﻿152 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andre 
  wes 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  Very 
  dark 
  broMTi, 
  with 
  an 
  aeneous 
  tinge 
  over 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  (except 
  coxae), 
  base 
  of 
  antennae, 
  and 
  mouth 
  parts 
  red. 
  The 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  closely 
  pubescent, 
  as 
  in 
  allied 
  species, 
  

   but 
  this 
  pubescence 
  has 
  largely 
  worn 
  away. 
  

  

  Head 
  wide, 
  very 
  short, 
  convex, 
  closely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate 
  

   throughout, 
  frontal 
  foveae 
  shallow, 
  eyes 
  rather 
  flat, 
  antennae 
  

   stout, 
  reaching 
  base 
  of 
  prothorax. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  transverse, 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  head, 
  rather 
  

   flat, 
  but 
  declivous 
  towards 
  front 
  angles, 
  eniarginate 
  in 
  front, 
  nearly 
  

   straight 
  behind, 
  widest 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  middle, 
  sides 
  gently 
  rounded 
  ; 
  

   front 
  angles 
  fairly 
  sharp, 
  hind 
  angles 
  obtuse 
  but 
  not 
  rounded; 
  

   surface 
  rugose 
  -punctate, 
  punctures 
  fine 
  but 
  with 
  many 
  coarser 
  

   ones 
  in 
  addition, 
  transverse 
  impressions 
  obsolete, 
  median 
  line 
  

   sharply 
  incised, 
  but 
  extending 
  over 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  

   and 
  rather 
  nearer 
  base 
  than 
  apex, 
  basal 
  foveae 
  wide 
  and 
  shallow. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  as 
  wide 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  sides 
  gently 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  sinuate 
  before 
  apex, 
  punctate-striate, 
  intervals 
  flat, 
  

   closely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  odd 
  ones 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  even 
  ones, 
  

   ninth 
  with 
  large 
  shallow 
  punctures, 
  more 
  numerous 
  towards 
  apex. 
  

  

  Underside 
  shiny, 
  more 
  finely 
  and 
  much 
  less 
  closely 
  punctate 
  

   than 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  ventral 
  surface 
  with 
  an 
  elongate 
  depression 
  

   in 
  middle 
  near 
  base, 
  penultimate 
  and 
  antepenultimate 
  segments 
  

   finely 
  bordered 
  behind. 
  Tarsi 
  pubescent 
  on 
  upper 
  surface; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  cj 
  are 
  narrowly 
  dilated, 
  and 
  apparently 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  scales, 
  but 
  their 
  condition 
  does 
  not 
  allow 
  this 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  all 
  clearly. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Col- 
  

   lection, 
  also 
  from 
  Java, 
  which 
  I 
  think 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  species; 
  in 
  this 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  seta 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  at 
  one-third 
  from 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  visible 
  in 
  

   the 
  type. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  compared 
  the 
  type 
  with 
  a 
  specimen 
  taken 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Lewis 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  determined 
  (I 
  think 
  rightly) 
  by 
  

   Bates, 
  as 
  P. 
  {Ophonus) 
  senilis 
  Nietn. 
  (Journ. 
  As. 
  Soc. 
  

   Bengal, 
  1857, 
  ii, 
  150). 
  The 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  

   alike, 
  but 
  the 
  Javan 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  smaller, 
  the 
  front 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  less 
  emarginate, 
  and 
  the 
  angles 
  

   therefore 
  less 
  evident, 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  more 
  rugose, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  disk, 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  much 
  shorter 
  (though 
  this 
  

   may 
  be 
  an 
  individual 
  pecuharity), 
  the 
  odd 
  intervals 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  are 
  relatively 
  wider, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  more 
  convex 
  

   than 
  the 
  even 
  ones. 
  

  

  21, 
  Hypharpax 
  (Amara) 
  trlpolor, 
  Macleay's 
  tjjre^ 
  species 
  

  

  