Ml. M. Hmr — Xo/rs nu thr Foiliciilaria. 97 



from the side, tlu' forceps are sinuate, curviut^ sli^Iitly 

 iipwaril.s. 



Tlic lo^s and forecp.s are covered uitli a thick yellowi^li 

 pubescence. 



Potria. Sarawak. Pankalan Auipat, May 1891), I S- 



1 have very i^rcat pleasure in dedicatini^ this very fine 

 species to Mr. Slielford, to whom I am indebted for tlie 

 opportunity to work out this interesting; collection. 



It is a very distinct species and not closely allietl to any 

 known form. It comes closest perhaps to Ch. suparbus. It 

 lias somewhat the appearance of a large Anechura, but the 

 lobe of the second tarsal segment is very distinct. 



18. CheUsoches flercules, sp. n. (PI. IV. ligs. 2, 2 a.) 



Statura robusta ; colore nigro, elytris alisquo caeruleis, metalleaconti- 

 bu3 ; proDotuui ovatum, cum elytris alisquo granulatuni : abdomen 

 cyliudricum, uiticbnn, nii^rum, testacoo-pnboscens, tuberculin 

 latoralibus distinctis ; sogmoutum ultimum dorsalo magnum, 

 margino ])Ostico utrincpic tubcrculo obtiiso maguo, apico trun- 

 cato, valido obliquo urmatum : tbrcipis brachia c? valida, basi 

 depressa ot deplanata, hac parte margiue iutcrno vuldo deuticu- 

 luta, debinc valdo semicirculariter incurva, intus deaticulata, 

 apice hand attingentia ; forceps et pedes valde pubescoutes. c?. 



2 ignota. 



Long, corporis 15 •5-20 mm. 



„ forcipis 4'5 „ 



Latit. max. forcipis . . 5 „ 



Ifea'I and eyes black ; antennaj with 15 segments, typical, 

 black, the eleventh whitish ; sometimes the apical liulf of the 

 antenna? dirty whitish. 



J*ronutum as broad as the head or very slightly narrower, 

 round, black, granulated ; with a very faint median carinula, 

 on each side of which anteriorly there is a round elevation, 

 with a slight depression in the middle ; the margins are 

 turned slightly upwartls. 



Elytra considerably l)roader than the pronotum at the 

 shoulders, granulated, deep blue, with a metallic sheen ; 

 they are truncated at the apex. 



]Viii(/ti of the same colour as the elytra, granulated, very 

 narrowly edged with pale. The elytra and wings are clothed 

 with a short thick |)ubescence. 



Feet stout, fuscous, the tibiic clothed with a thick testa- 

 ceous ])ubcsccnce, the tarsi with a reddish pubescence. 



Abdomen cylindrical, finely punctulatcd, shining black, the 

 latt'ral tubercles very distinct and lu-ominent ; the last d(jrsal 



Ann. (!• Ma(/. A'. ///.s7. Sir. 7. lu/. vi. V 



