50 Mr. David Sharp on the 



Mas, abdomine segmentls 4° 5"que, subtus medio ma- 

 cula miniita dense piibescente. 



This species is about the size of, and somewhat resembles 

 O.fulvipennis ; it is however more slenderly formed, has 

 a narrower head, and longer and more closely punctured 

 elytra. Antennas pitchy red at the base, paler towards 

 the extremity ; 3rd joint much longer than 2nd, 4th to 10th 

 each shorter but scarcely broader than its predecessor, the 

 10th about as long as broad. The head is black, elongate 

 and narrower, not at all broader near the hind angles ; the 

 sides behind the eyes, as also the vertex, are strongly and 

 rather closely punctured ; the frint part impunctate, except 

 for a pair of punctures between the eyes, and in front of 

 these three or four punctures, indistinct by being placed in 

 or near the deeper hind part of the obscure frontal grooves. 

 Thorax black and shining, slightly narrower than the elytra, 

 nearly straight at the sides, almost impmictate except at the 

 margins; scutellum black, impvmctate (or nearly so;. 

 Elytra about as long as the thorax, bright red, rather 

 finely, and moderately closely punctured. The hind body 

 is dull black, and is rather closely and distinctly punctured. 

 The legs are pitchy red, the tarsi paler. 



In the male the front tarsi are more strongly dilated 

 than in the female, and the fourth and fifth segments of 

 the hind body have each on the underside a very small 

 patch of dense fine pubescence in the middle. 



Orakami Marsh. Rare. 



^5. Othius medius, n. sp. Elongatus, piceo-niger, 

 antennis obscure rufis, elytris thorace brevioribus, obscure 

 vel infuscato- rufis, subopacis ; pedibus testaceis. Long. 

 7 lin. 



Mas, abdomine segraentis ventralibus 4 et 5, area media 

 densius pubescente. 



Antennaa reddish, brighter at the base than at the 

 extremity; 3rd joint much longer than 2nd, 4 — 10 each 

 a little shorter than its predecessor, 10th about as long 

 as broad. Palpi and mandibles reddish. Head rather 

 largc,^ narrower than the thorax, slightly narrowed from 

 the hind angles to the front, at the sides sparingly but 

 coarsely punctured. Thorax much longer than broad, 

 quite as broad as the elytra, nearly straight at the sides 

 and not narrowed behind, black, shining, and impunctate, 

 except for a few punctures at the margins, and one on 



