304 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



IJah. Ceylon, Galle [type] ; Tenasserim ; Penang (C. F. 

 Baker) ; BORNEO, Sandakaii (C. F. Baker). 



Four rather worn S))eciniens sent by Mv. Baker agree with 

 those recorded by me in 1916. The insect may be of littoral 

 habits? 



Hylohcenus vari'cornis. 

 Ilylobanus varicoryiis, Champ. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916, p. 4. 



Hah. SiAM ; Tenasserim ; Philippines, Basihan Island 



(a F. Baker). 



One specimen from Basilan, not diflfering from the types. 



Phytob^NUS, Sahib. 



Pliytohcenus gihliveniria, sp. n. 



? . Elongate, narrow, robust, convex beneath, shining 

 (when denuded) ; nigro-piceous, the front of the head reddish, 

 the prothorax with the anterior margin, the elytra with a 

 large oblique patch on the disc below the base (nearly reaching 

 the suture), and a common, broad, arcuate, outwardly- 

 narrowed subapical fascia, the palpi, and legs (the slightly 

 infuscate posterior femora excepted) testaceous, the antennae 

 piceous ; pruinose and very finely ))ubescent ; closely, finely 

 punctured. Head a little wider than the prothorax ; eyes 

 extremely large, almost contiguous, deeply emarginate ; an- 

 tennre rather elongate, stout, joints 2-^ subcylindrical, 3 as 

 long as 4, 8-10 transverse, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax 

 longer than broad, convex, rounded at the sides, unimpressed. 

 Elytra moderately long, a little wider than tlie head, sub- 

 ])arallel in their basal half, broadl}^ depressed on the disc 

 below the base. Posterior legs comparatively short, the 

 femora moderately clavate towards the apex. Tlie fused 

 ventral segments 1 and 2 convex, together as long as 3-5 

 united. 



Ltngth 2\ mm. 



Jlab. >SlNGAPORE {C. F. Baker). 



One specimen. Narrower and more elongate tiian P. ama- 

 hilis, Sahib., a Pahvarctic insect extending to Japan, the 

 antennre longer, the elytral markings different. The present 

 sjiecies forms an intermediate link between FJiytobienxis, 

 Sahib., and IIylvb(tinvs^ Pic. 



