Species of h&lus from the Muhci/an Region. 201 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hab. S.E. Borneo {German Mission, ex coll. Fry). 



One male. Very like the Pliilippiue L. dentatithorax and 

 L. subdentatus ; the head {^) testaceous in front, sub- 

 angulate at the sides before the eyes, and then obli((uely 

 narrowed to the apex ; the second antennal joint differently 

 shaped; the prothoracic tooth smaller than in L. dentati- 

 thorax. 



The somewhat similarly-maculate L. quadriguitatus., Er., 

 has the sides of the prothorax unarmed. 



29 id). Laius semperi, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, rather convex, 

 subopaque, finely pubescent ; black, the antennae (except 

 the four or five outer joints and the basal one in part) testa- 

 ceous, the elytra each with two large, transverse, somewhat 

 rounded, whitish spots on the disc (one below the base, the 

 other towards the apex), the legs (the tarsi in part excepted) 

 piceous ; the entire surface densely, finely, rugulosely punc- 

 tate. Head rather convex anteriorly, obsoletely canaliculate ; 

 antennte long, joint 1 curved, thickened towards the apex, 

 2 elongate, subcylindrical, stout, 3-10 gradually taperin<^, 

 each longer than broad. Prothorax convex, longer than 

 broad, transversely depressed before the base, the sides with 

 a prominent median tooth. Elytra long, widest near the 

 apex. Legs rather short. 



cJ . Antennae (fig. 11) with joint 1 as in ?, 2 oblique, 

 moderately elongate, concave, scaphiform, toothed at the 

 inner basal angle, 3-10 longer and more slender than in ? ; 

 anterior tarsi simple. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hab. Philippines, Luzon (Semper, ex coll. Fry). 



One pair, the J immature. This is one of three closely 

 allied Philippine forms with the sides of the prothorax more 

 or less distinctly unidentate ; it is separable from the two 

 others by the narrower, oblique, scaphiform, second antennal 

 joint in the (J (not unlike that of the same sex of the Bor- 

 neau L. ieirastictus), and the smaller elytral spots. 



29 {e). Laius subdentatus, sp. n. 



^ . Elongate, narrow, rather convex, widened posteriorly, 

 finely pubescent, opaque ; black, the antennal joints 1-4 

 testaceous, the elytra each with two large, transverse, 

 yellowish-white or fiavescent s[)ots — one ante-median, the 



