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Thorax a o-ootl deal shorter than broad, a little narrower 

 than the elytra, niucli narrowed towards the base ; the 

 front rather rounded, the surface closely covered Avith dis- 

 tinct asperities and slightly shining ; along the middle in 

 front of the base is a short, smooth line, in which is a fine 

 channel ; the colour is dusky reddish, a little paler than 

 the head. Elytra a good deal longer than the thorax ; 

 their colour obscure fuscous, slightly shining, their punc- 

 tuation indistinct. Hind body obscure ferruginous, very 

 indistinctly ]iunctured. Legs yellow; front tarsi not 

 dilated, hind tarsi slender, with the 4th joint quite 

 simple. 



Amazons ; a single individual, without special locality; 

 it is probably a male, as it has the ventral plate of the 7th 

 segment of the hind body a little emarginate in the 

 middle at the extremity. 



18. Lithochoris munda, n. sp. Castanea, nitidula, an- 

 tennis breviusculis, ajncem versus leviter incrassatis; capitis 

 lateribus posterius profunde strigosis; prothorace sat elon- 

 gato, crebre minus distincte punctato, linea media glabra ; 

 elytris thorace paulo longioribus, crebre punctatis. Long. 

 Corp. 1 lin. 



' Antennae reddish, short and rather stout ; 2nd and 3rd 

 joints about equal, 6 — 10 each slightly broader than its 

 predecessor, the 9th and 10th distinctly transverse; 11th 

 joint short, stout, obtusely pointed. Labrum rather small, 

 in the middle with tAvo rather stout, widely-separated teeth, 

 and a little emarginate outside the teeth. ]\Iandibles 

 short, each with two small teeth. Head rather large, 

 almost broader than the elytra, slightly narroAved in fi'ont ; 

 the vertex a good deal emarginate, the hind angles much 

 rounded ; on either side, behind the eyes, coarsely longitu- 

 dinally strigose ; towards the front rather coarsely but in- 

 distinctly ])unctured, the sculpture wanting on the middle. 

 Thorax a little narrower than the elytra, quite as long as 

 broad, a little narroAved to the base; the front angles dis- 

 tinct and not rounded, in front of them abruptly obliquely 

 narroAved to form a rather slender neck ; the surface 

 shining, rather coarsely and closely but indistinctly ]iimc- 

 tured, Avith abroad line along the middle smooth. Elytra 

 a little longer than the thorax, rather finely and indis- 

 tinctly and not densely punctured. Hind body a little 

 conti'acted towards the base, indistinctly punctured, slightly 



