2oG ]\Ir. D. Sh^)'s Cu)itributi()iis io the 



Obs. — This species much resembles the Eastern X. 

 stoj)]t)/Unoiiles, but lias very difterent male characters. 

 X. Ju'patica, Kr., from Columbia, a})pears to be an allied 

 species, and I have another closely allied, but distinct, 

 species from Rio de Janeiro. 



2. Lithochnris simplex, n. sp. Rufescens, capitc, ely- 

 trorum apice, abdomineque apiccm versus infuscatis, 

 pedibus testaceis, dense subtilissimc punctata ; prothorace 

 qnadrato, linea media impunctata. Long. corp. 1 f lin. 



Antenna} moderately long, rather stout ; 3rd joint al)out 

 equal to 2nd, 5 — 9 each slightly broader and shorter than 

 its predecessor, 10th about as long as broad. Mandibles, 

 palpi and labrum reddish. Head infuscate, large, quite as 

 broad as the thorax, densely and extremely finely punc- 

 tured. Thorax not quite so long as broad, straight at the 

 sides, densely and very finely punctured; rather lighter 

 than the head in colour, -with a smooth impunctate line 

 along the middle. Elytra a good deal longer than the 

 thorax and distinctly broader, reddish at the base, in- 

 fuscate towards the extremity; densely and finely punc- 

 tured, but the punctuation more distinct than on the head 

 and thorax. Hind body reddish, Avith the penultiinate 

 segments inniscate, densely and finely punctured. Legs 

 yellow. 



I do not know the male of this species, but in the female 

 the anterior tarsi are not in the least dilated, 



St. Paulo, three individuals ; Ega, one individual. 



This species is, in form and sculpture, closely allied to 

 our European L. ocliracea, but it has the labrum quadri- 

 denticulate, it being furnished in the middle with four 

 short, stout, not very distinct teeth ; the mandibles are 

 very stout at the base, and beyond the stout basal portion, 

 are armed, the left with one, the right with two teeth. 



3. Litliocliarls condito, n. sp. Piceo-testacea, antennis 

 rufis, pedibus testaceis, elytris obscure testaceis, dorso 

 infuscatis, dense subtilissimc ])unctulata, subopaca ; pro- 

 thorace media linea obscurii glabra; elytris thorace 

 longioribus ; tarsis anterioribus simplicibus. Long. corp. 

 H lin. 



Antennae moderately long, rather stout, reddish ; 3rd 

 joint about as long as 2nd; 10th joint distinctly broader 

 than the 4th, about as long as broad. Mandibles red. 



