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Antennae nigrae. Protborax latitudine dimldio loiigior ; lateribus dimidio post- 

 eriorc rectis, dein antrorsiim snbito convergentibui?, angnlatis ; basi versus scutellnm 

 rohindato-jirodncta, utrinquc levissime sinuata ; obscure ruber, macula parva ante- 

 mediana dorsali uotatns, margine antici) et marginis basalis medio nigris. Scutellnm 

 augnstnm, nigro-velutinum. Elytra retrorsnm fortiter angnstata, nigra, nigro- 

 velntina, prothorace mnlto latiora ; margine apicali prope snturam leviter emar- 

 ginato ; omnino minnto graiinlato-pnnctata, granulis in liumeris densioribns ; singula 

 elytra qnincpiestriata. 



Prosternnm dense grannlosnm, granulis medio sparsius sitis ; procossn inter- 

 coxali laevi, angnsto, snlcato, parte postcoxali latitndiue breviore, punctulata ; 

 nigro-riibrum, circnm coxarum cavitates nigrnm. Mesosternum nigrum, minute sat 

 dense grannlosnm. Metasteruum nigrnm, epistornis antice rnbris, lateraliter sub- 

 tiliter grannlatum, medio dispersissime punctnlatnm. Abdomen nigrum, segmentis 

 prime et (j^uinto rnbris, rininto apice et margine laterali angnsto nigro, lateribus 

 segmentis primo obsolete snbtiliter grannlato, secnndo punctnlato, tertio et quarto 

 grosse, sed non dense pnnctatis, quinto grosse sat dense, in apice fortissime, passim 

 irregnlariter seriatim, hand dense piunctato. Pygidinm acntnm, triangnlarc, medio 

 apice carinatum, margine laterali ajiicali levissime reflexo, sat fortiter pnuctatnm, 

 l)unctis ad basim sparsis, versus apicem parnm densioribus, nigrum, basi rubrnm. 

 Pedes rnbri, coxis, femornm summa basi, geuibus, tibiarnm snmmo apice, tarsis([ne 

 nigris vel brnnneo-nigris ; femora dispersissime puuctnlata ; tibiae levissime 

 sulcatae. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 30, rostr. 8, elytr. 13, lat. 13. 



Upperside clotbed with a black velvety pubescence, without gloss ; the dark 

 reddish patches on the sides of the metasternnm ill-defined ; pubescence of the inner 

 edges of the tibiae and of the under surface of the tarsi, ochreous ; pygidium without 

 longer hairs at the apical margin. 



Hob. Kina Bain (Brit. N. Borneo). 



11. Omotemnus niassicus s]i. uov. 



?. (). forma Cijrtotrachdi ; niger, lateribus metasterni et segmeutorum ab- 

 dominalium primi et ultimi panmi rubesceutibus, supra; nigro-velutinus. Rostrum 

 arcnatnm ; parte basali incrassata grosse sat remote pnnctatum, inter antennas 

 breviter sed jn'ofunde sulcatum ; dorso fortiter bisulcatnm, snlcis ad basim evanes- 

 centibus, sed trans sulcum interantennalem asceudentibns, carina mediana separatis, 

 hac carina ante apicem gradatim miuime elevata, dein dccrescente et bifurcata, 

 retrorsnm in partem crassam basalem excurrente et grossissime rugato-pnnctata, 

 snlcis dorsalilius parum rngulosis ; lateribus etiam profnnde sulcatum, snlco ])artcc 

 pnuctnlato, infra et supra carina acuta marginato. Cajjut disperse pnnctatum, fovea 

 sat levi interantennali signatnm. Antennae nigrae. Prothorax latitudine tertia j)arte 

 longior, lateribus .dimidio postico rectus, sed seusim antrorsum convergeus, dein 

 versus apicem angustatns, obsolete punctatns, margine extreme laterali glabro grosse 

 liunetatnm ; basi ante scutellnm rotnndatns, utrin(pie vix emarginatus. Scutellnm 

 angnstnra, nigro-velntinnm. Elytra retrorsnm angnstata, margine apicali \n-i\\vi 

 suturam levissime sinuato, remotissime granulato-pnuctata {i.e. punctorum margine 

 antico elevato), granulis in hnmeris densiorilms ; (jninquestriata, stria quinta 

 Ibrtissime abbreviata. 



Prosteruum minute grannlosnm, siagnlis pnnctis instrdctuui, granulis versus 

 medium obsoletis ; processus prosternalis parte postcoxali longitndine latioro. 



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