226 Mr. 1). Sharp fj Contrilmtions to the 



distance from base to front; it is nearly black, very opaque, 

 extremely densely and finely punctured, and very finely 

 pubescent, the hind half Avith an indistinct carina along 

 the middle. Elytra dull reddish, about as long as the 

 thorax, extremely densely and finely punctured, and ex- 

 tremely delicately pubescent. Hind body obscure reddish, 

 distinctly broader from the base to the extremity, very 

 densely and finely punctured. Legs dull yellowish. 



In the male the Gth segment of the hind body beneath 

 is depressed at the extremity, and provided with a rather 

 broad but not deejj notch ; the 7th segment is broadly 

 flattened or depressed, is emarginate at the extremity, and 

 has in the middle of the emargination a distinct notch, not 

 narrower at the front. 



Ega ; two specimens, $ . 



2. Spharonum dcpressifro}is,n.s\). Capite thoraceque 

 nigro-piceis, nitidis, fere impunctatis; elytris abdomineque 

 rufescentibus, opacis, dense subtilissimeque punctatis; 

 pedibus testaceis. Long. corp. 5 lin. 



Antennje shorter tlian head and thorax, pitchy ; 1st joint 

 rather shorter than the three following together ; joints 

 2 — 10 differing but little from one another, the 3rd rather 

 longer than the others; 11th joint longer than the 10th. 

 Head pitchy, as broad as the elytra, with a strong j^romi- 

 nence on each side in front over the insertion of the an- 

 tennae, and between these prominences depressed and 

 without any carina; it is narrowed behind into a stout, 

 strongly tricarinate neck, and is smooth and shining, 

 towards the sides very sparingly and finely punctured, and 

 very sparingly pubescent. Thorax not much more than 

 half as broad as the elytra, more than twice as long as 

 broad, a little narrowed behind, but more so towards the 

 front ; it is shining, it is very sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, with a distinct carina along the middle behind. 

 The elytra are distinctly shorter than the thorax, dull 

 reddish, very finely and densely punctured. The hind 

 body is rufescent, a little broader from the base to the 

 exti-emity, very finely and closely punctured. The legs 

 are yellow. 



Ega ; a single specimen. 



Ohs. — I suppose this specimen to be a female. The 

 hind body shows no peculiar structure beneath, but on the 



