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Bates and rivcrinae SI.) taken by Dr. C. W. Andrews at Batavia 

 " under electric light in veranda," and I have seen others from Semarang* 

 (DrescJ/er) in the collection of the Brussels MusauM -Thgwonly other 

 jBemhidlum I have come across from this region* was taken by Mr. G. E. 

 Bi-vant at over 8000 feet, and this I describe further o^ und(^ thfe name 

 oiB.h-yanti. ^ I U^^ - '^^ - A./ 



In Indo-China the genus seems ^to be rktlier^iXLore wiS^^' spread, 

 but here again nothing is recorded (except for a bfiBf reference of my 

 own), though I have notes of three described species. These are as 

 follows : — 



(1) B. m'loficumDej. Tonkin: Hanoi and Hoabmh. Cambodia: 



Kompong Kedey (all H. VHalis de Sah-aza). 



(2) B. opnhntmn Nietn. Cambodia {Brussels Miis.). Siam 



{British Mus.).' 

 (o) B. xanthacrum Chaud. { = xantliotelum Bates). Tonkin : 

 Hanoi {coll. E. Fleutiaux). Laos : Paklung, Pak Lay, 

 Pak Tha, Pak Leung, Ban Saleun, also " between Vicnti;ine 

 and Luang-Prabang " {It. Vitalis de Salvaza). Siam 

 {British Mas.). 



To these I am adding descriptions of three new species. 



Bemhidium {Peryplnis) hryanti, sp. nov. 



Length 5 mm. ; width 18 mm. 



Black, shining, elytra with a faint su;rgestion of iridescence ; joints 1-2 of 

 antennae, base of joints 3-4, base of palpi, extreme apex of elytra, and legs 

 lest;.ceons, underside more or less piceoiis. 



Head smooth, eyes not. prominent, frontal grooves fairly deep, nearly 

 paiallel. Prothorax conl-dte, about a third as wide again as long, sides sinuate 

 at ba.-al third, hind angles about right, projecting very slightly laterally, basal 

 foveae deep, bounded outwardly by a strong carina, surface smooth throughout. 

 Elytra oval, rather flat, piiuctiitu-striitte, inner striae deep, with rather fine 

 though clear piuictures, 2 but little shallower nesir apex, outer striae obsolescent 

 towards apex, 7 feebly indicated, apical stria very deeply impressed, intervfds 

 modertitely convex, 3 with two well-defined punctures, front one rather before 

 middle, hind one a little behind apical third. 



Allied to B. nitidulum Marsh., but black. Head similar in shape, 

 but with rather shallower frontal grooves ; prothorax less transverse, 

 with &ides a little more rounded, sinuate further from base, which is im- 

 punctate ; elytra flatter, without raised suture, striae more finely punctate, 

 apical stria very short, but much more strongly impressed, both the pores 

 on interval 3 placed a little nearer apex. 



* Tliis localitv tuins out to be in Java, not in Borneo, as mentioned by me in a recent paper 

 (Proc. Zool. 8oc. Lond. 19i!l, p. 214). 



