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behind the middle and close to the suture surrounded by a 

 blackish border (but coloration probably variable) ; rostrum 

 slender throughout ; scape long, slender, clavate, not quite 

 reaching the eye ; funicle gradually thicker from the first 

 joint, the club not thicker than the last joint and about as 

 long as the last five together ; prothorax as long as broad, 

 closely punctured, each puncture filled by a circular bright 

 silaceous scale, the back with a longitudinal raised line ; 

 scutellum small, round ; elytra seriate-punctate, the interstices 

 raised and granulate ; intermediate legs shortest and more 

 slender than the posterior, which extend beyond the body, 

 the anterior stouter and less pedunculate but nearly as long 

 as the posterior ; body beneath covered with dull silaceous 

 scales. 



Niam-niam is an island off the west coast of Sumatra. 



Desmidophorus lanosus. 



D. ovatus, hand ampliatus, i)ilis longissimis silaceis fasciculatim 

 tectus ; antennis tenuioribus, nitide nigris ; scapo articulo ultimo 

 a clava distincto ; elytris humeris rotundatis. Long. G lin, 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Ovate, closely covered with long silaceous hairs, here and 

 there on the elytra fasciculate ; rostrum sparsely punctured ; 

 antennse slender, glossy black ; funicle with the second joint 

 longest, first, third, and fourth shorter and about equal ; club 

 distinct ; prothorax rounded at the sides, slightly contracted 

 at the base ; elytra broadest at the base, the shoulders rounded 

 and not produced, fasciculi very marked, but their limits not 

 definite ; legs very hairy. 



The long hair of this very distinct species completely 

 hides the sculpture as well as the scutellum. 



Desmidophorus maculatus. 



D. sat breviter ovatus, obscure piceus, pills silaceis albisque obsitus, 

 fasciculis fuscis notatus ; antennis nigricantibus, articulis duobus 

 basahbus funiculi longioribus, a^qualibus ; prothoraco fasciculis 

 sex — SG. duobus apicalibus et quatuor in medio transversim sitis ; 

 elytris humeris productis. Long. 8 lin. 



Hab. Batchian. 



Rather shortly ovate, dull pitchy brown, the elytra closely 

 covered with mixed yellowish and white setiform scales, the 

 fasciculi of short dark brown scales ; antenna) blackish ; fu- 

 nicle with the first two joints equal and much the longest ; 



