162 Hr. ]\ralcoln1^)Urr’s Vrdiminary Revision of the 
4.4. Metasterniun postice tnm- 
catuin, vel vakle productuiii 
et convexum. 
5. Mesosternum postice rotun- 
datiini .G. 1’sai.ina.e. 
5.5. Mesosternum postice trun- 
catum. 
G. Antennae 25-35 segmen- 
tatae ; elytra perfecte e.x- 
plicata. 7 Labidurinae. 
G.6. Antennae ad 15 segmen- 
tatae ; corpus apterum. 
7. Segmentuni u 11 i in u m 
dorsale truncatum . . 8. Parisolabinae. 
7.7. Segmentuni ultiinurn 
dor.sale emargina- 
tum ac bilobum . . 9. Brachylabinae. 
Sub-family l.—PALIGINAE. 
I am inclined to think that it was this species that 
Dohrn described under the name Platylabia major. It is 
the creature whicli de Bormans took for P. major, as the 
specimens recorded by him from Burma under that name 
are Palex gjiaxattoides, and nothing else. 
It is odd, but not incredible, that he should have 
described it in 1900 as a new species, after he had already 
liandled it under the other name. I have no doubt about 
the identity of de Bormans’ Burmese specimens, since I 
possess some of the original ones. 
If this is correct, Palex sparatfoidcs, Borm., falls as a 
homonym of Platylahia major, Dohrn, and the sub-family 
must be named Platylabiinae, and a new generic name 
formed for the group represented by PI. thoracica, as I 
know of no other species congeneric with P. sparattoides. 
For the present, however, I am in a position neither 
to assert nor prove the identity, but I consider it exceed¬ 
ingly probable. 
Sub-family 2.—ALLOSTETHINAE. 
The sub-family contains the single genus Verb., 
characterised by the triangular prosternum and strongly 
narrowed metasternum. I consider A. loiiibohianum, 
Verb., a good species, as it appears to be restricted to 
Lombok and has a perfectly distinctive appearance. A. 
