286 (May, 
Philippines, probably Mindanao; many examples. In the same 
small collection were Th. coracinus, fulvipennis, Semperi, vigilax 
(lavilabris, F.? a Mindanao form), and the following exquisite new 
species. 
THERATES BELLULUS, 0. sp. 
Parvus, capite (cum oculis) elytris multo latiori, elytrorum apicé 
jucta suturam vie sinuato, angulo exteriori nullo, suturali modice producto, 
dentiformi ; fulvus, nitidus, capite mox pone oculos abrupte angustato, 
nigro, tubere frontali valido, supra transversim striato, fulvo ; vertice 
inter oculos longitudinaliter striato; labro elongato, convexitate supra 
recta, apice abrupte deflexo, fulvo, genis nullo modo tumidis ; thorace ut 
m Th. Chaudoiri angusto, medio fortiter rotundato; elytris omnino 
sparsim (in depressionibus densius) punctatis, vitta brevi suturali juxta 
basin, fasciaque angusta paulo obliqua pone medium, a sutura longe 
remota, nigris ; antennis piceis, articulis 2 basalibus 3% 4que apicibus 
fulvis ; tarsis anticis nigris. Long. 4 lin. g. 
Philippines ; one example. 
Dromica (MyrmMecorrers) POLYHIRMOIDES, 0. sp. 
Nigro-cyanea, nuda, elytris leviter cupreo-tinctis, vitta utringue haud 
procul a sutura paulo obliqua, a basi usque ad prope medium eatensa, 
maculaque communi elongato-ovata ad apicem albo-testaceis ; capite post 
oculos elongato, leviter angustato, cum thorace (angusto, cylindrico) passim 
eleganter dense acute (hoc transversim) strigosis, labro nigerrimo, macula 
ovata mediana albo-testacea ; elytris absque humeris, a basi thoracis usque 
ad longe ultra medium gradatim modice dilatatis, apice ad suturam spinis 
longis validis instructo, supra lineis 5 angustis elevatis, ante apicem 
desinentibus, lineis transversis creberrimis interstitialibus conjunctis ; 
palpis flavis, maxillarium articulis duobus ultimis, labialium articulo 
apicali, nigris ; corpore subtus, pedibus et antennis nigris, his articulis 
5—10 dilatato-compressis. 
Long. 9 lin. Lat. max. elytr. 24 lin. g. 
The pale spot at the apex, and the basal vitta, are not formed of 
pubescence as in the Polyhirme, which this species so wonderfully 
mimics, but are colours of the integument. 
Region of the Middle Limpopo, S. E. Africa; taken by the cele- 
brated traveller Karl Mauch. 
