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IS. Nessiara macassarensis sp. nov. 



(J?. J\'. nigro-brnnnca, fliivo-otliracco imbescens, brunneo signata. liostniiii 

 longitiuline pins trieute latins, lateribns leviter rotnudatnm, medio obtnsc carinatuni. 

 Caput postice macnla mediana fnsca notatnm, fronte liand cariuatnm, ocnlis (J) 

 ^ mm., (?) I mm- distantibns. Antennae pallide Intoso-ruiae, clava brnnnea, art. 

 11° apice lutoso-rnfo ; art. 3'° quarto triente longiore. Prothorax pone medium sat 

 ampliato-rotnndatns, carina dorso recta lateribns obliqna, dorao siguatnra brnnnea 

 sat male determinata mediana ab apice ad basin nsque exteiisa, postice latiore, ante 

 medium constricta, pone apicem ct pone carinam guttam et ante carinam tres 

 macnlas ])arvas flavo-ochraccas includente, lineola irregulari ab margine apicali ad 

 carinam lateralem extensa interrnpta vel continua, brnnnea signatus. Elytra robustn, 

 convexa, interspatiis 1" et 2° depressis, macnla rotunda submediana inter strias 

 2"" et 5""' sita, altera parva elougata ante apicem declivcm in spatio 3'", dnabus 

 guttis marginalibus, altera pone bumernm, altera ante medium, duabusijue guttis 

 minutis in elytri triente apicali sitis brunncis, praeterea interspatiis sntnrali et 

 7" plus minnsve brunneo tessellatis, T)" et 9° minus distincte tessellatis. Infra 

 cum pedibus pilosa; his pallide lutoso-rniis, femoribns ante apicem macula brunnea 

 signatis. 



Long, rostr. Ij, proth. 3J, elytr. 7 mm. 



Ilab. Macassar, June 1896 (W. Doherty); 1 cJ, 1 ?. 



Resembles in pattern Phloeophilus tessellatus (1839), but is less obviously 

 tessellated. 



lO. Apatenia toliana sp. nov. 



S. Speciei praecedenti simillima, minor ; rostro brcviore, carina mediana 

 abbreviata: ocnlis (J) minus ajiproximatis, anteunis art. 3'" breviore, 11" longiore; 

 protliorace conico, pone medinm hand rotundato-amjiliato, carina dorso leviter 

 undulosa, lateribns valde regnlariterque rotundata, jiarte laterali minus obliciua, 

 Inteo-griseo guttatim pubescente, gntta antescntellari, dnabus in disco atqne una in 

 utroque latere conspicuis; elytris ad suturam baud depressis, interspatiis alternis 

 consjncue luteo-griseo et brunneo tessellatis, tessellis interspatii 3'' longis, lateribns 

 pone hnmcrum dnabus maculis parvis brunneis signatis. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 9 mm. 



Ilab. Toll Toll, North Celebes, November— December 1895 (H. Frnhstorfer); 

 1 S. 



As the rostrum is on the under.side not carinate in the middle as in Nessiara, 

 but slightly depressed, and the last joint of the antennae much longer than broad, 

 the present species belongs to Apatenia, not to Nessiara. It bears a very close 

 resemblance to PIdoeophilm te.s.wllafits. 



2<i. Xylinades whitehead! sp. nov. 



? . A caeteris hujus generis speciebus signatura et antennarum struitura 

 diversus. 



Niger, nigro pubesccns, lutaeo vittatus. Rostrum cum capite bivittatnm, 

 trisulcatnm, snlco niediano in frontem ascendente. Antennae (?) lutosae gradatim 

 jianlo incrassatae, art. basi hand constrictis, 2°— 4" panlo conicis, 5" — 8° cylindricis, 



