318 Mr. 1). Sharp's CuutributioHS to the 



18. TcBiiodema liirida, n. sp. Nigra, supra opaca, 

 dense punctata, cinereo-pubescens, antennaruni basi ])al- 

 pisipie ruHs ; ])cdibus piceis, anterioribus rufesccutibus. 

 Long. Corp. 4 lin. 



Antennae tluclvcned towards the extremity; the two 

 basal joints yellow ; the 3rd pitchy, the following ones 

 nearly black, 10th strongly transverse. Palpi yellow, the 

 basal portion of the last joint infuscatc ; mandibles red. 

 Head very densely and coarsely punctiu-ed, bearing a pale 

 pubescence ; a narrow transverse space in front of the 

 vertex, smooth and shining. Thorax ti-ansversely convex, 

 about as long as broad, slightly rounded at the sides and 

 slightly narrowed behind, coarsely and very densely punc- 

 tured. El}tra slightly longer than the thorax, densely 

 punctured ; the suture and tlie basal portion bearing a pale 

 jnibescence, as also the inflexed side, but the larger portion 

 of the hind part of each elytron with a fine dark pubescence. 

 Hind body black, with the extremity pitchy red ; the seg- 

 ments coarsely and closely punctured, the hind margins 

 smooth and shining in the middle; the 6th and 7th seg- 

 ments more finely piuictured than the basal ones ; the 

 liasal segments are clothed with some fine wlute hairs, and 

 these become more dense and distinct on the 6th and 7th 

 segments, but the hind margin of this latter is quite 

 smooth and shining. Anterior legs reddish, middle ones 

 pitchy red, with the tibia3 darker ; hind ones nearly black, 

 Avith the trochanters I'ed ; xmder surface shining, hind body 

 coarsely and evenly not densely ])unctured. 



St. Paulo ; a single individual, Avhich I believe to be a 

 female ; the ventral plate of the 7th segment of the hind 

 body is slightly elongate. 



This species is closely allied to T. fecta ; it is a little 

 more slender and less depressed, the antennre are slightly 

 longer, the pale pubescence of the upper surface is less 

 conspicuous, and is absent from a larger portion of the 

 elytra. 



PiNOPlIILUS. 



This genus, as at present understood, consists of about 

 fifty s])ecies, inhabiting the warmer parts of the Old and 

 New Woi-lds in about equal pro})ortions; it is probable, 

 however, that the species are really more numerous in the 

 New AVorld than in the Old ; for Avhile in Europe the 

 genus is only represented by an eastern species that has 



