occurring in the Coleopterous famihj Lycidcs, Sfc. Ill 



middle, rather short, with five deep areolets, the elevated 

 lines dull red. Elytra each with four costal, the interstices 

 slightly convex and transversely interrupted by blunt im- 

 pressions, and with a line of obscure punctures on each 

 side. 



^«i.— Sumatra (E. C. Buxton, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Genus 32. Taphes hrevicollis, sp. n. 



Ater, opacus, brevior ; thorace transverso, areolis quin- 

 que obsoletis; scutello apice truncato; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, postice ampliatis, lajte rufis, quadricostatis, 

 interstitiis biseriatim foveolato-j3unctatis. 



$ . Long. 2^ lin., lat. elytr. 1^ lin. 



$. Long. 3| lin., lat. elytr. 1^ lin. 



Dull black, having a velvety appearance. Antenna3 

 dull, compact. Thorax transverse, a little narrowed in 

 front, straight at the sides, velvety, surface divided into 

 five areolets, the central one broad lozenge-shaped, its 

 anterior angle touching the front margin and the lateral 

 angles nearly reaching the sides of the thorax. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax at the base, much broader behind, 

 red, having a velvety appearance; each with four costa?, 

 the interstices with two rows of large punctures, the rows 

 not separated fi:om each other by any distinct costa. 



$. Antennas with long pubescence; penultimate seg- 

 ment of abdomen triangularly emarginate. 



2 . AntennjB without long pubescence ; abdomen simple. 



Hab. — Sarawak (Wallace). Brit. Mus. 



Genus 32. Taphes frontalis, sp. n. 



Ater, opacus; fronte inter antennas sat acute producta; 

 thorace tomentoso, transverso, obsolete quinque areato; 

 elytris opacis, rubris, postice latioribus, quadricostatis, 

 interstitiis biseriatim foveato-punctatis. 



$ . Antennis longe pilosis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Dull black, with a velvety appearance. Antennae of 

 the male fringed with long fine hair. Forehead between 

 the antennse rather acutely prominent, as in Platycis 

 minutus, F., but more acutely. Thorax small, strongly 

 transverse, a little narrowed in fi'ont, the sides straight, 

 deeply impressed on each side, and with a broad lozenge- 

 shaped areolet on the disk. Elytra deep dull red, rather 



