iftis.l 1W7 



extending from the base to far beyond the middle, their apices inileter- 

 minately, and the under surface, legs, palpi, and antennae, testaceous ; closely, 

 finely, the elytra much more distinctly, punctate. Head obsoletely foveate on 

 each side near the eyes, the latter convex and moderately large ; antennae 

 long, very slender, joint 3 about one-lialf longer than 2, 4-11 elongate, filiform, 

 4 nearly twice the length of 3. J'rothorax rapidly, obliquely narrowed from 

 the base, deeply sinuate in front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles sharp, 

 deflexed. Elytra long, broad, rouiided at the sides anteriorly, somewhat 

 acuminate at the apex, sharply margined, depressed along the suture for some 

 distance below the base, and with an indication of a shallow sutuval groove. 

 Posterior coxal plates deeply arcuato-emarginate behind, angulate at the outer 

 angle. Posterior tibiae feebly curved, broad, sharply carinate, the upper spur 

 very long, equalling the first tarsal joint 



Length 5^, breadth 3f mm. 



Hah. Madagascar (Gerrard, ex coll. Fry), 



One specimen, $ , badly preserved, the ovipositor partly extruded. 

 A very large, broad, rufo-castaneous form, with a black lateral vitta on 

 each elyti'on ; the antennae very slender, with the third joint much 

 longer than the second ; the posterior coxal plates dentiform at the 

 exterior angle. S. nigrolimhatus cannot be compared with any of 

 the five species recorded from the island, coming nearest, perhaps, to 

 S. fuscicrus Fairm. (1897), from Suberbieville. 



Asiatic Species.* 



The numerous Asiatic Scirfes here enumerated may be grouped 

 thus : — 



Elytra metallic, species large, hemispherical , No. 27. 



Elytra maculate on disc f Nos. 28-38, 



Elytra without markings on disc. 



Elytra in $ with deep foveae or excavations towards apex . Nos. 39-46, 



Elytra simple in the two sexes X Nos. 47-72, 



27. — Scirtes sphaericus, n. sp. 



cJ . Hemispherical, convex, shining, clothed with extremely fine pubes- 

 cence, which is fuscous on the elytra and cinereous on the rest of the surface ; 

 head, prothorax, and scutellum nigro-piceous, the elytra aeneous, the oral 

 organs, antennae, legs (the blackened apices of the posterior femora excepted), 

 and under surface testaceous or fusco-testaceous : the upper surface closely, 

 finely, the under surface densely, punctate, the punctures on the elytra coarser 



* About 50 species of Asiatic Scirtet have been reoor ed, from India, Indo-China, Slam, 

 Mauritius, Burma, Macassar, Bangui, Borneo. Java, Formosa, Japan, China, Penang, etc. 

 There are two unnamed species from Mindoro, Philippines, in Ihe Museum, both imperfect. One 

 is known from New Caledonia. 



t S, quadrimaculatus Waterh., from Burma, etc., belongs to this section. 



I Possiblj foveate in ? ? of Nos. 47, 48, etc., one sex only of which id at present known. 



