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Synarmostes latus (n. sp.): Niger, nitidus, hrevissime setulosus; 

 antennis rufis; capite thormeqiie er ehre punctatis, punctis minutis distincte 

 ocellatis; ehjtris parcius simplidter punctatis. — Long. 5^/2 mill. 



Very closely allied to 8. Gestroi but larger, and twice as broad 

 when unrolled, withe the sculpture of the elytra difFerent. Head coar- 

 sely punctured , but the punctures not so crowded as in Ä Gestroi; 

 the thorax coarsely but not altogether densely punctured. Elytra 

 much more sparingly punctured than in 8. Gestroi; the punctures 

 scarcely visibly ocelluted, and the seta springing from each excessi- 

 vely Short. 



Singapore (Wallace !). 



The above five species are extremely closely allied to one another 

 and to the S. Gestroi: the two following species are very different in 

 appearance, and will prob3,b]y ultimately be considered a distinct genus. 



Synarmostes crux (n. sp.): Fulvus, nitidus, ohsolete pundatus, 

 elytris minus discrete piceo-signatis. — Long. 3 mUl. (capite thoraceque 

 extensis). 



Clypeus forming an acute angle on each side , external to the 

 eyes, shining and almost impunctate, with some fine transverse rugae 

 en the front part; the sides slope on each side so that the front part 

 forms a distinct rather rounded angle in the middle, The antennae 

 are palle yellow. The thorax is very short, the front angles are di- 

 stinct and slightly obtuse, the sides are very much rounded and no 

 trace of the bind angles exists , it is moderately closely, very fiuely 

 punctured, the middle is a little paler in colour than the sides. The 

 scutellum is very large, very pointed at the apex, yellow in colour, 

 obsoletely punctured. The elytra are short and broad, their pleural 

 portion contracted so that their width is considerably less there than 

 it is higher up, the suture is strongly elevated towards the apex but 

 there is no distinct sutural stria , they are rather closely sculptured 

 with a poculiar obsolete granulär punctuation, they are blackish in 

 colour with five large yeUowish marks occupying the greater part or 

 the surface, one discoidal , and on each elytron a humeral and an 

 apical one. The front tibiae are slender and their outer edge pre- 

 sents no trace of teeth : the bind tibiae are moderately broad , their 

 outer apical angle very acute , they are almost impunctate on their 



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