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late inconspicne sinuatum ai)guli>i rotnndatis, iilanatnm ; antennanim scrobibiis 

 iiiagnis parum lunaribus oculos laterales prominentes paruin obliques fere tangentibus. 



Antennae basi luteo-rufae, apice brunnescentes, in utroque sexu elytrorum 

 basim vix attingentes, articulis 1" et 2° crassis, 3°— 8° decrescentibus, 0" — 11" 

 latioribus, 10" breviore qiiam nono praesertim in (?), 3° — 8° apice singulis pilis 

 longis vest it is. 



Prothorax longitudine multo latior, conicus, pronoto longiore quam prosterno, 

 convexus, carina dorso recta lateraliter in angulo subrecto antrorsum flexa mox ante 

 medium protlioracis abbreviata ; prothoracis aiigulis ]iosticis fere rectis ; brunneus, 

 dorso utrim(|ue ante carinam liasalem macula triangulari, linea media ex parte, 

 lateribus sicut caput cum rostro luteo-pubescens, his signaturis variantibus. 



Elytra convexa, brevia, retrorsum rotundato-angustata, a basi declivia, subtiliter 

 striato-punctata, sculptura sub pulie celata, brunnea, macula vel fascia transversji 

 antemediana in sutiu-a ad basim dilatata, extus ad striam sextam extensa, in stria 

 quarta interrupta sen sinuata, margiue liasali, nonnullis lineolis basalibus cum margine 

 coufluis vel liberis, fascia angusta postmediana undulata, macula apicali marginem 

 baud attingente sublunari transversa cmn linea marginali usque ad iinMlium 

 ascendente conflua, multis lineolis variabilibus luteo-puhescentibus. 



Pygidium lateribus bnumescens, longitudine parum latius, retrorsum angustatum, 

 rotuudatum, (c?) apicem versus levissime convexum. Prosternum brevissimum ; 

 processus mesostemalis latus apice truncatus ; (c?) segmentum anale medio impressum, 

 duobus tuberculis acutis armatum. 



Pedes luteo-rufi, ft-moribus medio, tibiis apice tarsisque parum brunnesceutibus. 



Long. 3 mm., lat. 1^. 



Hcth. Perak. 



I place this small species in Pascoe's genus Phaidimia, though it differs from 

 that genus in the rather longer rostrum being also narrower at the base, in the more 

 slender antennae bearing some long hairs at the tip of the middle joints, and in the 

 prothoracic carina standing close to the base. Whether the viales of Phaidimia 

 schaumi Pasc. and Ph. ephippiata Pasc. have two spines on the last abdominal 

 segment, as the present species has, I cannot tell. 



Directarius gen. nov. 



c?. Frons cum rostro perpeudicularis jiarum versus posticum fracta angulo 

 frontali-occipitali rotundato, lata, plana. Ko.-trum brevissimum, medio levissime 

 depressum, apice medio subtiliter emarginato parum angustatum, sulco antennanim 

 laterali mox pone medium instructum, lioc sulco foveiformi, margine laterali dorsali 

 rostri a latere viso carinuliformi supra sulcum antennarum parum dilatato. 



Antennae (c?) articulo nono elytrorum medium ;-uperantes, giaciles, articulis 

 r et 2" brevibus parum incrassatis, 3" duobus basalibus longiore, 3° — 9° paulatim 

 decrescentibus, 9° vix latiore (10" et 11" absentibus in singulo exemplo). Prothorax 

 longitudine baud latior, pronoto convexo longo, prosterno brevissimo, versus basim 

 gradatim paulo latior, carina valde elevata dorso medio recta, latrorsum convexa, 

 lateribus baud versus apicem flexa. 



Elytra elongata, humeris rotnndatis prominulis. Pygidium triangulare, apicem 

 rotundatiun versus fortiter angustatum. Tarsi parum elongati, .sat hirsuti, articulis 

 1" dimidio tibiae aequilongo, 2° et 3° .sat latis. 



To be placed after Phanlimia Pascoe. 



