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DEMONAX VENTRALIS, sp. nov. 
Black ; the head and prothorax covered with grey pubescence, but 
with two spots or a transverse band on the dise of the prothorax, 
dark-brown or black: elytra with four transverse ashy-grey bands, the 
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with a aber long spine at the apex, the four th shorter deir the third. 
Prothorax ovate-cylindrical. First t joi oint of the hind tarsus twice as 
long as the remaining joints together. 
Thi ies is extremely like D. tipularius, Pasc., in form, colour and 
markings, presenting a difference, however, in thecolour of the a domen, 
the first two segments being ashy-grey in sharp contrast with the dark- 
brown е the last three segments. The chief difference is in the lengt 
of the antennæ, these being one-third longer than the body in the male 
of tipularius and a little longer than-the body i in the female. 
Length 8-10 millim. 
HasrrAT.—Perak (Doherty); Selangor: Kuala Lumpur (Н. С. 
Robinson), and Borneo (Wallace). 
POLYPHIDA MODESTA, єр. nov. 
(Pl. VI. Fig. 6.) 
Head and prothorax black, with a rather dense covering of silver- 
grey pubescence ; oon ax with a very narrow giebt барјак band 
along the middle not quite reaching to the apex; elytra 
metallic-green, becoming steel-blue in places, rather faintly ‘ayer 
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black, faintly veiled with grey pubescence, "the middle and 
femora testaceous at the base. Antenne black or dark-brown, with 
the seventh and eighth joints, to а greater or less ruin. and some of the 
other joints, at the base, testaceou ertex of hea rig sides of 
prothorax marked with a few sparse seins Elytra st ec je - 
not аб. densely, punctured in more or less definite longitudinal r 
ies is allied to P. few, Gahan, from Burma, but differs 
from * ken from other species of the genus in having no transverse 
or spots on the elytra, each of these showing only a single 
longitudinal band of golden pubescence. 
Length 9-11.5 millim. 
Hasrrat.—Selangor: Bukit Kutu, 3,500 ft. (Н. C. Robinson), 
Perak (Doherty), and Borneo : Kuching (Shelford). 
MIMISTENA BIPLAGIATA, sp, nov. 
(PL VL Jg. I) 
FEMALE.--Black and glossy: the elytra slightly tinged with metal- 
lic-green ; and marked each with an elongate spot of а yellowish-white 
