BY R. KLEINE. 36^ 



Protaphes confirm atus n. sp. CFig. 4, 5 & 6.) 



cT : Colour markings as in P. confertus, but the posterior 

 margins of elytra more or less brownish-black. Antennae 

 more slender than in confertiis, from the 4th counted at least 

 four times as long as broad, roughly sculptured, strongly hairy. 

 Prothorax with the hind angles strongly produced. Otherwise 

 very like confertus. 



Penis (fig. 4) entirely differently shaped. 



Length of body 7.0 mm. Width (humerus) about 1.5 mm. 



Distribution : Sumatra, Bukit Gabah on the S. W. Coast, 

 Benkoclen plateau 2000--3000 feet in jungle, 1918. 



2 (f (now in my collections) collected by H. Lucht. 



In spite of the great similarity of the species, easily recog- 

 nized by the coloration of elytra. A close inspection of the 

 genital apparatus is necessary. 



Protaphes arrogans n. sp. 



Smoky-brown in varying shades. Elytra in the posterior half 

 and abdomen darkest, prothorax and antennae brownish, 

 elytra in their basal parts rusty reddish ; everywhere densely 

 and depressedly hairy, velvet-like antennae long, reaching 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, undentate, 1st joint club- 

 shaped, 2nd very small, 3rd at least of the length of the 1st, 

 but distinctly shorter than the 4th the following joints at least 

 twice as long as broad about equal in length, with scattered 

 long hairs. 



Length of body 5 mm. Width (humerus) about 1 mm. 



Distribution : S. E. Borneo, Martapura. 



Coll. Doherty. 



Typns in Brit. Museum. 



Key to the Species. 



Elytra unicoloured, yellowish P. confertus n. sp. 



Elytra with dark brown or black posterior margin. 



Main colour of elytra yellowish, posterior angles of prothorax 

 strongly produced P. conflrmatns n. sp. 



Main colour of elytra smoky-brown, posterior angles of prothorftv 

 nearly square P. arrogans n.' sp. 



