the Coleopterous Family Erotylidw. (37) 413 



tenuiter marginatis; elytris fortiter punctatis, pnnctis majoribus 

 subseriatini dispositis, macula ochracea in margine infra hiimerum, 

 punctoque obsoleta rufa ante apicem: coi'pore subtiis femorumqne 

 basi fulvis, segmentis ventralibiis punctatis, metasterno crebre 

 profunde punctato. L. 3| lin. 

 New Guinea (Wallace). 



Episcaphula pliillipinarum. 



Ejnscapha pMlippiTiarum, Lac. Erot. 55. 



Manilla (Reiche), Penang, Malacca, Sarawak (Wallace), 



Var. fascia basilari antice dentato. 



Timor, Menado (Wallace). 



Episcaphula proxima, sp. n. 



E. philippinarujn simillima, sed angustior, capite tlioraceque 

 sparsim punctatis, elytris obsolete striato-punctatis, prosternoque 

 Isevi distincta. L. 2^ — 3^ lin. 



BatcMan, Ternate (Wallace). 



Episcaphula angustata*. 



Eplscapha antjustata, Lac. Erot. GO. 

 Ips abbreviata, Weber, Obs. Ent. 96. 

 Java. 



Episcaphula subparallela, sp. n. 



Nigra, nitidissima, subparallela, capite thoraceque sparsim 

 profunde punctatis; elytris obsoletissime vix seriatim punctulatis, 

 fasciis duabus sanguineis (1 basilari obliqua, humerum amplectente, 

 1 subapicali medio coarctata); corpore subtus sat crebre punctato; 

 pedibus rufis. L. 2| lin. 



Amboina (Wallace). 



Prosternxira carinate, process obtriangular, margined; antennae 

 short, the 3rd joint scarcely longer than the rest. 



Episcaphula denticulata, sp. n. 



E. subparallelce jjroxima, magis ovata, capite confertim punc- 

 tato, thorace fortiter sparsim punctato, basi valde bisinuato, 

 elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis subtilissime punctulatis, striis 

 ante apicem confusis, singulis fasciis 2 sanguineis (1 basali, postice 

 denticulata, humerum amplectente, 1 utrinque abbreviata, subrecta, 

 infra medium); pi'osterno epipleurisque fortiter punctatis. L. 

 2^ lin. 



Saravvak (Wallace). 



Prosternum carinate. 



