BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 141 



sided. Elytra broadei' than the thorax, thinly punctured, and 

 Avith decumbent hairs. Abdomen also thinly punctured, with 

 the anus moderately fimbriate. The legs and terminal joint of 

 the antennre are reddish. 



222. — Philonthus subcingulatus. n. sp. 



Length 2| lines. 

 Head black, nitid, smooth. Thorax red, nitid, rather longer 

 than the breadth, broader behind than in front, ro;inded. at the 

 base and marked with a few punctures on the upper surface. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, punctured, and of a brown colour 

 with the apical edge yellowish red. Abdomen black, opaque, 

 with the apical edge of the three first segments tinged slightly 

 with red. The legs and palpi are dark red, the antennae 

 brown. 



223. — Philonthus chaltbeipennis. n. sp. 



Length 2^ lines. 

 Head and thorax nitid, the former black and nearly circular, 

 the latter red, neai^ly square, slightly rounded on the sides, not 

 broader behind than in front, and quite smooth. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, blue, punctured, and not nitid. Abdomen black, 

 subnitid, and marked with small elongate punctures. The tarsi 

 and three terminal joints of the antennse are of a pale red. 



224. — Philonthus Xantholinoides. n. sp. 



Length ] J lines. 

 This insect is entirely of a brownish red, with the exception 

 of the head which is black. The thorax is nitid, considerably 

 longer than the breadth, not broader than the head, broader be- 

 hind than in iront, and marked with two or three punctures on 

 Ihe upper surface. The elytra and abdomen are of a darker hue 

 than the thorax. The two basal joints of the antennse are red, 

 the rest brown. The fourth joint of the maxillary palpi is long 

 and unusually slight for the genus. 



