372 Mr. T. V. Wollaatan on the Tarphii. 



more elongato and fusiform. And they recede from the Tarphii still 

 further in having no nodules and interrupted ridges on their elytra, 

 and in their pronotum being impressed along the centre of its base 

 with a deep transverse line. 



On the other band, in their general facies and setose surface, no 

 less than in the construction of their antenna; and 4-jointcd feet, 

 and in the shape of their upper lip, and of their quadrate, corneous 

 ligula and men turn, these insects are alike coincident with Tarphius, 

 which is, I believe, their nearest known ally. 



After these few remarks, therefore, I think that the following 

 short comparative diagnosis will be sufficient to indicate the group 

 (for which I would propose the name of Tarphiodes), both abso- 

 lutely and with reference to the exact points in which it differs from 

 Tarphius. 



Genus T.YRrnioDES (nov. gen.). 



Corpus ut in Tarphio, sed majus, interdum alatum; oculis majoribus, 

 magis proniineutibus necnon interdum (una cum pedibus) setosis ; pro- 

 thorace ad basin in medio linea transversa profunda impresso, subtus 

 simplici (nee pro antennarum receptione utrinque excavato) ; scuteUo 

 seutiformi, plus minus distincto ; metasterno longiore, postice in medio 

 (inter coxas posticas) plus minus inciso vel emarginato (nee recte 

 truncato) ; elytris simplicibus (nee nodosis nee costatis). Antenna 

 ( PL XVIII. 1 a) et instrumenta cibaria fere ut in Tarphio ; sed nuuulibulis 

 (lc) paulo minus acutis, subtriangularibus ; palpis longioribus, max- 

 Murium (1 d) articulo secundo paulo magis intlato, ultimo longiusculo 

 apice oblique truncato ; labialium (1 e) articulo ultimo multo longiore 

 ac magis fusiformi. Pedes ut in Tarphio, sed setosi etpostici ad basin 

 minus distantes. 



A Tarpkius, et dbos, forma. 



[Typus Tarphiodes Bowringii.] 



§ I. Corpus sat magnum ; oculis magnis, setosis ; scutello distincto, 

 seutiformi ; alts sat magnis. 



Tarphiodes Boivringii, n. sp. 



T. parallelo-oblongus, niger, vix subnitidus, setis robustis erectis fulves- 

 centibus parce tectus ; prothoraco brevi, in disco tuberculis maximis 

 valde depressis sed versus latera tuberculis minoribus elovatioribus 

 distantioribus obsito, ad latera paulo sed sequaliter rotundato ; elytris 

 seriatim tuberculatis ; antennis piceo-ferrugineis ; pedibus piceis, valde 

 setosis. 



Long. corp. lin. 2|-3|. 



Habitat ad Poulo Penang, a Dom. J. C. Bowling captus. 



In its setose eyes this curious beetle recedes from almost every 



