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the posterior than the anterior border; puncturation not so line as 

 on the thorax, but about as close. Abdomen reddish-testaceous, 

 pretty closely and finely punctured, less distinctly so posteriorly. 



cJ. Seventh ventral segment with a deep narrow triangular excisii >n 

 in the posterior margin. 



Hab. Woodlands, under bark of decaying logs. 



25. Hypomedon lucens, n. sp. 



Reddish-testaceous, shining, abdomen pitchy-red. Antennae and 

 legs testaceous. Length 3 mm. 



A subparallel-sided insect, the fore-parts clear shining reddish- 

 testaceous. Head large, transversely quadrate, temples parallel, 

 posterior angles bluntly rectangular; vertex impunctate, the rest 

 of the surface covered with large scattered umbilicate punctures; 

 sides and front setiferous ; no trace of ground-sculpture. Antennae 

 shorter than the head and thorax, 2nd joint shorter than the 3rd, 

 about as long as the 4th, 4th, 5th and 6th a little longer than broad 

 gradually decreasing in length, 7th as long as broad, 8th, 9th and 

 10th gradually increasing in breadth, 11th elongate, oval. Thorax 

 scarcely narrower than the head, transverse, disc with smooth 

 impunctate line throughout its length, the rest of the surface covered 

 with large scattered umbilicate punctures. Elytra a little longer 

 than, and as wide as, the thorax, scarcely longer than broad, of a 

 yellowish red colour, with rather fine, somewhat asperate and not 

 very close puncturation, sparingly pubescent. Abdomen pitchy-red, 

 very finely and not very closely punctured, pubescence yellowish, 

 rather long. 



Hab. Bukit Panjang, in debris. A single $. 



26. Hypomedon granulatus, n. sp. 



Reddish-testaceous, shining, elytra broadly blackish at postero- 

 external angles ; antennae, mouth-parts, and legs reddish-testaceous. 

 Length scarcely 2 mm. 



Smaller and more shining than H. debilicornis, Woll., and differently 

 coloured, with a narrower head and thorax than in that species. 

 Head square, temples parallel, the posterior angles rather broadly 

 rounded, the, base emarginate ; sculpture consisting of small granules, 

 pretty dense on the front and temples, but becoming more scattered 

 posteriorly. Antennae short, the 3rd joint shorter than the 2nd, 

 4th scarcely longer than broad, 5th to 10th transverse, gradually 

 increasing in breadth, 11th short, oval. Thorax scarcely narrower 

 than the head, as long as broad, widest at the anterior angles, which 



