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below the base, four, similar, beyond the middle, and two, triangular, near the 

 apex ; densely, finely, uniformly punctate. Head rather small, unimpressed, 

 the eyes not very large ; antennae pilose, moderately long, rather stout, 

 joints 2 and 3 short, equal in length, those following subequal in width. 

 Prothorax convex, short, arcuately narrowing from the base, feebly bisinuate 

 in front, the anterior angles obtuse. Elytra with an indication of a sutural 

 groove, narrowly margined. Posterior coial plates small, rectangular. 

 Posterior legs moderately long, the tibiae feebly curved, the upper spur 

 shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 3|, breadth 2 mm. ((S?) 

 Sab. N.W. Borneo, Kuching {B. Shelf ord, in 2£u8. Oxon.). 



One specimen, slightly injured by pinning, labelled as having been 

 captured by a Dj^ak on August 11th, 1899. A very distinct form, 

 recognizable by its rather elongate shaj)e, nigro-piceous colour, and the 

 ten sharply-defined yellow spots on the el3^tra. The following species 

 from Perak and Penang is nearly related to it. 



36. — Scirtes decemnotatus, n. sp. 



J . Oblong-oval, shining, closely, finely pubescent ; nigro-piceous or 

 piceous, the head obscurely rufescent, the prothorax with the outer margin 

 and a rather broad space on each side at the base (leaving a broad, cruciform, 

 dark patch on the disc), and the elytra with the juxta-scutellar margin and ten 

 sharply-defined, transverse, angular spots — fom* forming a common, interrupted 

 fascia below, four, similarly arranged, beyond the middle, and two (transverse 

 or triangular) on the disc near the apex, — yellow, the anteimal joints 1-3, and 

 the legs and abdomen in part, testaceous; densely, finely punctate. Head 

 broad, unimpressed, the eyes moderately large ; antennae pilose, long, stout, 

 tapering at the tip, joints 2 and 3 short, equal. Prothorax convex, short, 

 arcuately narrowing from the base, feebly bisinuate in front, the anterior 

 angles obtuse. Elytra with an indication of a sutural groove, narrowly 

 margined. Posterior coxal plates feebly developed, angular. Posterior tibiae 

 widened, arcuate, the upper spur curved, rather slender, much shorter than 

 the first tarsal joint. 



Length 2^-2f, breadth 1^ mm. 



Hal. Peeak {Boherty, ex coll. Fry : type) ; Pexaj^g- ( G. E. 

 Bryant: ll.xi.l913). 



Two specimens, assumed to be males, simply differing inter se in 

 the shape and development of the yellow spots on the eWti*a, the two 

 near the apex transverse and angulate in the Perak example. The 

 anterior margin of the prothorax is much less sinuate than usual in 

 Scirtes, and the [posterior coxal plates are feebly developed. Smaller 

 and less elongate than the Bornean S.Jlavonolatus, the antennae very 



