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rather stout, joint 3 small, a little shorter than 2. Prothorax rapidly, arcuately 

 narrowed from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles 

 deflexed. Elytra without trace of impressed lines or costae, narrowly margined. 

 Posterior coxal plates rectangular. Legs long, the posterior pair especially, 

 the latter with widened, carinate, arcuate tibiae, and the upper spur much 

 shorter than the tirst tarsal joint. 



Length 2|, breadth If mm. ( (^ ?) 



Sab. Assam, Patkai Mts. {Doherfy, ex coll. Fry'). 



One specimen. An oval, shining, piceous insect, with unusually long 

 legs and antennae, arcuate posterior tibiae (as in the Bornean S. matan- 

 ganus, No. QQ), the head and prothorax much smoother than the elytra, 

 and the marginal carina of the latter not very prominent. 



61. — Scirtes malayamis, n. sp. 



Oblong oval, finely pubescent, shining, piceous, the head, prothorax, and 

 humeri obscurely rufescent in one example, the antennal joints 1-3, and the 

 legs in part, testaceous ; closely, finely, the elytra much more distinctly, 

 punctate. Head broad, the eyes large ; antennae rather slender, moderately 

 long, joint 3 small, about as long as 2. Prothorax arcuately narrowed fn)m 

 the base, feebly hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra without grooA es 

 or costae, narrowly margined. Fifth ventral segment emarginate in the middle 

 in (S . Posterior coxal plates rectangular. Posterior legs long, the tibiae 

 moderately curved, the upper spur shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Length 2^-3, breadth l^-lf mm. 

 Sah. Peeak {DoJierty^ ex coll. Fry). 



Three specimens, one of which is assumed to be S ■ Separable from 

 the nearly allied S. curvipes, from Assam, by the shorter and more 

 slender antennae, the closer and stronger puncturing of the prothorax, 

 that of the elytra being also distinctly coarser, the less rounded sides of 

 the elytra, and the relatively narrower and less curved posterior tibiae. 

 The stronger puncturing of the upper surface, much smaller size, etc., 

 distinguish S. malayanus from the similarly coloured S. patLainus. 

 S. consohrinus and S. ovatulus Lewis, from Japan, and S. nigricans 

 Waterh., from China, have the elytra more finely punctate. 



62. — Scirtes melas, n. sp. 



Oval, shining, finely fusco-pubescent; black, the antennal joints 1-3, the knees, 

 apices of tarsi, and tibial spurs testaceous, the under surface piceous ; densely, 

 finely punctate. Antennae long, rather slender, joint 3 small, barely as long 

 as 2. Prothorax arcuately narrowed from the base, hollowed in front opposite 

 the eyes. Elytra transversely depressed on the disc below the base, and with 

 a distinct groove along the suture, sharply, narrowly margined, the apices 

 unimpressed. Posterior coxal plates angulate externally. Posterior legs long. 



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