SPONDOTRIPLAX., 93 



Tritoinidea basalis.* 



Tritomidea hasalis, Mots. Et, Ent. 1850, lOG. 

 Ceylon, India. 



Tritomidea oblonga.* 



Tritomidea ohlouga, Mots. Et. Ent. 1859, 107. 

 India. 



Tritomidea (?) chrysospila, sp. n. 



Nigra, subliemisphferica, palpisabdomineqiie snbtus fermgincis; 

 elytris singulo maculis 2 l^te fill vis, 1 basali, 1 subapicaii. L. 

 21in. 



Singapore (Wallace). 



Closely resembling T. niyrocruciata but more strongly punctate. 



Tritomidea (?) nigrocruciata, sp. n. 



Hemisphjsrica, rufa, tliorace elytrorumque signaturis nigris ; 

 capite vage punctato ; thorace parcius j^unctato, transverso, 

 antice valde angustato, basi utrinque oblique truncato, basi 

 tenuissime vix marginato ; scutello lajvi ; elytris fortius punctatis, 

 nigris, singulo maculis 2 magnis (1 basali, 1 infra medium) apice- 

 que rufis; abdomine crebrius punctulato, segmentis 1 — 2 sequalibus, 

 3 brevissimo, processu ventrali lato, truncato, linea coxali distincta; 

 metasteruo breviore, canaliculato, crebrius punctato, lateribus sub- 

 Isevibus ; mesosterno latissimo, transverso ; prosterno antice elevato- 

 producto, processu lato, infra coxas vix producto leviter emarginato ; 

 epipleuris concavis ; capite subtus convexo, impunctato. Tarsia 

 brevioribus : capite convexo a;quali, oculis parvis j palpis max. 

 securiformibus. L. 1| lin. 



Sarawak (Wallace). 



Very near Tritomidea, Mots., but the structure of the palpi 

 and antenmc, both in this and the preceding species, does not ac- 

 cord with the characters given by Motschulsky. 



Spondotriplax. 



g. n. (tijp. endomychoides, Crotch). 



Head broad, eyes finely granulated, autennrc with the 3rd joint 

 elongate, 9th dilated, 11th larger than the others, maxillary palpi 

 with the last joint dilated into a long narrow crescent (as in some 

 Mycotreti), mentum large triangular, head not impressed beneath. 



Prosternuni very short, the coxal })rocess elevated, mai'gincd, 

 triangular (reaching the anterior margin), slightly eniai-ginate 

 behind ; mesosternum short, semicircular, margined in front (the 



