ZOODES. 115 



Lew/tJi 12-29 ; breadth 4-74 mm, 



JIah. luclia; Ceylon; Burma; Andamans. Mauritius; Bourbon; 

 Madagascar. 



109. Stroinatium longicorne, Xewman (Arliopalus), Entomologist, i, 

 p. 246 (1840). 

 Stromatiuin asperuluiu, IF/iite, Cat. Cul. Brit. Mus., Longic. p. 300 



(18oo). 

 ? Stromatium laticolle, Pascoc, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) iii, p. 532 

 (1869). 



Varies from testaceous to dark brown in colour, ratber densely 

 covered "witb greyisb-tawuy pubescence. Antennae nearly twice 

 as long as the body in the J , a little longer tban tbe body in 

 the 2 ; first joint closely punctulate, canaliculate anteriorly near 

 the base in tbe S . Prothorax strougly and densely punctate, 

 the punctures more or less hidden by the pubescence ; dilated 

 and somewhat rounded at the sides in the male, its width across 

 the middle equal to that of the elytra and marked with a 

 large, densely tomentose depression on each side ; more sharply 

 rounded at the sides in the female ; the disc with four very feeble 

 obtuse tubercles and a submedian callosity. Elytra rounded at 

 the apex, armed each with a sutural spine ; the surface rather 

 densely punctured, the punctures more or less covered over by 

 the pubescence, marked also with numerous large conspicuous 

 punctures with raised front edges each with a tawny seta. 



This is a widely distributed species, and the variation in size is 

 pretty considerable. In some males the prothorax is relatively 

 ]iot so wide as in larger males ; it is possible that S. laticolle, 

 Pasc, founded upon a large male from Batchian Island, is only 

 a form in which the prothorax has reached its maximum o£ 

 development. 



Learjtli 17-25 ; breadth 4^-7^ mm. 



Hab. Assam {Doherty) ; Upper Burma : Teinzo {Fea). Hong 

 Kong; South China; Siam ; Malay Peninsula; Philippines; 

 Borneo ; Celebes ; Ceram ; Amboina ; Batchian. 



Genus ZOODES. 



Zoodes, Puscoe, A. M. N. H. (3) xix, p. 319 (1867) ; Lacord. Gen. 

 Coleopt. viii, p. 281 (1869). 



Type, Z. maculatus,^\nte. 



Kanr/e. Ceylon, India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



Head with a transverse ridge betA^een the autennse, acutely 

 prominent on each side, especially in the S ; front short, trans- 

 \ersely depressed at its junction with the clypeus ; eyes deeply 

 emarginate, with large lower and narrow upper lobe. Antennae 

 sparsely pilose, about one-third longer than the body in the 6 , a 

 iittle longer than the body in the $ ; first joint short, pyriform or 

 obconical ; third a little longer than the fourth ; fourth to tenth 



