."?3n "Mr. D. SMr[»'s Confrlbidlous to the 



and A little einarjjlnate, sliinlng and impunctatc towards 

 the extremity. 



Eg-a, a single specimen ; also "without special locality 

 two other specimens, male and female, which I suspect 

 represent a closely allied species, but may perhaps be a 

 variety of this species ; they have the thorax more sparingly 

 punctured, and the male has the ajitennte with the joints 

 a little differently shaped, but this may possibly depend on 

 a slight shrivelling of these delicate structiu'es. /*. pal- 

 mat us, Er., is evidently a closely allied species. 



17. Piiiophilus uhcrrnns, n. sp. Niger, nitidus, an- 

 tennis, palpis, pedibusque testaceis ; thorace elytrisque 

 crebre fortiter punctatis ; antennis articulo ultimo prre- 

 cedenti longiore. Long. corp. 6 — 6^ lin. 



ISIas : antennarum articulo ultimo valde elongato ; 

 abdomine segmento 7° ventrali producto, apice angusto, 

 obsolete emarginato. 



Antennje yellow, rather slender; 3rd joint distinctly 

 longer than 2nd. Palpi pale yellow ; mandibles pitchy. 

 Head shining black, with two or three coarse punctures im- 

 mediately behind the labrum, then a small impunctatc 

 space, then across the middle a space with coarse punc- 

 tures, behind this another impunctatc space ; the vertex on 

 each side punctured, the hind angles dull. Thorax about 

 as long as broad ; the sides nearly straight, and not nar- 

 rowed till near the hind angles, when they become much 

 narrowed, so that the base is a good deal narrower than the 

 front; transversely convex, rather coarsely and moderately 

 closely punctui'ed, the punctures wanting on a small space 

 near the front angles, and at the hind angles, and some- 

 times more sparing along the middle. Elytra fully one- 

 third longer than thorax, rather coarsely but not closely 

 punctured. Hind body rather slendei', sparingly pimc- 

 tured. Legs pale yellow. 



In the male the terminal joint of the antennae is nearly 

 as long as the three preceding joints together ; the ventral 

 plate of the 7tli segment is produced and narrowed at the 

 extremity, where it is scarcely emarginate ; the ai)ical 

 portion is smooth and impiuictate. In the female the last 

 joint of the antennje is only about one and a half times the 

 length of the lOth joint. 



Effa ; one i , four $ indlnduals. 



