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Anteimae reddish witli the club rather darker, 10-jointed, the 

 club moderately elongate, consisting of four joints, the first of wliich 

 is nearly as long as the others. Head rather coarsely but sparingly 

 and not deeply punctured with a transverse arched line of outstanding 

 setae across the middle. Thorax strongly transverse, the sides gently 

 curved, the base a little sinuate on each side, the hind angles obtuse 

 and somewhat rounded; it is of a reddish colour and is a little 

 shining, and moderately coarsely, quite distinctly punctured, the front 

 margin, front angles and sides with long, robust, erect setae which 

 are most numerous about the front angles. Elytra of a fuscous co- 

 lour , slightly shining and with a marked iridescent reflection , with 

 rows of coarse punctures, the interstices between which are somewhat 

 convex , and are not altogether free from punctures, but these are 

 nearly confined to the proximity of the rows of punctures ; the lateral 

 setae are long and distinct. Pygidium moderately finely punctured. 

 Underside and legs reddish, tibiae and tarsi rather darker, the setae 

 of the ventral segments long; the upper border of the hind coxae 

 very oblique. Front tibiae bidentate. 



Apogonia dux (n. sp.): Fusco-aenea, supra <parce breviterque se- 

 tosa, jortiter punctata, sericeo-nitida , mbtus cum pygidio densius setosa. 

 — Long. 18, lat. 11 mill. 



Batchian (Wallace!). 



Antennae red. Clypeus very densely and coarsely punctured, head 

 densely and coarsely punctured and bearing short, erect, pale setae. Tho- 

 rax with the sides near the front a little sinuate, the sides at the front 

 a good deal reflexed upwards, the hind angles depressed and very 

 obtuse, it is of a brassy colour, coarsely and closely punctured, the 

 punctures bearing short, suberect, pale setae, the front part bears an 

 indistinct Channel on the middle. Scutellum coarsely punctured, ex- 

 cept along the middle. Elytra of a brassy colour, coarsely and rather 

 irregularly punctured , the interstices between the punctures being 

 unequal and somewhat raised , so as to give a kind of blistered 

 appearance, they bear also short, pale setae. Pygidium coarsely and 

 densely punctured, and bearing erect setae, which are short at the 

 base but longer so as to be rigid hairs at the apex. Undersurface 

 densely punctured and furnished with dense setae, the central part 



