1890.] 13 



Head sccarccly as long as broad, eyes black ; antennse filiform, pale flavous. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides nearly straight, obliquely converging 

 from base to apex, all the angles acute, the anterior ones slightly produced laterally ; 

 disc shining, impressed on either side with a transverse groove. Elytra broadly 

 oblong, less convex than in the last species. 



STETHIDEA, n. g. 

 Corpus ohlongo-ovatum,convea:u'm. Caput exsertum ; antennis ad corpoi'is 

 dimidiam vix cequilongis, arficulis secundo et tertio hrevihus. Thorax trans- 

 versus. YAytra, conjiise punctata . Pedes modice rohusti; iihiis posticis quatuor 

 singulis spina brevi armatis; unguiculis appendiculatis. Presternum ad coxas 

 a'quialtum, basi lobatum ; acetabulis aniicis integris ; mesosternum elevatum, 

 ad meiasternum cequialtum, apice integrum. Metasternum inter coxas inter- 

 medins 2)rotrusum, et cum mesosterno processum obtusum formanti. 



Type, Stethidea (Doryida) Balyi (Duvivier). 



The peculiar formation of the meso- and meta-sterna, together 

 ■nith the armed posterior tibiae, separate the present genus from 

 Doryida ; from Callima it ia separated by the armed tibiae. 



TEICHIDEA, n. g. 



Corpus elongatum. Caput exsertum ; oculis rotundatis ; awiennis Jili- 

 formibus. Thorax transversus, dorso trarisversim hifoveolato. Elytra anguste 

 ohlonga, pube suberecta vestita, elevato-costata, interspatiis seriato-punctatis. 

 Pedes simplices ; tibiis posticis quatuor apice spinosis ; anticis inermibus, 

 Prosternum coxis anticis occult urn, basi lobatum ; acetabulis anticis nigris. 



Type, Tricliidea Soioringii. 



Nearly allied to Strohideriis and Syoplia, Jacoby ; separated from 

 both by the excavated disc of the thorax, and also from the latter by 

 the unarmed anterior pair of tibiae. 



Trichidea Boweingii. 



JLlongata, modice convexa, rtifa, nitida, pectore, abdomine pedibusque 

 Jlavis, tibiis apice tarsisque piceo-nigris ; tJiorace sat profunde bifoveolato ; 

 elytris nigris pube suberecta vestitis ; elevato-vittatis, interspatiis bifariam 

 picnctatis. Long., 3 lin. 



Hah. : Hong Kong (Boivrtng). 



Head triangular ; eyes and jaws black ; antennae slender, filiform, the 2nd joint 

 short, nioniliform, the 3rd and three following joints each three times the length of 

 the 2nd (the remaining ones broken off). Thorax transverse; sides slightly pro- 

 duced and rounded anteriorly, sinuate posteriorly ; disc deeply bifoveolate. Elytra 

 narrowly oblong, moderately convex, clothed with sub-erect griscous hairs ; each 

 elytron with ten raised vittse, the first, next the suture, short ; interspaces each 

 with a double row of punctures. 



