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Lasimis termitophihis sp. u. (Plate XXI, fig. 4). 



$ ? Reddish brown, clothed with long g-olden pubescence, depressed, 

 femora and elytra redder, maxillary palpi flavous. Head svib-triangular, about 

 as long as broad, piibescence long, somewhat obscuring the sculpture ; attenuate 

 in front and punctured, longitudinally sulcate from apex to middle, two obscure 

 foveae between the eyes. Antennae long, reaching to the apex of the elytra ; 

 joint 1 long, cylindrical; 2-7 shorter, and slightly obconical; 8 more oblong; 

 9 and 10 slightly longer and broader; 11 sub-ovate, about twice as long as 10, 

 broader and truncate at base. Maxillary palpi Avith joint 2 curved and slender, 

 broadening to apex ; 3 shorter, broadening to apex ; 4 about equal to 3, acumi- 

 nate at apex. Prothorax cordate, rugosely punctured, the sculpture obscured by 

 the long pubescence ; gibbose, and having the appearance of being longitudinally 

 carinate in middle ; the base with three depressions, the middle one being most 

 marked, and rounded in front. Elytra sub-quadrate, brighter red, with the 

 suture infuscate, with fine scattered punctures and long golden pubescence, two 

 foveae at base, sutural stria well marked, discoidal stria curved and attenuate 

 a little beyond middle. Abdomen shorter than the elytra, depressed at the base, 

 segment 1 the longest ; 5 dorsal segments visible. Metasternum qiiadrate, 

 fi'ontal half very convex, posterior half convex and hollowed out slightly under, 

 the base of the anterior half, "Ventral segments : 1 short, with thick golden 

 pile ; 2 larger ; 3, 4, 5 short ; 6 transverse. . Legs very long ; femora incrassate 

 in middle, intermediate pair very slightly curved ; tarsi with joints 2 and 3 

 about equal, two equal claws. Length 3 mm. 



Hab.: Sarawak, Mt. Matang, alt. 1,000 feet (l.ii.l4, in the nest 

 of Capritermes nemorosus Hav., made of mud on the ground ; the 

 beetle was found in the bottom of the nest, and a great number of a 

 very curious little species of Sfaphylinidae occurred with it). 



I have placed this species provisionally in the genus Lasimis, but 

 it differs slightly in the form of the maxillary palpi (a very important 

 character), the 4th joint being about equal to the 3rd, but without 

 being dilated or angled as in Pselaphodes ; the present insect, therefore, 

 is evidently more closeb related to Las hms. It also differs in the head 

 being shorter, and the legs entirely unarmed. In Lasimis they are 

 armed in the two sexes. L. termitophihis is such a fine, conspicuous 

 species that it is advisable to describe it, in spite of the sex of the 

 unique individual not having been ascertained. 



Palimholus doddi sp. n. (Plate XXI, figs. 5, 5a, ^ ; bb, ?). 



(J . Oblong, castaneous, with the elytra orange-red, nitid, and clothed witli 

 rather long golden pubescence. Head small, sub-triangular, eyes large, antennal 

 tubercule slightly roiinded, shortly sulcate in middle, with a fovea at base of 

 sulcus, and two rather large foveae between the eyes. Antennae elongate, with 

 short pubescence ; joint 1 large, sub-cylindrical ; 2 a little longer than broad 



