232 Dr. Malcolm Cameron on 



the three preceding together; the posterior pair with the first four 

 joints rather short (but longer than those of the middle pair), 

 suboqual, the 5th about as long as the two preceding together. 

 Tiliiae finely ciliate. Elytra sinuate internal to the postero- external 

 angles. The species on which the genus is founded has somewhat 

 the appearance of an Oxypoda. 



89. Chledophila annularis, n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, scarcely shining, rufo- testaceous, the head 

 pitchy-red; elytra, sixth abdominal segment and last seven joints 

 of the antennae fuscous; mouth-parts, legs and first four joints 

 of the antennae testaceous. Length 21 mm. 



Head pitchy-red, transversely quadrate, the temples very slightly 

 convergent posteriorly, almost straight; the eyes rather large but 

 not prominent; finely and closely punctured and pubescent; an- 

 tennae Avith the first three joints subequal, the 4th as long as broad, 

 the 5th to the 10th transverse, the penultimate two and a half 

 times broader than long, the 11th stout bluntly pointed. Thorax 

 reddish-testaceous, transverse half as broad again as long, widest at 

 the middle, from tlience contracted and feebly rounded both in front 

 and behind, but more strongly posteriorly ; posterior angles obtuse ; 

 the sides and base finely bordered; puncturation and pubescence 

 fine and close. Elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, 

 transverse; puncturation much more distinct than that of the 

 thorax, fine, close and asperate, pubescence fine and close. Abdo- 

 men elongate, nearly parallel, very slightly narrowed ' at apex, 

 finely and closely jwnctured and pubescent, rather more sparingly 

 on the seventh and eighth segments. 



(J. Elytra with a minute tubercle on either side of the suture 

 anteriorly; second abdominal segment with a small tubercle in 

 front of the posterior margin in the middle, the third with a broad 

 tubercle in front of the posterior margin in the middle. 



Hah. In debris, Bukit Panjang. 



Neostlusa, n. gen. 



Labrum transverse, the anterior margin truncate, the sides and 

 anterior angles rounded. Mandibles rather stout, curved, pointed, 

 the right with a tooth at the middle of the inner border, the left 

 simple. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the 1st joint small, the 2nd 

 elongate, slightly thickened towards the apex, the 3rd a little 

 longer than the 2nd and stouter at the apex, the 4th subulate, 

 one-third the length of the 3rd. Inner lobe of the maxilla narrow 



