260 [November, 



fovea just before the tip. The following species is still more nearly 

 allied, both having the geneml facies of a Sc^mmes. 



46. — Sci7'tes quadrifoveafus, n. sp. 



Extremely like S. bifoveatm, but slightly smaller, the elytra more rounded 

 at the tip in 9; piceous, the prothorax, humeri, basal joints of antennae, 

 and legs (the bases of the femora excepted) testaceous ; tlie elytra in 5 each 

 with a deep, rounded fovea just before the apex, an oblique, sharply-defined 

 depression on the outer part of the disc in front of this, and the suture angu- 

 larly depressed between the foveae ; the other characters as in S. bifoveatus. 



Leng-th If, breadth 1 mm. ( J $ .) 



Hah. Ceylo^^ Dikoya, alt. 3800-4200 ft. {G. Lewis-. 6.xii.l8Sl- 

 16.1.1882). 



One male and two females. The male agrees fairly well with the 

 description of S. axillaris Motsch., from Mt. Patannas, Ceylon, which 

 is similarly coloured ; but the latter seems to have the sides of the body 

 more arcuate than in the insect before me. 



47. — Scirtes dichroifs, n. sp. 



Oblong-elliptic, shining; nigro-piceous, the antennal joints 1-3, tlie head, 

 prothorax, scutellum, knees, tibial spurs, and apices of the tarsi, testaceous ; 

 closely, finely pubescent, the hairs on the elytra fuscous ; densely, minutely, 

 the elytra much more distinctly, punctate. Antennae with joint 3 short, not 

 longer than 2, the following joints moderately elongate and rather stout. 

 Prothorax feebly hollowed in front opposite the eyes, arcuately narrowing 

 from the base. Elytra oblong, moderately rounded at the sides, with traces 

 of shallow grooves on the disc. Posterior tibiae moderately widened, feebly 

 carinate. 



Length 3|, breadth 2 mm. (d*?) 



Sab. BoEXEO, Mt. Matang, W. Sarawak (G. E. Bryant: ii.l914). 



One specimen, apparently taken with ^S*. sulcigerus on Mt. Matang, 

 from which it differs in its nan-ower, more oblong shape ; the entirely 

 testaceous head, prothorax, and scutellum; the unequal puncturing of 

 the upper surface (that of the elytra being coarser and less dense than 

 in S. sulcigerus) ; the stouter antennae ; and the less developed posterior 

 legs. 



48. — Scirtes crassicornis, n. sp. 



(S . Oval, convex, robust, shining, clothed with very fine fuscous 

 pubescence; black, the antennae with joints 1-3 and the tip of 11, the tips 

 of the tarsi, and tibial spurs testaceous ; densely, finely punctate. Antennae 

 moderately long, stout, tapering towards the tip, joints 2 and 3 short, 4-11 

 longer and stouter, gradually decreasing in length. Prothorax hollowed in 



