236 Nits O. Westwood on the 
LUTERA, gen. nov. 
Corpus oblongo-ovatum, convexum, glabrum, parce 
punctatum. 
Caput subtrigonum, clypei apice bifido. Mandibulz 
crasse, trigone, apice subito incurvo acuto, dente medio 
plano bifido, spatio basali molari transverso  sulcato. 
Maxille lobo externo in unguem acutum producto, in- 
terno dentibus 3—4 (uno e denticulis tribus parvis com- 
posito). Palpi maxillares parvi, articulo ultimo majore et 
parum crassiori. Mentum planum crateriforme, margine 
antico fere recto. Antennarum clava longa tenui. Pro- 
thorax transversus, lateribus roundatis, basi latitudine 
humeris elytrorum zquali, margine postico parum supra 
scutellum producto. Elytra subovata, in medio thorace 
parum latiora, punctato- -striata, punctis parum profundis 
et irregulariter difformibus. Tibize anticee ad apicem tri- 
dentatz, postices 4 margine externo fere inermi. Tarsi 
ungue unico integro, altero acute bifido. Metasternum 
inter pedes medios vix porrectum apice ejus, lateraliter 
viso, ante basin pedum parum apparente. 
Lutera luteola. (Pl. VIII. fig. 2.) 
Fulvo-lutescens, nitida, parum punctata, marginibus 
capitis, guttis duabus frontalibus, alterisque 4 ante medium 
pronoti transverse positis margineque scutelli castaneis ; 
elytris guttis duabus ante medium alterisque duabus fere 
obsoletis subapicalibus pallidius castaneis: corpore infra, 
tibiis tarsisque maculisque magnis in medio femorum, 
marginibusque segmentorum ventralium castaneo-brunneis ; 
his basi podiceque Lie -luteis. 
Long. corp. lin. 83; lat. elytr. medio lin. 4}. 
Habitat Sarawak, aie (Wallace). In Mus. Hopei- 
ano Oxonix. 
Pl. VILL. fig. 2, Lutera luteola slightly rene. 
and 2d, eed in different positions ; 2c, maxilla ; oe 
mentum and labial palpi; 2e, terminal joint of four pos- 
terior tarsi; 2f and 2g, metasternum seen from beneath 
and sideways. 
CyPHELYTRA, C. Waterhouse. 
(Cistula Entomologica, May, 1875, p. 366.) 
Corpus breve, crassum, dorso parum depressum, elytris 
pone medium paullo dilatatis, fere glabrum, signaturis 
nigris elytrorum rude punctatis exceptis. 
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