SOME NEW ORIENTAL ANTFIRIBIDAE 87 



11. Hypseus axillaris ntiajoi" subsp. nov. 



c^ 9 . Much larger than ax. axillaris (1895) Jord. described 

 from Perak, and the shoulder-spot reduced to one or two 

 small dots. 



Length, 6 to 7^/^ mm. 



Hab. Fly River, British New Guinea (L. M. D'Albertis). 



Several specimens. 



12. Hypseixs "vestitiis spec. nov. 



9 . Brown , rufescent , clothed with a huffish pubescence , 

 variegated with brown. Rostrum more than twice as broad as 

 long , with the trace of a mesial carina at base. Frons one-third 

 the width of the rostrum. Antennal segments 1 and 2 luteous, 

 8 much shorter than 7, abouth one-third the width of 3 Pro- 

 thorax twice as broad at base as long, somewhat uneven above, 

 coarsely punctured, a large mesial area more or less buff, the 

 spot before scutellum occupying one-fourth of base , antebasal 

 carina evenly convex, lateral angle less than 90°, lateral basal 

 longitudinal carina very oblique. Elytra declivous from near 

 base to apex, punctate-striate, alternate interspaces above faintly, 

 at sides more distinctly dotted with black, shoulder region more 

 or less extended huffish grey, third interspace with a subbasal 

 tubercle, a small pustule before and a still smaller one behind 

 middle, these elevations black bordered with grey behind, the 

 black dots of the other interspaces being also feebly elevate. 

 Base and apex of femora , a broad antemedian and a narrow 

 subapical ring on tibiae, and bases of tarsal segments pale 

 rufous. 



Length, 4 to 5 mm. 



Hab. Kandari, S. E. Celebes, III, 1874 (Beccari). 



Two 9 9. 



