74 Mr. David Sliarp 07i the 



that of tlie elytra ; it is of a tawny red colour, marked at 

 the sides witli black; it is coarsely punctured and not 

 shining. Elytra coarsely punctured, of a dirty-yellow 

 colour, but little longer than the thorax. Hind body 

 elongate and narrow, coarsely and closely punctured, of a 

 tawny-red colour, the two apical segments black. Legs 

 yellow. Breast black, with the mesosternura in the middle, 

 and also the metasternum at the extremity in the middle, 

 reddish. 



Nagasaki. Two specimens. In a third individual the 

 thorax is suffused with black, as are also the basal seg- 

 ments of the hind body. 



136. Sunius chloroticus, n. sp. Fulvo-testaceus, an- 

 tennis, elytris pedibusque pallidis ; capite dense minus 

 fortiter punctato, elytris thorace paulo brevioribus. Long. 

 21 lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice anguste pro- 

 fundeque exciso ; 6° margine posteriore late semicircu- 

 lariter emarginato, emarginatione evidenter nigro-spinoso, 

 spinis validis, numero circiter 16. 



Antennae pale yellow, rather long and slender, the 

 apical joint only slightly stouter. Head tawny yellow, 

 densely but not so coarsely punctured as usual, quite dull ; 

 the eyes very remote from the hind angles. ' Thorax 

 similar in colour to the head, rather narrower than the 

 elytra, longer than broad, a little narrowed behind, coarsely 

 punctured. Elytra pale yellow, slightly shorter than the 

 thorax, rather coarsely punctured, a little shining. Hind 

 body yellow, coarsely punctured. Legs pale yellow. 



The male characters (as described above) are very re- 

 markable. 



Five specimens. 



y 137. Pcederus Poioe}-i, Ijew'is {not descvihed). Apterus, 

 niger, elytris brevissimis nigro-ca3ruleis, antennis pedibus- 

 que rufo-testaceis, his femorum apice angustissime nigro. 

 Long. 6—7 lin. 



_ Antennae rather longer than head and thorax, yellow, 

 distinctly pilose; 3rd joint quite twice as long as 2nd, 

 6—10 each distinctly shorter than its predecessor. Head 

 broad and short, rather broader than the thorax, shining 

 black, s])aringly punctured; eyes small but prominent, 

 palpi yellow, mandibles pitchy. Thorax very convex. 



