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Show 102 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON N E W [Mar. 5, body. Antennse half as long as the body, dull black, the basal joints blue-black and (in the female) the first two yellow beneath. Two examples sent me by M. R. Oberthur with the name attached which I have adopted. 15. TELEPHORUS THIBETANUS, sp. nov. Niger, parum nitidus; prothorace flavo, disco late nigro nitido; elytris nitidis, subtiliter subrugose coriaceis, eeneis. Long. 13-14 millim. 6* $. Mas. Unguiculo exteriore pedis anterioris ad basin lobo parvulo disciformi. Fern. Iisdem basi hamato-dentatis. Hab. Thibet, Tatsienlou (F. Biet). Similar in form and build to T. bieti, but smaller and with shining instead of dull elytra, which are also differently coloured. The head is more coarsely punctured and is subrugose in front; the mandibles are black, as are the antennas, only inclining to be pitchy at the apices of some of the basal joints. The thorax is more punctured and its surface more uneven than that of T. bieti, the front angles are rounded off; the lateral margins rather widely, the basal margin narrowly, reflexed. The specimen which I think to be the male has the elytra narrower and more parallel; the antennse are as in T. bieti, about half as long as the body. Two specimens communicated by M . R. Oberthur. 16. TELEPHORUS OBERTHUERI, sp. nov. Niger, parum nitidus; prothorace (macula discoidali excepta), mesosterno, pedibus (tarsis nigris) antennarum articulo pr imo, abdominis limbo laterali et apice flavis; elytris viridi-cceruleis, subnitidis, granuloso-subrugosis. Long. 12 millim. Hab. Thibet, Tatsienlou (F. Biet). Head black, mandibles at their base, and beneath except the cheeks red; crown obsoletely canaliculate, closely and strongly punctured. Thorax as long as wide, with only a few scattered and not deep punctures; disk uneven, reddish yellow with a transverse spot indented in front black, the margins not reflexed, but finely margined behind, as well as the base, the disk tumid and obsoletely canaliculate towards the base. Elytra bluish green, two costse on each are rather distinct, and their surface is rather more coarsely granulose than in T. bieti. Legs red, tarsi black. The inner claw of the anterior pair hamate at their bases. Two specimens (one is imperfect and the tarsi are missing) from M. R. Oberthiir. 17. TELEPHORUS IMPERIALIS, sp. nov. (Plate X. fig. 8.) Nigro-cmruleus, nitidus; prothorace flavo, subquadrato, maculis duabus nigris, antennis subtus et ad apices ochraceis; abdomine nigro, opaco, luteo-limbato ; elytris cceruleis. Long. 20-23 millim. <$ o . Hab. China, Kiukiang (Pratt). |
