212 l\Ir. D. SlSvp's Contributions to the 



tibus; cai)ite tlioraccqiic 0])acls, clytris crebre fortiter 

 rugoso-punctatis. Long. corp. 5 lin. 



JNIas latet. 



Femina: abclomine segmcnto 7" vcntrall apicc obsolete 

 cmavginato. 



Closely allied in structure to the C. f]i(j(is. Antennoe 

 pitchy at the base, then nearly black, obscure reddish at 

 the extremity; 1st joint as long as the five following. 

 Mandibles pitchy. Head subcircular, much rounded be- 

 hind the eyes, quite as broad as long, as broad as the 

 elytra, dull black, very sparingly and rather coarsely but 

 not deeply punctured, with a large ocellated puncture 

 close to the inner margin of the eye, and a similar punc- 

 tui'C at some distance behind the eye. Thorax much 

 iiaiTower than the elytra, quite one and a half times as 

 long as broad, opaqTic black, sparingly and indistinctly 

 piuicturcd, a little in front of the base a slightly elevated 

 raised smooth line. Elytra not quite so long as the thorax, 

 their common %Yidth rather greater than their length, a 

 little shining, black, near the outer margin broadly ferru- 

 ginous, coarsely and closely rugose-punctate. Hind body 

 broad, rather narrowed at the base, the lateral margins 

 much developed ; it is black, Avith the 7th segment reddish, 

 and is rather finely and sparingly punctured. The legs 

 are pitchy black, the femora paler at the base, the front 

 femora nearly entirely yellow, and wath a tubercle beneath ; 

 the front tibite towards the apex wath a fulvous pubes- 

 cence. 



Ega; one specimen. 



3. Cryptohium opacum, n. sp. Nigrum, peropacum, 

 antennis pedibusque rufb-testaceis ; capite elytris(pie om- 

 nium dense subtilissimeque rugoso-punctatis ; prothorace 

 dense punctato, linea media impvuictata. Long. corp. 

 4i lin. 



Mas : abdomine segmento 7*^ ventrali apice minus pro- 

 funde et late exciso. 



Antennte nearly as long as head and thorax, yellowish ; 

 3rd joint considerably longer than 2nd, 9th joint much 

 longer than 10th. Palpi yellowish. Head broad, rather 

 broader than the thorax, very nearly as broad as the elytra; 

 the front part much produced, so that the eyes are placed 

 a little behind the middle; it is extremely dull, being very 

 densely and indistinctly punctured. The thorax is about 



