414 Mr. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



tennis picco-rufis, pedlbus abdominisque apice sunimo 

 rufis ; thorace clytrisque crcbre sat fortiter punctatis ; 

 abdominc ])unctis magnis leviter iniprcssis, puncto singiilo 

 margine posteriore omnino deficiente, segmento apicali 

 fortitor punctato. Long. corp. 2-| lin. 



Antennas dark red, moderately stout ; 3rd joint much 

 longer than 2nd, 7 — 10 slightly transverse. Head rather 

 finely punctxired. Thorax broader than long, straight at 

 the sides and not narrowed behind ; rather closely punc- 

 tured, Avith a narrow smooth space along the middle, and 

 an elongate impression near each outer angle, which 

 reaches more than half-way to the front. Hind body 

 jjunctured as in L. apicalis, but the punctures on the 7th 

 segment not quite so deep and coarse. 



Para ; a single individual (I believe a female), collected 

 by jNIr. Smith. 



Ohs. — This species is extremely closely allied to L. api- 

 calis, but is not quite so large, and the sculpture of the dorsal 

 plate of the 7th segment is a good deal less coarse. It is 

 very similar in size and form to L. strioln, but has the 

 3rd joint of the antenna3 longer. The elytra are Avithout 

 the discoldal stria of L. striola, and their sutnral portion 

 is more coarsely punctured, and the sculpture of the hind 

 body is different. 



5. Lispinus punctatus, n. sp. Nigro-piceus, nitidus, 

 fortiter punctatus, antennis piceis, pedibus abdominisque 

 apice rufis ; capite lato ; prothorace transverso, basin 

 versus angustato, basi utrinque impress©. Long. corp. 

 2 lin. 



Antennre stout and short ; joints 4 — 6 broader than 

 long, 7 — 10 distinctly broader than the preceding, strongly 

 transverse; 11th joint short, rather paler than the 10th. 

 Head broad and short, with a small impression on each 

 side, near the fi'ont ; rather coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures towards the vertex finer and more sparing, over the 

 eyes almost passing into strin3. Thorax much broader 

 than long, a good deal narrowed toAvards the base, and 

 a little sinuate in front of the hind angles ; shining black, 

 coarsely and rather closely punctured, Avith an excessively 

 fine channel on the middle, close to each hind angle, with 

 a broad but not sharply limited impression, the fi'ont part 

 of Avhich forms a narroAv, indistinct channel. Elytra 

 a good deal longer than the thorax, coarsely, deeply, and 



