2G0 Mr. D. Slip's Cuntrihutions to the 



towanls the extremity; 3i-(l joint alwut equal to 2ncl, 4th 

 and otli about C(jual to one another, aljout as long as 

 broad, 6 — 10 distinctly transverse, 11th stout, ]iointed, 

 about as long as the two ])receding together, Labrum 

 Avitli two distant obscure teeth in the middle. Mandibles 

 each with three teeth in the middle ; on the left mandible 

 the centre one is smaller, on the right mandible longer 

 than the others. Head quadrate, rather convex, the vertex 

 with a deep, short longitudinal imjiression in the middle; 

 the surface shining, at the sides more densely and coarsely 

 punctured than in the middle; the eyes rather small. 

 Thorax distinctly narrower than the elytra, not quite so 

 long as broad, distinctly narrowed behind, the front a little 

 oblique on each side, the front angles rather prominent ; 

 the surface shining, rather finely and indistinctly ])unc- 

 tured, with a very obsolete line along the middle. Elytra 

 red, shining, a little longer than the thorax, rather 

 sparingly and indistinctly punctured, impressed on each 

 side the suture at the base, and each with tAvo indistinct 

 abbi'eviated series of punctures on the disc. Hind body 

 rather darker than the front parts, but with the apex paler, 

 a little contracted at the base, closely and finely punctured. 

 Legs yellow, front tarsi only slightly dilated; underside 

 of head coarsely and closely punctured. 



Ega; a single individual, of whose sex I am in doubt, 

 the hind body showing nothing peculiar in structure. 



9. Lithocharis hitepra, n. sp. Fusco-ferruginea, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis, dense subtiliter punctata, opaea; 

 prothorace quadrato. Long. corp. 2 lin. 



Antennre reddish, rather slender; 3rd joint about equal 

 to 2nd, 4th shorter than third, 5 — 10 diiiering little from 

 one another, 10th about as long as broad. Labrum 

 reddish, })rominent in the middle, and there with three 

 small teeth. Mandibles and palpi red, the former each 

 with three teeth. Head rather long, a little narrowed 

 towards the front, a little broader than the thorax, and 

 quite as broad as the elytra; nearly truncate behind, with 

 the angles rounded, dull i-eddish in colour, finely and very 

 densely punctured, the eyes small. Thorax a little nar- 

 rower than the elytra, almost as long as broad, a little 

 narrowed behind, the front distinctly but not greatly 

 oblique on each side; the surface obsctire reddish, finely 

 and very densely punctured, without distinct impressions 



