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Show 1893.] BEETLES OF THE FAMILY CLERID.E. 579 suddenly contracted, with a double fossa in each lobe ; the more distinctly punctured, but the punctures often confluent transversely, no trace of a pale mark, and their tips smooth ; the legs more widely black and the tarsi brown. One specimen. NEOHYDNUS CINERASCENS, n. sp. Niger, subnit'idus ; tibiarum apicibus tarsisque testaceis palpisque brunneis; prothorace postice angustato, antice, profunde, constricto, basi transversim impresso, disco punctato; elgtris crebre, distincte, confluenter punctatis, cinerea e pube formata haud bene discreta. Long. 3-4 millim. Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Bohertg). The thorax in this species is rather longer than in N. basalis and with the head is more shining; it shows evident but very obsolete traces of punctuation. The sides are not clearly lobed ; they have indistinct oblique impressions, but these and the constricted lines are not well defined. The hairs composing the fascia on the elytra are so small as not easily to be seen separately, but are very bright and reflect silvery light (reminding one of the fascia in Clerus mollisfascia and some South-American Hydnoceras). A small series of specimens were obtained. NEOHYDNUS LUGUBRIS, n. sp. Niger, nitidus; antennarum articulis duobus primis, tibiarum apicibus intermediis et p>°sticis testaceis; prothorace contracto, lobis latercdibus impressis, disco nitido ; distincte punctatis. Long. 4*5 millim. Hab. Manipur (Boherty). Very nearly the same size and form as N. cinerascens ; black, with the exception of the two basal joints of the antennae and the other parts of the mouth, which are, however, obscure, and the tips of the four hinder tibiae; the tarsi are obscurely pallid. . In one specimen there is on each elytron near the apex a depressed flat oval areolet, which seems to be clothed with brown hairs : I am not able to say whether this may not be an accidental character; I do not think it is sexual. NEOHYDNUS SORDIDUS, n. sp. Piceo-brunneus vel piceus; ore, palpis, pedibus elytrorumque plagia communi suturali testaceis. Long. 4-5 millim. Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Bohertg). This is evidently a variable species in colour ; in all the examples I have seen the elytra are brownish yellow along the suture, this colour widening out at the base, and at the apex shading off into the blacker tint of the margins. The thorax, puncturing, and other characters are generally those of N. cinercccens. |