1916.] 237 



One specimen, assumed to be a male, on account of the long, 

 stout antennae, with very small third joint. More robvist than 

 S.fuscula Miill., (J, with stouter antennae, larger eyes, and the basal 

 joint of the postei-ior tarsi curved. S. livens Mars., the only species 

 of the genus recorded from Japan, is a larger and much more elongate 

 insect,* with the antennae more slender. 



3. — Scraptia malabarica, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather broad, robust, flattened above, shining, thickly 

 pubescent ; obscure ferruginous, the elytra testaceous on the disc and infuscate 

 at the sides, the mouth-parts, palpi, joints 1-3 of the antennae, and the legs 

 also, testaceous, the rest of the antennae more or less infuscate ; densely, finely, 

 the elytra a little more coarsely, punctate. Head transverse, well developed 

 behind the eyes, the latter moderately large, distant, the frontal suture 

 distinct ; apical joint of maxillary palpi rather large, securiform, that of 

 the laliial pair very broad; antennae long, slender, sub-filiform, joints 2 and 

 3 short, sub-equal in length, 4-11 elongate. Prothorax convex, strongly 

 transverse, much wider than the head ; the sides parallel at the base, 

 rounded and converging anteriorly, the two basal foveae small and placed 

 near the rectangular hind-angles, the space between them conspicuously 

 margined. Elytra long, svib-imrallel, much wider than the prothorax. Legs 

 slender, moderately long [posterior pair wanting]. Length 4, breadth I2 mm, 

 ( c? ? ?) 



Hob.: S. India (Mus. Brit. : type), Malabar (ex coll. Fry). 



Two specimens, one injured by pinning, the other also imperfect, 

 possibly sexes, the S. India example having a broader head than the 

 other. Narrower than S. duhia Oliv. (fnsca Latr.), the head and 

 prothorax obscure ferrviginous and relatively narrower, the base of the 

 latter margined between the two small distant foveae, the antennae 

 slender, the eyes larger, the puncturing of the upper surface coarser. 



4. — Scraptia xylophiloides, n. sp. 



Oblong, somewhat convex, shining, finely pubescent ; reddish-brown, the 

 eyes black, the legs and joints 1 and 2 of the antennae testaceous ; densely, 

 finely, asperato-punctate. Head strongly transverse, narrowly extended on 

 each side behind the eyes, the latter large, well separated, the frontal suture 

 distinct ; antennae long, moderately slender, joints 2 and 3 short, sub-equal 

 in length, the others elongate, filiform. Prothorax much wider than the head> 

 twice as broad as long, rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, the hind angles 

 obtuse, bifoveatc at the base, the median fovea large, transverse, deep. Elytra 

 oblong, miich wider than the prothorax, somewhat convex, flattened on the 



* S. bn'.Hiua and dimidiata Mars, belong elsewhere, cf. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.. XLII. p. 81 (1S9S). 



