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and in the tliree examples from Palawan, uniformly 

 reddisli in those from Los Banos, and wliitish in the types 

 of L. duplex ; the subapical spot is rounded in L. pictus and 

 transverse iu L. duplex, intermediate forms occurring. 



26 {a) . Laius hexastigma, sp. n. 



$ . Moderately elongate, much widened posteriorly, 

 opaque, finely pubescent, densely, minutely, rugulosely 

 punctate ; piceous or black, the basal half of the antennae, 

 the front of the head, the tarsi, and the anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora and tibia3 in part, testaceous, the elytra each 

 with three whitish spots — one, transverse, before the middle, 

 the other two, rounded, near the apex, transversely placed, 

 the outer one smaller than the inner. Head triangular, not 

 wider than the prothorax, obsoletely canaliculate, the eyes 

 not very prominent ; antennse long, tapering outwards, 

 joint 2 elongate, much thickened, subcylindrical. Pro- 

 thorax as broad as long, rounded and unarmed at the sides. 

 Elytra rather convex, moderately long. Wings present. 

 Legs short ; anterior tarsi simple. 



Length 2-2^ mm. 



Hab. Borneo, Sandakan [Baker: No. 16159). 



Three ? ? . The elytra in that insect are each albo- 

 trimaoulate, as in L. [Iniybia) guitatus, Pasc, type ? , from 

 Sarawak {IVallace), except that the apical spots are smaller, 

 the present species having a much smaller head, an unarmed 

 protliorax, longer, less inflated elytra, and fully developed 

 wings. The 4-spotted L. borneensis, Pic (1910), also has 

 the front of the head testaceous. 



29 (a) . Laius quadriguttatus. 



Laius qziadi'iguttatus, Er. Entomographien, p. 64 ( c? ) (1840) ; Pic, 

 L'Echange, xxvi. p. 83 (1910). 



cJ . Antennae rufo-testacese, articnlis ultimis 3 vel 4 nigricantibus, 

 tertio subovato, interne cavo. \_Ericlison.'] 



Hab. Singapore [Baker : ? : No. 16157), Bintang 

 Island [type]. 



A ? sent by Mr. Baker agrees very nearly with the 

 description. It has the antennre stout, rufo-testaceous, 

 except joints 7-10 and the base of 1, 2 being much thick- 

 ened, elongate, and subcylindrical ; the head black (said by 



