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Genus AuLExis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 153. 

 Corpus elongatum, subcylindricum, pilis suberectis vestitiim. 

 Caput exsertum, facie perpendicular! ; epistomatis margine 

 antico dentibus duobus compressis armato ; antennis sub- 

 filiformibus, articulo basali incrassato, secundo dimidio bre- 

 viori, modice incrassato, tertio quarto pauUo breviore ; ocuUs 

 prominentibus, ovatis, intus leviter sinuatis ; mento antice 

 concavo. Thorax antice constrictus, cylindiicus, postice de- 

 pressus et plus minusve transversim excavatus, margine 

 laterali apice obsolete, medio tridentato. Elytra thorace 

 paullo latiora, parallela. Pedes mediocres, robusti ; femo- 

 ribus subincrassatis, muticis ; tinguicuUs basi dentatis. Pro- 

 sternum angustatum, elongatum, sulcis inter sternum et epi- 

 sterna obsoletis. 3Iesosternum angustatum, apice dilatato, 

 tiilobato. 



1. Aulex'is nigricollis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 154-. 

 Elongata, parallela, fusco-fulva, subnitida, pilis suberectis con- 

 coloribus, sat dense vestita; thorace nigro, griseo-villoso, sat 

 crebre punctato, basi rugoso, utrinque pone medium oblique 

 excavato, vertice piceo. 

 Long. 2g lin. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head coarsely punctured ; epistome more deeply and coarsely 

 punctured than the rest of the face ; antennae two-thirds the length 

 of the body, slightly thickened towards the apex. Thorax deeply 

 and closely punctured, rugose-punctate at the base, obliquely im- 

 pressed on each side behind the middle with an ill-defined groove, 

 which meets the opposite one just in front of the scutellum ; apical 

 border of thorax obscure fulvous. Elytra closely and coarsely 

 punctured, obsoletely depressed below the basilar space. 



2. Aulexis Wallacei, n. sp. (PI. IV. fig. 5.) 

 Elongata, parallela, fusco-fulva, nitida, pilis suberectis conco- 

 loribus dense vestita ; capite (antennis labroque exceptis) 

 thoraceque nigris, pilis griseis obsitis, hoc utrinque pone me- 

 dium oblique excavato. 

 Long. 3| lin. 

 Hab. Sarawak, Singapore, Penang, Tondano. 



