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I'lult'r parts rufo-castaneou8, metasternura ami first ventral eegment deeply 



punctured. 

 Dijf'iis from others in size, short oval form, coarse pubescence, colour, and deep 



sculpture. 

 Habitiit, Asia. Found in Ceylon by Mr. Lewis. 



Obs. — This species resembles Artlirolipx Letrisii in colour, but differs from it in 

 size of the thorax, and in its darker and more slender eleven-jointed antennni. 



Sacium indefinitum, sp. n. 

 L. c. ^J lin. = l 37 mm. — Ovale, latissimuiu, modice convexum, nitidulum, pilis 

 brevibus fuscescentibus sat dense vestitum, subtiliter et sat coufertim punctatum, 

 obscure castaneum, fascia lata aut macula indefinita rufii pone media elytrorum 

 notatum ; pronuto sat magno, rufescenti, antice ovaliter rotundato et leviter reflexo, 

 minute et sat confertim punctato, interstitiis glaljris, nitidis, linea basali modice 

 impressa, margine basali sat profunde sinuata, angulis fere rectis ; clijtris latis, 

 brevibus, obscure castaneis, fascia lata aut macula indefinita rufa pone media 

 notatis, pronoto longioribus, vix latioribus, prope humeros latissimis, leviter sed 

 confertim punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali distincta, lateribus 

 leviter marginatis, apicibus latis, valde obtusis, rufescentibus ; pygidio castaneo, 

 minime exserto ; pedibus modicis, obscure rufis ; antennis maxima parte eflfractis, 

 quoad judicandum valeant, parvis, rufescentibus. 



Body oval, very broad, moderately convex, and moderately shining, rather thickly 

 clothed with fuscous hair, finely and rather closely punctured, dark castaneous 

 with a broad red fascia, or suffused spot beyond the middle of the eljira. 



Head small, rufescent ; eyes very small ; antennae imperfect, probably small and 

 short, rufescent, with the club dusky. 



Thorax large, rufescent, ovally rounded and slightly reflexed in front, minutely and 

 closely i^unctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line moderate, 

 basal margin rather deeply sinuated, with the angles nearly right angles. 



Sciitclliivi moderate, triangular. 



Elytra broad and short, dusky castaneous, with a broad red fascia or suffused spot 

 beyond the middle, longer but scarcely broader than the thorax, widest near 

 the shoulders, lightly and closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and 

 shining, sutural stria distinct, sides slightly margined, extremities broad, much 

 rounded and rufescent. 



Legg moderate, rufescent. 



Under ])arts castaneous. 



Differs from all other fasciated species in its short and hroad form and indistinct 

 markings. 



Habitat, South America. Found in Brazil. 



Owing to the fragmentary condition of its antennae it is impossible to deter- 

 mine accurately whether this species belongs to Sacium or Arthrolips ; in general 

 appearance it is more like the former. 



Sacium politum, sp. n. 



L. c. -/'r, lin. = ri"2 mm. — Ovale, convexum, nitidissimum, pilorum expers, 

 pronoto rufo, elytris nigris, fascia mediali atijue apicibus la;te rufis ; pronoto parvo, 

 antice ovaliter rotundato, rufo, sat profunde et sat confertim punctato, interstitiis 

 glabris, nitidissimis, linea basali modice impressa, margine anteriore late reflexa, 

 margine basali leviter sinuata, angulis acutis ; elytris pronoto parum latioribus, fere 

 duplo longioribus, prope media latissimis, modice et remote punctatis, interstitiis 

 glabris, nitidissimis, nigris, fascia mediali, lata, sinuata, atque ad latera non extensa, 



