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Show 156 MR. H. W. BATES ON COLEOPTERA [Feb. 20, Fam. BRENTHID^E. ECTOCEMUS RUFICAUDA, n. sp. (Plate XXV. fig. 5.) 8 . Niger, nitidus, subtus (prosterni lateribus exceptis) antennis et pedibus castaneo-rufis, elytris maculis vitteefomabus utrinque quinque apiceque late castaneo-fulvis; rostro opaco, supra sulcato, parte basali cylindrica asperiter granulosa, parte anteriore medio fortiter constricta, apice triangulari, marginibus reflexis serratis ; antennis omnino strigosis. Long. 1 7 lin. This species so nearly resembles E. pterygorhinus (Gestro) ot Cape York, Australia, that I have some hesitation in describing it as distinct. The differentiating characters, however, seem to be of the same kind and degree as those which suffice to distinguish most other species of the group. The most conspicuous points of difference reside in the elytral markings, the linear pale spots in the present species consisting of (1) on the second interstice a longer line at the base and a shorter one towards the apex, (2) on the third interstice a line of moderate length exactly in the middle, (3) on the fifth a very short line considerably behind the middle, and (4) on the seventh a short line not far behind the shoulder. Besides these pale marks, the whole of the apex of the elytra is reddish, a feature which I do not observe in the characters of any other described species. ORYCHODES, sp. CEOCEPHALUS, sp. BRENTHUS, sp. Fam. LONGICORNIA. XIXUTHRUS MICROCERUS. Macrotoma microcera, White, Cat. Long. Col. Brit. Mus. i. p. 40. Three examples. The species is generally distributed throughout the Moluccas. Mr. Wallace met with it at Kei, Morty, Mysol, Bouru, Amboyna, Batchian, Celebes, Ternate and New Guinea (Dorey). It has also been recorded from Java. ARCHETYPUS FULVIPENNIS, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. ser. 2 p. 15; id. ib. iii. ser. 3, p. 672. One example, 8 • Found also by Mr. Wallace in Aru Island, Bouru, Waigiou, Dorey, and New Guinea. NEOCERAMBYX AURIFABER. Hammaticherus aurifaber, White, Cat. Long. Col. Brit. Mus. i p. 128. Several specimens. A widely distributed species in the Eastern archipelago. CERESIUM SIMPLEX, Gyll. in Schonh. Syn. Ins. App. i. 3, p. 178. Two specimens. A very widely distributed species throughout |