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44. Splia,ei*od.efnia malayana., n, sp. 



Rotuiidatc-ovate, convex: piceous; four basal joints of the 



antennae testaceous ; upper part of the head and the thorax , 



black; el3''tra finely punctured, reddish fulvous, the apex black. 



Var. abdomen testaceous; elytra black, a transverse di- 



scoidal broad band, fulvous. 



Length 1 line. 



Head inipunctate , the frontal tubercles broad and distinct ; 

 eyes large; antennae nearly half the length of the body, the 

 third and fourth joints equal, terminal joints gradually thicke- 

 ned , black , four basal ones testaceous ; thorax more than twice 

 as broad as long , tlie sides straight , the anterior angles oblique 

 and thickened, fulvous, rest of the surface black, shining, im- 

 punctate or scarcely visibly punctured; elytra extremely finely 

 punctured , the punctures near the sides arranged in striae , ful- 

 vous, the apex to a greater or smaller degree black; underside 

 piceous, more or less mixed with fulvous; anterior coxal cavities 

 open; claws appendiculate, 



Sumatra, JNIt. wSingalang, July (0. Beccari). 



The black colour at the apex of the elytra extends generally 

 upwards at the sides to a greater or smaller degree ; in the va- 

 riety it predominates in such a way as to reduce the fulvous 

 colour to a transverse band. 



45. Spltaeroclerma flavicollis, n. sp. 



Black; head, thorax and the two last joints of the antennae, 

 Havous; elytra black, shining, extremely finely punctured. 



Length 2 72-3 lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles rather fiat but distinct, 

 separated by a central and limited posteriorly by a transverse 

 groove; clypeus flattened; palpi black; antennae half the length 

 of the body, black, the two apical joints flavous; third joint 

 one half longer than the second, fourth joint longer than the 

 proceeding; thorax nearly three times as broad as long, convex, 

 the sides defiexed anteriorly, lateral margin strongly rounded, 



