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remainder depressed for the prosternum) ; metasternum broad, 

 coxal line continuous from the intermediate (round the outside) to 

 the posterior coxa?. 



Abdomen with the coxal line almost reaching the margin, ven- 

 tral process truncate, 3rd segment short. 



Tarsi short, last joint about equal to the others. 



Spondotriplax endomychoides, sp. n. 



Breviter ovata, hand convexa, supra carminea, subtus testacea, 

 antennis clava nigra ; capite punctato, sutura frontali translucida, 

 semicirculari ; thorace transverso, macula magna nigra utrinque, 

 angulis anticis acutis, posticis rotundatis, basi baud marginato, vix 

 lobato ; scutello parvo punctulato ; elytris fortius punctato-striatis 

 (striis 8), interstitiis evidentius punctulatis, macula nigra prope 

 marginem infra humerum. L. 2^- lin. 



Sarawak (Wallace). 



Abdomen hardly punctulate, metasternum coarsely but very 

 sparingly punctate. 



Spondotriplax cyanecula, sp. n. 



Breviter ovata, sub-depressa, ochracea, antennarum clava 

 thoraceque (angulis anticis exceptis) nigris, elytris nitidis cyaneis ; 

 capite punctato, thorace parce subtiliter punctato, antice })aulo 

 angustiore, angulis anticis acutis, ochraceis, basi utrinque suboblique 

 truncato ; scutello obsolete punctulato ; elytris basi marginato, 

 punctato-striatis (striis 7), interstitiis crebre punctulatis. L. 2 lin. 



Salwatty (Wallace). 



The palpi are less dilated, the abdomen is obsoletely punctulate, 

 the coxal line curved round to follow the coxa, the metepisterna 

 deeply punctate. 



Spondotriplax ceramensis, sp. n. 



Subovata, depressa, ochracea, pectore abdomineque picea, cyaneo 

 micantibus, elytris cyaneis ; thorace parce punctulato, ochraceo, vix 

 cyanescente, basi macula difformi rufo-picea, punctis majoribus 

 paucis in basi ipso impressis ; scutello Isevi ; elytris, interne obsolete 

 externe profunde, punctato-striatis, interstitiis crebre subtiliter 

 punctulatis. L. IJlin. 



Ceram (Wallace). 



Beneath hardly j)unctulate, coxal line obsolete. 



Mycophthorus. 



Lac. Erot. 193 {typ. melanocerus, Lac). 



Antennre with a compressed 3-jointed club as in Triplax. 

 Mentum as in Mycotretus. 



