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black marginal mark behind the shoulders of the elytra is also 

 enlarged. 



Hah. Si-Rambé, Sumatra (Modigliani) ; five specimens. 



2o. Acorynus obliquus, spec. nov. 



c/* 9 • Rufo-hnmneus, fusco signalus. Rostrum et caput ut in 

 specie A. cludus dicta. Oculi (c/") antice contigui, (9) separati. 

 Antennae brunneae, art. 1° et 2*' rufìs; articulo 8" (c/) latiore 

 et hand hreviore, ( 9 ) hreviore quam 7 ; art. 9° latitudine dimidio 

 longiore. 



Prothorax conicus, dorso ante medium transverse impressus, 

 carina antebasali medio fere recta lateribus regulariter arcuata 

 instructuSj, punctulatus; in disco fuscus„ vitta mediana non inter- 

 rupta, gutta utrinque in disco cum vitta fere conjuncta, laterihusque 

 lutoso pubescentibus, his duabus maculis parvis fuscis notatis. 



Elytra lutosa, macula rotunda in gibbositate basali^ gutta parva 

 humerali^ fascia sat lata ad striam 1*™ pone medium incipiente 

 oblique retrorsmn versus marginem lateralem descendente {queni 

 supra abdo?nÌ7iis segment um tertium attingit) in medio constricta, 

 signatura tripartita {vel tribus maculis minutis) ante-apicalibus, 

 plaga antetnediana communi indistincta e lineolis coinposita, lineo- 

 lisque nonnullis lateralibus antemedianis, fuscis signata. Pygidium 

 fere semicirculare, rufum^ medio plus minusve brunneum. 



Pedes rufl, femoribus medio, lihiis el tarsum art. 1° apice brun- 

 neis; tibiis iiitermediis (c/) apice dente armatis. 



Long, proth. 1 2/5; elytr. 8^4 nim. 



Lat. .. 173; •• 2V5 •> 



Hab. Si-Rambé , Sumatra {type) (Modigliani) ; 3 c/" c/", and 

 Ajer Mantcior, Sumatra (Beccari) ; 1 9 . 



In the single specimen from the latter locality the two fascous 

 spots on the sides of the pronotum are conHuent with one 

 another. 



26. Acorynus pictus (1860), Pascoe, Ann. Mag. N. H. (3), V, 

 p. 45 (Borneo). 



I know this species from Malacca, Borneo, Sumatra and Men- 

 tawei ; it varies somewhat in colour according to locality, espe- 

 cially in the extent of the black markings on the elytra. In the 



