374 



extendiiig to the speit, Subineutiim very closelj and very coarsely 



Length 16 ^ lines. 

 Hob, Mant. 



Ceraubvccd^. 



PACHTDISeOS HOLOBEIUCKUB, F&hl. 



Occurs in many of the neighbouring islftiids. 

 J Ink Maru. 



DlATOMOCEPHALA BACHYMEKl'M, PaSCOe. 



The epcdmcne of this sp43cies in the British Museum are from Celebes 

 and Waigiou. 

 JJitb. Larat. 



Tmesisteenus olavcus, Pascoe? 



I am not sure of the identity of Mr. Forbes's epecimen with the species 

 described by Mr, Pascoe, It has more yellow colour ou the abdomen. 

 i/t/A. Mam. 



PKLAjiGODEiiug RU60STJS, Waterliouse, P. Z. S. loc. enp. cit. 



Nearly black; head coarsely rugose, with sandy yellow pubescence 

 round and beneath the ©yee. Basal joint of the antenna very rugose, 

 not nmch narrowed at its base. Thorax rugose, rather dull, with 

 scarcely any trace of lateral spine, eimringly puliescent : the pul>eacenoe 

 forming a narrow sandy line on each side of the nn'ddJe. Elytra with 

 the basal half rather strongly punctured, those at the base generally 

 mflrked by a shining grannie ; the posterior half is more closely and 

 more rugupcly ]mnctured. The basal half and the side^ are rather 

 clostOy marked vdVa. irregular small spots of sandy piiVwscencCj but at 

 aViont one (juftrier from the base there is near the suture an oblique bare 

 patch. A litUe Ix^hind the middle there is a rather large oblique bare 

 patch , which extends from the side to the sutiire ; and l>ebind this there 

 18 a patch of pule sandy pubescence, not quite toucliing the side^ but 

 rCTching the suture and the apex. The apex of each elytron is obliquely 

 truncate, the outer angle obtuse. 



Length 18 lines. 



Ilfth Larat 



This species is very close to I\ amtmm'fi, Tli.» but is more robust, much 

 more rugosely sculptured on the head and thorax \ and the basal joint of 

 tlio antcnuffi is Itss narrowed at the base and more rugase. 



Nemophas fokbesi, Waterhouee. P. Z. S, loc. sup. cit PL XVI. 

 Fig. 5. 



Black, with the elytra bright steel-blue ; the thorns entirely clothed 

 with sandy yellow pjlc ; the eljtra with numerous more or lees inter- 

 rupted iMinds of reddish oehreouE pubescence. 



Length 17-20 lines. 



This species is close to X grayit\ Pasc«e, but has no trace of blue 

 colour in the head and antenm©. The thorax is entirely covered wiib tlie 

 yellow pile, with no black at the base. The bands of the elytra are 

 more numerous, generaHy al»out seven, and these are more irregular. 

 And lastly, the htcnm, cpimera, and the basal segments of the abdomen 

 are more or less clothed with reddish pubeBcence. 



Jink MiWQ and Larat 



Batocera Kunrs, Fabr., var. ? 



The sjMxM'iJien from Lanit is a little larger than //. i nhf^ usually is, 

 and has Iht sculelltun eiotht'd wilh fuIvouK instead of white pul't'sccnfe. 



