move (lisliiifdy iiiul ratlier t-losely puuclato-slrinle, Uie sidcs IV(nn 

 llie base to ilie niiddle bl-ack. 



Lengtb 4 — 5 mill. 



Head impunctale. tbe tVoutal tubercles nearly obsolete, 

 broad. tbc caviua not acutely raised, ratber bvoad, antemiae 

 exteudiiig lo tbe base of tbe elytva. black, tbe lowcv tbree joints 

 Inivons, tlie tbiid Joint i^ligbtly longer tban tbe second, tbe follo- 

 wing joints tliickened and closely j)ubescc'nt, tborax more tlian 

 twice as broad as long, searcely narrowed in fi'ont. tbe sides 

 neavly t^traigbt, tbc antei'ior angles obtuse. tbe surl'aee mieros- 

 eopically punctin-ed, elyti'a linely punctuved in closely approaehed 

 rows. tbe latei'al niargfns iVoni tbe base to below tbe middle 

 black, below dark fulvous ov piceous, tbe abdonien paler. tbe 

 posterior legs black. 



Sinabong. 



Of tbis species 1 bave tw o specimens beibre nie, one ob- 

 tained by Dr. Dobrn wbicb is smaller and bas tbe sides of tbe 

 tborax black as well as tbose of tbe elytra, and anotber. con- 

 tained in my collection, likewise froni Snniatra in A\bicb tbe 

 tborax is entirely fulvous, but tbis specimen does not difter in 

 any otber wa\' iVoni tbe smaller one and is no doubt only 

 a variety; I know of no otber Sphaeroderma fronn tbis region, 

 siniilarly markcd. 



Sphaeroderma seminigium sp. n. 



Dark fulvous below, tbe bead, antenuae (tbe basal joints 

 excepted) and tbe tborax black, elytra iulvous. extremely linely 

 punctured in semi-regular rows. legs black. 



Lengtb 3 niill. 



Head impunctate, black, tbe frontal tubercles very i^nuiU. 

 labrum tlavous, eyes very large, antennae sbort and robust, black, 

 tbe lower tbree joints flavous, tbe second and tbird joints equal. 

 tbe terminal joints strongly tbickened; tborax of usual trans- 

 verse sbape, tbe sides nearly straigbt, tbe surface extremely 



3(cU. cntomol. Zeit. 1S99. 18 



