( sifi ) 



rows, the inte^tic-es also finely puiutui-ed here and there and with traces of longi- 

 tudinal costae, more distinct in the feiaale ; underside and legs black. 



Hub. Deli (Sumatra). 



I must separate this species from H. suraatrae Weber and several other of its 

 allies on account of tlie colour of the antennae, the scarcely pmictured thorax and the 

 fine and nearly irregular punctuation of the elytra which in If. »iiviatrae show well 

 separated double rows of jiunctures, these in the present species being difficult to 

 define ; the thorax in //. suinatrae is also much more closely punctured, and the 

 antennae with the exception of the H]>ical joints are fulvous. //. frateraa l>uviv. differs 

 in the black scutelluui, colour of the antennae, and the strong elytral punctuation. 



Haplosonyx aigripeuais .lac 

 Of this species several specimens are contained in this collection from Celebes 

 which agree with the type, but in others, obtained from the same locality, the elytra 

 are blue in.stead of black, and the antennae have the last three instead of four joints 

 flavous ; in .some specimens only the terminal two joints are of this colour. I am, 

 however, unable to find any other differences of importance whatever, although those 

 mentioned above are constant in all the specimens, which I do not at present feel 

 justified in separating. 



Microlepta palpalis -p. nov. 



Fulvous, antennae and the abdomen piceous, palpi incrassate, thorax finely 

 and sparingly punctured, elytra dark l)lue, closely and strongly punctm-ed. 



Var. Tlie antennae and abdomen fuh ous. 



Length li to 1| line. 



Head impunctate, thefrontal tubercles transverse, the space between the antennae 

 carinate, impunctate, terminal joint of the jialpi strongly incrassate, antennae slender, 

 as long as the body, piceous, the basal three joints sometimes fulvous, the first joint 

 very long and slender, the second one minute, the third twice as long, the fourth as 

 long as the preceding two joints together, the others slightly shorter ; thorax trans- 

 verse, twice as broad as long, the sides slightly rounded, the surface rather convex, 

 very sparingly and finely punctvued, fulvous or flavous ; scutellum black ; elytra dark 

 blue, closely and rather strongly punctured ; legs fulvous, the first joint of the posterior 

 tibiae longer than the following joints together, anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hah. Batchian. 



Closely allied to M. caeruleipennis .Tac. from Xew Guinea, but differing in the 

 strongly thickened palpi, the impunctate head, as well as in the colour of the antennae 

 and abdomen of the typical specimens ; the long first joint of the antennae and of the 

 posterior tar.si form some of the characteristic marks of distinction of this genus. 



Microlepta tibialis >p. nov. 



Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the tibiae more or less fulvous, lower 

 part of face and the thorax flavous, the latter impunctate, elytra dark bluish, strongly 

 and semi-regularly punctm-ed. 



Length 1^ to 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the vertex black, shining, lower portion of the face forming a 

 single piece, flavous, frontal elevations strongly raised, trigonate, eyes large, antennae 

 closely api>roached at the base, slender, extending to the end of the elytra, the basal 

 joint very long, thickened at the apex, black, the .second short, fulvous, third double 



