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ate posteriorly, more coarsely punctured than the thorax. Abdo- 

 men cylindrical, the first four visible, and the basal half of the fifth, 

 segments castaneous, the rest black ; the first and fifth segments very 

 narrowly bordered, the first four strongly constricted at their bases; 

 the first rather strongly punctured, the second to the fourth much 

 less strongly and les>. closely punctured, terminal segments almost 

 impunctate, the ninth broadly emarginate, its posterior angles 

 dentiform; anal styles slender, long, incurved, testaceous. 



'. Seventh ventral segment with an acute triangular excision, the 

 apex of which is rounded and the sides feebly margined; the sixth 

 impressed in the middle line at the base, the impression thickly 

 punctured and pubescent. 



Hub. Mandai, on bank of a jungle stream and also in 

 damp wood. 



PlXOPHILI. 



17. Pinophilus notabilis, n. sp. 



Rufous, shining, head very finely and sparingly punctured; 

 thorax as long as broad, distinctly punctured; elytra one-third 

 shorter than the thorax, coarsely and rugosely punctured. Length 

 7 '8 mm. 



Of peculiar build, and from the description would appear to be 

 closely related to P. brachypterus, Kr., from which it apparently 

 ilirfers in coloration and in both mandibles being furnished near the 

 base with a rather long sharp tooth. Head transverse, narrower 

 than the thorax, shining reel, temples with a minute tooth, setiferous : 

 front with three setiferous. punctures placed transversely, one 

 smaller, median, and one larger on either side ; vertex with four large 

 setiferous punctures placed quadrately. another pair obliquely placed 

 on either side near the base of the antenna] tuberosities, and with 

 four or live others at the margin of the eye: besides these, there 

 - ime tine, scattered irregularly distributed punctures: ground- 

 sculpture tine, strigose, not very distinct. Mouth-parts testaceous, 

 mandibles ferruginous, falciform, each with a sharp tooth at the 

 Antennae pilose, the first two joints stouter than those follow- 

 ing, the 2nd a little shorter than the 1st. all the rot very -lender 

 and narrowed at the base, 3rd slightly shorter than the 4th. 4th to 

 6th scarcely differing in length, slender and club-shaped. 7th to 

 10th gradually but slightly decreasing in length, 11th elongate, as 

 long as the loth. Thorax as long as wide, broader than the head, 

 sides parallel, setiferous. anterior and posterior angles briefly rounded, 

 disc, with trace of impunctate median line, otherwise uniformly 



