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Show 1889.] ON N E W COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FROM KINIBALU. 383 6. On new Genera and Species of Coleopterous Insects from Mount Kinibalu, North Borneo. By H. W . BATES, F.R.S., F.Z.S. [Eeceived June 18,1889.] The following descriptions contain the results of the examination a portion only of the collection of Coleoptera made by Mr. J. Whitehead during his recent visit to Kinibalu, undertaken, as is well known, chiefly for the purpose of investigating the ornithologv of the district. The Coleoptera comprise an unusual proportion of new and remarkable forms. The whole series has passed into the rich collection of M r. Alexander Fry. Fam. CICINDELIDEE. THERATES WHITEHEADI. Th. spectabili (Schaum) similis et affinis, sed differt, inter alia, oculorum pedunculis fere verticalibus frontecpie angustiore. E majoribus, nigro-viridis, elytris viridioribus: thorace angusto, lateribus medio minime rotundatis : elytris apice longe spinosis, spinis divaricatis et oblique elevatis, margine exteriore versus spinam continue nee emarginato, angulo suturali distincto etsi rotundato, deinde margine usque ad spinee basin minus obliquo : dorso sicut in Th. spectabili multituberoso, vittula humerali calloque obliquo discoidali albo-testaceis : pedibus nigris, coxis femoribusque basi et subtus albo-testaceis: abdominis margine et apice rufo-testaceis. Labrum margine antice 3 8-, 2 6-den-ticulatum. Long. 16 millim. This beautiful species differs from Th. spectabilis (Schaum) and princeps (Bates) in the more vertically elevated peduncles of the eyes, which position perceptibly narrows and deepens the forehead between them. It also differs in the outline of the apical margin of the elytra, the suture forming a distinct though rounded angle, whence to the base of the spine the apical margin is not continuous with the spine, as it is very nearly in the two other species. The inequalities of the surface are the same in all-the common basal elevation being quadrate and plane above, tuberculated on its margins, and the disk having a rounded tubercle before and an oblique elongated callus behind the middle. Mr. Whitehead obtained also examples of the following species of Cicindelidse:-Cicindela crespignyi (Bates, since redescribed as C. borneeana, Dokhtouroff)in a distinct colour variety,the broad orange-coloured belt and stripe of the type-form (from near Labuan) being replaced by white; the rare Heptadouta tricondyldides (Gestro) ; Therates punctipennis (Bates), many examples, all alike in the uniform pale colour of the elytra, but still little more than a colour variety of T. schaumi (Chaud.) ; and Tricondyla beccarii (Gestro). |
