174 Mr. A. Sidney Olliff's remarks on a small 



Acrops punctata, Fabr. Psammcecus hirsutus, n. s. 

 Ancyrona pryeri, n. s. 



Lophocateres (n. g.) nanus, Mycetophagid2E. 



n# s> Litargus exiguus, n. s. 

 Colydiid^. 

 Bothrideres nocturnus, Pasc. Dermestid^e. 



Dermestes cadaverinus, 

 Cucujid.e. Fabr. 



Ancistria retusa, Fabr. Trogoderma defectum, 

 Inopcplus borneensis, n. s. Walk. 



Platycotylus (n. g.) inusi- Orphilus oscitans, n. s. 

 tatus, n. s. 



HISTERID^. 



Pl^esius, Erichson. 



Plcesius javanus, Erich. 



One example only, which is somewhat narrower than 

 the typical form. 



Phylloscelis, Marseul. 



Phylloscelis orbicularis, n. s. 



Orbicular, very convex above, a little longer than 

 broad, shiny black. Head large, transverse, with a fine 

 marginal stria. Antennse pitchy, apical joint brownish 

 yellow. Mandibles short, robust, and strongly curved, 

 with the apex acutely bifid. Prothorax large, sides 

 regularly rounded, anterior margin slightly produced in 

 the middle, the lateral stria close to the margin, sparsely, 

 irregularly, and extremely finely punctured. Scutellum 

 scarcely visible, triangular. Elytra twice as long as the 

 prothorax, a little broader at the base than at the apex, 

 truncate behind, with the outer angles rounded ; sides 

 with a fine marginal stria : each elytron with six striae ; 

 the sutural entire and rather indistinct ; the others well 

 marked, the first, second, and third parallel and entire, 

 the fourth uniting with the sutural, the fifth commencing 

 before the middle and extending to the apex ; humeral 

 stria very indistinct, oblique. Prosternum short, narrow, 

 much broader in front than behind, with a strong central 

 ridge extending from the base to just behind the apex. 

 Mesosternum twice as broad as long ; anterior margin 



