new species of Endomijcici. 415 



piceo, articuHs precedentlbus longitudine jeqiiali. Lono- 

 lin. 2^. *=■ 



About the size of S. castaneus, Gerst., but of a llo-liter 

 colour, and with the striji3 of the elytra not producetf into 

 the apical third. Thorax evenly contracted to the front, 

 its sides a little rounded, lateral margin raised and flat- 

 tened, narrowed to hind angles, which are acute. Elytra 

 with eight punctured stria? visible very little behind the 

 middle, the interstices not punctured, clothed thickly witli 

 a short, yellowish, upright pubescence ; humeral calhis 

 moderately prominent. Antennre with the club equal in 

 length to the preceding eight joints, basal joint equal to 

 two following; 2 — 8 not longer than wide, bead-shaped 

 — these of the same colour as the body ; 9 and 10 each 

 about equal in length to three of the preceding, black ; 

 1 1 ovate, black with pitchy-red apex. 



Hob. — Philippine Islands. Two specimens from the 

 collection of G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Stenotarsus tahidus, n. sp. 



Brevlter ovatus, pallide ferrugineus, pube flavo dcnslus 

 vestitus, thoracis margine lateral! deplanato, fequali, latiore, 

 elytris striis septem abbreviatis, oljsolete punctatis; antennis 

 articulis quinque peuultimis iufuscatis. Long. lin. 2^. 



Head and thorax very finely, scarcely visibly punctured, 

 the latter with the lateral margins Avide and not raised 

 above the adjoining part of the disc, not narrowed behind ; 

 basal sulci tolerably deeply impressed. Sides considerably 

 less rounded than in the preceding species, but contracted 

 towards the front. Elytra Avith seven or eight punctured 

 strias very obsoletely impressed, especially the internal 

 ones, and vanishing in the apical third. Densely and 

 evenly covered with a velvety, yellow pile. 



Antennas with the 2nd to 8th joints longer than wide ; 

 two first joints of club as wide as long, terminal joint 

 acuminate, twice as long as wide, and red, the five preced- 

 ing being fuscous. 



This species, though allied to *S'. Philippinarum, is rather 

 larger, has the antennre differently coloured, and witli a 

 much less heavy club ; the sides of the thorax not elevated ; 

 the elytra less distinctly striated, and more densely 

 pubescent. 



iJ«Z>.— Philippine Islands. Collection of G. li. V\ ater- 



housc, Esq. 



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