elytra, nearly straight 

 at the sides, being only very slightly broader in front, all 

 the angles rounded ; of a very shining-pitchy colour, the 

 sides evenly and finely but not closely punctin-ed ; the 

 middle smooth, Avith a few long, exserted seta^ at the sides. 

 Scutellum shining, depressed in the centre, impunctate. 

 Elytra scarcely so long as the thorax, of a shining pitchy- 

 yellow coloui-, ver}' finely and sparingly punctured. Hind 

 body cylindric, pitchy, shining, rather sparingly and very 

 finely punctured. Legs yellow ; tarsi slender. 



Ega ; one specimen. 



LlTIIOCIIAEODES. 



- AntennfE geniculata^. 



Labriun medio profunde triangulariter excisum. 



Palpi articulo idtimo subulato, prjcccdeute multo bre- 

 viore. 



Elytra sntursx imhrlcata. 



Coxffi intermedi;i3 distantes. 



Tarsi antici simplices. 



Prothoracis linea marginalis superior caret. 



INIandilnda? valida% breviores. P'.\]\n labiales articulis 

 duobus primis crassiusculis, subaBqualibus ; articulo ultimo 

 tenuissimo, pr^ecedente breWore. Antennae crassiusculae, 

 sat elongata?. Pedes elongati, femoribus linearibus. 

 Abdomen apicem versus paulo latins. 



This genus seems to be most allied to Lepfolinus, from 

 ■which it differs by the simple nndilated front tarsi, and by 

 its much shorter maxillary palpi ; the single species I refer 

 to it differs much in a])pearance from L. nothiis, on accoimt 

 of its shining and sparingly punctured surface. h\ these 



