QQ Mr. David Sharp on the 



the elytra, about as long as broad, a little naiTOwed behhid, 

 finely, densely and indistinctly punctured, with a smooth 

 line along the middle, -syhich becomes indistinct towards 

 the front,*' and the basal part of which has a fine channel. 

 Elytra longer than the thorax, bright yellowish-red, with 

 a small triangular patch at tlie scutellum black, finely and 

 closely punctured. Hind body black, a little dilated 

 towards the extremity, very finely and densely punctured, 

 quite dull. Legs yellow. 



In the male the' hind margin of 6t]i ventral segment is 

 a little thickened in the middle, and has this part turned 

 downwards, so as to form a land of projecting tubercle ; 

 the 7th segment has the hind margin broadly emarglnate. 



Under seaweed at Iwosima and Amakusa. (Nine indi- 

 viduals.) 



125. Litkocharis parviceps, n. sp. Testacea, capite 

 nigricante, abdomine'fusco ; dense subtilissime punctulata, 

 subopaca ; prothorace quadrato, medio linea subtiliore 

 impunctata. Long, vix 2 lin. 



^las, abdomine segmento 6° ventrali, margine posteriore 

 emarginato, medio breviter nigro-asperato, utrinque fasci- 

 cuhi nigra incurvata ; T*' omnium latius profundiusque 

 exciso. 



Allied to L. ocliracea. Antennae reddish-yellow, rather 

 slender. Head small, black, densely and extremely finely 

 punctured. Thorax narrower than the elytra, quadrate, 

 yellowish, but rather redder in colour than the other parts, 

 extremely finely and densely punctured with a smooth line 

 along the middle. Elytra longer than the thorax, dirty 

 yellow, densely and very finely punctured. Hind body 

 extremely densely and finely punctured, pitchy yellow. 

 Legs yellow. 



Common. 



Obs. — I should have supposed this species to be the 

 L. nigriceps of Kraatz, except that he says nothing of the 

 fascicle of elongate black hairs which is conspicuous on 

 either side of the emargination of the 6th ventral segment 

 of the hind body, in the male. 



126.^ Lithocharis dissimilis, n. sp. Robusta, nigra, 

 antennis pedibusque rufis, his femoribus infuscatis, elytro- 

 rum apice testaceo ; fortiter asperato-punctata, prothorace 

 valde transverso. Lons;. vix 2 lin. 



