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5. anterior coxal cavities open, 

 27. Splxaex'omctopji fxuficli'ipiinetata-, n. sp, 



Oblong-ovate , convex, fulvous; breast, legs and antennae 

 black, last joint of the latter, testaceous; elytra minutely punc- 

 tured, fulvous, each elytron with two small black spots placed 

 transversely at the middle. 



Length 2 7.3 lines. 



Head transversely grooved between the eyes, impunctate; 

 frontal tubercles oblique transverse; maxillary palpi subclaviform ; 

 eyes large, entire; antennae scarcely extending to one third the 

 length of the elytra, black, the apical joint testaceous, third 

 joint more than twice as long as the second, the anterior an- 

 gles thickened, surface entirely impunctate, dark fulvous; el}'tra 

 slightly widened towards the middle, convex, extremely minu- 

 tely punctured, fulvous, a small spot near the lateral margin 

 and another near the suture , immediately before the middle of 

 each elytron, black. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak (J. Doria and 0. Beccari). 



28. Splxa,ex*ometopa fulvicolliis, n. sp. 



Rotundate-ovate ; piceous or black below ; two terminal joints 

 of the antennae , white ; head and thorax fulvous ; elytra black , 

 very minutely punctured. 



Length 2 Y2 hues. 



Head impunctate; frontal tubercles, narrow and transverse; 

 clypeus flattened and triangular; palpi robust, dilated, piceous; 

 antennae extending beyond the base of the thorax, their joints 

 gradually widened towards the apex; two lower joints piceous, 

 the others black, the two apical ones, white; thorax narrow, 

 nearly three times as broad as long, the anterior angles di- 

 stinctly thickened, surftice impunctate, shining, fulvous; scutellura 

 black; elytra very convex and rounded, black, very finely and 

 rather closely punctured; apex of the tibiae with a rather long 



