88 Dr. Malcolm Cameron on 



Near /'. circumductus, Fauv., I>m rather more robust, with Longer, 

 uniformly coloured antennae and reddish thorax. Head trans- 

 versely quadrate, widest across the eyes, temples slightly con- 

 verging posteriorly, the posterior angles rounded; median pair of 

 intra-ocular punctures much further from each other than from the 

 lateral ones, the disc with two obliquely placed punctures on either 

 side and a group of three or four near the postero-internal border 

 of each eye; all the punctures setifcrous. Antennae nearly as 

 long as the head and thorax, the 2nd joint a little shorter than the 

 ■'5rd, 4th a little longer than broad, 5th as long as broad, the 6th to 

 10th scarcely transverse, the I Ith oblong-oval, acuminate. Thorax 

 ahonl as broad as the head, very little narrower at the anterior 

 angles, the sides nearly straight; disc with a row of five rather 

 small setifcrous punctures, of which the second and third arc more 

 approximate than those of the rest of the series; sides with a 

 curved row of three other punctures and a fourth puncture just 

 behind the anterior angle; posterior margin with a row of fine 

 setifcrous punctures also. Scutellum distinctly and sparingly 

 punctured, as in /'. circumductus. Elytra a little broader than, 

 and as long as the thorax, square, of a bright reddish-chestnut 

 colour, appearing in certain lights obscurely darker at the postero- 

 external angles; finely, aspcralcly, and sparingly punctured, as 

 in /'. circumductus', all the punctures setifcrous. Abdomen dark 

 pitchy-red, the extreme margins of the segments obscurely tes- 

 taceous; puncturation sparing and setifcrous, the bases of the 

 segments less closely punctured than in /'. circumductus. first 

 joint of posterior tarsi scarcely as long as the last joint. 



c£. Anterior tarsi dilated ; sixt h ventral segment with a triangular 

 impression, the base (which corresponds to the posterior margin) 

 rather deeply cmarginatc 



Hub. Mandai, in rotting fungus. 



42. Philonthus belonuchoides, n. sp. 



Depressed, black, rather shining; lirst joint of antennae, tibiae 

 and tarsi obscure testaceous, coxae pitchy, femora clear testaceous; 

 thorax with dorsal scries of five punctures. Length S 8"5 mm. 



In build this species presents a remarkable resemblance to 

 Belonuchus mutator, Fauv. Head broad, transverse, widest across 

 the eyes, t he temples very slightly converging to t he briefly rounded 



posterior angles; vertex with a deep, I .road, longitudinal rhomhoidal 



impression, the median intra-ocular punctures a little more distant 

 from each other than from the lateral ones; disc posteriorly with an 



