I'llVTi>l'IIA(iA KKo.M SITMATK.V 4^23 



teiiiiae scarcely exiendiiig- tu the middle of tiie elytra, Havous, 

 the two or three terminal joints piceous or black, the last five 

 joints distinctly thickened, not longer than broad, the last joint 

 more elongate, jwinted, second joint thickened, as long as the 

 following two joints together, the next three joints, longer 

 and tliicker again, thorax one half In-oader than long, the sides 

 strongly narrowed near the ])ase , much rounded and widened 

 near the apex, the anterior angles acute but not produced, the 

 surface sj)aringly but strongly punctured, the basal sulcus deep 

 and placed close to the basal margin, but not quite extending 

 to the lateral margins, scutellum small, elytra not depressed 

 l)elo\\ the base, distinctly punctured to the apex, the pun('tures 

 rather larger at the basq^ closely placed and arranged in regular 

 rows, underside sparingly punctured, legs short and robust, the 

 posterior femora scarcely more thickened than the others, tiie 

 posterior metatcirsus, scarcely longer than the second joint, claws 

 appendiculate, prosternum narrowly elongate, closing the anterior 

 coxal cavities. 



Hab. Padang. 



This is the smallest species of the genus known to me and al- 

 most resembles a species of Curticaria in shape and colour, the 

 terminal joints of the antennae are distinctly incrassate , almost 

 moniliform in shape, but I see no reason to separate the species 

 from Crepidodeni for the present. 



08. Manobia dimidiaticornis, n. sp. — Blackish, antennae and 

 anterior legs liavous, 8"' and D"' joint of the former, black, 

 thorax finely and sparingly punctured , the basal groove deep , 

 elytra strongly punctate-striate, the ])ase swollen. 



Var. The antennae and the entire u})per surface pale fulvous. 



Length 1 line. 



Head impunctate, black, the frontal tubercles small, narrowly 

 ol)lique, palpi fulvous, antennae extending to the middle of the 

 elytra , fiavous , the eighth and ninth joints black , the second 

 joint thickened, as long as the third, the following three joints 

 equal, slightly shorter than the seventh joint, thorax subquadrate, 

 one half l)roader than long, the sides straight, the anterior angles 



