species of hams fro7n the Malayan Region. 199 



and in the three examples from Palawan, uniformly 

 reddish in those fi'om Los Banos, and whitish in the types 

 of L. duplex ; the subapical spot is rounded in L. pictus and 

 transverse in L. duplex, intermediate forms occurring. 



26 (a) . Laius hexastigma, sp. n. 



? . Moderately elongate, much widened posteriorly, 

 opaque, finely pubescent, densely, minutely, rugulosely 

 punctate ; piceous or black, the basal half of the antennae, 

 the front of the head, the tarsi, and the anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora and tibiae in part, testaceous, the elytra each 

 with three whitish spots — one, transverse, before the middle, 

 the other two, rounded, near the apex, transversely placed, 

 the outer one smaller than the inner. Head triangular, not 

 wider than the prothorax, obsoletely canaliculate, the eyes 

 not very prominent ; antennae long, tapering outwards, 

 joint 2 elongate, much thickened, subcylindrical. Pro- 

 thorax as broad as long, rounded and unarmed at the sides. 

 Elytra rather convex, moderately long. Wings present. 

 Legs short; anterior tarsi simple. 



Length 2-2^ mm. 



Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Baker: No. 16159). 



Three ? ? . The elytra in that insect are each albo- 

 trimaculate, as in L. [Intybia) guttatus, Pasc, type ? , from 

 Sarawak [Wallace), except that the apical spots are smaller, 

 the present species having a much smaller head, an unarmed 

 prothorax, longer, less inflated elytra, and fully developed 

 wings. The 4-spotted L. bomeensis, Pic (1910), also has 

 the front of the head testaceous. 



29 (a) . Laius quadriguttatus. 



Laius quadriguttatus, Er. Entomographien, p. 64 (c?) (1840); Pic, 

 L'Echange, xxvi. p. 83 (1910). 



(5 . Antennae rufo-testaceae, articulis ultimis 3 vel 4 nigricantibus, 

 tertio subovato, interne cavo. \Eric}isoni\ 



Hab. Singapore [Baker : ? : No. 16157), Bintang 

 Island [type]. 



A ? sent by Mr. Baker agrees very nearly with the 

 description. It has the antennae stout, rufo-testaceous, 

 except joints 7-10 and the base of 1, 2 being much thick- 

 ened, elongate, and subcylindrical ; the head black (said by 



