290 Mr. M. Burr's Observations on 



Labidurodes nitidus, sp. n. 



Ater, nitidus, Isevis ; caput convexum ; antennae segnientis 14 ; 

 segmentis 8-11 et 14 nigris, ceteris pallidis, 2 minimo, 3 longo, 4 

 and 5 brevia, rotiindata, ceteris elongatis. Pronotum quadratum, 

 antice quam postice pauUo angustius, margine antico subrotundato. 

 Elytra ampla, apice truncata ; alee prominentes ; pedes breves ; 

 femora valde incrassata ; tibiae apice pallidse ; tarsi pallidi, segmento 

 primo cetera 2 unita longitudine a?quanti, 2° minimo, baud lobato. 

 Abdomen cylindricuin, segmento tertio tuberculo laterali magno 

 instructo ; segmentiim iiltimum angustum, declivum. Pygidium 

 baud perspicuum. Forcipis braccbia paullo remota, recta, triquetra, 

 valida, conica, apicem versus sensim attenuata atque incurva, apice 

 decussata, inermia. 9 



Long, corporis . . . 19"2 mm. 

 „ forcipis ... 1'5 „ 



Hob. Madagascar, " Region du sud-est, Vallee 

 d'Amholo, Foret de Fitana." {Ch. Allnaud, 1901, 1 $, 

 Mils. Paris.) 



This specimen appears to be a true Labidurodes, but 

 has fewer segments in the antennae than the typical 

 species ; otherwise it agrees with the generic characters. 

 It is very considerably smaller than the only other known 

 species, L. robustus, Borm., from New Guinea. 



Garcinophora tvaddyi, sp, n. 



Parva, fusca ; caput convexum, atrum, nitidum ; antennfB 13 

 segmentis, typicse, fuscre, segnientis 1-3 pallidis ; pronotum quadra- 

 tum, nigrum, lateribus pallidis ; elytra perfecta, pronoto longiora, 

 fusco-testacea ; alse deticientes ; jiedes pallidi, femoribus tibiisque 

 fusco-annulatis ; abdomen fusco-testaceum, tuberculis lateralibus 

 baud perspicuis ; segmentum ultimum dorsale angnstatum, margine 

 postico medio impresso ; forcipis braccbia contigua, conica, sat 

 gracilia, sensim incurva, attenuata, apice decussata rufo-testacea. 



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Long, corporis . . . 7"4 mm. 

 „ forcipis . . . 13 ,, 



Hob. Martinique (1 $, Waddy, No. 14, Mus. Paris). 



Differs from G. robusta, Scudd., by its much smaller size 

 and slenderer build ; from G. boliviana, Bonn., by the 

 elytra, which are half as long again as the pronotum, 



