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the level of the apex of the median spine and se]ia,rated from it by a 

 semicircular excision. 



Hah. Woodlands, in fnngns. 



69. Gyrophaena (s. st.r.) granulosa, n. sp. 



Black or pitchy, shining ; the thorax and base of the abdomen 

 more or less pitchy-brown, the former biserially punctured on the 

 disc. Elytra testaceous, the postero- external angles more or less 

 dark. Antennae and legs testaceous-yellow. Length 1-2 mm. 



A shining species of the build of O. lucidula Er., but smaller and 

 narrower. Head strongly transverse with a few scattered punctures 

 on either side of the disc posteriorly, and sometimes with a pair of 

 rather larger ones towards the front. Ground-sculpture very finely 

 strigose. Antennae with the first two joints stout, of equal length, 

 the 3rd shorter and more slender, the 4th small, transverse, the 5th 

 to the 10th transverse, the 11th oval, pointed. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded ; disc with a row of three punctures 

 on either side of the middle line and one or two externally towards 

 the sides; ground-sculpture exceedingly fine, transversely strigose. 

 ScutcUum smooth. Elytra broader than, and one-third longer than, 

 the thorax, transverse; the sculpture consisting of fine sparing 

 granules more evident in the (^ ; ground-sculpture as on the thorax ; 

 tlie sides with three or four setae. Abdomen very finely and very 

 sparingly punctured. 



(J. Seventh dorsal segment with curved transverse row of six 

 small tubercles, of which the central pair are considerably larger 

 than the rest and the lateral are sometimes more or less obsolete. 

 Eighth dorsal segment narrowed and slightly emarginate on either 

 side, thus forming three short processes, the central being bluntly 

 rounded, wider and more produced than the lateral, which are 

 triangular. 



Hah. Woodlands and Mandai, in fungus. 



70. Gyrophaena (s. str.) crenulata, n. sp. 



Black or pitchy, shining, base and apex of the abdomen more or 

 less ferruginous. Thorax biserially punctured. Elytra testaceous, 

 the postero-external angles black. Antermae and legs testaceous. 

 Length 1-75 mm. 



Closely allied to the preceding, from which it differs in the following 

 respects. The size is larger, the base of the abdomen is more 

 extensively ferruginous, the antennae are longer, the 5th joint 



