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.apical end, so as to be pynform^ iheir cliib is iniieh yhoitcr and 

 not so dull as Ihat of E. ylabra. The four spots on the eljtra 

 are plaeed as in E. glahra^ bat are further apart, so that the 

 black fascia in the middle is wider; thej" do not touch the 

 margitt any\^'here, but at the base the black inargin is very 

 narrow. The punctures in the series eease to be iinpressed 

 points beyond the middle, bnt they are visible as fuscons dots 

 through the posteriore red sjiot. Underncath (he nietasternum 

 and abdomen are pnnctured thickly, but are nevertheless shining. 

 In E. ylabra the episterna and epimera of both meso- and 

 meta^'terna are- obsoletely punctured. They are not so here 

 but are quite sniooth. 



Compared with E. crnciafa. this species is very much 

 larger^ twice as large in bulk, the red spots do not approaeh 

 so elose at the suture, and the punctured Striae will separate 

 it, besides numerous other points of difTerence. Two examples. 



Episcaphula philippinarum Laeord., Mon. Erotyl. p. 55. 



Hab. Soekaranda. 



Occurs at Penang, Malacca and Sarawak aceording (o 

 Crotch. 



Episcaphula Duvivieri n. sp. 



Oblonga, subparallela, })icea, capite prothoraceque parcius 

 distincte puuctatis, elytris nigris, obsolete punctato-striatis, iuter- 

 stitiis obsoletissime perminute punctatis, fasciis duabus utrinque 

 dentatis, una humerali, una subapicali tiurantiacis. 



Long. 6.5 — 7 millim. 



Hab. India (Duvivier); Sumatra, Soekaranda (Dohrn). 



Eyes coarsely granulated, antennae not long, wWh. the 

 third to the eighth joints subequal, and scarcely longer than 

 wide, the third a very little longer than Ihe second or fourlh, 

 the club with transverse joints loosely articulated. The thorax 

 subquadrate, rather wider than long and narrower in front than 

 at the base, the base bisinuate and impressed on each side, but 



Stett. ectomol, Zei{. 1901. 



