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eljtris nigris, apice rufis, tenuiter punetato-striatis, interstitiis fere 

 laevibus. Long. 4—4 — 5 millim. 



Hub. S. E. Borneo, Marlapura (Doherty). 



Rather hroadly ovate, ferrugiiious, very tinel}- and ob- 

 soletelj' puuctured. The chib nf tht' anleniiae, the mcso- and 

 metasterna, and the abdomen in the niiddle are infnscate inclining 

 to be pitchj. The middle of the body is very tinelv punctata, 

 the epimera more coarsely so. The metasternal hnes are curved, 

 reaehing halfwaj across, the ventral Hnes are sinuate, vanishing 

 before the margin of the segment. The antennae are thin, ^dtli 

 the third Joint as long as the two basal, the extreme tip of 

 the apical Joint reddish, the head and thorax are both very 

 finely punctured, the latter is more than twice as wide as long. 

 The scutellum is black and smooth; the elytra black with the 

 tips red, the inteistices hardly visibly punctured. Two examples. 



Farn. Eiidoinychidae. 



Amphisternus hamatus Guerin, Icon. Regne Anim. p. 316, 



t. .50 f. 7. V; Areh. Ent. 1. p. 2.58, ,^. $. (Eiimorphns). 



Amphisternus hamatus Gerst. Wieg. Arch. f. Natuvg. XXIII. 1. 

 l). 216. Monogr. Endoni. p. 49. 



Hab. Soekaranda (7 ex. ,j. $). 



Amphisternus mucronatus Gei-st. Monogr. Endoni. j). .51. 



Hab. Soekaranda (3 ex. V). 



Amphisternus aculeatus Gerst. Monogr. Endom. ]). 54. 



Hab- Soekaranda (6 ex. j. if). 



Amphisternus bellicosus Gorst. JMonogr. Kn(l(»ni. p. 57. 



Hab. Soekaranda (4 ex. ^? $)• 



Gerstarcker dcscribcd Ibis IVoni two examples only- one 

 froni Sumatra, one IVom renauu. Althoui-li I eanuot Ceel certain, 

 1 am inclined to tliiulv liotli \yvvv lemales. and MJIh the description 

 I can very well idenlily lemal<'s iVom Soekaranda; there is in 

 addition a sjx'cimen, m hieb l ihink to be the male; in this 

 examjile the IVont angles uf the thorax are very nuieh longer 



SlcU. oiitonio). Znit. lüol. 



