268 ^Ii'. D. SliiH^s Contributions to the 



7tli segment of tlic liiiid body has on the underside a 

 broad but not deep notcli at the extremity, Avhich is con- 

 tinued forwards as a shallow, longitiulinal dejn-ession. In 

 the female the front tarsi arc only slightly dilated, and the 

 7th segment is simple. In both sexes the 8th segment 

 terminates in two stout, pointed, horny styles of a pitchy- 

 red coloiu'. 



Tapajos ; one male, three female specimens. In two 

 of the latter the elytra are Avithout the dark mark. 



20. Litliocharis germnna,r\. sp. Rufo-testacea, nitida, 

 parce nigro-setosa; prothorace latitudine fere longiore, an- 

 gulis antcrioribus rotundatis ; elytris thoracis longitudine, 

 macula fusca ; abdomine sat crebre punctato, segmento 6° 

 utrinque maculato. Long. corp. 3 lin. 



Antennffi with the 2nd joint long, 3rd longer than 2nd. 

 ]\Iandibles rather long, each Avith tw^o distinct teeth in the 

 middle. Thorax very convex, about as long as broad ; the 

 sides a little curved and narrowed behind, the front and 

 front angles much roiuidcd. Elytra about as long as the 

 thorax. Hind body finely and moderately closely punc- 

 tured. 



In the male the front tarsi are distinctly dilated ; the 

 ventral plate of the 6th segment of the hind body is a 

 little emarginate in the middle at the extremity ; on the 

 7 th segment the hind margin is broadly but not very deejily 

 emarginate, and in front of the emargination has a longi- 

 tudinal smooth space. 



Extremely similar to L. polita, except in the points 

 mentioned above. 



Tapajos ; one male, two female specimens. The male 

 is indicated as having been found in an ant's nest. 



21. Litliocharis pca/ana, n. sp. Rufo-tcstacea, nitida, 

 parce nigro-setosa; prothorace basin versus vix angustato; 

 elytris thoracis longitudine, sutura macidaque obliquS, 

 nigricantibus ; abdomine subtil iter sat crebre punctato, 

 segmento sexto utrinque macula magna ; mento tuberculo 

 erecto, acuminato. Long. corp. 3 lin. 



Antennas reddish, slender, about as long as head and 

 thorax, not thicker at the extremity ; 3rd joint a little 

 longer than 2nd ; 10th twice as long as broad. JNIandibles 

 red, moderately elongate, each in the middle with tAvo 

 short teeth, which are obtuse or emarginate at the extre- 



