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pnnctatum, spatio mediano snlirot.nndato impnnctato, linea mediaua iudistiiicta, 

 instrnctum ; siMomeu dense fortiter punctatum. Lineae coxales semirirci dares, 

 fere oomidetae, marginem posticum segmenti hand attiugeiites. 



Loug. 2|- mm., elytr. 2^, lat. 2. 



Black, wath the head, prothorax, tip of the eh'tra (about i the leugth j, abdomen, 

 and legs rufous, with the mesosteruum and sides of the metasternum pitchy brown. 

 Ovate, rather short, upper and under surface covered with a long pile. Prothorax 

 densely bnt not coarsely jjunctuated ; its fore angles prominent, with their tip 

 ronnded ; the base produced in front of the scutellum and sinuate at each side. 

 Elytra rather finely (at the base coarsely) and not densely punctuated, with a 

 number of larger punctures which are ari'anged in ipiite irregular basal rows, 

 extending in front to the suture and surrounding a smooth sutural space. The last 

 segment of the abdomen is not covered by the elytra, as the apex of each elytron 

 is rather strongly rounded. Metasternum densely and coarsely punctured, with a 

 nearly rounded smooth space in the middle. Abdomen coarsely and very densely 

 punctured. Coxal lines not reaching the hind margin of the segment, almost 

 semicircular, lint externally not quite extending to the base. 



HftA Martajiura, S.E. Borneo (W. Doherty, 1891). 



Differs from Sc. grunJis sp. nov. in the coarser punctuation of prothorax and 

 elytra, in the elytra having only ([uite irregular rows of jiunctures, in the meta- 

 sternum having a ronnded smooth space in the middle ami being pitchy brown_ at 

 the sides, in the semicircular lines not reaching the apical uiargiii of the segment, 

 and in some minor characters. 



There is one specimen from Martapura which is smaller, and has the whole 

 metasternum pitchy brown. But as I cannot find other characters in which it 

 differs from Sc. f/rossus, it may be considered to be only a small specimen of this 

 sj)ecies with the colour not ijuite developed. 



iC'. Scymnus dubius sj). nov. 



Sc. tkoracicalifs sp. nov. affinis ; ditfert : major, forma oblongiore ; singulo elytro 

 una serie distincta jiunctorum grossorura instructo, secuuda obsoleta ; metasterno 

 medio linea, non spatio triangulare laevi ; elytrorum apicibus minus late testaceis. 



Long. 2 mm., elytr. If, lat. li. 



This species is closely allied to Sc. tkoi-acicalis sj). nov., both in punctuation of the 

 upperside and in colour. It is distinguished by the larger size, the more oblong 

 shape, and by the elytra having only one distinct row of punctures ; moreover, the 

 metasternum of Sc. dubius has nearly the whole middle punctuated, having only a 

 very narrow and somewhat impressed smooth median line. As the exterior part of 

 the coxal lines is less declivous, the lines seem to be less strongly curved. The 

 apex of the elytra is not so broadly testaceous as in Sc. thoracicalis sp. nov. 



Hah. Perak. 



1 T. Scymnus thoracicalis s]i. nov. 

 Sc. niger, cinereo-jnibescens, brevitcr ovalis, fort iter convexus ; capite, pro- 

 thorace, elytrorum apice, abdomine (segraentis primo piceo-nigro, secundo piceo 

 exceptis) pedibusque luteo-flavis. Prothorax basi ante scutellum rotundato- 

 dilatatns. Supra minute punctatiis, singulo elytro ad basim duabus seriebus pnnc- 

 torum crassornm instructo ; infra dense j)unctatus ; metasternum subconvexum. 



