PASSALID^E. 



3. PASSALUS emarginatus. B.M. 



Passalus emarginatus, Weber, Obs. Ent. 81. 4; Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 



ii. 255. 2; Schonh. Syn. Ins. i. 3. 333. 10; Eurm. Handb. v. 



463. 3. 



Passalus laevicollis, Illig. Wiedem. Archiv, i. 2. 103. 1. 

 Passalus pilifer, Perch. Mon. 23. 2. t. 2. f. 2 4- 1 Supp. 3. 2. 

 Java. 



4. PASSALUS latipennis. B.M. 



Passalus latipennis, Perch. 1 /Sz/7/?. Mag. Zool. 8. 10. t. 77. f. 3 ; 

 Eurm. Handb. v, 464. 4. 

 Java. 



5. PASSALUS neelgherriensis. 



Passalus neelgherriensis, Perch. 1 Supp. 4. 3. t. 77- f- 1 ', Eurm. 



Handb. Ent. v. 469. 12. 

 Hab. Malabar. 



6. PASSALUS cancrus. 



Passalus cancrus, Perch. 2 Supp. 4. 7. t. 134. f. 3; Mag. Zool. 



(1844); Eurm. Handb. Ent. v. 466. 8. 

 Hab. Indian Archipelago ? 



7. PASSALUS monticulosus, n. s. PI. I. fig. 1. 



Convex ; shining black, the mandibles large, bidentate at their 

 apex, the inner tooth rounded at the apex, deeply excavated 

 above; the labrum slightly emarginate in front, deeply punc- 

 tured, and fringed with ferruginous pubescence ; the front of the 

 head deeply and irregularly sculptured, not punctured ; the cly- 

 peus produced on each side into large projecting tubercles, the 

 right one being notched at the apex, the left one simple and 

 blunt at the apex ; at the base of these tubercles are small project- 

 ing ones, from which elevated waved carinae pass backwards, 

 meeting at the apex of a large slightly elevated tubercle which 

 has a smaller one on each side, situated in a deep arched exca- 

 vation ; on each side opposite the eyes is an oblong elevation ; 

 the antennae have elongate lamellae on the six apical joints, which 

 decrease in length towards the base. Thorax transverse, and 

 having a short central stria on the disk not reaching the mar- 

 gins, and on each side at the posterior angle a rounded fovea ; 

 the intermediate tibia fringed with ferruginous pubescence. Ab- 

 domen deeply striate, the striae towards the suture indistinctly 

 punctured, but at the side being closely sculptured with trans* 

 verse punctures. Length 1 in. / tin. 

 Hab. Borneo. Presented by the Admiralty, 



