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basim seriebns duabns pnnctornm grossorura et tertia serie indistiucta instractnm. 

 Metasterunni ad latera fortitcr deuse, in medio grossius seriatim punctatuiu, 

 spatio mediaiio triangnlare lacvi. Liiieae t-oxales complctae, margiuem jiosterioreiii 

 segmenti attingentes, iutns areuatae, cxtns fere rectae, declives. Abdomeu dense 

 fortiter punctatum. 



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



Black, covered with a greyish j)ubescence, short ovate, rather couvex. Head, 

 pnithorax, apex of elytra (about I of tlie length), abdomen, and legs nifo- 

 testaceons : the middle of the first segment of the abdomen blackish pitch-colour. 

 Prothorax finely and densely punetuated all over, with the lore angles jjrominent 

 and their tips somewhat rounded, and with the base sinuate at each side. Elrtra 

 with tlie middle sparingly and the sides more densely punctured, the punctures 

 being small and circular ; each elytron has two rows of larger punctures and traces 

 of a third one ; the i'ows are rather long and, in front, somewhat parallel to the 

 suture ; an oblong space at the suture lietween the inner rfiws, common to both 

 eh'tra, nearly smooth ; the apex not covering the last segment of the abdomen, 

 and ha^^ng the sutural angles rounded. The punctuation of the metasternum strong 

 and coarse, and very dense at the sides ; the punctures in the middle of the meta- 

 sternum are very large, and form irregular rows ; a space in the middle smooth and 

 triangular. The abdomen is also densely punctuated, but not quite so coarsely as the 

 metasternum, and the middle of the first segment has the punctures a little less 

 dense. The coxal lines are complete, reaching the hind margin of the segment, and 

 have the interior portion slightly curved and the exterior one nearly straight and 

 declivous. 



Hab. Martapnra, S.E. Borneo (W. Doherty, 1891). 



li». Scymnus socius sp. uov. 

 (PI. VIII., fig. 21.) 



Sc. niger, pnbesceus, breviter ovatus, convexus ; capite, prothorace, elrtrorura 

 apice, mesosterno, abdomiue (segmento primo piceo excepto) pedibuscjue luteis, 

 elytronun basi angusta et scutello ferrugineis. Supra minute, el3'tra grossius 

 punctata ; infra parnm grosse et dense punctatus ; metasternum medio liuea 

 minutissime impressa instrnctnm. Liueac coxales semicirculares, segmenti 

 raarginem posteriorem non attingentes. 



Long. It mm., elytr. 1^, lat. 1^. 



This species is allied to Sc. thoracicalis, from wliich it may be easily distin- 

 guished by the elytra having no rows of punctures and being narrowly rufous at the 

 base, and by the coxnl lines having their outer portion more curved. 



Hab. Martapura, S.E. Borneo (W. Doherty, 1891). 



11. Scymnus brevis sp. nov. 



Sc. Intens ; elytris (apice luteo excepto), segmento primo abdominali meta- 

 sternoipie nigris ; griseo-pubescens, breviter convexus. I'rothorax postice ante 

 scutellum leviter prodnctus, deuse et sat minute, elytra fortius punctata, liaec antice 

 spatio parvo laevi sutnrali iustructa. Infra jiaruin crasse, in metasterni medio vix 

 impresso fortius punctatus. Lineae coxales intus arcnatae, segmenti apicem non 

 attingentes, extus obliquae, abbreviatae. 



