8lO COLEOPTERA 



sparingly clothed with fine, short, yellow hairs; fusco-castaneous, 

 legs and antennae chestnut-red and densely pubescent. 



Head closely and rugosely sculptured, without tubercles. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, constricted in front, base emarginated, 

 the lateral dilatations with a strong spine, its sculpture similar to 

 that of the head, the discoidal spines robust and erect. Scutellum 

 pubescent. Elytra elongate, broader than thorax, slightly curved 

 laterally, transversely convex, so sculptured as to appear irregularly 

 wrinkled, but much less coarsely than the thorax, each with three 

 not very obvious costaj. 



Length, 17 lines; breadth, 4^. 



The much-mutilated insect named Blosyropus simpliceps (ante, 

 p. 579) is considerably smaller than the one adopted as the type. 



Group— LAMIIDiE. 

 Microlamia (p. 599)- 



1437. M. semula, n-s. Elongate-oblong, sub-depressed, head 

 and thorax asneous, blackish or fuscous, elytra reddish or brown, 

 femora piceous or infuscate ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennge infuscate-red 

 or testaceous, the latter tipped with piceous. The first-mentioned 

 colours indicate the male. 



Head with linear impressions and punctures. Prothorax obtusely 

 protuberant laterally, contracted at base ; apex and base transversely 

 strigose, the sides punctated and lineated, the middle of the disc 

 quite smooth and glossy ; it bears a few greyish hairs. Elytra 

 oblong, slightly and gradually narrowed behind ; their punctation 

 coarse but not close, and not extending beyond the middle ; they are 

 depressed near the base and each has a sutural stria. In the male 

 the clothing is very scanty, but in the other sex the elytra bear fine 

 greyish hairs with a tendency to congregate, thereby producing a 

 spotted appearance. Antennce stout, filiform, joints 3-7 appreciably 

 longer than the others, the second quite half the length of the third. 

 In the male the four terminal joints extend beyond the body, in the 

 female only two. 



In contour the female resembles j\I. pygnuea, but may be easily 

 distinguished therefrom by the maculate antennae and much finer, 

 depressed elytral clothing. 



Length, if lines; breadth, |- line. 



My five specimens were taken at Parua. 



Somatidia (p- 600). 



1438- S. CraSSipes, w.s. Head punctate, infuscate-red, rather 

 densely clothed with decumbent yellowish hairs. Prothorax broadly 

 oval, remotely punctured, with a few elongate griseous hairs, but 

 otherwise clad like the head. Elytra oviform, gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly, convex, rather coarsely, irregularly, and sparingly punc- 

 tured to beyond the middle ; the humeral regions, a transversal 

 spot close to each hind leg, and a large longitudinal space near the 

 apex dark-brown, the remainder of the surface covered with depressed 

 yellowish hairs, with long erect ones near the sides. Antennce 



