478 M. JACOBY 



on account of the elongate, posteriorly narrowed elytra. The 

 genus must find its place in the Typophorinoe and is perhaps 

 more nearly allied to Triclmia than any other, but the an- 

 tennae are entirely filiform, the thorax is of longer and more 

 subcylindrical shape and the femora have no spine and are fu- 

 siform. Massiea Lef. a Chinese insect has appendiculate claws. 



The species cannot be mistaken for Stethotes iìitegra which it 

 much resembles, on account of the basal elytral depression, the 

 unarmed femora and general larger size. 



11. Triclioplior'a nig^ra, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrowed posteriorly, black, shining, labrum and 

 antennae fulvous, head longitudinally strigose, thorax remotely 

 punctured, elytra with deep basal depression, finely punctate- 

 striate, femora pubescent above. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head with strong longitudinal strigae directed towards the 

 centre, the latter depressed with a short central groove, epi- 

 stome broader than long, separated from the face by a trans- 

 verse groove, very sparingly punctured, labrum fulvous, anten- 

 nae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the 

 terminal joints stained with piceous, the second, third and fourth 

 joint gradually elongated, apical joints very slightly thickened, 

 thorax transverse, narrowed in front when seen from above, the 

 sides strongly defiexed anteriorly, surface rather finely and 

 somewhat remotely punctured at the sides and near the base, 

 the rest of the disc nearly impunctate, black, shining, scutellum 

 subquadrate^ the apex rounded, elytra not wider at the base 

 than the thorax, subcylindrical, narrowed posteriorly, with a 

 deep basal depression within, the basal portion convex, finely 

 and regularly punctate-striate, the punctures stronger within 

 the depression, legs robust, the anterior tibiae gradually widened 

 towards the apex, carinate, posterior femora strongly convex 

 clothed with white pubescence above. 



Bujakori (August). 



