the Coleopterous Famihj Erotylidce. (101) 477 

 Encaustes verticalis. 



Enjis verticalis, MacL. Ann. Jat\ 41. 



Encaustes , Lac. Erot. 35. 



Java. 



A specimen labelled "Bengal" is larger and with the apical 

 sixth of the elytra entii-ely black ; it is, however, scarcely s^ieci- 

 fically distinct. 



Encaustes malayana. 



Psela2yhacus malayanus, Gner. R. Z. 1841, 157. 

 Encaustes malayana, Lac. Erot. 36. 



Java, Sumatra (Lacordaire), Tringano, Malacca (Wallace). 

 The thorax is partially margined behind, 



Encaustes opaca, sp. n. 



Nigra, opaca, piinctata ; capite Ipevi, fronte profunde emar- 

 ginato, sulcis ocularibiis profundis ; thorace antice hitiore, aiigu- 

 lis auticis productis rotundatis, lateribus reflexis, basi late rotun- 

 dato, lasvi, macula utrinque diflPormi fulva; elytris subsulcatis, 

 punctatis, unicoloribus. L. 11 lin. 



Ligor (Wallace). 



Encaustes cruenta. 



Engis cruenta, MacL. Ann. Jav. 42. 



Encaustes — , Lac. Erot. 38. 



Cambodia, Java, Penang, N. Borneo (Wallace). 



The base of the thorax margined at the angles only. The 

 specimens without a scxitellar spot are males, and have the anterior 

 femora cui'ved. 



Encaustes javanica. 



Engis javanica, Lap. Hist. Nat. ii. 15. 

 Encaustes — , Lac. Erot. 40. 

 Java. 



Encaustes dispar.* 



Encaustes dispar, Lac. Erot. 39. 



Java (Buquet). 



I have not seen this species. 



Encaustes marginalis, sp. n. 



Nigro-picea, nitida, capite antice sublajvi, vertice punctato, 

 ffonte clypeo maculisque duabus in vertice rubris ; thorace sub- 

 quadrato, basi plus minusve marginato, sparse subtiliter punc- 



