70 Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow's Contrihiilion to the 



apices paulo clavatis; antennarnm articulis tribus ultimis valde 

 comprcssis, primo elongate, ceteris latitudinc fere ad longitudinem 

 aequalibus. 



Long. 8-5 mm. ; lat. max. 5 mm. 



Hah. ^.CnmA: Shanghai. 



A single specimen collected by Fortune has been in the 

 British Museum Collection since 1854. It appears to be 

 a female. 



The elytra are broader at the shoulders and rather less 

 pointed behind than in B. gibbosus Gorh., and their con- 

 vexity is less than in that species. The puncturation of the 

 upper surface is stronger and closer, especially at the sides 

 of the pronotum, which are densely punctured and opaque. 

 Tlie yellow spots are small and round, one placed just 

 behind the shoulder and almost touching the lateral margin 

 of the elytron, another near the last but just within and at 

 the base of the shoulder prominence, and the third remote 

 from these and considerably behind the middle of the 

 elytron. The chib of the antenna is very loosely articu- 

 lated and dilates rapidly from base to extremity, where 

 it is about twice as wide as in B. gibbosus. 



Genus Milichius. 

 Thelgctrum of Gorham is synonymous w4th MilicMus, 

 T. mnjMatum Gorh., being merely a little more elongate in 

 shape than the other species so far known, and Gibbiger 

 of Cziki, which has been separated solely on accovmt of 

 its thicker antennae, cannot be retained, for the propor- 

 tions of those organs vary with every species. The genus 

 accordingly contains at present six described species, to 

 which several are added here. The genus appears to be 

 Malayan in its distribution and is very well characterised 

 by its hemispherical shape, long and narrow antenna] club, 

 widely separated coxae and broadly dilated basal joints 

 of the feet. No sexual differences are known. 



Milichius fuscipes, sp. n. 



Laeto flavo-rufns, laevissime aurco-micans, pedibiis et corpore 

 subtus infuscatis, tarsis rufis, antonnis nigris, articiilo ultimo pallide 

 flavo; globosus, capite crebre inaequaliter pimctato; pronoto minus 

 crebre sed distincte punctato, lateribus leviter curvatis, antrorsum 

 oontractis, angulis anticis productis, rotimdatis, posticis rectis, 

 acutis, foveis basalibus brevissimis; elytris minute sat parce punc- 



