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vevv small, shorter than 2, 4-11 filiform, elongate, not very slender. Prothorax 

 rapidly narrowinjjf from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes. Elytra 

 with an indication of a faint sntnral stria, feebly margined laterally, the 

 retiexed margin only just visible from above. Posterior coxal plates rectan- 

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

 shorter than the elongate tirst tarsal joint. 



Length 2f-3, breadth 1a-2 mm. 



Hah. BoEyEO, Pengaron {Doherfy)^ Kuching (J". E. A. Lewis), 

 Four specimens, varying in the colour of the head and prothorax, 

 the three from Kuching almost certainly including the two sexes. The 

 feebly margined, densely, minutely punctate elytra, filiform antennae, 

 with minute third joint, and broad posterior tibiae, are the chief characters 

 of this pallid Scirtes. It is nearly related to the Javan S. pellucidus 

 Waterh., wliich is a more elongate insect. 



65. — Scirtes cyphonoides, n. sp. 



Oblong-elliptic, somewhat convex, shining, thickly, rather coarsely pubes- 

 cent; testaceous, the head, a bread space on the disc of the prothorax, a large, 

 oblique, indeterminate patch at the sides of the elytra at about the middle, and 

 jijints 5-11 of the antennae in part, piceous or infu.^cate ; densely, minutely, the 

 head and prothorax a little more sparsely, punctate. Head broad, the eyes 

 moderately large; antennae long, rather slender, joint 3 very small, short, 

 barely as long as 2. Prothorax arcuately narrowed from the base, hollowed 

 in front opposite the eyes. Elytra rather convex, narrowly margined, without 

 grooves or costae. Posterior coxal plates rectangular. Legs long ; posterior 

 tibiae feebly curved, widened, sharply carinate, the long upper spur much 

 shorter than the first tarsal joint. 



Langth 3, breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. BuEMA, Ruby Mines {DoJierty^ ex coll. Fry). 



Two specimens, sex not ascertained. Near the Bornean S. JiolO' 

 sericeus, and mainly distinguishable therefrom by its somewhat oblong 

 shape (due to the less rounded sides of the elytra), the coarser pubescence, 

 the smoother head and prothorax, and the infuscate outer joints of the 

 antennae. The oblique infuscation of the sides of the elytra is indefinite, 

 as in various species of Cyphon, and may not be constant. The only- 

 described Scirtes from Burma is S. quadri?naculatus Waterh.* 



6G. — Scirtes matanyanus, n. sp. 



Short oval, somewhat convex, shining, thickly, rather coarsely pubescent ; 

 reddish-brown, tiie eyes black, tbe legs, anteimae, and palpi testaceous, the 

 under surface rufescent ; closely, conspicuously punctate. Antennae long, 

 slender, filiform, joint 1 stout, 3 very small, narrow, not so long as 2, 4-11 



* There are two othera, from Tharrawaddy, in Mr. Andrewes's collection, too imperfect for 

 description. 



