400 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on ncto 



carved, oyliiulrical to tlie insertion of the antcnnic, and 

 thence slij^iitly dilated to the apex ; very coarsely and closely 

 pimctate almost to the extreme apex, each pnnctnre con- 

 taining a scale that is fringed at the apex. Autcnna with 

 the scape only as long as the first six joints of the fnniclc, of 

 which joint 1 is a little shorter than 2 + 3, 3 to G are 

 transverse, and 7 is very long, as long as the 2^ preceding 

 joints and more than twice as long as the club, which is 

 mnch contracted. Prothorax much broader tlian long, sub- 

 parallel-sided from the base to the middle, thence strongly 

 and roundly narrowed, with a well-marked snbapical con- 

 striction ; the dorsal apical margin rounded, the longitudinal 

 outline gently convex and sloi)ing upwards anteriorly in 

 relation to the long axis of the body; the dorsum evenly set 

 with well-separated, flat, shining granules, the apical area 

 closely punctate. ScuteUum not enclosed, transverse, bare, 

 and shallowly punctate. Elytra cylindrical, distinctly wider 

 at the shoulders than the prothorax, broadly rounded behind, 

 and with a curved transverse impression behind the scu- 

 tellum ; the shallow strise with large quadrate punctures 

 (each containing a minute granule on either side) as far as 

 the transverse band, behind which the strife are deeper and 

 the punctures much reduced, the striae not being noticeably 

 deepened at the base ; the intervals about as broad as the 

 stria;, smooth or finely aciculate, with fairly numerous 

 minute granules on the apical area and at the extreme base, 

 there being also single granules on the anterior slope of eaeli 

 puncture. Legs (fig. 1, d) moderately long and slender, 

 coarsely punctate, with a scale in each puncture ; the femora 

 with a very sharp curved tooth and a feebly denticulate 

 ridge in front of it ; the front tibije only gently curved 

 externally, strongly bisinuate internally, and with an obtuse 

 tooth behind the middle, the posterior pairs simple and 

 scarcely bisinuate internally. Sternum with the front inter- 

 coxal space narrower than the median one; the sculpturing 

 of the metasternum concealed by the scaling. 

 LeiKjth 9-10 mm., breadth 3"5-4mm. 



Sarawak: Mt. Matang, ii. 1014, Quop, iii. 19U, Rctuli, 

 V. 191-1 (G. K. Bryant). 



Described from five specimens. 



Alcides pyrifer hemicyclus, subsp. n. 



J . Differs from the typical form in the following charac- 

 ters : The elytral stripe broadly iuterruj)tcd on each side 

 behind the shoulder, the marking behind being therefore 



