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The female has only the slightest vestiges of spines on the 

 elytra. A nearly allied species from Aru is without the raised 

 lines on the alternate interstices. 



Ottistira bicornis. 0. picea, dense griseo-squamosa, fusco nebu- 

 losa ; rostro longiore ; antennis subtestaceis ; clava fusca, griseo- 

 tomentosa, raodice elongata; prothorace latitudine paulo longiore, 

 utrinque pone medinvn paulo incurvato, sat confertira punctata, dorso 

 subbivittato ; elytris magis ampliatis, humeris obliquis, fortiter striato- 

 punctatis, punctis approximatis, postice spinis duabus validis obliquis 

 armatis ; interstitiis tertio postice, quinto septiraoque basi elevatis ; 

 pedibus anticis majusculis ; tibiis anticis validis, arcuatis, intus basin 

 versus longe pilosis, tibiis intermediis breviusculis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab, New Guinea. 



I have only a single example of this species, which is very di- 

 stinct from the preceding, having proportionally a larger prothorax, 

 more closely punctured elytra, and very strong fore legs. 



Ottistira planidorsis. O. ovata, subtestacea, squamis griseis 

 fuscisque dense tecta ; capite inter oculos ad basin rostri breviter cana- 

 licular ; antennis testaceis, apicem versus infuscatis ; articulis ultirais 

 funiculi transversim subturbinatis ; clava ovali, vix elongata; pro- 

 thorace sat remote punctato, fusco bivittato ; elytris dorso planatis* 

 fortiter sulcato-punctatis, punctis reraotis, interstitio quinto postice 

 sensim elevato, apice rotundatis ; corpore infra minus squamoso ; 

 tibiis arcuatis, posticis rectis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Batchian; Amboyna. 



"Well differentiated by the flatness of the elytra above, which is 

 limited on each side by the elevated fifth interstice. 



Ottistira ocularis. O. ovata, picea, squamis griseis fuscescenti- 

 busque tecta ; capite rostroque angustioribus, hoc haud sulcato ; 

 oculis autice approximatis ; antennis testaceis ; clava sat breviter 

 ovali ; prothorace latitudine longitudini sequali, sat leviter punctato ; 

 elytris anguste subcordatis, sulcato-punctatis, punctis linearibus, in- 

 terstitiis modice convexis ; tibiis anticis et intermediis arcuatis, posticis 

 intus flexuosis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. Singapore. 



The eyes are larger in this species, and only separated in front 

 by a comparatively narrow space. 



Ottistira pulchella. 0. ovata, picea, squamis flavo-virentibus 

 fuscescenti figuratis tecta ; capite rostroque brevibus ; oculis laterali- 

 bus ; antennis fulvo- testaceis ; funiculo breviusculo ; clava breviter 

 ovata; prothorace parum transverso, apice quam basi paulo angus- 

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