280 



slill sliortev than in llie iiuile. (he eycs are abo «carcelv so 

 promiaeiil. 



Anotlicr cloeelv allied speoies is tlie IoÜhm ino-. 



Chaloenus semipunctata s^p. n. 



Piceous. tlie head, antennae, thovaN; und tlie leinora Tiilvuns. 

 Ihorax impunctate. elylra nearly hlack. scareely depres.sed helow 

 Ihe baHC, with sliort ro^s of [iiiiieture.s not extendiiiü,- bel(»\\- llie 

 iniddle, Ihird and roui'th joints ol' llie antennae equal. 



Lengtli 6 niill. 



Fem.? Head inipunetate. I'nhons. Iln' elypens thiekened. 

 withdnt ovooves Itnt with an aente central ridge at its npper 

 poi'tion. e\es not pi'ominent. antennae entirely t'ulvons. of the 

 same structure as in the preceding species- thorax likewise ol' 

 similar shape and impunctate. scutelhim hlack, elytra scareely 

 depressed helow the base, piceous, the latter impunctate. the di'^c 

 with three short rows of punctures not extendinu beyond the 

 middle. a Iburth row jdaced within the shouldei's and extendini>- 

 to the base. helow and the tibiae and tarsi hlack. 



Hab. West-Sumatra (my collection). 



Although 1 only possess a single apparently lemale specinu'n 

 of tliis species, it dilVers so entirely in the fulv(tus antennae and 

 tiieir eijual third and Iburth Joints. in the absence <•!' an elytral 

 l)asal depression. the presence of short ro\^•s of punctures and 

 in the dark breast and abdomen. that there is no doubt of its 

 spccitic distinction. 



Chaloenus subcostatus sp. n. (Fig. 8). 



Flavous. antennae piceous, the penultimate two joiids whitish, 

 thorax impunctate, traijsversely sidcate. elytra aeneous. dee])ly 

 foveolate punctate. the interstices at the sides longitudinally 

 costate, tibiae and tarsi fuscous. 



Length 5 mill. 



Closely allied to C. aeneipeniiis .lac. Iike\\ i><' from Sumatra. 

 but with difl'erently coloured antennae and scidptured elylra: the 



SlcU. cntomol. Zeit. 189y, 



