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triangulär. Tlie thorax is at the base half as wide again as 

 long, its surface is almost glabrous, onlj the minutcst poinls 

 oan be seen undcr a strong glass, i(s sides begin to narrow 

 towards the front at about a third Ibcir longth froni the base, 

 they are verv faintl^y curved, and Ihc front angles are not so 

 acute as in E. octopustulata, its inai-gin is reflexed aiid a little 

 thiekened^ the base is bisinuate, with a few punctures along 

 the extreme edge. They are faintly verv obsoletely sulcate, with 

 A'erv faint indications of punctured striae in the sulci : this is 

 jiardly notieeable except near the raiddle I)elovv the eallus, The 

 Iwo basal red spots are oldong-ovate. the inner one large and 

 on the base, the outer one smaller, placed obliquelv a httle 

 further back on the margin, but leaving the limb itself l)lack, 

 the subai)ical red spot is verv large, rather irregularly round, 

 not reaehing the suture, and leaving Ihe reflexed margin black. 

 The nnderside is black, and verv sniootb, Ihe prosternuni com- 

 ])ressed, terminating in front in a Idunt mucro, and excavated 

 at its broad basal process. The legs are sinooth, their femora 

 not much thickened, the tibiae neurly straight, the coxae are 

 piceous. Two specimens were obtained hy Herr H. Dohrn. 



Micrencaustes lunulata Mae Leay, Ann. Jav. j). 42. Lacord. 

 Mon. Eroivl. p. 42, Crotch Rev. Erotyl. 1876, p. 478. 



Hab. Soekaranda, Liangagas. 



This is a variable species liolh in size and in the markings, 

 cspecially tliose of the thorax. When the anterior humeral ring 

 becomes broken and angular, it is Ihen Ihe Encaustes sinuata 

 of Lacordaire; in some examples the thorax is fulvous MÜh seven 

 black spots. A very small race occurred to Herr Dohrn Ixilh 

 at Soekaranda and at Liangagas. I have recorded this froni 

 N. East Sumatra before, (Notes froni Leyden Mus.) 



Micrencaustes liturata Mac Leay, Ann. Jav. p. 42 var.? 

 M. plagiata Gorham, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883. p. 76. 

 Hab. Soekaranda. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit, 1901. 12'* 



