Species of L a i 11 s //o w th e Ma lay a n Region. 197 



IJrotliorax, canaliculate, the eyes promiueut and rather large ; 

 antennae (fig. 1) long, joint 1 strongly curved, moderately 

 dilated outwards, 2 enormously developed, elongate, oblique, 

 somewhat scapliiform, concave, reflexed and angularly pro- 

 duced at the inner basal angle, 3-10 filiform. Prothorax 

 transverse, subcordate, the arcuate basal depression deep. 

 Elytra moderately long, convex. Legs short ; anterior tarsi 

 simple. 



? . Antennge wholly or in part testaceous, rather stout, 

 tapering outwards, joint 2 thickened, elongate, sub- 

 cylindrical. 



Length 2i-2f mm. ((??•).. 



Hab. Philippines^ Mt. Makiling, Luzon [type c?], Los 

 Banos [ ? ] {Baker: No. 1149). 



One c?, two ? ?. Not unlike the Indian L. nodifrons 

 and L. testaceicejjs ; but with the elytra black and albo- 

 nnifasciate near the apex, and the puncturing much finer 

 and denser, the tarsi short as in Intybia. 



23 (a). Laius rectefasciutus, sp. n. 



? . Elongate, widened posteriorly, the head and pro- 

 thorax shining, the elytra opaque, finely pubescent ; piceous, 

 the head and prothorax, the suture and the basal, apical, 

 and lateral margins of the elytra, the four basal joints of 

 the antennfB in part, and the bases of the femora to a 

 greater or less extent, testaceous or rufo-testaceous, the elytra 

 each with two straight, transverse, whitish fasciae extending 

 to the outer margin ; the head and prothorax closely, the 

 elytra densely, rugulosely, punctate. Head triangular, about 

 as wide as the prothorax, canaliculate, the eyes prominent ; 

 antennae rather stout, tapering outwards, joint 2 elongate, 

 much thickened, subcylindrical. Prothorax about as long 

 as broad, subcordate, unarmed at the sides, the arcuate 

 basal depression deep. Elytra moderately elongate, rather 

 convex. Legs short. 



Length 2f-3 mm. 



Hab. Philippines, Iligan, Mindanao {Baler: No. 4282). 



Two ? $ . The elytral markings in this insect are I'ather 

 like those of the Indian L.jucu7idus, Boui'g., except that the 

 whitish fasciae are quite straight and not connected along 

 the suture. The surface-sculpture is dense and very fine, as 

 in the species of the Intybia-^vow\\ 



