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tatis, callis humeralibus prominentibus ; antennis gracilibus, quam 

 corporis longitudine paruin brevioribus, articulis 2° et 8° latitudine 

 ad longitudinom aeqiialibus, reliquis elongatis, tribus ultimis fere 

 aequalibus. 

 Long, 4 mm. 



Hab. Sumatra : Padang, Sidempoean {Ericson). 



The type is unique. 



The species is very closely related to the typical M. 

 nigricollis, Gerst. It is bright ferrugineous red in colour, 

 with the pronotum a little darker, the legs and lower 

 surface very dark brown, with the exception of the sides 

 and extremity of the body beneath, and the antennae black, 

 except three or four basal joints, which are very dark 

 brown, and the terminal joint, which is bright yellow. It 

 might be regarded as a colour variety of M. nigricollis, 

 but for the antennae, wliich are much more than half the 

 length of the body, with joints 3 to 8 distinctly diminish- 

 ing in length, the 8th about as wide as long. The punc- 

 turation above and beneath is as described for M. nigricollis 

 Gerst. (which is unknown to me), but the basal foveae of 

 the pronotum, although extremely short, are deep and 

 broad. 



Milichius politus, sp. n. 



Laete fulvus, antennis nigris (articulis 4 basalil>us cxceptis); 

 globosus, glaber, nitidissimus, capite et pronoto minute sed distincte 

 punctatis, hoc antrorsum valde contracto, angulis productis, baud 

 acutis, lateribus arcuatis, fovcis basalibus brevissimis, profunde 

 impressis, elytris parce subtilissime punctatis, callis humeralibus 

 prominentibus; antennis gracilibus, articulo 8° transverse, rcliquis 

 paulo elongatis, tribus ultimis longioribus. 



Long. 4" 5 mm. 



Hah. NiAS I. 



A single specimen of this species, like many of the 

 foregoing, formed part of the great collection made by 

 the late Alexander Fry. It is bright orange-yellow in 

 colour, with a very faint metallic golden lustre upon the 

 elytra in a certain light. The antennae are black, except 

 the four basal joints, and the last four ventral segments of 

 the abdomen are paler than the rest of the lower surface, 

 which, with the legs, is uniformly chestnut-red. There is 

 {I close resemblance to M. fuscipes but, besides the differ- 



