lOU KSTIGMKNA. 



intc'i'stices costate ; blaik, the autt-rior third fuscous. Beneath 

 shining fuscous. 

 Hah, Celebes. 



A single specimen in the collection of A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



Very nearly allied to tlio last species, but easily distinguished by 

 its flattened, more elongate form, and by the differently shaped 

 thorax ; the striae on the elytra are also less deeply snlcate. 



ticnus XXVII. ESTIGMENA, Hope. Details, Tab, II, Fig. 7. 

 Coleopt. Man. part 3. p. 174, details, pi. 2. fig. 1 a-d. 



Antennce (fig. 7 «) robusta;, filifonnes, super tubercula duo inter 

 oculos insertae ; articiilo primo inerassato, secundo bre\-i, sub- 

 monilifoiTni. tertio elongate, subcj-lindrico. cfeteris brevioribus, 

 fere axjualibus, teretibus, ultimo pauUo longiori, obtuso. 



Lahrum (fig. 7 b) crassum, apice declivi. 



Mandibulce (fig. 7 c) trigonse. 



Palpi maxUlares (fig. 7 d) articirlo primo parvo, duobns sequentibus 

 snbclavatis, tertio pauUo bre\-iori, ultimo elongate -ovato ; la- 

 biales (fig. 7 e) articido primo parvo, secundo subclavato, tertio 

 obovato. 



Mentum (fig. 7/) subhexagonum ; ligida (fig. 7 g) snbquadrata. 



Omli (fig. 7 7i) subcuneiformes. 



Thorax sub(piadratus, latcribns sinuatis. 



Scatellam semiovatum, apice acute. 



Elytra oblongo-elongata, apice rotundata. . 



Pedes breves, robusti ; femoribiis paiiUo inerassatis ; tarsis latis. 



Corpus elongatum. subconvexnm. 



Estigmena agrees in form and antennae with Anidosera, but the 



different form of its menivm wiU at once separate it. 



1. Estigmena chinensis, Hope. Tab. VII. Fig. 7. B.M. 



Estigmena chinensis, Ho2ye, Col. Man. pt. 3. 175. pi. 2. fig. 1. 



E. elongata, rufo-picea, nitida ; ihorace subqiiach-ato, fortiter sed 



sparse punctato, rubro ; elytris punetato-striatis, nigris. 

 Long. 6i lin. 



Var. A. Tota nigro-picea vel nigra. 

 Var. B. Tota pallide bnmuea. 



Hah. China, Ceylon, Northern India, Nepaul, 

 British Museum. 



This species varies in colour from pale fulvo -fuscous to entirely 

 black. The specimens from Nepaul are more coarsely punctured 

 (especially on the thorax) than those from China and Ceylon. The 



