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sides anteriorly, dark fulvous, the anterior margin more or less 

 narrowly llavous, scutellum triangular, elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, Havous, finely and closely punctured in very 

 irregular rows, the interstices finely wrinkled, their epipleurae 

 broad at the base, indistinct below the middle, legs slender, 

 tibiae mucronate, blackish, the first joint of the posterior tarsi, 

 much larger than the following joints together, claws appendi- 

 culate, anterior coxal cavities open. 



llab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



This species agrees in every structural details with the other 

 ones forming the genus Mierolepta, notably in the long slender 

 antennae and their very long basal joint, five other species from 

 the Malayan regions have been described by myself of which 

 M. pallida is the nearest allied one , but differs in the uniform 

 colour of the legs and other details. 



11:2. Pseudoscelida apicicornis, n. sp. — Elongate, black, the 

 apical four joints of the antennae, fiavous, head and thorax fia- 

 vous, the latter transversely foveolate, impunctate, elytra metallic 

 dark blue or greenish, very closely and strongly punctured. 



d\ Antennae with a long fringe of hairs. 



Length 3 lines. 



c/". Head broader than long, the vertex impunctate with a 

 triangular fovea, eyes very large, frontal elevations very narrow 

 and obsolete, clypeus triangular, its apex extending in shape of 

 an acute ridge between the antennae, la])rum and palpi, black, 

 antennae long and slender, black, shining, the last four joints 

 fulvous or fiavous, each joint furnished with a fringe of long 

 hairs, the first joint long and slender, the second extremely 

 small, the following joints equal, the fifth and sixth, rather 

 curved , terminal joints smaller , thorax one lialf broader than 

 long, of equal width, rather deficxed near the anterior angles, 

 the sides nearly straight , the angles not produced , the surface 

 with a transverse depression at each side, impunctate, shining, 

 scutellum broad , triangular , black , elytra very closely and 

 strongly impressed with round punctures, their epipleurae rather 

 broad, continued below the middle, legs slender, black as well 



