( 23o ) 



Jonl. Elytra as ill ;«f//cv/,v. Pygidiuin ronndci], sli,i;iitly truncate. Mesosteniuui 

 with a mesial patch of four rows of scale-like spines, the j)atch trianp-ular, entire, 

 but traversed by the impressed mesial line of the sternum. Anal sternite impressed, 

 snbtrnncate. Midtibia produced into a tooth. 



Length, 5| mm. 



Hab. Maiison Mts., Tonkin, 2UU()— 300U ft., April— May (Fruhstorfer). 



1 <?. 



13. Anthribus wallacei philippinensis subsp. nov. 



(??. As robust as the Papuan form .1. w. wallacei, interstices 5, 7 and 

 of elytra not so distinctly tesselated, white spots on apical declivity more 

 prominent, forming a more or less conspicuous transverse patch, which is divided 

 or sinnate at the suture. 



Hab. North Luzon {t'jpe), and Leite, Negros, and Samar (Whitehead). 



A series. 



14. Anthribus wallacei malaicus subsp. nov. 



c??. Much narrower than the other two snijspecies, tesselation ot interspaces 

 0, 7 and 9 of elytra not distinct, at least not in basal half 



Hah. Borneo : Kuching, May 19(ii( (('//."'), Baram River, and Pontianak ; 

 Sumatra ; Malacca. 



A series. 



15. Anthribus macrocerus spec. nov. 



S ? . Pubescence pale olive ; disc of pronotum marked with grey, with a 

 brown central dot ; elytra tesselated with grey and white in the alternate 

 interspaces ; tibiae with indistinct brown spot at base and in middle ; tip of 

 seventh antennal segment of ? , the whole eighth and base of ninth white. 



Antenna of S about three times the length of the body, segments 3 to 1 1 

 long, slender, '2 about three times as long as apically broad, 11 provided at 

 end with a small brush ; antenna of ? reaching base of elytra, slenderer than 

 in A. wallacei (18G0) Pasc, second segment longer. Pronotum without tubercles. 

 Elytra cyhndrical, without tubercles, seriate-punctate, the stripes slightly impressed. 

 First abdominal segment of <? with an ill-defined patch of denser pubescence, 

 a similar patch indicated on second segment. Underside of first and second 

 tarsal segments deep brown, nearly black in apical aspect. 



Length, 13 to 16 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim. 



A series. 



Resembles in colour Fhloeobius aUcrmns (l6l9) Wied., but the elvtra 

 devoid of the grey apical patch. 



16. Anthribus frontalis spec. nov. 



i. Difiers from A. wallacei mulaicn^ in the following points : dorsal lateral 

 carina of rostrum less elevate ; rostrum, head, and middle of pronotum covered 

 with a clayish ochraceous pubescence, much variegated with white ; third interspace 



