﻿58 Major Parry's Catalogue 



Mghs punctipennis $, Parry (var. max.) 

 M. nitidus, capite magno, depresso, parce fortiterque punctato, 

 antice emarginato ; mandibulis falcatis, capite baud longiori- 

 bus, intus prope basin dente valido armatis ; prothorace 

 transverse, nitido, tenuissime punctulato, in medio longitudina- 

 liter impresso ; elytris striatis, crebre profundeque punctatis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 13 ; mandib. lin. 3. 

 Hab. Borneo. Coll. Wallace et Parry. 



Tlie above new species is allied to /Egus platyodon (ante, p. 56), 

 differing, bowever, in the head being ranch more depressed in 

 front, and in the elytra being strongly and coarsely punctate. It 

 appears somewhat rare, the only specimens 1 am acquainted with 

 being in the collections alluded to. 



JEgvs skrratus $, Parry (var. max.) (PI. V. fig. 1.) 



JE. niger, nitidus, subdepressus, capite antice emarginato, bitu- 

 berculato, subtiliter punctulato ; mandibulis capite paulo 

 longioribus, falcatis, intus ad basin dente magno deflexo 

 armatis, paulo pone medium tuberculis duobus armatis ; pro- 

 thorace fere laevigato ; elytris punctato-striatis. 



Long. corp. (mandib. inch) lin. 11. 



Hab. Ins. Morty. Coll. Wallace et Parry. 



Black and shining. Head deeply emarginate in front, minutely 

 and sparsely punctate, with a deepish fovea in front of the eye. 

 Mandibles slender, armed at the base with a strong obtuse de- 

 flexed tooth, followed by two small tubercles ; in front of these is 

 a deep sinus. The prothorax is somewhat broader than the head, 

 shining, very minutely punctured, the punctures more apparent 

 towards the sides, which are straight, the posterior angles being 

 obliquely truncate. The elytra scarcely as broad as the pro- 

 thorax, with C — 7 longitudinal striae, faintly punctate, the inter- 

 stices being smooth ; humeral angles very prominent. Anterior 

 tibicB armed with 5 spines, intermediate with 2, posterior un- 

 armed. Body beneath thickly and coarsely punctate. 



iEcus iMPRESsicoLLis ^ , ? , Parry. (PI. V. fig. 3.) 



JE. piceo-brunneus, depressus ; prothorace elytrorumque late- 

 ribus et sutura squamulis cinercis tcctis ; mandibulis graci- 

 libus, falcatis, supra sulcatis, rugulosis, grosse punctatis, ad 

 basin processu emarginato, et prope apicem dente minute 

 armatis ; capite transverso, confcrtim ruguloso, antice Icviter 



