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middle one; tlie claws of the front tarsi are rather large , and the 

 shurter ono is about four-fifths of the length of tlie larger' one: the 

 claws on the middle tarsi are also large, and the inner one is about 

 three-fourths of the length of the outer one, the legs besides bearing 

 white scales, are also supplied with very marked white setae. The 

 penultimate dorsal segnient is grooved in the middle for the apex of 

 the elytra. 



Serica guttula (n. sp.): Lata et brevis, subconvexa, opaca, rufa, 

 elytris apice nigromaculatis ; prothorace impunctato, elytris obsolete sul- 

 catis. — Long. 6 mill., lat. 4 ! / 4 mill. 



Sumatra (Wallace !). 



A very short and broad, but yet not convex species. Antennae 

 red. 10-jointed, but with the joints 3—5 closely connected so that 

 the sutures between them are indistinct , the club elongate , longer 

 than the rest of the antennae. Head red, broad and short, the cly- 

 peus truncate in front with the angles rounded, the clypeus shining 

 and coarsely punctured, the vertex very dull and quite without punc- 

 tuation. Thorax strongly transverse, the sides a little rounded, the 

 base broadly rounded in the middle and sinuate on each side, the 

 bind angles obtuse; it is of a dull brick red colour, with very faint 

 iudications of distant punctures , the lateral margins furnished with 

 pale setae. Elytra similar in colour to the thorax, but each shewing 

 at the apex a black spot; they are furrowed by broad, very indistinct 

 but somewhat coarse punctures , which though not very regularly 

 placed leave the interstices along their middle impunctate. Pygidium 

 very broad, slightly shining and coarsely punctured. The front tibiae 

 are short and broad, bidentate. The middle coxae are very widely 

 separated ; the bind coxae are very broad, being at their outer margin 

 twice as broad as the metasternum ; each bears near its outside a 

 tuft of two or three setae , and there are a few short setae along 

 their outer and bind margin. The claws are toothed. 



Serica duplex (n. sp.) : Antennarum clava 4-articulata. Ovata 

 convexa, nefescens, capite elytrisque fuscis, his olivaceo-opalescentibus, pro- 

 thorace punetato, margine anteriore et lateribus setis erectis, conspieuis ; 

 elytris driatis, striis punetatis , interstitiis fere impunetatis. — Long. 

 8'/ 2 mill. 



Java. 



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