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red, with the suture very finely black, the punctures with which they 

 are evenly and regularly covered are ratlier widely separate and 

 moderately coarse. Pygidium very narrow and elongate, red with a 

 black stripe on eack side, sparingly punctured. Legs infuscate red, 

 the posterior ones being nearly black. Anterior tibiae tridentate. 

 Hind tibiae slender bnt distinctly thicker towards the extremity. Hind 

 tarsi long and slender. Ventral segments red at the sides but 

 blackish on the middle, the dark colour extends on the basal part 

 of each segment quite to the sides. Metasternum blackish, finely and 

 sparingly pubescent. 



Obs. The two specimens in my possession of this curious species 

 are I believe male and female, as the apical segments of the hind 

 body are rather rnore elongate in one of the individuals than in the 

 other. T.t is possible that when quite fresh the insect may have a 

 few scales sprinkled on the upper snrface. 



Lcucopliolis armata (n. sp.): Picea, nitida, supra squamulis an- 

 gustis jimo-griseis vestita, subtus lateribus dense griseo-squamosis ; tibiis 

 anterioribus bidentatis; mesosterno processu valido , elongato. — Long. 

 40 mill. 



Sarawak. 



Antennae pitchy , the club about as long as the six preceding 

 joints. Head rather coarsely and regularly punctured, clothed with 

 narrow scales of an ochreous or dark colour , the clypeus slightly 

 emarginate in the middle. Thorax with the lateral margins crenu- 

 lated on the anterior half, the hind angles acute, the sides coarsely 

 and very densely punctured, the middle part much more sparingly 

 and finely punctured, the punctures bearing scales similar to those 

 of the head. Elytra rather finely punctured, except near the sides 

 wherc the punctures are a good deal coarser, the scales they bear 

 are ratlier broader than those of the thorax. Pygidium clothed very 

 regularly with dark clay-coloured or tawny seta-like scales so that it 

 is opaque. Hindbody densely clothed with griseous scales, which are 

 more sparing along the middle, the scales are rather fine, and they 

 are not smooth but grooved or fluted. The mesosternal process is 

 MTV stout and reaches over the front coxae. The hind tibiae are 

 slender and scarcoly at all dilated at the apex, their carinae are very 

 obsolete and their spurs rather slender. 



