1889.] ON NEW COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FROM KINIBALU. 383 



6. On new Genera and Species of Coleopterous Insects 

 from Mount Kinibalu^ North Borneo. By H. W. Bates, 

 F.R.S., F.Z.b. 



[Eeceived June 18, 1889.] 



The following descriptions contain the results of the examination of 

 a portion only of the collection of Coleopteramade by Mr. J. White- 

 head during his recent visit to Kinibalu, undertaken, as is well 

 known, chiefly for the purpose of investigating the ornithology of 

 the district. The Coleoptera comprise an unusual proportion of new 

 and remarkable forms. The whole series has passed into the rich 

 collection of Mr. Alexander Fry. 



Fam. CiciNDELiD^. 



ThERATES -WHITEHEAD!. 



Th. spectabili (Schaum) similis et affi.nis, sed differt, inter alia, 

 oculorum pedunculis fere verticalibus fronteque angustiore. 

 E majoribus, nit/ro-viridis, elylris viridioribus : thorace angusto, 

 laferibus medio niinime rotundatis : elytris apice longe spinosis, 

 spinis divaricatis et oblique elevatis, margine exteriore versus 

 spinam continuo nee emarginato, angulo suturali distincto etsi 

 rotunduto, deinde margine usque ad spina basin minus oblique : 

 dorso sicut in Th. spectabili multituberoso, vittula humerali 

 calloque obliquo discoidali albo-tesfaceis : pedibus nigris, coxis 

 femoribusque basi et subtus albo-testaceis : abdominis margine 

 et apice rufo-testaceis. Labrum margine antice (S 8-, $ 6-den- 

 ticulatum. Long. 16 millim. 

 This beautiful species differs from Th. spectabilis (Schaum) and 

 princeps (Bates) in the more vertically elevated peduncles of the 

 eyes, which position perceptibly narrows and deepens the forehead 

 between them. It also differs in the outline of the apical margin 

 of the elytra, the suture forming a distinct though rounded angle, 

 ■whence to the base of the spine the apical margin is not continuous 

 with the spine, as it is very nearly in the two other species. The 

 inequalities of the surface are the same in all — the common basal 

 elevation being quadrate and plane above, tuberculated on its mar- 

 gins, and the disk having a rounded tubercle before and an oblique 

 elongated callus behind the middle. 



Mr. Whitehead obtained also examples of the following species of 

 Cicindelidse : — Cicindela crespignyi (Bates, since redescribed as C. 

 horneeana, Dokhtouroffjin a distinct colour variety,the broad orange- 

 coloured belt and stripe of the type-form (from near Labuan) being 

 replaced by white ; the rare Heptadonta tricondyldides (Gestro) ; 

 Therates punctipennis (Bates), many examples, all alike in the uni- 

 form pale colour of the elytra, but still little more than a colour 

 variety of T. schaumi (Chaud.) ; and Tricondyla beccarii (Gestro). 



