50g mr. f. p. pascoe on the coleoptera of penang. [nov. 22, 



Ephies. 



Antennae basi subremotce, dilatatce. 

 Oculi prominuli, fere integri. 

 Femora simplicia, basi paulo angustiora. 

 Elytra parallela. 



Head constricted a little behind the eyes, moderately produced 

 anteriorly. Eyes prominent, nearly entire, with minute facets. 

 Antennae much shorter than the body, rather remote at the base, 

 inserted between the eyes; the scape short, obconical, slightly curved; 

 the third joint much larger and longer, and with the following di- 

 lated, pi-incipally on one side ; the last joint entire. Palpi small, the 

 last joint of the maxillary elongate and truncate. Prothorax shortly 

 subcorneal, its posterior angles produced, the base bisinuate. Elytra 

 elongate, their sides nearly parallel. Legs unequal, the posterior 

 longest ; femora not clavate ; basal joint of the anterior tarsi short, 

 of the intermediate and posterior elongate. Anterior coxae conical. 

 Abdomen stout, embraced by the elytra. 



In habit similar to Euryptera, a genus with which it might almost 

 be conjoined, but for its antennae. The type, described below, is 

 by far the broadest of the four species (all new) now before me. 



Ephies cruentus. (PI. XLI. fig. 9.) 



E. ater, elytris, apice excepto, prothoraceque, vitta mediana ex- 

 cepta, Icete sanguineis ; prothoracis lobo prope scutellum emar- 

 ginato. 



Black, body beneath and legs glossy, elytra and prothorax bright 

 blood-red, except at the apex of the former and a median stripe on 

 the latter; head covered with a short woolly pubescence, a pale 

 brownish spot on the forehead and two on the neck ; palpi and 

 upper lip pitchy black ; prothorax slightly angular at the side, the 

 base strongly bisinuate, the middle lobe broadly emarginate ; scu- 

 tellum narrowly elongate and triangular ; elytra closely covered with 

 a very shaggy pubescence, the sides incurved but rounded towards 

 the apex, a slightly impressed line along the middle of each, the 

 apex emarginate ; antennae about half the length of the body, dull 

 black. Length 6 lines. 



There is a true Leptura in the collection, belonging to a small 

 section of the genus, differing principally in coloration, and of which 

 I have two more undescribed species from Singapore and Macassar 

 respectively. The specimen, however, wants the hinder legs. 



Philus. 



Pkilus, W. Wilson Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 110. 



Philus rufescens ($). 



P. rufo-ferrugineus ; prothorace utrinque rotundato, fere obsolete 

 marginato, disco linea elevata mediana longitudinali. 



Reddish ferruginous, nearly glabrous; head closely and finely 



