254 Mr. C. J. Galian on neio 



Length from r)2-7.'5 inilliin. 



A mimbor of examples from New Caledonia. 



Very closely allied to Sp. albidicoUis of Poratli, from the 

 same locality, but undoubtedly differini^ in being- smooth and 

 ])olished instead of coriaceous. The colour, too, is distinct, 

 the collum being by no means largely white. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 



Ftg. 1. Sjn'rostreptus stcnorhi/nchus, sp. n. ; bead and first tergite of mule. 



1 It. Ditto of female. 1 L Anal somite. 1 c. Anterior aspect 

 of copulatorv apparatus. 1 d. Protrusible portion of copu- 

 latorv ai)paratus. 



Fiff. 2. Sjjiro/iulun crythrocephalus, sp. n. ; bead and first tergite of male. 



2 a. Anal somite. 2 b. Anterior aspect of copulatory appa- 

 ratus. 



Fig. 3. Sjiiruholus urophorus, sp. n. ; bead and first ttrgite. 3 a. Anal 



somite. 

 Fig. 4. Spirohohis Karesii, sp. n. ; bead and first tergite. 4 a. Anal 



somite. 4 b. Anterior aspect of copulatorv ai)])aiatus. 

 Fig. 5. Spirobolm hoptunis, sp. n. ; bead and fir,-t tergite. 5 a. Anal 



somite, o b. Anterior aspect of copulatory ap])aratus. 

 Fig. Q. Spirobohis calcdimiciis, sp. u. ; bead and first teigite. da. Anal 



somite. 6 b. Anterior aspect of copulatory apparatus. 



N.B. — All tbe figures are enlarged. 



XLIV. — Descriptions of some new Genera and Species of 

 Lonrjicorn Coleoptera. By C. J. Gahan, M.A., of the 

 British Museum (Natural History). 



The genera and species described in this paper are all from 

 Asia. 



Philus costatus, sp. n. 

 Flavo-testaceus; prothorace quam longioresesqui-latiore, dorse crebre 

 punctulato, lateribus subrotundatis, posticesut distiucte carinatis 

 elytris crebre punctiilatis, utrisque costis quatuor paullo elevatis, 

 quarum duabus iiitcruis distinctioribus, obtectis ; articulis antcn- 

 narum a tertio ad deeimum suba;qualibiis, apicc iutus aiigulatis. 

 (5 . Aiiteiinis quam corpore longioribus ; femoribus subtus longi- 



tudinaliter canaliculatis, caualiculis pilosis. 

 2 . Antennis medium elytrorum baud Buiicrantibus ; femoribus 



Bubtus versus apicem subjjlauatis, vix canaliculatis. 

 Long., J 20, 2 22-25 millim. 

 J/ab. Si am {J. C Bow ring). 



Head thickly i)unctured, with the ])unctures somewhat 

 coarser towards the occiput ; the front divided by a median 

 longitudinal groove, and separated from the clypeus by a 

 rather deep transversely arcuate groove. Prothorax densely 

 but feebly jjunctured, with a very narrow sjiace along the 



