the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (93) 469 

 Tritomidea basalis.* 



Tritomidea hasalis, Mots. Et. Ent. 1859, 106. 

 Ceylon, India. 



Tritomidea oblonga.* 



Tritomidea oblonga, Mots. Et. Ent. 1859, 107. 

 India. 



Tritomidea (?) chrysospila, sp. n. 



Nigra, sublieinispliserica, palpis abdomineque subtus ferrugineis; 

 elytris singulo maculis 2 Isete fulvis, 1 basali, 1 subapicalL L. 

 21in. 



Singapore (Wallace). 



Closely resembling T. nigrocriuiiata but more strongly punctate. 



Tritomidea (?) nigrocruciata, sp. n. 



Hemisphaerica, rufa, tborace elytroi'umque signaturis nigris ; 

 capite vage punctato ; thorace parcius punctato, transverso, 

 antice valde angustato, basi utrinque oblique truncato, basi 

 tenuissime vix marginato ; scutello Isevi ; elyti'is fortius punctatis, 

 nigris, singulo maculis 2 niaguis (1 basali, 1 infra medium) apice- 

 que rufis; abdomine crebrius punctulato, segmentis 1 — 2 sequalibus, 

 3 brevissimo, processu ventrali lato, truncato, linea coxali distincta; 

 metasteruo breviore, canaliculato, crebrius punctato, lateribus sub- 

 Isevibus ; mesostei-no latissimo, transverso ; prosterno antice elevato- 

 producto, processu lato, infra coxas vix producto leviter emarginato ; 

 epipleuris concavis ; capite subtus couvexo, impunctato, Tarsis 

 brevioribus : capite convexo sequali, oculis parvis ; palpis max. 

 securiformibus. L, 1| lin. 



Sarawak (Wallace). 



Very near Tritomidea, Mots., but tbe structure of the palpi 

 and antennae, both in this and the preceding species, does not ac- 

 cord with the characters given by Motschulsky. 



Spondotriplax. 



g. n. (ty2y. endomychoides. Crotch). 



Head broad, eyes finely granulated, antennae with the 3rd joint 

 elongate, 9th dilated, 11th larger than the othei^s, maxillary palpi 

 with the last joint dilated into a long narrow crescent (as in some 

 Mycotreti), mentum large triangular, head not impressed beneath. 



Prosternum very short, the coxal process elevated, margined, 

 triangular (reaching the antei'ior margin), slightly emarginate 

 behind j mesosternum short, semicircular, mai-gined in front (the 



