the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (93) 469 

 Tritomidea basalis.* 



Tritomidea hasalis, Hots. Et. Ent. 1859, lOG. 

 Ceylon, ludia. 



Tritomidea oblonga.* 



Tritomidea oblo)iga, Mots. Et. Ent. 1859, 107. 

 India, 



Tritomidea (?) chrysospila, sp. n. 



Nigra, subhemisphserica, palpisabdomineque subtus ferrugineis; 

 elytris singulo maculis 2 Isete fulvis, 1 basali, 1 subapicali. L. 

 21in. 



Singapore (Wallace). 



Closely resembling T. nigrocruciata but more strongly punctate. 



Tritomidea (?) nigrocruciata, sp. n. 



Hemisphserica, rufa, tborace elytrorumque signaturis nigris ; 

 capite vage punctate ; thorace parcius punctato, transverse, 

 antice valde angustato, basi utrinque oblique truncate, basi 

 tenuissime vix marginato ; scutello laevi ; elytris fortius punctatis, 

 nigris, singule maculis 2 niagnis (1 basali, 1 infra medium) apice- 

 que rufis; abdomine crebrius punctulate, segmentis 1 — 2 seqvialibus, 

 3 brevissimo, processu ventrali late, truncate, linea coxali distincta; 

 metasterue breviore, canaliculate, crebrius punctate, lateribus sub- 

 la^vibus ; mesosterno latissime, transverse ; prosterne antice elevato- 

 producto, processu late, infra coxas vix producto leviter emarginate ; 

 epipleuris cencavis ] capite subtus convexe, impuncfcate. Tarsis 

 brevieribus : capite cenvexo sequali, oculis parvis ; palpis max. 

 securiformibus. L, 1| lin, 



Sarawak (Wallace). 



Yery near Tritomidea, Mots., but the structure of the palpi 

 and antennae, both in this and the pi-eceding species, does not ac- 

 cord with the characters given by Motschulsky. 



Spondotriplax. 



g. n. {typ. endomychoides. Crotch), 



Head broad, eyes finely granulated, antennae with the 3rd joint 

 elongate, 9th dilated, 11th larger than the others, maxillary palpi 

 with the last joint dilated into a long narrow crescent (as in some 

 Mycotreti), mentum large triangular, head net impr-essed beneath. 



Prosternum vei-y short, the coxal process elevated, margined, 

 triangular (reaching the anterior margin), slightly emarginate 

 behind ; mesosternum short, semicircular, margined in front (the 



