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.sec'ond and tliird joiids iieai-ly c(|iml. liolli shorl. (he otliers clon- 

 gate, (liorax wilh deep lateral sulei. Uie sides threedeiilate, Ihe 

 anteriov portion punctiired like the head, (he Itasal pavt. elosely 

 and strongh' puncta(e, the surtace pubescen( like the elytra, (he 

 latter of paler eolour, piuictured like the base of the thorax, 

 punctuation nearly obsolete iiear the i\\)cx, the underside of rat her 

 darker eolour than the iipper surjaee. liuelj and sparingly pubescent. 



Soekaranda and Liangagas. 



Thiö Aulexis is one of the smaller species. distinguished 

 by the long antennae. the very tinely punctured head and anterior 

 l)ortion of the thorax in eonnectiou with its coloralion the elytra 

 being of paler eolour (hau the other parts. Whether this species 

 is identical with A. paUida Lefev. likewise from Sumatra I am 

 not able to say, as the description is not detaiied enough: the 

 general eolour of the insect is described as pale fulvous; no 

 mention is made of the different punctuation at the basal i)ortion 

 (»f the thorax or its darker eolour and the description ajtplies 

 nearly equally to any species of the genus since mainly generic 

 characters are given. Lefevre's species moreover is four millim. 

 iu length. The specimens which I look upon as females of the 

 present insect have mach shorter antennae, the latter only extending 

 below the base of the elytra, bat other ditferences I am not 

 able to tind. 



Aulexis elongata Jac. 



Specimens from Liangagas and Soekaranda agree well with 

 (he typical form described by me from Si-Rambe, in Sumatra; 

 (he eolour of the antennae which is black, excepting the threc 

 or four basal Joints, well distinguish this insect, but the legs are 

 subject to Variation in this respect, in most case however tliey 

 are flavous. with the tarsi more or less piceous. 



Aulexis Wallacei IJaly. 

 There are specimens from Soekaranda and Liangagas before 

 me which vary greatly in size but not in any essential characters 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1809. 



