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mate, frontal, large, round, entire. Labrum rounded anteriorly. 

 Prothorax narrowed in front, the side nearly straight, the carina 

 sub-basal, arched forwards, forming an acute angle at its flexure 

 and continued but a short way on the side of the prothorax. 

 Scutellum very small, transverse, rounded behind. Elytra short, 

 convex, the sides slightly rounded. Legs of moderate length, 

 the first tarsal joint much longer than the rest together. 



Hucus melanostoma. 



H. ovatus, fuseescente-pubescens, griseo-varius ; oculis, rostro, man- 

 dibularum apice nigris. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Ovate, head and prothorax with a ferruginous-brown pubes- 

 cence mingled with grey, especially on the sides of the latter, on 

 the elytra a darker brown in longitudinal patches partially en- 

 closed by the grey, while posteriorly this latter is surrounded by 

 the brown ; eyes, rostrum, and tips of the mandibles dull black ; 

 legs and antennae ferruginous, obscurely clouded with dark 

 brown. Length 1| line. 



Phaulimia. 



Head rather broad in front, narrower below the eyes, rostrum 

 short, quadrate, entire at the apex. Antennae arising from a 

 lateral groove midway between the eye and mandible, very short, 

 the first two joints tumid, the last three forming a broadly di- 

 lated club. Eyes oblique, oblong, entire, not approximate. 

 Maxillary palpi rather long, pointed. Mandibles slender. Pro- 

 thorax slightly transverse, narrowed anteriorly, the carina sub- 

 basal, forming a right angle at its flexure and terminating at 

 about half the length of the prothorax. Elytra short, slightly 

 depressed, the sides nearly parallel. Legs short, coxae of the 

 anterior only slightly approximate, the rest distant, tarsi with 

 the first joint as long as the rest together. 



Phaulimia ephippiata. 



P. griseo-rufa, obscure fulvo-varia ; elytris macula magna communi 

 basali fusca. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Ovate, pubescent, slightly depressed, pale greyish red, obscurely 

 varied with fulvous ; on the prothorax the darker colour is con- 

 fined to a few oblique patches, on the elytra it is tessellated on 

 the interstices formed by the punctate striae, and at their base a 

 large dark brown spot; antennae and legs yellowish red, the 

 club black. Length 1^ line. 



