458 Mr. G. Lewis on new 



Hololepta pilipes, n. sp. 



Ovato-lata, depressa, nigra, nifcida ; fronte plana subconvexa ; pro- 

 noto lateribns punctulato et ante basin insequaliter impresso, stria 

 marginali valida antice late interrupta ; elytris, margine inflexo, 

 la3vi, striis 1 et 3 brevissimis, 2 integra ; propygidio punctis 

 sparsis cincto, utrinque bifoveolato ; pygidio dense et fortiter 

 punctato ; tarsis subtus (anticis exceptis) rufo-pilosis. L. 9 mill., 

 lat. 6. 



Broadly ovate, depressed ; forehead smooth and very 

 slightly concave between the eyes ; tubercle in front of each 

 eye prominent, with a cluster of large punctures behind them. 

 Mandibles simple. Thorax widest in the middle, with a large 

 irregular impression before base on each side ; lateral stria 

 well defined, interrupted behind the head ; a fine line in front 

 of the scutellum reaches nearly to the middle ; base bisinuate 

 before the scutellum. Elytra with deep inflexed margin, 

 first and third stria very short, second complete. Propy- 

 gidium with scattered punctures at sides, with four shallow 

 fovea?, two at the apex and two above them nearer the lateral 

 margin ; there is also a faint smooth median line. Pygidium 

 very densely and strongly punctured. Presternum broad, 

 widening out to the base, and without a margin ; mesosternum 

 slightly sinuate, the sinuosity being as broad as the base of 

 the presternum ; tibias bidentate at apex, with a large tooth 

 above ; tarsi very short, middle and hind pairs pilose beneath. 



Hob. Borneo {Wallace). 



There is no other known species of Hololepta to which this 

 can be compared ; the shape of the thorax and pilose tarsi 

 are very remarkable. 



The type of Hololepta Jlagellata, Kirby, in the Museum is 

 an example of Lioderma 4-dentatum, F. The locality given 

 by Kirby is doubtless an error. 



Placodes ebeninus, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovatus, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria integra 

 antice biarcuata ; pronoto lsevi stria interna laterali valide im- 

 pressa obliqua, interstitio ante medium multo latiore ; elytris striis 

 punctiformibus, 1-3 integris, 4 basi abbreviata, 5 obsoleta ; pygidio 

 grosse punctato. L. 12^ mill. 



Hab. Zanzibar [Raff ray). 



This species is intermediate between caffer and senega- 

 lensis, and possesses some of the characters of each. The 

 frontal stria is more distinctly biarcuate than in caffer, the 



