Mr. W. L. Distant on Ectricliodin». 293 



second, third, and fourth segments of connexivum, body 

 beneath, and legs ocliraceous ; eyes, a broad central annula- 

 tion to femora, tibiaj (excluding base), tarsi, lateral spots to 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth abdominal segments, two small central 

 spots to sixth segment, anal segment and abdominal apex, 

 and a lateral spot to tlie pro- and mesosterna black ; antennae 

 with the first an<i second joints piceous, remaining joints muti- 

 lated, base of first joint ocliraceous ; hemelytra with a discal 

 greyish-white spot ; basal joint of antennje distinctly longer 

 than head; central sulcation to pronotum broad and foveate. 



Long. 18 millini. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula: Selangore {H. JV. Ridley, Brit, 

 Mus.). 



SCHOTTUS, gen. nov. 



Antennse four-jointed, moderately pilose, joints moderately 

 robust, first and second stoutest, first joint about as long or 

 almost as long as head, second almost half as long again as 

 first, third and fourth more slender and subequal ; rostrum 

 with the first joint longer than the second, very little shorter 

 in length than second and third joints together; head broad, 

 gibbous beliind the eyes, constricted at base ; pronotum 

 centrally fuveately sulcate, from base of anterior to near base 

 of posterior lobe, longitudinally sulcate near posterior angles, 

 transverse constriction interrupted at central sulcation ; 

 scutellum biangulate posteriorly, the mucronate angles some- 

 what widely separated ; connexivum exposed, upwardly 

 directed ; hemelytra almost reaching apex of abdomen ; ante- 

 rior femora not prominently incrassated, unarmed ; abdomen 

 centrally ridged beneath ; sternum broadly channelled between 

 the intermediate coxai. 



A genus allied to Villus, but at once separated by the 

 structure of the rostrum, robust second joint of antennae, &c. 



Schottus suUciis. 



Eetrichodia snlica, Walk. Cat. Ilet. viii. p. 50. n. 47 (1873). 

 Scadra sulica, Leth. «& Sev. Oat. G6n. H^m. t. iii. p. 133 (1896), 



Hah, Sula (Brit. Mus.). 



Schottus luteicollis. 



Eetrichodia luteicollis, Walk. Cat. Het. viii. p. 52. n. 51 (1873). 

 Scadra luteicollis, Letb. & Sev. Cat. Gen. H6m. t. iii. p. 132 ^1896). 



Bub. Borneo; Malay Peninsula (Brit. Mus.). 



