Coleopterous Family DerinestidaB. 451 



" thorace valde transverso, densissime cinereo-villoso " seems 

 to preclude the possibility of identity, and the elytra are not 

 subattenuate at the apex. 



Trinodes emarginatus, sp. n. 



Obscure rufns, longissime fulvo-hirsutus, capite prothoraceqiie 

 nigrescentibus ; regulariter ovatus, prothorace antice attenuato, 

 baud brevi, postice valde lobato, lobe distincte exciso, processu 

 prosternali valido, triangulari, autennis gracilibus, clava laxe tri- 

 articulata, articulo ultimo sat graudi, longs ovali, maris quam 

 pra;cedenti quadruplice majori. 



Long. 2 mm. 



JJah. Ceylon : Kandy {G. E. Bryant, July 1908). 



It has a close similarity to the European T. kirtus, but 

 the hairy clothing is much longer, less abundant, and of a 

 tawny colour. Tlie elytra are much lighter in colour than 

 the head and prouotum, ajid the posterior lobe of the latter is 

 rather deeply excised. Tlie antennse are very slender, with 

 a club of similar shape, the last joint in the male being about 

 four times the length of its predecessor. 



Trinodes rotundus, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, sat late ovatus, globulus, ciliis griseia tenuibus baud 

 dense vestitus ; pronoto lato, brcvi, margiuibus lateralibus in- 

 tegris augustis; antennarum clava laxe moniliformi, articuha 

 tribus globiformibus, ultimo ca;terum magnitudine duplici. 



Long. 2"3 mm. 



IJah. S.E. BOKNEO: Martapura {Dolierty, 1893). 



This is a large species of the same size as T. rvfescens, 

 Eeitt., and more regularly oval and less contracted in front 

 than any other species known to me, the pronotum beiiif 

 broad and rounded and the shoulders not prominent. The 

 hairy clothing is less coarse and more scanty than in T.hirtvs 

 and rvfescens, and consists of intermixed erect and prostrate 

 hairs. The lateial margins of the pronotum are narrow, and 

 the grooves entire and parallel to the sides. The club of the 

 antenna consists of three very loosely connected globular 

 joints, the last twice the diameter ot either of the others. 

 The structure of the sternum is really intermediate between 

 the two extremes represented by typical forms of Trinodes 

 and Apsectus. The pvosternum has a posterior process, but 

 this is very short and blunt, scarcely reaching beyond the 

 front coxse. Its tip enters a slight cavity in the mesosternum, 

 but does not divide the latter as in the other species. 



The three specimens are probably females. 



