BY F. BORCHMAN. 397 



tempora rounded, as long as one eye, neck distinct ; prothorax 

 somewhat transverse, slightly broader than the head, broadest 

 near the anterioi' margin, roughly punctured, all sides 

 with a distinct border, anterior border very faint, anterior 

 angles rounded, base with wide border, sides before the 

 hind angles slightly emarginated , at the anterior as well as 

 the ]:)osterior margin a row of long erect setae ; scutellum 

 smooth, strono-ly shining: elytra striated, striae deeper 

 towards the sides and reaching towards the tips, interstices 

 slightly convex only, indistinctly transversely rugose, finely 

 punctured, tapering towards the end; ventral side and legs 

 of normal development. 



1 9 from Pah Trap, Kalabit country, 3000 feet, leg. Dr.- 

 E. Mjoberg. 



This species is easily separated from its nearest relations 

 by its size and colouration. 



7. Neimostira melanfra n. sp. 



Length of body 6 mm., in general shape recalling 

 N. sohrina Brom. from Sumatra; light yellowish-brown, legs 

 with exception of the bases of femora, antenn£e with 

 exception of the two basal joints and the posterior half of 

 elytra, blackish; moderately shining with fairly dense and 

 fine long erect setae, ventral side with more depressed hairs; 

 head with bottom-sculpt are, very finely punctured; clypeus 

 ■emarginated, separated from the forehead by a sharp curved 

 nuTow ; forehead flat, tempora rounded, slightly shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye ; neck distinctly set off ; antennae 

 reaching nearly to the middle of the body, externally slightly 

 incrassate, 3rd and 4th joint similar, apical joint as long as 

 9th and 10th together, joints not becoming shorter towards 

 the apex, distance between the eves the same as the diameter 

 of the eye; prothorax sHghtly longer than broad, as broad 

 as the head, broadest near the anterior margin, constricfed 

 before the bases, convex, the sides of the bottom sculpture 

 fine with scattered punctuves : anterior border very fine, the 

 basal one much broader, sides not bordered ; anterior angles 

 ronnded ; scutellum small; elytra twice as broad as prothorax, 

 shoulders stronsly marked, increasing in width backwards, 

 rounded, behind the shoulders transversely constricted ; 

 striae strong but becoming fainter towards the ends, interstices 



