1,918.] F. ]I. (Iravely: I'assfdidae of tlic World. il.> 



Selangor-l'altant; iMiuiHlarv. Malay Poninsula (one specimen sent for examination by 

 Mr. C. Holniaii-llunt ) : llili .Madjedja and ('<. .Madjedja. North Nias : Kalim Bungo, .Mi<ldle 

 Nkas , Sumatra (Bodajici Interior, rr/ 600 ft. : licloe l.,a\vang, Pa.soeroean ; .Mana Biang, 

 I'aliMnhang, 2,000-3,000 ft.; 'I'aiidjong-Djati. Haiiaii. Palendjang, c//. 2,000 ft. ; Kandg. 

 Ampat, Ijower Padang ; Bug. Proepot'. Pad. Bovenland, ca. 1.600 ft.; Engano I.sland, 

 Benkoelen : also .spetimen.s from Medan, submitted by .M. (iuy Baljault) ; .Java (Bogor= 

 Buitenzorg : Tji Bodas, (Jng. (Jede, ca. 4.000 ft. ; Telega Boda.s. (Jaroet, Preanger, 4.000- 

 ^,000 ft. ; y\t. Tjikorai, 4,000 ft., Sukabumi, 2.000 ft., and Pengalengan, 4,000 ft.. VV. 

 Java; (i. Tji Salimar, ca. 3,000 ft., W. Preanger; Tji Solak, Wunkoop.s Bay; Mt. 

 Tengger. 4,000 ft., E. Java ; Malang) ; Borneo (^It. Marapok ; .Mt. Kinabahi ; Sarawak ; 

 Pontianak ; Doe.sonlanden ; 1° S., 1 1 5° E. ; Banguey Island); Philippine I.slands (Uavao : 

 also .specimens presented by .Ah. ('. F Baker from Imugin. N. Viscaya ; .Mt. Makiling, 

 Luzon ; Zamboanga, Mindanao ; .Mt. Bonatao and Los Banos) ; Talaut Islands (Salibabu) ; 

 Celebes (Lompa-Battau, 3,000 ft., Tjamba and Bantimoeroeng in the south ; Menado ; Loka, 

 Bonthain) : Ilalmaheira (Gilo) ; Morty ; Ternate ; Batjan (Labuan) ; Wakollo, Central 

 Burn : Hat. Burn East Coast ; 3Iysol ; Kei Islands ; New (luinea (Humboldt Bay ; Kapaur ; 

 Dore : Bun). Length 12-24 mm. 



In the large and representative collection now before me I find it impossible to subdivide 

 the .species .satisfactorily into groups distinguished bv the amount of puncturing on the 

 abdominal sterna. There is, however, a marked though imperfect correlation of the extent 

 of this puncturing with the localities from which the specimens come, specimens with smooth 

 .sterna being characteristic of Ceylon, the Andamans and Xicobars, the Philippines, and the 

 Archipelago east of the Siinda Islands. In specimens from .Java the abdominal sterna are 

 as a rule less extensively punctured than in specimens from Sumatra and Borneo ; but 

 specimens with absolutely unpunctured abdominal sterna do occur in Borneo and in 

 small islands near Sumatra, if not actually on the mainland. 



The form of the mesosternal scars is also variable. Normally they are rounded on the 

 inner side, and are not very large ; but in specimens from the archipelago east of Borneo 

 the inner side is usually straight, extending much further backwards. Such forms also 

 occur further west, though more rarely. Celebes specimens appear to occupy a somewhat 

 intermediate position. 



In very small specimens from the Archipelasro east of Celebes, which are usually 

 extremely Hat like L. plaiiKs, the frontal ridges resemble more or le.ss closely those of 

 L. glaber, ending behind the anterior margin of the head and usually between its inner and 

 outer tubercles ; and the marginal tubercles of often closely approximated. When a series 

 of specimens is examined, however, this character also proves to be somewhat indefinite, 

 and I am no longer able to regard L. ohtusidciis, Kuwert, as di.stinct. 



The size of the punctures in the lateral grooves of the elytra is verv variable botli in 

 L. Iiicolor and in />. ihnlalm^. As a rule it is niuili smaller in tlic former than in the latter, 

 l>ut the difference in the case of extreme .specimens is very small. There is never anv 

 dilliculty, however, in distinguishing the two .species from each other, by the structure of 

 the parietal ridges, which extend to the supra-orbital ridges in L. hicolor, but end abruptly 

 ab<»ut half way between the central tubercle and the supra-orbital ridges in L. driita'K.-!. 



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