240 Dr. Malcolm Cameron on 



and by no means closelj punctured; ground-sculpture fine, trans- 

 verse, wavy. Antennae moderately Long, Longer than the head and 

 thorax, the 3rd joint as Long as the 2nd, the 1th to the 10th not much 

 decreased in Length, the llth rather long, oval. Thorax buill as in 

 melanarius, the posterior margin narrowly and obscurely testaceous, 

 the puncturation and ground-sculpture similar to that of the head. 

 Scutellum black, scarcely perceptibly punctured, finely strigose 

 transversely. Elytra yellow testaceous, about half as Long again 

 as the thorax, very narrowly impressed along the Lateral margins, 

 exceedingly finely and by no means closely punctured and without 

 trace of ground-sculpture, except some faint traces of longitudinal 

 striae towards the posterior margins. Abdomen very finely (but 

 more distinctly) and sparingly punctured : ground-sculpture distinct. 

 transverse, strigose; sides setose; eighth dorsal segment divided 

 into four triangular processes (of which the median pair are longer 

 than the lateral) by three narrow triangular excisions. 



$ ( ?). Sixth ventral segment with a broad, deep, ova! excision 

 posteriorly. 



Hob. BuMt Panjangj under bark. A single specimen. 



57. Coproporus parvulus. n. sp. 



Obscure rufo-testaceous, shining; the head, and the base and 



more or less of the disc of the elytra, darker: first three joint- of 

 the antennae and legs testaceous, the rest of the antennae scarcely 

 infuscate. Length 1*75 mm. 



Of the build of C. minimus, Motsch., but smaller and narrower, 

 with the head and thorax iinpunctate and the elytra much less 

 distinctly punctured. Head pitchy-red, shining, impunctate. 

 Antennae not leaching the posterior angles of the thorax, and not 

 thick saed after the 5th joint, the 3rd joint obconical, smaller and a 

 little shorter than the 2nd, the 1th slightlx longer than broad, the 

 5th as long as broad, the tith to the 10th gradually shorter, the 1 Ith 



conical. Thorax glabrous and impunctate. Elytra about one-third 



longer than the thorax, narrow ed posteriorly, the sides distinctly 



impressed from the postero-external angle to near the antero- 



external angle: puncturation very line and indistinct, evanescent 



posteriorly. Abdomen rufo-testaceous, exceedingly finely and 

 sparingly punctured, pubescence short, yellow, sparing; sides ami 



apes w ith long black setae. 



llnU. Woodlands. 



