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the same species, the elytra of $ with a hroad, common, very deep, 

 coroniform excavation before the tip, sugs^estive of similar d -characters 

 in many Malachiids. The $ (with ovipositor extruded) has the elytra 

 less coarsely punctate than in the supposed c? . The apical excavation 

 is more developed than in any other species of the group known to me, 

 and for this reason it is advisable to name the insect. O. coronata is 

 less gibbous than O. gihhosa, and has very different $ -characters. 

 AVestwood examined the two specimens, and labelled them " Euh^ia ? " 



23. — Ora fouqueti. 



Scirtes fouqueti Pic, Melanges exot.-entom. xii. p. 5 (Jan. 1915). 



Oblong-oval, depressed, finely pubescent, blaclf, piceous beneath, the 

 aiitennal joints 2 and 3 and the tibial spurs reddish or testaceous ; denselv, 

 finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate, the puncturing of the latter be- 

 coming more diffuse towards the tip. Antennae with joints 2 and 3 short, 

 equal, 4-11 elongate, rather slender, filiform. Prothorax rapidly, arcuately 

 narrowed from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra long, 

 feebly rounded and sharply margined at the sides, with an indication of a 

 sutural stria. Posterior coxae without angulate plate at the base. Posterior 

 legs elongate, the tibiae widened, feebly curved, sharply carinate, the upper 

 spur about as long as the first tarsal joint, the latter stout and very little 

 longer than the other joints united. 



Length 3-3^ breadth 14-2 mm. 



Hah. CocHix China, Saigon {J. U. A. Lewis: l.vii.l909). 



Four specimens from Saigon in the British Museum (and one 

 without locality in the Oxford Museum) seem to be referable to 

 S. fonqueii Pic, the type of which was from the same place. The 

 description consists of eleven words, and it is therefore impossible to 

 identify the species with an}^ certainty. It is said to be less elongate 

 than the Japanese *S^. ovahihis Lewis (though described as "oblong"), 

 the reverse being the case, if the insect has been cori*ectly named by me. 

 Two at least of the examples seen are females, indicating that the el^'-tra 

 are without foveae in that sex. The posterior coxae are without lamella, 

 d.nd. S.fotfqueti is in consequence here placed under 0)'a ; the general 

 facies, however, is that of many typical Scu^tes. 



Since the preceding pages have been in type, Mr. 0. E. Janson 

 has given me the following interesting Tropical American insect for 



description : — 



24. — Ora anguJaris, n. sp. 



Oval, depressed, shining, closely, finely pubescent ; flavous, sharply varie- 

 gated with piceous or nigro-piceous, the dark markings on the head condensed 

 into two small spots between the eyes anteriorly and a space across the base, 



