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litherculoriiui Instructia ; corpore su/dua {firosterno excepto) 

 impunclalo , pube h)-annescenle lenuilcr ohtecto; srgmeulo 

 uUimo ahdorninis ceteris conjunctis fere aequl-longo, prozìe 

 apicem dejjresso, ^margine apicali truncato. 



Long. 12, lai. ad basin elytr. 3, and medium elylr. 

 1.7) mm. 



Hab. Suinatra: Mt. Sing-alanj;- [Beccari). 



This sp(>cit's may !);■ readily i-t'coji-iiizcd by its oval slroii^^ly 

 (■()ii\('\ clylra I'uniislicd \\illi i-o\vs of IuIhtcIcs . llic iirst row 

 troni the suture sliurt, with hut toiu- or five luhcrcles, the sci-oiid 

 and tliird rows lono;er, and the fourth sliort ; in each row tlie 

 tuhei'cles nearest tlie l)ase are sniaUer and ^-ranuU-forni wliih' 

 those farth( r hark from tlie hase are elonj^ate and cariiii-forni. 



1'.». Ei>epeo( e-; t>a>;a,li!-i, sp. n. 



Niger, griseo-pitbescens: elytr is pube ftisco- brunnea 

 cinereo-irr orata obtectis , ad basin granulatis , iitrisque in 

 declivilate basali annido atro-velutino fulvo-grlseo-limbato 

 nolatis. 



Long. 17>-26 min. 



Hab. Sumatra: Si UamlK- [Modigliani). 



In ,u'eii(>ral coloration, and in the ,t;-ranulation and puncturatiou 

 of the elytra this sjiecies resemliles Pelargoderus bipunctatas , 

 Daini, hut the elytra are without j;-labrous i)lack spots, and each 

 is marked on the basal declivous jKirt with a velvety black rin^ 

 haviii.t:' a narrow fulvous border, and a fuKous spo1 in the centre. 



20. lI3pep<»o(e!-< liis<«ii!-i. Fab. var. <»ng":»ii<»ii>ii>:, var. n. 



Vitla mediana pronoti obsoleta vel nulla; elytris utrisquc 

 ad basin macula, obliqua, albido-fulva, distincte nolatis. 



Hab. En<2:ano {Modigliani, and Dolierty). 



In this variety, tlie dark velvety spot lyin<i- in the basal de- 

 pression near the slioulder of each idyti-on is narrower than in 

 other varieties of E. hiscus , and its inner border, instead of 

 bein;^' rounded, is straij^'ht and obli(pie . with a vt-ry distinct ful- 

 vous or fulvous-white spot placed alon^'side it. and extendin^^ 

 posteriorly a little bi'yoiid it. The tendency lo disap))earance of 



