274 GUY A. K. MARSHALL. 



Pascoe erroneously placed this genus in the Otiorrhynchinae, but according 

 to Lacordaire's arrangement it would come in the Barynotides. In all its essential 

 characters it agrees remarkably closely with the Malayan genus Epilaris, Pasc. 

 (Cyphides), apart from the fact that the latter possesses wings, a distinct scutellum 

 and well-marked humeral angles to the elytra. 



Antinia theivora, sp. nov. (PL xvh, fig. 3). 



tj $. Dark red-brown, with dense scaling, which is usually dark brown above and 

 pale sand-colour, with a slight metallic sheen, on the sides and beneath ; the pronotum 

 usually with a narrow central and a broader lateral paler stripe on each side ; the 

 elytra, in dark specimens, with the following pale markings : a short stripe at the 

 base of interval 1, another at the shoulder occupying the base of intervals 5, 6 and 7, 

 and a large quadrate patch behind the middle on 5-8, which unites with the pale 

 lateral border ; the dorsal dark scales may be more or less completely replaced by 

 sandy ones, but there always remains a large oblique dark patch about the middle 

 on intervals 5-8. 



Head with a very faint transverse impression behind the eyes and a central stria 

 that is almost obliterated by the scaling ; above each eye a row of 4 or 5 stout erect 

 setae and one or two pairs in the middle of the forehead. Rostrum a little longer than 

 broad, gradually widening from base to apex, the sides almost vertical, and the dorsal 

 edges rounded ; the rugose sculpture is completely hidden by the dense erect 

 scales. Antennae with joint 1 of the funicle a little longer than 2. Prothorax 

 as long as broad, the sides gently rounded, broadest at or a little before the 

 middle ; the sculpturing very coarse and rugose, the inequalities being evident 

 even through the dense overlapping scales, the elevations on the disk each bearing 

 a stout spatulate seta, and on the sides a few minute shiny granules are visible 

 through the scaling. Elytra ovate, the sides moderately rounded, broadest a little 

 before the middle, the apex obtusely pointed and not visible directly from above 

 as the posterior declivity is perpendicular ; the dorsal outline very convex, rising 

 steeply from the base and slightly flattened on the highest part ; owing to the dense 

 scaling the rather broad striae appear quite narrow and the punctures in them are 

 entirely concealed ; the intervals slightly convex (on ints. 3-5 the greatest convexity 

 is nearer the outer edge), the dorsal ones bearing widely spaced rows of very broad 

 dark erect setae, which are replaced in the apical area by much smaller pale ones ; 

 the lateral interval are almost without setae, but bear scattered minute shiny granules ; 

 similar granules are visible at the base of the dorsal intervals, just in front of each 

 seta ; the scales are dense and overlapping, and at the base is a projecting fringe 

 of much larger flat pointed scales. Legs with uniform pale scales and stiff erect 

 white setae. 



Length, 3J-4 mm. ; breadth, l|-2 mm. 



W. Java (Dr. K. Dammerman). 



The beetles were found feeding on tea-plants. 



Subfamily Hylobiinae. 

 Dyscerus fletcheri, sp. nov. (PI. xvh, fig. 1). 



?. Colour dark reddish-brown ; the elytra with a broad ill-defined transverse 

 blackish band, not quite reaching the lateral margins and much deeper externally 



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