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98. Mimomalota bispina, u. sp. 

 Liuear, moderately shilling, pitchy; thorax and abdomen brown, 

 the fifth and sixth segments of the latter more or less pitchy ; elytra 

 fusco-testaceous. Antennae reddish-testaceous; legs testaceous. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Head as broad as long; the diameter of the eyes (seen from 

 above) shorter than the temples, which are straight and rather 

 strongly convergent posteriorly; puncturation moderately fine 

 and rather close, the anterior portion of the disc and the front nearly 

 impunctate; ground-sculpture distinct, coriaceous. Anteimac 

 with the 2nd joint shorter than the 1st, the 3rd subequal to the 

 2nd, the 4th shghtly, the 5th to the 10th more strongly transverse, 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the lltli conical. Thorax slightly 

 transverse, wider than the head, broadest just before the middle, 

 the sides from thence very slightly rounded but distinctly con- 

 tracted anteriorly, more strongly contracted and slightly sinuate 

 posteriorly to the obtuse posterior angles; disc rather broadly 

 impressed throughout its length; the posterior border narrowly 

 margined; puncturation mucli finer than that of the head, but 

 nearly as close; ground-sculpture coriaceous; finely pubescent; 

 the sides with two fine setae, one near the anterior angles, the other 

 about the middle. Elytra a little longer and broader than the 

 thorax, square, feebly emarginate internal to the postero-cxternal 

 angles, very finely, rather closely and obsoletely punctured, very 

 fine pubescent and without visible ground-sculjpture. Abdomen 

 jjaraUel, very finely and moderately closely punctured on the first 

 two segments, much more sparingly on the third, the following 

 almost impunctate ; grouiid-sculptiue very fijie, coriaceous ; 

 pubescence very fine. 



cj. Eighth dorsal segment deeply excised on either side, so that 

 the lateral margin forms a long incurved spine and the central 

 portion a rounded lobe, not quite extending to the level of the apices 

 of the lateral spines. 



$. Eighth dorsal segment with the posterior margin broadly 

 rounded. 



Hub. Woodlands, Mandai, Bukit Panjaiig, under bark 

 of felled trees. 



99. Mimomalota testacea, n. sp. 

 Parallel, shining testaceous, the head and elytra darker. An- 

 tennae and legs testaceous. Length 1-2 mm. 



