BY MALCOLM CAMERON. 488 



Elytra much longer than tlie thorax, much longer than broad, 

 parallel, rather more finely but about as closely punctured on 

 the disc as on the thorax, towards the sides much more finely 

 and more sparingly punctured, disc with a fovea in the middle, 

 ground sculpture obsolete. Abdomen coriaceous at the bases 

 and sides of the segments, superficially and sparingly 

 punctured in the middle, the sides with fine oblique more or 

 less branched strife on the first four visible segments. 

 Mt. Dulit, 3,500 feet. 6 specimens. 



LiSPINUS SUBCORL\CEUS n. sp. 



Black, moderately shining, strongly coriaceous; thorax 

 superficially impressed on either side at the base, longitudinally 

 foveate against the posterior angles, in front of the fovea with 

 a curved row of three large punctures. Antenna^ brown ; legs 

 brownish-testaceous. Length 8.5 mm. Near L. coriaceits 

 Fauv., but blacker, less depressed, rather less strongly 

 coriaceous, thorax less strongly contracted behind, narrower, 

 the dorsal impressions and foveae less marked, head narrower 

 and eyes less prominent, puncturation of the thorax and elytra 

 finer. 



Tutau River ; 2 specimens. 



Pholceonous castaneipennis n. sp. 



Black, rather shining, the elytra dark castaneous, darker 

 towards the apex, fore-parts moderately coarsely, closely 

 punctured. Antenna? with the 1st joint pitchy, 2nd pitchy 

 at the base, the apex and 3rd, 4th and 5th joints testaceous, 

 the rest black. Legs brownish red. Length 3.4 mm. 



Head impunctate in front, transversely strigose, shining, 

 broadly superficially depressed internal to the antennal 

 tubercles, vertex on either side immediately in front of the 

 ocelli with a shining o])lique diverging keel and a small plaque 

 between its outer end and the middle line on either side, the 

 rest of the surface moderately coarsely, closely punctured, the 

 interspaces strigose. i\.ntenn;p with 3rd joint longer than 

 2nd, 4th and 5th slightly longer than broad, 6th scarcely, 7th 

 to 10th distinctly transverse, not increasing appreciably 

 in width. Thorax transverse, subconvex, the sides evenly 

 rounded from base to apex, a little narrower at the obtuse 



