conspicna laterali postbnmerali bene circumscripta densissimc lutoso pubescente 

 distingnendns. 



Ilab. Samar, June— July 1S90 (J. Wbitehead): 1 S. 



10. Litocerus forticornis sp. nov. 



S ? . Brnnneus, pallide ochraceo pubesceus, nigro macnlatus. Eostnim ut in 

 fi. histrione fere structnm, sed carinis levioribus, anteunarum scrobium margine 

 anteriore a snpero viso multo minus promiuente. Antennae brunneae, art. 1" — 4" 

 palli<le rufis, 6° — -11 (cJ) latis, compressis, 6° — 11° (<?) elongato-oblongis, baud 

 elongato-triangularibus, 3'° quarto paululo longiore. 



Protborax brevis, carina dorso recta lateribus fere in semicirculo antrorsum 

 flexa; disco brunneus,cruce crassa non interrnpta pallide ocbracea uotatus: lateribus 

 duabns guttis brunneis una pone alteram sitasignatns; ante medium snlco transverso 

 instructus. 



Elytra fortiter convexa, breviora quam in histrione ; pallide ocbracea, nt in 

 specie sub nomine macnlatus ab Olivier depicta maculis nigris signata, gutta 

 rotunda mediana snturali sat magna. Pygidium vitta angusta apice latiorc nigra 

 notatum. 



Prona facias nnicolor; metasterno autem macula laterali nigra notato. Pedes 

 pallide rnfi, femoribus medio tibiisqne apice paulo magis fuscis. Abdominis seg- 

 mentum primum inerme. 



Long, protb. 2\, elytr. 5 mm. 



Lat. „ 83, „ 3f „ 



Hah. Macassar, Jnne ISDG (W. Doherty); 1 <^, 1 ? . 



17. Litocerus puncticoUis sp, nov. 



S. Niger, supra nigro pubesceus, lutosn signatus. Rostrum ante antennas 

 transverse leviter subsulcatum, basi carinis tribus levissimis instructum, lutoso 

 pubesceus. Ocnli antice (<?) contigui anguste lutoso cincti. Antennae nigrae, 

 art. 1° pallide rufo, 2° et 3'° brunneis, 5° — 8" compressis, sed clava augustioribus, 

 3'° quarto parum, 9° octavo trieute longioribus. 



Protborax pnnctatus, ante medium suleatus, carina dorso recta lateribus iu 

 angulo valde rotundato antrorsum flexa; vitta modiaua in sulco interrupta, guttaque 

 utrinque in snlco sita lateribnsqne hitosis, bis gutta mediana dorsali alteraqua 

 postapicali laterali nigris signatis. 



Elytra convexa, sat brevia, macula basali snturali subbisulcata, altera minore 

 antemediana inter strias quartam et sextam sita, tertia ])ostmediana transversa inter 

 strias primam et quintam, liueolis guttisque dispersis, in apice densioribus, lutosis 

 notata. Pygidium utrinque lutoso vittatum. 



Infra lutoso-griseo pubesceus; mctasternum lateribus nigro signatuin; abdomen 

 inerme. Pedes rufo-bi'unnei, femoribus iniVa tibiisi^ue basi pallidis. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 5 mm. 



Hah. Macassar, June 1890 (W. Doherty); 2 cjcj. 



Related to the preceding species and to Ij. histrio in the form of the antenna! 

 joints, but differs from both in the fifth to eighth joints being narrower than the 

 ninth to eleventh, in the jiunctnrcd {)ronotum, and in the dilferent pattern of the 

 elytra, as well as in the very pale underside of the femora. 



