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44. — Scirtes sexfoveatus, n. sp. 



$. Short, OTal, shining, thickly pubescent, obscure testaceous, the 

 antennae, palpi, and legs wholly testaceous ; den^sely, finely punctate. 

 Antennae long, very slender, joint 3 small, narrow, not longer than 2, 

 4-11 moderately elongate. Prothorax hollowed in front opposite the eyes, 

 arcuately narrowed from the base. Elytra narrowly margined, each with 

 three Jeep foveae at the apex — two placed longitudinally along the suture and 

 one immediately exterior to the lower one, the latter rouuded and with its 

 margin apparently raised. Posterior legs rather shoit, the femora extremely 

 broHd, the tibiae curved, the first tarsal joiut thickened, longer than the upper 

 tibial spur. 



Length 14, breadth 1^^ mm. 



S^ah. BoE>'£0, Mt. Matang, W. Sarawak ( G^. H. Bryant: 

 xii.1913). 



One female, with ovipositor extruded. A very small, broad-oval 

 form, with the general facies of a Scymnus ; the elytra each with a 

 cluster of three deep foveae at the apex, which would of course be 

 wanting in the male.* S. pallidus Waterh. (1880), type from Penang, 

 is a somewhat similar, larger insect. 



45. — Scirtes hifoveatits, n. sp. 



5. Oblong-oval, subtruncate behind, shining, closely, finely pubescent; 

 piceous, basal joints of the antennae, the tibiae and tarsi in part, and in two 

 f'pecimens the sides of the prothorax and the humeri also, testaceous ; densely, 

 very finely, the head and prothorax a little more sparsely and minutely, punc- 

 tate. Antennae moderatt-ly long, slender, slightly thickened towards the tip, 

 joint 3 small, not longer than 2, 11 oval, longer and stouter than 10. Prothorax 

 convex, rapidly, arcuately narrowed from the base, feebly hollowed in front 

 opposite the eyes. Elytra obliquely truncate at the tip and with the sutural 

 angles sharp ; each elytron with a large, deep fovea at the apex, and the 

 suture slightly depressed between the foveae. Posterior legs comparatively 

 short, the femora broad, the tibiae narrow, the spurs slender, the upper one 

 shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 2, breadth li-l^ mm. 



Rab. Ceylox, Horton Plains, alt. 6000 feet ( G. Lewis : 18-20.iii. 

 1882). 



Four females, three of which are labelled as having been taken on the 

 Horton Plahis. Larger and more oblong than aS'. sexfoveatus from 

 Sarawak, the antennae not so slender and partly infuscate, the elyti-a in 

 the $ obhquely truncate at the apex, and each with a single large, deep 



* In the British Mnseum there is also a 9 of an allied inaect from the Andaman Is., captured 

 by Capt. Wimberley, too imperfect for description. 



