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long third joint of the antennae , pubescent upper surface 

 and bifid claws , are present. The species has somewhat 

 the appearance of some forms belonging to the South 

 American genus Monocesta. 



Haplosonyx speciosus ? Baly. 

 » sumatrae f Fabr. 



The fifty specimens before me of which scarcely two 

 are of the same colour may be referred to either of the 

 above species. In some the base of the elytra and their 

 apex are black , others are entirely fulvous and between 

 these two forms , any intermediate stage may be found. 

 The elytra are geminate punctate-striate. 



Antennae and legs are equally variable in colour and 

 change from black to fulvous. Mr. Baly describes the base 

 of the elytra as » bluish-black". Possibly the Sumatran 

 specimens , which have been captured at different localities, 

 are varieties of Fabricius' species. 



Antipha dilaticornis , n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate , fulvous. Abdomen , legs and antennae 

 black , apical joints of the latter testaceous. Thorax with 

 two impressions , distantly punctured. Elytra distinctly and 

 closely punctured, black, a longitudinal band from the 

 base to below the middle testaceous. — Length 3 lines. 



Var. Elytra entirely black. 



Head impunctate , deeply transversely grooved between 

 the eyes. Olypeus piceous. Labrum fulvous, stained with 

 piceous. Antennae two-thirds the length of the body , the 

 seven lower joints black, the following two testaceous, 

 the rest wanting, intermediate joints compressed and dilated. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long , surface with two distinct 

 depressions , very remotely punctured near the sides, fulvous. 

 Scutellum black. Elytra rather strongly punctured , the 

 punctures closely arranged in semiregular rows , black , a 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuin , "Vol. VI. 



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