New Species of Slaphylinidae from Sin(ja])ore. 227 

 83. Pelekoglossa cingulata, ii. sj). 



Pitchy, moderately sJiiiiiiig; the thuiax, base and apex of the 

 abdomen, obscure reddish-testaceous; first three joints of the 

 antemiae f usco-testaceous ; legs testaceous. Length 1-4 mm. 



Head pitchy- black, suborbicular, finely and pretty closely 

 punctured, finely pubescent. Antemiae stout, the 1st and 2nd 

 joints subequal, the 3rd shorter, the -ith to the 10th transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate two and a half 

 times broader tlian long, the 11th stout, its apex broadly rounded. 

 Thorax half as broad again as long, the sides evenly rounded, the 

 IJosterior angles rounded passing insensibly into the base which is 

 lightly bisinuate; puncturation line and moderately close, finely 

 pubescent. Elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, 

 finely, closely and asperately punctured and finely pubescent. 

 Abdomen narrowed behind, the fifth to the seventh segments more 

 or less pitchy, the rest more or less obscure, reddish-testaceous, 

 exceedingly finely and moderately closely punctured and finely 

 pubescent throughout. 



(^. Eighth dorsal segment with a short, sharp tooth on either side, 

 and with four short blunt teeth placed close together in the middle 

 of the posterior margin; sixtli ventral segment a little produced, 

 narrowed and rounded. 



Hub. Mandai, in rotting fruit. 



84. Placusa (s. str.) conura, n. sp. 



Pitchy, greasy lustrous; the head blackish; elytra testaceous, 

 infuscate about the scutellum; first three joints of the antenna?, 

 mouth- parts and legs testaceous; penultimate joints of the antennae 

 transverse; intermediate and posterior tibiae with a single seta. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Build of F. tachyporoides Walk., of Europe, but smaller, more 

 brightly coloured, with the antennae much more slender and the 

 puncturation of the head, thorax and elytra much finer. Head 

 transveise, black or blackish, the temples rounded, the eyes large ; 

 puncturation very fine aird moderately close, finely pubescent. 

 Antennae with the 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length, the ith and 

 5th as long as broad, the 6th to the 10th transverse, gradually 

 becoming shorter so that the thickness of the antemaa is but little 

 increased, the 11th rather stout, as long as the two preceding 

 together. Thorax transverse, brown, the sides lighter, more than 

 one-third as broad again as long, the sides gently rounded, the 

 posterior angles rounded, very finely and rather closely punctured. 



