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beyond the apex of the elytra ; the first two or three joints testaceous 

 the intermediate joints yellowish-white. 

 Long. 10, lat. 4 mm. 



Hob. North Celebes (Fruhstorfer). Two $ $ in 

 Tring Museum ; one $ in coll. Oberthiir. 



Although this species shows a tendency in some of its 

 characters to approach those of the next section, it is 

 strongly marked off from them by the form of the contro- 

 dorsal elevation of the prothorax, and agrees fairly well 

 on the whole with the other species placed in the present 

 section. 



SECTION II. 



Prothorax with a very short blunt tubercle on each side ; the 

 centro-dorsal gibbosity strongly raised, convex, somewhat rounded 

 in outline, prolonged sufficiently in front to interrupt the anterior 

 transverse groove, and impressed on each side anteriorly with a deep 

 horizontally directed pit. Costse of elytra never prominent, and 

 usually almost obsolete. 



5. Astathes gibbicollis. 



Astathes gibbicollis, Thorns., Syst. Ceramb., p. 559. 



Head and prothorax rufo-testaceous ; head punctured strongly 

 and closely in front, less closely on the vertex ; prothorax sparingly 

 punctured, the punctures being most numerous on the dorsal and 

 lateral tubercles. Elytra entirely yellowish-testaceous, somewhat 

 sparsely punctured, with the punctures diminishing in size on the 

 posterior half. Underside and legs testaceous ; with the tibiae 

 dorsally near the apex, the tarsi, and a spot on each side of the 

 metasternum, dark brown. Antennse of the male reaching not quite 

 to the apex of the elytra ; first three joints rufo-testaceous, slightly 

 infuscate, fourth and fifth pale fulvous, last six dark brown. 



Hab. Malacca ; Burma ; and N. India. Type ( $ ) 

 in coll. Oberthur. 



This species has only a superficial resemblance to 

 A. rufescens, Thorns., near which Thomson placed it, and 

 seems to be most nearly allied to the following species. 



7. Astathes dimidiata. 



Tetraopes dimidiata, Gory, in Guerin's Icon, regne anim., 



Ins., p. 244, pi. 45, fig. 3. 

 Tetraophthalmus bipartitus, Buq. (in Dej. Cat.) nee Thorns. 



