322 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
sloping and rounded, the sutural angles nearly right-angled. Abdomen sparsely and 
distinctly punctate, with fine, longish hairs, more frequent towards the sides; the pygi- 
dium with the fimbriz very much raised. Legs ferruginous. 
From Sarawak in Borneo. This is not so rare in collections as the other species. 
9. ORTHOGRAMMA DENTICEPS. 
Elongata, linearis, depressa, nitida et testaceo-rufa, capite antice fusces- Fig. 85. 
cente, elytris fuscis; abdomine pygidio piceo-fusco, segmentis ceteris tes- INN 
taceo-piceis, marginibus testaceis; capite antice medio longitudinaliter Lax 
impresso et punctato, epistomate fortiter bidentato; thorace antice quam Fpistoma. 
postice latiore ; elytris leviter punctato-striatis; abdomine pygidio levissime punc- 
tato, segmentis ceteris vix punctatis. Long. 3 lin., lat. 2 lin. 
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Habitat in Singapore. 
Elongate, linear, depressed, shining, testaceo-rufous, the head becoming fuscous in 
front; the elytra fuscous; the abdomen, except the pygidium, piceo-testaceous, with 
the margins of the segments testaceous; antennse rufous, with the club dusky; legs 
testaceo-rufous. Head smooth and shining, impunctate behind, thickly but finely punc- 
tate in front; epistome with two projecting teeth (fig. 85). Thorax rather narrower 
behind than in front, anterior angles nearly right-angled, posterior angles obtusely 
rounded, sides declinate towards the front, apex truncate, disk finely punctate, more 
sparingly in the middle. Scutellum piceo-testaceous, impunctate. Elytra very finely 
punetate-striate, the striz running obliquely inwards from the base and not extending 
beyond the shoulder, and becoming effaced before the apex. Abdomen scarcely punctate, 
except on the pygidium, which has a few fine punctures: some long hairs are scattered 
over the abdomen, more particularly along the sides and towards the apex. 
From Singapore. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 
6. ORTHOGRAMMA PLANICEPS. 
Elongata, linearis, parallela, depressa, nitida, testacea, capite antice piceo, Fig. 86: 
elytris testaceo-piceis apice nigris; abdomine testaceo-piceo, medio loe (4 he 
gitudinaliter piceo, segmentorum marginibus pallide testaceis; capite ^ Epistoma. 
plano; epistomate medio porrecto et truncato, utrinque parvo denticulo instructo; 
thorace longo, antice quam postice parum latiore, impunctato, linea dorsali leevi 
longitudinali ; elytris levissime punctato-lineatis, lineis apice lateribusque obliteratis. 
Long. 24$ lin., lat. 4 lin. 
Habitat in peninsula Malayensi. 
Elongate, linear, parallel, depressed, shining, testaceous, with the elytra testaceo- 
piceous, palest in the region of the shoulders and becoming black towards the apex; 
the abdomen testaceo-piceous, darker in the middle and pale on the margins of the 
segments; mandibles and sides of the head in front gradually darker than the rest ; 
antenn testaceous, club dusky. Head long, flat, sloping slightly to the front, finely 
punctate on the flat disk, impunctate on the sides; epistome porrect in the middle, the 
