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base of the anterior tibic in this sex. One of the specimens 
received from Mr. Baldwin is labelled: “ called by the 
natives ‘Bange.’ Supposed to cause sores.” Amanicollops 
obscurus, Pic, may be a variety of this species. 
2. Laius flavicornis. 
Paussus flavicornis, Faby. Syst. Eleuth. ii. p. 75 (1801). 
Meyadeuterus flavicornis, Westw. Trans. Linn, Soc. London, xvi. 
p. 678 (1833). 
Las flavicornis, Lacord, Gen. Coleopt. iv. p. 385, nota (1857). 
¢. Antennal joint 1 long, broadly widened outwards, 
sinuately curved, deeply hollowed externally, and furnished 
with a small, dentiform tuft of hairs at the outer apical 
angle; 2 extremely broad, transverse, ear-shaped, the apical 
margin raised and subtruncate (PI. VIII. fig. 2) ; 3-9 short, 
rather stout. Anterior femora thickened, obliquely grooved 
at the apex beneath ; anterior tibie much swollen near the 
base, and narrowed thence to the tip, the base itself excised 
and sulcate within (PJ. VIII. fig. 2 a). 
@. Antennal joints 1 and 2 moderately stout, 2 about 
half. the length of 1. 
Hab. Java (type of Fabricius) ; Larat (Ff. Muir) ; Key Is. 
(Mus. Brit.); Borneo (Mus. Brit.), Lundu, Sarawak 
(G. E. Bryant: 8.1.1914), Sarawak (Ad. R. Wallace, in 
Mus. Oxon.) ; Cuina (Mus. Brit.). 
Seven ¢ ¢ and six ? 2 are referred to L. flavicornis, F., 
which would appear to be a widely-distributed coast form in 
the Malayan region. A robust, rather shining, cinereo- 
pubescent insect, nigro-czruleous or violaceous in colour, 
with the antennz (the testaceous joints ] and 2 excepted) 
and legs black. A ¢ found by Mr. G. E. Bryant at Port 
Darwin, N.W. Australia, in March 1909, may belong here. 
Numerous extremely closely allied Australian forms have 
been described. According to Mr. Bryant, these insects are 
found on the sea-shore, at or below high-water mark, where 
they may be seen running about in sunny weather. 
3. Laius tibialis. 
Laius tibialis, Gahan, Monogr. Christmas Isl. p. 102, pl. 10, fig. 4 
(antenna of ¢) (1900). 
Hab. Curistmas Istanp (Indian Ocean). 
Separable from the insects here identified as L. flavicornis 
and L. velutinus by the opaque upper surface, the relatively 
broader prothorax, and the ¢ -characters, which are described 
