200 Mr. G. C. Chamjnon on 



Pic to be testaceous in front) ; the elytral spots flavous 

 (white in the type), the anterior one transv^erse and reaching 

 the outer margin, the subapical one rounded. 



29 [b) . Laius dentatithorax. 



Laiua dentatithora.r, Pic, Melanges exot.-eiitoni. xxv. p. 5 (J) (Aug-. 

 1917). 



^ . Anteunal joint 1 broadly, triangularly dilated out- 

 wards, 2 broad, oval as seen from above, concave, angnlate 

 and armed with a long, curved, slender, spinii'orm appendage 

 at the inner apical angle (tig. 3 ), 3-10 gradually tapering ; 

 head foveate and canaliculate anteriorly, the epistoma 

 tumid and angulate on each side in front ; prothorax uni- 

 dentate at the sides ; anterior tarsi simple. 



? . Antennae stout, tapering outwards, joint 2 long, 

 thickened, subcylindrical; epistoma simple; prothorax as 

 in S- 



Hah. Philippines, Los Baiios {P.I. Baker: ? ^: No. 

 2G6). 



One c? and 2 ? ? sent by Mr. Baker. The ^ cephalic 

 structure was not mentioned in Pic's " description abregee." 

 //. {Intybia) guttatvs, Pasc, also has a lateral protboracic 

 tooth, but it is much smaller. 



29 (c). Laius alboplagiatus^ sp. n. 



^ . Elongate, narrow, rather convex, slightly widened 

 posteriorly, subopaque, finely pubescent ; black, the anterior 

 jjortion of the head and the antennpe (joints 6-10 excepted) 

 testaceous, the elytra eacii with two rather large transverse 

 whitish spots — one below the base, the other near the apex, 

 neither reaching the suture, the anterior one extending to 

 the outer margin, — the tarsal joints 1-4 flavous ; densely, 

 finely, the elytra rugulosely, punctate. Head subparallel at 

 tl e sides before the eyes and then obliquely narrowed to the 

 ai terior margin, canaliculate; antennse (figs. 10, 10 o) 

 n.oderately long, joint 1 curved, stout, subtriangularly dilated 

 at the apex externally, 2 very stout, long, narrow and 

 hoUoAved at the base, produced into a sharp tooth at the 

 inner basal angle, 3-10 gradually tapering. Prothorax 

 lovger than broad, transversely depressed before the base, 

 tlie sides with a short median tooth. Elytra long. Legs 

 rather short; anterior tarsi simple. 



