250 Di'. Malcolm Cameron on 



and pubescent. Abdomen finely and pretty closely punctured and 

 pubescent throughout; but rather more sparingly on the two last 

 segments. 



cJ. Eighth dorsal segment with a feeble emargination on either 

 side bounded externally by a small tooth, the border between the 

 emarginations finely serrate. 



Hah. District not noted ; in rotting fruit. A single ^. 



107. Homalota denticulata, n. sp. 



This species differs only from the preceding by its larger (length 

 2-4 mm.) and more robust build, coarser sculpture of the fore-parts 

 and the ,^ characters. 



rj. Eighth dorsal segment emarginate on either side, the emargina- 

 tion bounded externally by a rather long sharp tooth, the posteiior 

 border between the emarginations with eight sharp teeth. 



Hah. Mandai and Woodlands, in rotting fruit. 



108. Thectura brunneicollis, n. sp. 



Rather shining; the head black, tlie thorax pitchy-brown, the 

 elytra and fifth and sixth abdominal segments pitchy, the rest of the 

 latter reddish-testaceous. Legs testaceous. Length 1-6 mm. 



A narrow, elongate, parallel, depressed and somewhat shining 

 species, the head black, quadrate, scarcely transverse, the eyes 

 moderate in size, the temples very slightly dilated; vertex with a 

 narrow longitudinal impunctatc impression, the front smooth, the 

 rest of the surface with (for a small species), moderately large and 

 moderately close pimcturation ; ground-sculpture coriaceous, but 

 very fine and obsolete; pubescence very fine. Antennae blackish, 

 the first two joints obscure testaceous, the 2nd joint shorter than the 

 1st, the 3rd shorter and smaller than the 2nd, tlie 4th to the 10th 

 transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the penultimate quite 

 three times as broad as long, the 11th short, conical; mouth-parts 

 obscure tesl^aceous. Thorax a little transverse, scarcely broader 

 than the head, the sides scarcely rounded anteriorly, contracted 

 slightly in a nearly straight line to the rounded posterior angles; the 

 disc impressed throughout its length in the middle line and with a 

 transverse impression before the scutellum ; puncturation and pubes- 

 cence very fine and sparing; ground-sculpture very fine and obso- 

 lete, coriaceous. The elytra pitchy, as broad as, but slightly longer 

 than, the thorax and very finely but more closely punctured, very 

 finely pubescent. Abdomen exceedingly finely and sparingly 

 punctured and pubescent, almost glabrous post(uioi'ly. 



