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versim sulcato, Isevi, ad latera minute punctato ; elytris late oblongo- 

 ovatis, postice ampliatis, convexis, infra basin transversim excavatis, 

 minute punctatis, limbo externo reflexo. Long. 4-5^ lin. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali trilobato, lobo intermedio quadrato, 

 longitudinaliter sulcato. 



Fcem. Abdominis segmento anali apiee obtuso 5 pygidii apiee leviter 

 emarginato. 



Hah. Ceram ; Macassar; Celebes ; Gilolo ; Batchian {Wallace). 



Antennae filiform, nearly equal to the body in leugtli in both 

 sexes ; labrum concolorous witb the upper face. Thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long ; sides obtusely rounded, the hinder angle 

 obsolete, the anterior one very minute ; lateral margin more 

 broadly reflexed than in most species of the genus ; disk smooth, 

 very minutely punctured on the sides, transverse sulcati on nearly 

 straight. Elytra broadly oblong-ovate, dilated posteriorly, con- 

 vex, transversely excavated below the basilar space, minutely 

 punctured ; outer limb rather broadly dilated and reflexed for 

 nearly its whole extent. 



This species is closely allied to A. rosea, Fabr. : both insects 

 closely agree in the form of the thorax and in all other struc- 

 tural characters ; but the present one is distinctly broader in form 

 and its elytra are (the extreme basal margin excepted) unicolorous. 



8. AuLACOPHOEA EOSEA, Fah7\ Si/st. El. i. p. 479. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, rufo fulva aut rufa, nitida, tibiis tar- 

 sisque nigris, antennis flavis, articulo primo ssepe rufo ; thorace sat 

 profunde transversim sulcato ; lateribus obtuse rotundatis, reflexis ; 

 elytris infra basin transversim depressis, nigris, apiee plus minusve 

 rufis. Long. 3^-6 lin. 



Mas. Abdominis segmenti analis lobo intermedio late oblongo, longitu- 

 dinaliter sulcato. 



Foem. Abdominis segmento anali integro. 



Hah. Sumatra ; Java ; Philippine Islands ; Malacca. 



This species so closely resembles A. lata in the form of its 

 thorax and in other structural characters, that I do not give a 

 detailed description ; it is separated by its less broadly ovate 

 form and by the rufous apex of its elytra. The rufous colora- 

 tion of the apex of the elytra extends upwards to a greater or 

 smaller extent over the disk. A. albicornis, Chapuis, is apparently 

 identical with the present insect ; at any rate, 1 cannot separate 

 it on the slight diagnosis given by the author. 



