352 Mr. G. Lewis on some 
posteriorly more scattered, a fine median line is smooth and 
terminates in a slight ridge behind the neck, the female has 
the smooth line but no ridge, and the anterior angles are 
more convex; the elytra are punctured more finely than the 
thorax; the propygidium and pygidium are evenly, not 
densely punctured, the latter is feebly convex in the female, 
and less so in the male; the prosternum closely and roughly 
punctate, truncate at both ends, lateral striz# very strong, 
joined anteriorly ; the mesosternum is less closely punctured 
with similar stria behind the coxe. 
This species is much more robust than 7. Dohertyt, Lew., 
and there are no thoracic tubercles, the thoracic anterior angles 
are not rectangular, but well rounded off, and the prosternal 
lateral striz are much stronger. 
Hab. Burmah (Ruby Mines). 
Trypeticus predaceus, sp. 0. 
Cylindricus, brunneo-piceus, nitidus, undique punctatus ; fronte 
inter oculos minute foveolata ; propygidio utrinque prominulo, 
L. 3-3} mill. 
Cylindrical, pitchy brown, shining, anterior angles of the 
thorax reddish ; the head faintly punctured, and between the 
eyes there is a small fovea in both sexes; the snout in the 
male is somewhat flat and triangular, but a little sinuous at 
the sides, and a little wide at the apex, margined with astria 
which is best marked at the sides; the female has the snout 
concave, strie obsolete, and the apex is furnished with two 
minute tubercles ; the thorax somewhat densely punctured, 
some punctures, especially those behind the anterior angle, 
are ocellate, anterior angles in the male depressed and a 
little acute close to the eyes, behind the neck a fine carina 
occupies about one fourth of the length of the thorax, the 
female anterior angles rounded off and not depressed; the 
elytra, punctuation distinctly finer than that of the thorax ; 
the propygidium rather densely punctured, projecting at the 
sides; the pygidium is convex in the female, impressed on 
each side in the male, and in both sexes punctured like the 
propygidium ; the prosternum in the male is wider in front 
than behind, sparsely punctured, punctures round and shal- 
low, lateral strize widen out a little anteriorly and do not join, 
in the female the prosternum is truncate ; the mesosternum 
agrees in both sexes, there is a lateral sulcus on each side 
behind the coxe, punctures sparse and oblong; the meta- 
sternum has a median furrow, and is punctured like the 
mesosternum ; the abdominal segments, punctures round and 
