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of the elytra broadly and rather feebly sinuate in front of the apex ; sntnral 

 angles distinctly, but not strongly rounded. Sides of the sterna coarsely, those of 

 the two first abdominal segments rugosely ])unctnrf(l ; pijipicura ol' the elytra 

 somewhat rugose anteriorly. 

 Ilab. Timor (W. Doherty). 



Tachys dohertyi s]i. nov. 



T. rufo-lntens, pcdibus pallidioribus, sutura anguste rnfescente. Labruni 

 transversum, pauIo emarginatum : sulci frontales simplices, breves, jiostice cnrvati : 

 antennae elongatae, versus apicem minime incrassatae ; prothorax trausversus, 

 lateribns antice valde rotundatis, postice angustatis parnm obliquis, angulis anticis 

 subrotundatis, posticis snbrectis, hand acutis ; elytra oblonga, lateribus panlo 

 rotnndatis, ante apicem leviter sinuatis, disco deplanato, sutura parnm impressa, 

 stria prima distincta, secunda obsoleta, octava postice conspicua. 



Long. 2 mm., elytr. IJ, lat. i. 



Head a little more rufous than the prothorax ; the suture narrowl_v bordered 

 with rufous ; legs pale buff. Upper lip short and transverse, scarcely emarginate. 

 Anterior angles of the prothorax not so strongly rounded as in T. (rechiformin sp. 

 nov. Elytra truncate at the base ; shoulder angles rounded only at the outside. 



Hub. Timor (W. Doherty). 



Differs from T. cinctus Putz. {Ann. Mus. Genoa, vii., 1875, p. 740) and T. trechi- 

 formis sp. nov., not only in colour and size, but especially in the sha]ie of the frontal 

 grooves and prothorax, and in the sculpture of the elytra. 



Tachys bembidiifoiinis sp. iwv. 



T. aeneo-niger, nitidissimns, palpis, antennarum basi pedibuscjue lutcis ; labro, 

 mandibulis coxiscjue rnfis ; elytris singulis macula anteapicali lutea notatis. Labrum 

 truncatum ; sulci frontales breves, dnplicati, j)aralleli, ns(jne ad basim e])istomatis 

 descendeutes. Prothorax convexus, cordatus ; lateribus sat late marginatis, antice 

 valde rotundatis, postice usque ad augulos j)osticos obliquis ; angulis posterioribus 

 carinatis, dentatis, anticis subrotundatis ; linea mediana leviter impressa, disco 

 antice impressione transversa nulla, sulco basali ti'ansverso profunde uniseriatim 

 puuctato, foveolis in angulis distinctis. Elytra prothorace mnlto latiora ; basi lata, 

 trnncata ; humeris prominnlis rotundatis ; disco sex striis profnndis laevibns 

 instructo, interstitiis convexis ; stria suturali ad apicem Integra, ad basim valde, 

 caeteris basaliter gradatim minus, abbreviatis, secunda ad sextam postice abbreviatis, 

 octava Integra. 



Long. 2^ mm., elytr. I5, lat. 1. 



Elytra nearly as broad at the base as in the middle ; the scventji stripe wanting, 

 the eighth conspicuous and rather deeply imjjressed. 



Hub. Tenimber (W. Doherty, .Inne to July 1S92). 



Similar in ajipearance to Enropeau species of Leja Meg. 



Tachys trechiformis sp. nov. 

 T. ])allide rnfus ; palpis, antennis pedil)us(|ne luteis ; elytris plaga commnni in 

 medio suturae iufuscata, ajiicibiis pallidis. Antennae elongatae, labruni snbemargi- 

 natum ; oculi nigri, prominuli ; sulci frontales loiigi, oculos postice amplectentes. 

 Prothorax trausversus, cordatus, antice lateribus augulisipie rotundatis, postice 

 angnstatus, angulis posticis rectis, acutis ; basi trnncata, margiue angnstissimo 



