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or less triangular dark spot. Elytra eaoh with a transverse black 

 |p;iich placed much nearer to the posterior than t<> the anterior 

 borders, and almosl reaching the lateral margins externally and 1 1n- 

 suture internally; puncturation and pubescence much as on the 



thorax, the sides with six long black setae. A.bd in strongly 



pointed, very finely and sparingly punctured, strongly setose. Legs 

 pale reddish testaceous. 



Huh. Woodlands and Bukit Timah 3 in old logs. 



54. Conosoma rufotestaceum, n. sp. 



Reddish testaceous, shining; sides of the elytra strongly setose; 

 the lii si tour and the last joints of the antennae and the legs yellow 



testaceous. Lengt It 1'5 nun. 



Build somewhal resembling thai of C. monlicola, W'oll., I ml smaller 

 and with the sides of the elytra furnished with strong setae. Head 

 Bhining, reddish testaceous, scarcely visibly punctured; pubescence 

 sparing, yellow, rather coarse. Antennae barely extending beyond 

 the posterior angles of the thorax, the 2nd and 3rd joints of equal 

 length, the Mi to the 6th a little longer than broad, gradually de- 

 creasing in length, the 7th as long as broad, the 8th to the loth 

 distinctly transverse, the I lth short, oval. Thorax more than half 

 as broad again as long, clear reddish testaceous, very finelj and 

 sparingly punctured; pubescence yellow and rather coarse; the 



sides without setae. Elytra distinctly longer than I he lhora\, as 



long as broad, gradually narrowed posteriorly, the puncturation 

 and pubescence similar to thai of the thorax; the sides each with 

 six long black setae, and the posterior margins narrowly and 

 obscurely infuscate. Abdomen Btrongly pointed, obscurely infus- 

 cate at the base, puncturation very line and sparing, the sides and 

 apex st rongly setose. 



Hab. Woodlands, in old logs. 



55. Copiopoins ruflventrls, n. sp. 



Pitohy, shining ; the head, margins of the thorax, latera and apical 

 borders of the elytra very narrowly, and the abdomen, red; anten 

 nae with the first four joints, and the apex of the last, testaceous 

 yellow; legs reddish testaceous. Length 1*6 nun. 



[lather broad, moderately convex, and, with the exception of the 

 abdomen, impunctate; the latter considerably narrower al the ba ■ 

 than the elj tra, elongate, and rather Btrongly narrowed posteriorly : 

 of the build of C. brunneicollis, Motsch., but larger than thai species. 



