488 Mr, G. J. Arrow's Notes on Endotnychid CoJeoptera 



Beecaria cruciata, sp. n. 



Fulva, antennanira clava elytrorumqiie margine toto, sutura et 

 linea mediana recta nigiis : fere heniisphaerica, nitida, sat convex^, 

 pronoto laevissime et disperse punctato, pariim convexo, margi- 

 nibus lateralibus fere rectis, antice Icviter arcuatis, angulis antieis 

 rotundatis, basi trisinuato, subtiliter marginato, elytris fortiter haud 

 crebre aut regulariter punctatis; mctasterni medio abdominisqiie 

 basi grosse hand dense pnnctato; antennis gracilibus, articulis 1-8 

 elongatis. 



Long. 4 mm. ; lat. 3 mm. 



Philippine Is., Mindanao : Surigao {Prof. C. F. Baker). 



This is very similar to the Bornean B. coccinella Arrow, 

 but the colouring is much brighter, and the four elytral 

 patches are enlarged so that the interposed black areas 

 appear to form a narrow black cross. The pronotum and 

 scutellum are entirely pale and the elytral patches roughly 

 triangular in shape, the anterior one very feebly indented 

 at the shoulder. The pronotum is rather more finely 

 punctured than that of B. coccinella, its front angles are 

 blunter and the base is finely margined, the elytra are less 

 liighly convex and the antennae are longer, the first eight 

 joints being distinctly elongate and the total length greater 

 than the width of the pronotum at its base. 



Beecaria pallida, sp. n. 



Pallide testacea, antennarum clava elytrorumqiie margine 

 angusto nigris, hujus parte posticali paulo dilatata, angulis extremis 

 pallidis; fere hemispherica, supra nitida, pronoto lato, laevis- 

 sime punctato, angulis antieis productis, haud acutis, posticis 

 acutis ; elytris distincte sed disperse punctatis ; antennis brevissi- 

 mis, gracilibus, articulo tertio longo. 



Long. 5-5 mm. ; lat. 4-5 mm. 



N. Malabar : Taliparamba (P. S. Nathan, July-Aug.). 



This is also unique, the type having been received from 

 Mr. E. Ballard. 



Pale testaceous yellow, with the last four or five joints 

 of the antennae and a narrow border encircling the con- 

 joined elytra black. This border does not include the 

 scutellum, but extends a little way down the suture behind 

 it, and at the posterior end of the elytra it dilates into a 

 broad subapical patch, the extreme apices being pale. 



The body is very broadly oval, almost hemispherical, 



