308 Mr. 1). Sharp's Coiitrihutioiis to the 



than on llic upper surface, as the setlgerons punctures are 

 not so conspicuous; on botli faces it is furnished with con- 

 spicuous black seta? of various lengths, but is otherwise 

 ({uite destitute of pubescence ; the upper surface of the 

 front tarsi is infuscate-yellow. 

 Ega ; a single female individual. 



4. Tanodema lento., n. sp. Nigra, nitida, capite, tlio- 

 race, elytrisque viridi-feneis ; palpis, antennarum basi, tarsis- 

 t{ue anterioribus testaceis; capite thoraceque fortiter, elytris 

 parce subtiliter, punctatis. Long. corp. 7 1 lin. ; lat. ely- 

 trorum 1 lin. 



iNIas: abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice late, pauluni 

 profunde emarginato. 



Elongate and narrow; antennae slender, about 11 lin. in 

 length ; the two basal joints yellow, very slightly infuscate 

 inwardly; the apical joint pitchy, .Srd one and a half times 

 as long as 2nd. Palpi yellow ; mandibles pitchy at the 

 base, red at the apex. Head small, on the upper surface 

 shining brassy, densely and coarsely punctured, a trans- 

 verse space in fi-ont of the vertex impunctate ; the punc- 

 tures are imibilicate, and bear each a fine pale hair. 

 Thorax \ lin. long, and not quite 1 lin. bi'oad, distinctly 

 rounded at the sides, similar in colour to the head, very 

 shining, coarsely punctured, the punctures irregidarly 

 distributed, wanting on a space near the front angles ; two 

 elongate patches of punctiu-es along the middle separated 

 by an indistinct space, bearing finer punctures, which are 

 absent in front of the base ; the marginal portions coarsely 

 but not densely punctured, the larger punctures lunbilicate. 

 Scutellum concolorous, slightly punctured. Elytra over 

 1 line in length, similar in colour to the thorax, very 

 shining, greenish brassy, A'ery sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, the apical punctures finer than the basal ones. 

 Hind body elongate, and very narrow, black, the basal 

 segments coarsely but not deeply nor densely punctured, 

 their hind margins inijiunctate; 6th and 7th segments very 

 sparingly punctvu-ed, the hind margin of the latter obscure 

 reddish ; the under sinface coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tuation of the 7 th segment rather coarse but obsolete, the 

 hind margin reddish ; the terminal segment obscurely 

 reddish beneath, pitchy above ; front tarsi yellow. 



The male has the hind margin of the 7th ventral ses"- 

 ment broadly but not deeply emarginate at the extremity. 



Ega ; a single male. 



