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parallel position toucbing each otlier. I took about 20 specimens 

 on the 1st May 1881 under the bark of a fallen beech, within a 

 space I could cover with two hands. They were under rather 

 dry bark ; and in the moister parts of the same tree I found 

 Syntelia and numbers of the flat bark Histeridae. The tree was 

 shaded by large overhanging camelias, and had been blown down 

 by a typhoon about two y ears previously. I found on this occasion 

 more females than males ; but as summer came on specimens 

 occurred commonly in Higo, and the sexes were then in pro- 

 portionate numbers. The fem_ale of this genus has been hitherto 

 rare in collections of Brenthidas. 



This genus extends to Zanzibar. I have taken it at Saigon, 

 Penang, Singapore, and in Ceylon, and it is extremely abundant 

 in all these places. J. nigripes is somewhat like crematus, 

 Lacord., and ophthalmicus, Pascoe. 



HiGONiirs, n. gen. 



Head rather large, deeply furrowed in the middle ; sides rough 

 and greatly elevated, forming over the eyes, when viewed 

 sideways, eyebrow-like excrescences. Eyes moderate, round, 

 visible from above ; neck smooth and not conspicuous. Antennne 

 robust ; 1st joint oval, 2iid shorter and round, 3rd rather smaller at 

 the base, 4ith to 8th short and equal, 9th and 10th larger and oval ; 

 terminal conical, and nearly as long as the 9th and 10th together. 

 Eostrum smooth in front of the antennae, rough, uneven, and 

 furrowed at base. Thorax convex, smooth, rather narrowed in 

 front, with a median furrow. Elytra subparallel, truncate at the 

 apex, sutural and third stria much raised before the apex ; striae 

 broad and convex ; interstices feebly punctate. Legs moderate 

 and robust. 



There is apparently no difference in the form of the sexes. 

 This genus may be placed near Cerohates, and the species in it 

 probably extend over a great part of equinoctial Asia. Mens. 

 Power has it from Penang, where I have myself taken it near 

 the well-known waterfall ; and it is with a feeling of obligation 

 that I have named the species after him *. 



* The species I took in the island of Penang I briefly characterize as 

 H. Foweri, n. sp. It is rerj distinct from H. cilo, and differs in being less 

 than half the size, surface more opaque, thorax with five, equidistant, 

 longitudinal furrows, and the anterior femora are without a tooth. The 



