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outer angle is a little produced and acuminate; in tho 5 the spur is 

 simply pointed and slcuder. 



Gymnopleurris plnnus (n. sp.): Niger, opacus, antennis laete 

 fiavii , articulis duohus basaUhus piceis; cli/peo hidentato , jiixta dentes 

 utrinque anguste emarrjinato; prothorace latcrihis postice mufudatis, an- 

 gulis posterioribus rotundato-ohtusis , coriacco , parce punctata ; clytris 

 opacis , subtiliter striatis, strüs e punctis elongatis compositis. — • Long. 

 16 null. 



Penang (Wallace!). 



Allied to G. melmiarius but at once to be distiiiguished bj its 

 opaque silky kistre. The surface of the thorax is coriaceous, and 

 has also fine obsolete punctures pretty .regularly scattered over it; 

 the sides of the thorax are prominent but not at all angulated in 

 the middle, the hinder angles not at all produced backwards, but tho 

 side of the thorax just ^in front of them is a little explanate and 

 directed upwards. The surface of the elytra is coriaceouä, and is also 

 thickly sprinkled with minute shining specks ; the Striae are very fine. 

 The exposed abdominal pleurae are rather narrower than in G. mela- 

 na/rius, but otherwise similar. The threo apical teeth of tlia tibiae 

 are very approximate. 



A Single specimen is all I have seen of this spocies; its finoly 

 striated el}i;ra and very bright coloured antennae and the rounded 

 sides of the thorax distinguish it easily from G. maurus. 



Gymnopleurus stipes (n. sp.): Niger, peropacus, anteyivis rufis, 

 clma flava ; clypeo bidentato ; prothorace laterihus medio angidatis, angulis 

 posticis obtusis, haud productis ; elytris distincte subtiliter striatis, striis e 

 punctis compositis. — Long. 14 mill. 



Ins. Pliilippinae. 



The sides of tho thorax are distinctly angulated in the middle; 

 its surface is cxtremely opa(|ue and smooth, the sculpture bei ng very 

 fine and without larger punctures. The elytra are finely but di- 

 stinctly striated. 



I have seen but a Single individual of this species; it is allied 

 by the angulated sides of tho thorax to G. maurus, but its extromely 

 opaque thorax as well as the colour of the antennae sufficiently di- 

 stinguish it from that species. 



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