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thorace sat fortiter subcrebre punctato, utrinque oblique 

 excavate ; elytris tliorace latioribus, apicem versus paullo 

 attenuatis, fortiter substriatim punctatis, interspatiis trans- 

 versim elevato-strigosis, apicem versus prope suturam longi- 

 tudinaliter costatis. 



Var. A. Antennis totis nigris. 



Long. 2\ \m. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Head coarsely punctured, tbe upper portion sligbtly swollen; 

 the lower end of the front furnished with an obtuse slightly-ele- 

 vated tubercle, the lower border of the epistome very slightly 

 angulate-emarginate ; labrum, jaws and antennae black, five upper 

 joints of the latter less dilated than in any of the former species, 

 last two joints sometimes dirty- white. Thorax one-third as broad 

 again at the base as long ; sides slightly rounded, obliquely con- 

 verging from the base to the apex ; anterior angles produced into 

 a slightly oblique subacute tooth, hinder angles acute; surface 

 transversely convex, sides obliquely deflexed in front, obliquely 

 excavated on either side the disk, coarsely and somewhat closely 

 punctured, interspaces on the sides thickened and irregularly re- 

 ticulate. Scutellum scarcely broader than long, semiovate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, subparallel, tapering towards the apex, 

 strongly punctured, punctures on the inner disk and near the 

 apex arranged irregularly in longitudinal striae ; interspaces 

 thickened and forming irregular transverse strigse, and on the 

 inner disk near its apex forming longitudinal costae. 



5. Dermorhytis jjiceipes, n. sp. 

 Elongata, subcylindrica, viridi-eenea, nitida, pedibus piceo- 

 fulvis, tarsis antennisque nigris, his basi fulvis ; thorace sat 

 fortiter crebre punctato, lateribus leviter rotundatis, in medio 

 obsolete emarginatis ; elytris sat fortiter punctatis, punctis 

 prope suturam striatim dispositis, interspatiis (iis infra medium 

 disco interiori exceptis) elevatis, strigas transversas elevatas 

 formantibus, apicem versus prope suturam longitudinaliter 

 costatis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Java. 



Head coarsely rugose-punctate; labrum fulvous, its middle 

 portion stained with nigro-piceous ; anteimae nearly three-fourths 

 the length of the body, slender, seven outer joints black, five upper 

 joints very slightly dilated. Thorax about one-third as broad again 



