and descriptions of new sjiecies in the British Museum. 491. 



Philippine Is. 



The unique specimen has been in the British Museum 

 since 1845. It was probably captured by Cuming, like the 

 three other species already recorded from the Philippine 

 Islands. It is a smaller insect, of a bright yellow colour, 

 except for the black intermediate joints of the antennae, 

 probably varying in number, but leaving the terminal one 

 pale, except at the base. It is more narrowly oval than the 

 majority of Oriental Stenotarsi, and the elytra are very 

 coarsely punctured in rows which disappear a little beyond 

 the middle. The broad elevated margins of the pronotum 

 project behind owing to the deep notching of the base at 

 the end of the lateral grooves, which produces the effect of 

 a perforation on each side when the thorax and elytra are 

 closely applied. 



Chondria longicornis, sp. n. 



FeiTUginea, antennis nigris, articulis duo bus basalibus ferrugineis 

 ultimoque laete flavo; late ovalis, niodice convexa, parum dense 

 aut longe pubescens, antennis pedibusque gracilibus, pronoto baud 

 lato, nitido, lateribus antice leviter arcuatis, postice fere parallelis, 

 marginibus latissimis, postice attenuatis, basi fortiter marginato, 

 utrinque profunde excavate, elytris sat grosse seriato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis minutissime parce punctatis ; antennis quam corporem 

 vix brevioribus, articulis 2-8 compactis, brevibus, tertio perpaulo 

 longiori, tribus ultimis elongatis, laxe articulatis, ultimo longissimo. 



Long. 3 mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



Philippine Is., Mindanao : Surigao. 



The unique type has been presented to the British Museum 

 by G. F. Baker. 



It is reddish-chestnut coloured, v/ith the antennae black, 

 except the two basal joints, which are red, and the last, 

 which is bright yellow. Rather broadly oval, with very 

 slender legs and antennae, and clothed with fine pubes- 

 cence. The pronotum is rather feebly rounded in front, 

 the lateral margins are broad, narrowed and very promi- 

 nent behind, the base strongly margined and very deeply 

 excavated at each end just within the raised margins, with 

 the foveae situated within the basal groove and not pro- 

 duced forwards. The elytra bear longitudinal rows of 

 large, not closely-set punctures. The antennae are little 

 shorter than the body, joints two to eight very short and 

 compact and the three last elongated, not flattened, very 

 loosely articulated and equal in length to the preceding 



