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VIII. Remarks on a small collection of Clavicorn Coleoptera 

 from Borneo, with descriptions of new species. By 

 A. Sidney Olliff. 



[Read April 4th, 1883.] 



The Clavicorns enumerated in the following list were 

 collected by W. B. Pryer, Esq., at Sandakan, in N.E. 

 Borneo. Although the collection contains but twenty- 

 one species, it will, I think, be advisable to publish a 

 complete list of them in preference to merely describing 

 the new forms, as the Coleoptera of this locality, or 

 indeed of any portion of Northern Borneo, are but very 

 imperfectly known. I have added references to the de- 

 scriptions of those species which are not included in the 

 Munich Catalogue. 



To receive a species of Phylloscelis from Borneo is 

 interesting, as showing the very wide distribution of the 

 genus. P. ovides, Mars., on which the genus was founded, 

 was described from Senegal, P. testudo, Gers., from 

 Zanzibar, and P. arechavaletce, Mars., from Monte Video. 

 I have seen a specimen of P, testudo in Mr. George 

 Lewis' collection from Abyssinia. 



The two new genera and more important novelties 

 in this collection Mr. Waterhouse proposes to figure 

 in an early number of his ' Aid to the Identification of 

 Insects.' 



I hope soon to have an opportunity of investigating 

 the Erotylidce, Endomychidce, and Coccinellidce contained 

 in Mr. Pryer's collection. 



List of species referred to in this paper : — 



Histeridje. Carpophilus ordinatus, n. s. 



Plcesius javanus, Erich. Trimenus adpressus, Murr. 



Phylloscelis orbicularis, n. s. Prometopia rhombus, n. s. 



,, catillina, n. s. 



NlTIDULIDJE. 



Calonecrus ivallacei, Thorns. Trogositidje. 



,, rufipes, Pasc. Narcisa lynceus, n. s. 



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