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8. Omotemnus blandus sp. nov. 

 (PL XIII., %. 00 



c? ? . 0. eloiigatus, sat depressns ; statura Ilhijuc/iopliori, sed retrorsum sensim 

 angustatus ; infra ater, abdomine obscure rnbro, tibiis rul)ris ; snjira velutiuus, 

 flavo-ruher, iiigro-signatns. Rnstrnm (J) rectum, apice vix arcuatuiu, magiiu dente 

 triaugulari apicali armatum, basi iuter antennas sulci) brevissinio fere punctifurmi, 

 antrorsum seriebus tribus tuberculorum, serie intermedia levissima, instnictura 

 lateribus subtiliter unicarinatum, sine suico distincto ; (?) arcuatum, parte aute- 

 antennali rugosum, (juatuor sulcis versus basim incrassatam evanesceutibus, et 

 carina dorsali retrorsum gradatim excurrente antice sulco laevissimo instructa in 

 tertia parte apicali suliito aljruj)ta, liic dentiformi ; caput fovea iuteroculari jiro- 

 funda ; antennarum articulus ultimus fulvo-ruber. Protborax disco duabus plains 

 plus minusve magnis nigris, intns subrectis, extus subrotundafis, approximatis, 

 notatus ; ((J) parum couvexus, lateribus aequabiliter rotundatus, basi utrinque sat 

 fortiter bisinnatus, infra (prosterno sparsim) dense granulatus, disco dispersissime 

 punctulatus, punctis inconspicuis ; (?) lateribus postice leviter rotundatus, fere 

 rectus, dein antrorsum angustatus, basi utrinque sat fortiter l)isinuatus, infra sub- 

 tiliter dense granulatus (prosterno fere laevi), singidis punctis consjiicuis regulariter 

 <lispositis, disco dispersissime punctulatus. Scutellum basi pnnctatunj, apice 

 utrinque nigro-velntiuum. Elytra sntura, omnibus marginibus, macula liumerali 

 plagaque laterali postmediaua, cum macula bumerali iutus connexa nigris, dorso 

 i[uinquestriata, striis antice inconspicue punctulatis. omnino miuutissime granulosa, 

 liumeris jiunctatis. Pygidium disperse minute, in basi, praecipue in utrisque laterilms, 

 dense fortius punctatum. 



Femora dense granulata, sujira jiauce punctata, postica (<?) magno dente lato 

 Totundato armata ; ( ? ) tibiae anticae basi spina arcuata sat longa instructae. 



Long, (capite excl.) 60 mm., rostr. 14, elytr. 25, lat. 23. 



The black patches on the upperside vary in extent. Those of the elytron are 

 usually connected by a longitudinal bar situated on the outside of the fifth impressed 

 stripe; bat in two examples these patches are not connected. The rostrum of the 

 male has coarse but shallow jjunctures on each side close to the external rows of 

 dorsal tubercles, each ]iuucture bearing a small brush of rather strong and shiu-t 

 hairs, which are so close together that the brush looks like one strong seta. The 

 same brushes occur in both sexes on the upperside of the femora and on the bas(' 

 of the jiygidium. The inner edges of the thighs, tibiae, and the margins of the 

 last abdominal segment (dorsal and ventral part) are densely fringed with long 

 orange rufous silky hairs. The tibiae have a very faint longitudinal depression. 



Hah. Kina Balu (Brit. N. Borneo). 



This form stands close to 0. serrirostris (Fbr.), but is proportionally much 

 longer ; the base of the jjrothorax is more produced towards the scutelhim, and the 

 basal sinus is much deeper. The rostrum of the male has a short groove between 

 the antennae ; the ])ronotum of the male is convexer than that of 0. serrirostris, and 

 the dilated, tooth-like part of the hind femora is rounded, not angulated. The rostrum 

 of the female is rugose, not punctured, except the base, which bears a few fine 

 punctures ; the underside of the jirothorax is densely granular even in the Jenude ; 

 and the thighs are also thickly covered with granules in both sexes. Besides these 

 differences in the structure, the new species will be easily recognised by the pattern 

 (if the prouotum. 



