384 INIr. D. Snarp's Cuntrihiitions to the 



Ohs. — Tills species Is closely allied to O. nit<ms, but Is 

 rather smaller and distinctly more slender; the chi^eus Is 

 not prominent in the middle, and the antennal tul)ercles 

 are more distinct ; It Is po?sil)le that the ])aler colour may 

 be only the result of the inimuturity of" the Individual de- 

 scribed. 



4. Osoriux httcger, n. sp. Niger, iiltldus, caplte tho- 

 racerpie crebre, f'ortitcr pur.ctatls, lllo clypeo antice emar- 

 ginato, hoc angulls posterlorlbus sul)rectls; elytris hand 

 dense punctato-rugvdosls ; abdomine supra parclus et obso- 

 lete punctato. Long. corp. fere 5 lln. 



Clypeus emarglnate in front, the angles not produced. 

 Head rather coarsely and moderately closely punctured, 

 with a smooth sjiace in front of the finely-punctured 

 vertex ; black and shining, not coriaceous. Thorax about 

 as long as it is broad at the base, only a little narrowed 

 from the front to the base ; the hind angles distinctly 

 obtuse, but not far from right angles; the surface shining 

 black, rather coarsely and not very sjiaringly punctured, 

 and with traces of a short channel on the middle. Elytra 

 a little longer than the thorax, shining, "with a distinct 

 but neither dense nor deep sculpture, consisting of indefi- 

 nite rugre, and sparing, ill-defined, elongate punctures. 

 Hind body black; above sparingly sprinkled with obsolete 

 ])unctures, beneath with the 7th segment in the middle 

 coarsely punctured, and bearing a fine elongate pubes- 

 cence, the ])imctures at the sides more sparing, but coarse, 

 and passing into shallow rugas ; 6th segment coarsely 

 punctured about the middle, and the preceding segments 

 also with some coarse punctures about the middle. 



Ega ; a single male. 



Ohs. — This species at first sight exactly resembles 

 O. nitens, but the clypeus is not prominent in the middle ; 

 the head and thorax are more distinctly punctured, and 

 the punctuation of the hind body is different. 



5. Osorius solidus, n. sp. Cylindrlcus, nltidus, plceus, 

 an tennis pedibusque rufis; caplte thoracecpie fortlter punc- 

 tatis, hoc angulls posterlorlbus rotundato-ol^tusis ; elytris 

 fortlter punctatls, nltiduHs ; abdomine parce obsoleteque 

 punctato. Long. corp. 4 lln. 



A rather narrow and jjarallel species. IMandibles biden- 

 tate, the ui)per tooth on the right one very large. Clypeus 



