312 ]Mr. I). SlTai'p s Coiifrib/ttio/is to the 



the extremity, pitcliy black, with the two basal joints 

 yellow behind; 3rd joint considerably shorter than 1st, 

 and about twice as long as 2nd. Palpi pitcliy, with the 

 npper border of the last joint yellowish. Head coarsely 

 punctmvd and clothed with an ashy ])ubescence, with a 

 small space in front of the vertex smooth and shining. 

 Thorax longer than broad, 1| lin. in length, I lin. broad, 

 straight at the sides and scarcely at all narrowed behind ; 

 very densely and coarsely punctured, clothed with an ashy 

 pubescence, tlie punctures leaving the hind margin, and 

 a well-defined space on each side at the front, free and 

 smooth ; the base in the middle has also a small longi- 

 tudinal smooth s})ace. Scutellum elongate and narrow, 

 almost impunctate. Elytra slightly longer than thorax, 

 about I5 lin. in length, coarsely punctnred and clothed 

 with an ashy pubescence, but with the hind margin, the 

 suture, except at the base, and the humeral angles, smooth 

 and free fi-om pid)escence. Hind body elongate, clothed 

 with an ashy pubescence ; the 5th, 6th and 7th segments 

 nearly entirely covered, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Avith the 

 hind margins broadly free, the 7th and 8tli at their ex- 

 tremities ferruginous ; nnder side covered also with a pale 

 pubescence, w^hich is more scanty than on the npper side. 

 Legs elongate, pitchy at the base ; tibi;\i black ; front tarsi 

 pitchy above, the hairs of their under surface white. The 

 male has the hind margin of the ventral plate of the 7tii 

 segment broadly but slightly emarginate ; in both sexes 

 this plate is a little emarginate on each side, so that its 

 lateral margin projects as a short tooth. 

 Ega : three specimens, 2 $, I $. 



10. Tcenodema. vicina, n. sp. Elongata, nigra, capitc, 

 thorace, ely trisque cy ancsccntibus ; palpis, pedibus, antennis- 

 que piceis, pedibus basi rufcscentibus, antennis basi postice 

 testaceo ; cinereo-pubescens, prothorace spatio utrinque, 

 elytris sutiu'a apiceque, abdomine segmentorum margini- 

 bus posterioribus hevibus. Long. corp. 7^ lin. 



This species is excessively closely allied to T. cinerea ; 

 it has the antenni\3 distinctly shorter, viz., 1 ^ Hn. in length, 

 the front parts are more distinctly blue, the legs paler at 

 the base and a little shorter, the punctuation of the thorax 

 approaching moi'e nearly to the hind margin. 



Amazons ; a single female without special locality. 



