391 Ml'. D. Sl^i^)*s Coufri/jutlona to the 



2. Bledius riirus, n. sp. Niger, nltidus, aiitoniils, 

 pedibus, elytrisque tcstaceis, his disco late infuscato ; pro- 

 tliorace sat crebre fortiterque punctato, medio canaliculato. 

 Long. Corp. 1^ llii. 



AntennaB yellow, elongate ; basal joint long, equal to 

 the three following together ; 2nd joint a good deal longer 

 than 3rd, 6 — 10 each longer and slightly broader than 

 its predecessor, 10th a good deal longer than broad, 11th 

 pointed, longer than lOth. Head black, with a few in- 

 distinct punctures between the eyes, wliicli are large, very 

 prominent, and coarsely facetted. Thorax shining black, 

 nearly straight at the sides till behind the middle, and 

 thence a good deal narrowed to the base, so that the hind 

 angles are very obtuse; it is not quite so long as broad, 

 and the surflice is rather coai'sely but not closely punc- 

 tured, and has a distinct channel along the middle. Elytra 

 rather short, a little longer than the thorax, yellowish, 

 with a large, common, dark patch on the middle, rather 

 coarsely and moderately closely punctured, a little shining. 

 Hind body a good deal narrower at the base than near the 

 extremity, shining black, with the apex paler, almost 

 impunctate, the basal segment not so shining as the others. 

 Legs very pale yellow ; anterior and middle cox:« a little 

 infuscate. 



Ega ; a single individual. 



3. Bledius addendus, n. sp. Testaceus, capite nigri- 

 cante, antennis articulis 7 — 10 leviter transversis; thorace 

 canaliculato, sat crebre minus proflmde punctato ; elytris 

 thorace paulo longioribus, crebre pmictatis ; abdomine fere 

 impunctato. Long. corp. 1;; lin. 



AntenntB yellow, slender, moderately long, distinctly 

 thickened towards the extremity ; 1st joint about as long 

 as the four following ; 3rd and 4th joints slender, of 5 — 10 

 each is distinctly broader than its pi'cdecessor, the 6th 

 about as long as broad, the following ones a little trans- 

 verse. Mandibles reddish, elongate and cui'ved, but un- 

 armed. Head with the clypcus black, the vertex blackish- 

 red; it is opaque, without any distinct sculpture ; the eyes 

 very convex. Thorax yellowish, about as broad as the 

 elytra, a little shorter than broad ; the sides quite straight 

 till behind the middle, then gradually nan-owed to the 

 very obtuse hind angles ; along the middle is a distinct, 

 rather deep channel, and the surface bears shalloAv, mode- 

 rately coarse and rather distant punctures, and is a little 



