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fine and spaiing; the sides with two setae near the anterior angles. 

 iScutelhim finely punctvu'cd. Elytra fusco-tcstaceous, obscurely 

 darker at the base, parallel, a little longer than, but as wide as, the 

 thorax, scarcely longer than broad, finely and obsoletely but moder- 

 ately closely punctured and finely pubescent; the sides with a seta 

 behind the humeral angles. Abdomen very slightly widened behind, 

 less shining than the fore- parts, very finely but pretty closely punc- 

 tured and pubescent throughout, rather more sparingly on the last 

 two segments. 



Hah. Bukit Panjaiig. A single specimen in a decaying 

 log. 



102. Homalota nltescens, n. sp. 



Black, a little shining, elytra and legs testaceous; the first two 

 joints of the antennae reddish-testaceous. Length 2 mm. 



Of the size and build of H. tuherculicollis Kr., of Ceylon, but 

 dintinctly more shining and with the elytra of a clearer testaceous; 

 the ground-sculpture of the head and thorax is less marked so that 

 the puncturation is more defined, otherwise there is but little differ- 

 ence between the species. Head black, closely and finelj^ punctured, 

 ground-sculpture fine, coriaceous :. finely pubescent. Antennae 

 with the 2nd joint shorter than the .3rd, the 4th transverse, smaller 

 than the following, the 5th to the 10th transverse, gradually in- 

 creasing in breadth, the 11th conical. Thorax as in inbercuUcollis, 

 but more shining, puncturation very fine and close; ground-sculp- 

 tine fine and coriaceous ; disc obsoletely imijressed along the middle, 

 b'lytra square, a little bioader than the thorax, scarcely infuscate 

 at the scutellum and tlici postero-external angles, very finely punc- 

 tured and pubescent. Abdomen very finely and closely punctured 

 and pubescent throughout. 



^. ITnknown. 



Hah. District not noted. A single specimen apparently 

 a 9 taken in rotting fruit. 



103. Homalota bidens, n. sp. 



Black, subo])aque, the thorax leddish- brown, the seventh and 

 eighth abdominal segments reddish; the first two joints of the 

 antennae and legs testaceous. Length 1-4 mm. 



Head closely and finely punctured, coriaceous with a short longi- 

 tudinal impression on the vertex. Antennae rather short and stout, 

 tliQ 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length, the 4th to the 10th transverse 

 gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate more than twice as 

 broad as long, the llth com'cal. Thorax transverse, broader than 



