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The two examples agree with Putzeys description of the ty- 

 pical Javanese insect, 



385. Catascopus mirabills, n. sp. 



Subaenescenti-niger, subnitidus ; caput porrectum postico gra- 

 datim angustatum, oculis minus prominulis, fronte valde inae- 

 quali, punctato-rugosa, vertice medio uni- lateribus utrinque bi- 

 carinatis. Thorax capite vix latior subcordatus angulis posticis 

 valde exstantibus, anticis acutis, dorso toto irregulariter tuberoso. 

 Elytra convexa apice utrinque trispinosa, dorso carinulis plus 

 minusve elongatis utrinque circiter 25, in fundis striis punctu- 

 latis plerumque obsoletis. Sterna medio pilosa, prosterno apice 

 acuminato-recurvo. Mandibulae apice baud hamatae prope apicem 

 (praecipue sinistra) late dentatae. Tibiae extus pluristrigosae. 



(/. Tarsi antici articulis 1-3 paullo dilatatis subtus dense pi- 

 losis , squamisque intermixtis. — Long. 16-19 millim. J' 9. 



Karin Asciuii Gheba, alt. 1200 1300 m.; Karin Gheba, alt. 900- 

 1100 m. 



This extraordinary species is met with also in the valley of 

 Assam. The multiform longer and shorter carinae of the elytra 

 are the irregularly interrupted culminated interstices 1-7, in the 

 sunken intervals between which traces of the fine punctulated 

 striae are visible. 



386. Catascopus facialis, Wiedm., Zool. Mag., I, 2, p. 165; 

 Dejean, Sp. Gén. I, p. 329; Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 I, (3) p. 468. 



Bhamò ; Shwegoo ; Palon ; Malewoon (Tenasserim). 



This species differs from others of the same subgroup (Ely tris 

 interstitiis 5 et 7 cariniformibus apiceque extus breviter acute 

 dentatis et ad suturam productis apice bidenticulato-truncatis) 

 by the rich violet colour of the middle part of the elytra and 

 the hind angles of the thorax rectangular, not projecting. It is 

 widely-distributed : — Bengal, Assam, Burmah, Malayan Penin- 

 sula, Philippines, Sumatra etc. The size varies from 11 to 15 

 millim. Golour varieties occur in the Assam valley in which the 



