2i6 ]Mr. 1). 8luii-[)".s Contrilnitlons to the 



thorace dorso biseriatim obsolete punctato, lateribus leviter 

 rotundatis ; clvtris basi pmictis paucis. Long. corp. If 

 lin. 



Mas latet. 



Antenna' reddish, rather stout, the middle joints a little 

 obscure, 2nd and 3rd about equal. Palpi and mandibles 

 yellow. Head Ijroad, distinctly broader tlian the thorax, 

 with a few sparing and fine punctures, which are wanting 

 on the disc. Thorax considerably narrower than the elytra, 

 longer than broad, a good deal rounded at the sides, and 

 a little narrowed behind ; on each side the middle Avith a 

 row of about five indistinct punctures, Avith a very few 

 indistinct punctures outside these near the front. Elytra 

 a little longer than the thorax, shining black, Avith the 

 extremity ])ale yellow; the sutural series of punctures indi- 

 cated only by one or two at the base, and the lateral series 

 quite as indistinct, or more so. Hind body slender and 

 shining, the segments finely punctured in their basal 

 portion. The under surface pitchy ; legs pale yelloAV, 

 with the coxai pitchy. 



St. Paulo ; a single female. 



This species is closely allied to L. (^labruni, but is 

 smaller, has the head shorter, the thorax less parallel at 

 the sides, and the elytra more sparingly and indistinctly 

 punctured. 



25. Lathrobium pumilum, n. sp. Nitidulum, brcA'ius- 

 culum, rufo-testaceum, elytrorum apice nigro, obsolete 

 punctulatum ; antennis brevibus. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Antenna yellow, rather stout, a little thickened toAvards 

 the extremity; 1st and 2nd joints thick, 2nd shorter than 

 1st, 3rd much shorter and more slender than 2nd, 4tli 

 about as long as broad, 8 — 10 rather strongly transverse, 

 11th acuminate. Palpi yellow, 3rd joint of maxillary 

 large. Head as broad as the thorax, shining reddish- 

 yellow, im])unctate along the middle, at the sides sparingly 

 and obsoletely pmictvu-ed. Thorax about as broad as the 

 elytra, about as long as broad, shining yellowish-red, 

 sparingly and scarcely visibly punctured. Elytra about 

 as long as the thorax, shining reddish-yellow at the base, 

 black at the apex, sparingly and very indistinctly ]iunc- 

 tured. Hind body reddish, with the basal })oi'tion of the 

 6th segment infuscate, scarcely visibly ])unctured. Legs 

 rather short, yelloAv ; tarsi short, anterior only moderately 



