472 THE INSECTS OF KING's SOUND AND ITS VICINITY, 



second stria is longer and more acute. The posterior thighs are 

 very thick and curved, but rather less so than in H. varus, and 

 the tibiae are rather thicker. 

 Long. 5 lines, lat. 2 lines. 



86. Haplaner marginatus, n sp. 



Oblong-ovate, brownish-black, nitid, thorax and elytra narrowly 

 margined with yellowish, the latter subsericeous. Head smooth, 

 the impressions on each side in front extending in a deep line 

 upwards to the eyes, the first and second joints of the antennae 

 yellowish. Thorax slightly wider than the head, nearly square, 

 a little rounded on the sides, not wider behind than in front, the 

 posterior angles obtuse, and the base depressed and minutely 

 punctate. Elytra wider than the thorax and 2J times the 

 length, striate, the interstices flat, no vestige of a short stria at the 

 base, the apex rounded. Legs yellowish, rather slender, the 

 anterior tarsi slightly enlarged. 



Long. 3i lines, lat. 1^ line. 



I believe this and the following species may be considered 

 as belonging to Chandoir's genus Haplaner, though diflfering 

 somewhat from his description. The entire absence of the short 

 basal stria of the elytra is the most striking feature, and in that 

 they are all alike. 



87. Haplaner recticollis, n.sp. 



Black, nitid. Head small, deeply impressed on each side 

 between, and in front of, the eyes, mandibles cur^-ed, acute, palpi 

 acute, these and the antennee reddish. Thorax wider than the 

 head and longer than wide, much rounded on the sides to near the 

 base, then straight to the base with the angles acute, the base 

 truncate, slightly wider than the apex, the median line lightly 

 marked, the basal depression larger and deep, the base transversely 

 depressed and finely punctate. Elytra much wider than the 

 thorax, and scarcely more than twice the length, very strongly 



