of tlie Coleopterous Group MacrodaclyJides. 449 



S , latior, pygidio densissime fulvo-sqnamoso, angusto, verticali, 

 pedibus crassis, tarsis intermediis abbreviatis, posticis elongatis, 

 antennis niodice elongati? : 



5 , pygidio brevi, niiims dense griseo-setoso. 



Long, 6-6*5 mm. ; lat. max. 3*5 mm. 



Indo-China, Laos : Luang Prabang, Xieng Khouaug 

 {R. Vitalis de Salvazu, April and May). 



Although very different in api)earance, owing to the dark 

 colour of the scales Avith wliich the upper surface is clotlied, 

 this species is nearly relate! to D. ochracea, Burm.^ and of 

 similar size and shape. It is of a very short and compact 

 form, especially in the male, the upper surface clothed with 

 very densely packed dark setie, paler at the extreme edge of 

 the pronotum and with a few longer outstanding setse placed 

 in rows upon the posterior part of the elytra, the lower 

 surface clothed with decumbent whitish hairs. 



The male and female as usual differ considerably. The 

 pygidium is densely clothed with yellow scales in the male 

 and has less closely packed grey setse in the female. In the 

 male the legs are very stoutly formed (although the front 

 tiljia is rather less massive than in that sex of D. multicolor 

 and /julchel/a), the middle tarsi are short and thick and the 

 hind tarsi long and slender. The club of the antenna is of 

 moderate length only. 



Dichelo m or p ha pallida, sp. n. 



liufa, corpore supra squamis pallide fluvis, subtus pedibusque setis 

 griseis dense vt^slita, pronoti linea mediana, sciitello singuliipie 

 elytri parte mediana pallidioribus, humeris minus dense vestitis, 

 rutis ; parum elongata, convexa, capite fusco-rufo, rugose, erccte 

 setose ; pronoto medio dilatato, lateribus antice et postice fortiter 

 contractis, fere rectis, angulis omnibus obtusis ; elytris ante 

 medium leviter dilatatis, ])Ostice liaud ponicillatis : 



c? , pedibus validis, tibiis anticis acuminatis, liaud dentatis, tarsis 

 intermediis brevissimis. crassis, posticis elongatis ; pygidio elon- 

 gate, verticali, dense fulvo-squamoso ; antennis modice elongatis : 



$ , pedibus minus crassis, tibia antica extus minute deutata ; 

 pygidio lato, minus dense flavo-setosso. 



Long. 9-10 mm. ; lat. max. 4-5 mm. 



Malay Pkninsula : Penang (Lawb). 



Allied to D. ochracea, but larger and a little more elongate 

 in shape. The body is densely clothed above with bright 

 vcUow s( ales, which are of a paler tint upon the median line 

 uf the pronotum, the scutcllun), and the median part of each 



