Species of Alcides from the Oriental Region. 397 
closer and longitudinally confluent, there being a low median 
carina which sometimes extends beyond the antennee ; the 
punctures in the g markedly coarser thanin the ?. Antenne 
slender, the scape nearly as long as the funicle and. club 
together; the funicle with joint 2 as long as but more slender 
than 1, 3 longer than 4, 4 to 6 equal in length and longer 
than broad, 7 more separated from the club than usual and 
only as long as its basal joint. Prothorax rather transverse, 
subconical, broadest at the base and rapidly narrowing in 
front, the sides feebly rounded and with a distinct subapical 
constriction ; the dorsal apical margin truncate, the post- 
ocular lobes feeble, and the dorsal outline only slightly 
convex ; the dorsum with shailow rugulose punctures, many 
of the interspaces forming irregular granule-lke elevations, 
which are coriaceous and opaque. Scutellwm very small, 
punctiform, not enclosed in front. Elytra oblong-ovate, a 
little broader at the shoulders than the prothorax, obtusely 
rounded at the apex, and with a shallow transverse impression 
near the base ; the striz deeper at the base and apex, else- 
where containing large oblong punctures; the intervals 
rather broader than the strie, very finely and transversely 
rugulose. Legs (fig. 1, 7) moderately long and slender, 
rugosely punctate, clothed with short brown setze and narrow 
split scales ; the femora less clavate than usual, with a long 
sharp tooth, followed by two or three denticulations ; the 
front tibize feebly curved externally and shallowly bisinuate 
within, the posterior pair simple. Sternum with the front 
intercoxal space only one-third as wide as the median 
one ; the metasternum coriaceous, feebly and transversely 
granulose. 
Length 8°5-9'°5 mm., breadth 3°25-3°75 mm. 
Inp1a: Manipur, Assam (Doherty). 
Described from six specimens. 
In general form, structure, and size very similar to 
A. scenicus, Fst., but readily distinguished from this and all 
its other allies by the very distinctive pattern, which 
strikingly resembles that of a structurally very different 
species, A. ligatus, Pasc. 
Alcides loratus, sp.n. (Pl. VIL. fig. 3.) 
& ?. Form subcylindrical ; integument black, with stripes 
and bands composed of pale, narrow, plumose scales dusted 
with pale yellow powdering; the forehead and base of the 
rostrum with thin powdering; the pronotum with a narrow 
median stripe from the base to beyond the middle, and a 
