102 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON NEW [Mar. 5, 



body. Auteunae half as long as the body, dull black, the basal 

 joints blue-black and (in the female) the first two yellow beneath. 



Two examples sent me by M. R. Oberthiir with the name attached 

 which I have adopted. 



^ 15. Telephorus thibetanus, sp. nov. 



Niger, parum nitidus ; prothorace flavo, disco late nigra nitido ; 

 elytris nitidis, subtiliter suhrugose coriaceis, cBiieis. 



Long. 13-14 millim. 6 ? • 



Mas. Unguiculo extei-iore pedis anterioris ad basin lobo parvulo 

 disciformi. 



Fem. lisdem basi hamato-dentatis. 



Hah. Thibet, Tatsieulou {F. Biet). 



Similar in form and build to T. bieti, but smaller and with 

 shining instead of dull elytra, which are also differently coloured. 

 The head is more coarsely punctured and is subrugose in front ; the 

 mandibles are black, as are the anteunse, only inclining to be pitchy 

 at the apices of some of the basal joints. The thorax is more punc- 

 tured and its surface more uneven than that of T. bieti, the front 

 angles are rounded off ; the lateral margins rather widely, the basal 

 margin narrowlj', reflexed. The specimen which I think to be the 

 male has the elytra narrower and more parallel; the anteunae are as 

 in T. bieti, about half as long as the body. 



Two specimens communicated by M. R. Oberthiir. 



16. Telephorus oberthueri, sp. nov. 



Niger, parum nitidus; jirothorace {macula discoidali excepta), 

 mesosterno, pedibus (tarsis 7iigris) ayitennarum articulo prima, 

 abdominis limbo laterali et apice Jlavis ; ebjtris viridi-cceruleis, 

 subnitidis, granulaso-subrugosis. 



Long. 12 millim. 



Hab. Thibet, Tatsienlou {F. Biet). 



Head black, mandibles at their base, and beneath except the 

 cheeks red ; crown obsoletely canaliculate, closely and strongly 

 punctured. Thorax as long as wide, with only a few scattered and 

 not deep punctures ; disk uneven, reddish yellow with a transverse 

 spot indented in front black, the margins not reflexed, but finely 

 margined behind, as well as the base, the disk tumid and obsoletely 

 canaliculate towards the base. Elytra bluish green, two costae on 

 each are rather distinct, and their surface is rather more coarsely 

 granulose than in T. bieti. Legs red, tarsi black. The inner claw 

 of the anterior pair hamate at their bases. 



Two specimens (one is imperfect and the tarsi are missing) from 

 M. R. Oberthiir. 



^ 17. Telephorus imperialis, sp. nov. (Plate X. fig. 8.) 



Higro-caruleus., nitidus ; prothorace Jiavo, subquadrato, maculis 

 duabus nigris, antennis subtus et ad apices ochraceis ; abdomine 

 nigra, opaca, lutea-limbata ; elytris cceruleis. 

 Long. 20-23 millim. c? ? • 

 Hab. China, Kiukiang (Pratt). 



