400 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on new 
curved, cylindrical to the insertion of the antenne, and 
thence slightly dilated to the apex ; very coarsely and closely 
punctate almost to the extreme apex, each puncture con- 
taming a scale that is fringed at the apex. Antenne with 
the scape only as long as the first six joints of the funicle, of 
which joint 1 is a little shorter than 24+38, 3 to 6 are 
transverse, and 7 is very long, as long as the 24 preceding 
joints and more than twice as long as the club, which is 
much contracted. Prothorax much broader than long, sub- 
parallel-sided from the base to the middle, thence strongly 
and roundly narrowed, with a well-marked subapical con- 
striction ; the dorsal apical margin rounded, the longitudinal 
outline gently convex and sloping upwards anteriorly im 
relation to the long axis of the body; the dorsum evenly set 
with well-separated, flat, shining granules, the apical area 
closely punctate. Scutellum not enclosed, transverse, bare, 
and shallowly punctate. lytra cylindrical, distinctly wider 
at the shoulders than the prothorax, broadly rounded behind, 
and with a curved transverse impression behind the scu- 
tellum; the shallow striz with large quadrate punctures 
(each containing a minute granule on either side) as far as 
the transverse band, behind which the striae are deeper and 
the punctures much reduced, the striz not being noticeably 
deepened at the base ; the intervals about as broad as the 
striz, smooth or finely aciculate, with fairly numerous 
minute granules on the apical area and at the extreme base, 
there being also single granules on the anterior slope of each 
puncture. Legs (fig. 1, d) moderately long and slender, 
coarsely punctate, with a scale in each puncture ; the femora 
with a very sharp curved tooth and a feebly denticulate 
ridge in front of it; the front tibie only gently curved 
exterually, strongly bisinuate internally, and with an obtuse 
tooth behind the middle, the posterior pairs simple and 
scarcely bisinuate internally. Sternum with the front inter- 
coxal space narrower than the median one; the sculpturing 
of the metasternum concealed by the scaling. 
Length 9-10 mm., breadth 3°5-4 mm. 
Sarawak: Mt. Matang, 11.1914, Quop, iii, 1914, Retuh, 
v. 1914 (G. HL. Bryant). 
Described from five specimens. 
Alcides pyrifer hemicyclus, subsp. n. 
¢. Differs from the typical form in the following charac- 
ters: The elytral stripe broadly interrupted on each side 
belind the shoulder, the marking behind being therefore 
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