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duced, subemarginate. Antennae scarcely longer than the body, 

 arising from a round cavity beneath the eye; the first two joints 

 short, tumid, third to the eighth linear-elongate, the last three 

 forming a slender interrupted club. Eyes large, approximate, 

 widely emarginate below. Palpi stout, subacuminate. Pro- 

 thorax subquadrate, a little convex ; carina rather distant from 

 the base, terminating in a very slight curve at the side. Elytra 

 moderately convex, the sides slightly rounded. Legs of mode- 

 rate length, the first tarsal joint longer than the rest together. 



Nerthomma stictica. 

 N. oblongo-ovata, tomentosa, brunnea, griseo-varia ; elytris punctato- 



striatis, maculis griseis ornatis. 

 Hob. Borneo. 



Oblong ovate, with a reddish-brown tomentum, varied on the 

 prothorax with grey, so as to form a large central, and on each 

 side three smaller ovate patches of reddish-brown ; elytra punc- 

 tato-striate, the base and several oblong spots on the alternate 

 interstices grey ; antennae and legs dark brown \ basal joints of 

 the former, and eyes, yellowish brown ; body beneath with a 

 dark greyish silky pubescence. Length 2J lines. 



EXILLIS. 



Head small, subquadrate ; rostrum short, rounded below, the 

 apex entire. Antenna? very long, arising from a broad cavity 

 immediately beneath the eye ; the first two joints very short and 

 tumid, the third to the eighth linear-elongate, subequal; the 

 ninth shorter than the eighth, its apex and the tenth and ele- 

 venth joints forming a short slender club. Eyes distant, pro- 

 minent, obliquely reniform. Prothorax subquadrate, rather con- 

 vex, the carina nearly basal, terminating in a short curve at the 

 side. Elytra short, the sides slightly rounded. Legs of mode- 

 rate length, the first tarsal joint longer than the rest together. 



Exillis longicornis. 



E. ovatus, brunneus, subsericeo-griseo-tomentosus j antennis basi, 



pedibusque rufis. 

 Hob. Borneo. 



Ovate, reddish brown, with a sparse silky greyish tomentum ; 

 elytra slightly striated ; first three joints of the antenna? yellow- 

 ish red, the rest dark brown ; eyes and mandibles black ; legs 

 yellowish red, the tarsi darker. Length 1^ line. 



Mecocerus Wallacei. 

 M. fuscus, ciuereo-irroratus ; elytrorum dimidio apicali rufo-brun- 



neo ; antennis maris corpora duplo longioribus. 

 Hob. Borneo. 



Finely tomentose, dark brown, sprinkled with ashy ; rostrum 



