410 MARTIN .lArOFiY 



fulvous ; elytra convex, closely punctured, the interstices rather 

 uneven or wrinkled, fulvous, the apical portion in shape of a 

 transverse band to ahout one fourth of their length, black; 

 abdomen of the same colour as well as the posterior tibiae, tarsi 

 generally pale fulvous. 



29. Batusia (Nadrana) pallidicornis, Baly. — This insect origi- 

 nally described from Sumatra under the generic name of Nadrana 

 by Baly was also obtained at Batu ; why Baly should have 

 placed the species in Nadrana which has a totally differently 

 shaped thorax without any sulcus, it is difficult to say, l)oth, 

 this insect and Nadrana bella are almost identical in coloration, 

 but the species must find its place in Batusia; it is of double 

 the size as the preceding one and has a black thorax and 

 underside. 



30. Haplosonyx parvula, Jac. — Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, XXIY, 

 1886, p. 84. Hab. Borneo. 



31. Haplosonyx nigricollis, Duviv. — Stett. Ent. Zeitg. 1885, 

 p. 244. Ilah. Malacca. 



32. Haplosonyx fulvoplagiatus, n. sp. — Flavous, the vertex of 

 the head, the antennae (basal and apical joint excepted) and the 

 breast, 'black, thorax with a black central band ; elytra closely 

 and strongly punctured, dark violaceous, a transverse spot before, 

 and another below the middle, fulvous, apex of the femora black. 



Length 8 mill. 



Head finely punctured at the vertex, the latter black, the 

 lower portion flavous, frontal elevations transverse, strongly 

 raised, antennae black, the basal and the apical joint flavous, 

 the second and third joints very short, the fourth very elongate, 

 pubescent like the following joints which are gradually shortened 

 and thickened ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides slightly 

 constricted at tlie base, rounded at the middle, anterior angles 

 oblique, thickened , the surface transversely sulcate , finely and 

 somewhat closely punctured, flavous, with a central black narrow 

 stripe, scutellum broad, black ; elytra strongly and closely punc- 

 tured, the shoulders prominent, the ground colour purplish- 

 violaceous, a rather broad, transverse flavous spot not extending 



