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Show 1889.] INSECTS FROM MOUNT KINIBALU. 385 valde curvatis, ibique interstitio 5° fovea magna oblonga. Tarsi subtus dense pilosi, articulo 4" (sicut in Euplyni) longe bilobato. Long. 8 millim. This interesting species has also been met with in Sumatra by Dr. Beccari. D I N O P E L M A , nov. gen. Genus anomalum, facie Platyni vel Colpodis sed tarsis sicut in Hexagonia; subfam. Ctenodactylinse referendum. Caput sub-ovatum, post oculos rectilineatim oblique angustatum, foveis frontalibus maximis fundo incequalibus, collo sat angusto supra transverse depresso; mandibula elongata sat recta robusta ; maxillee (?); mentum medio late obtuse dentatum, lobis latis extus et apice rotundatis; ligula cornea, antice lata Integra bisetosa, paraglossis tenuibus liberis ; palpi (desunt) ; labrum recte truncatum. Antennce mediocres, articulis 3°-10m sub eequalibus, 1°-3'" et 4tl basi glabris. Thorax capite multo latior, quadratus, angulis anticis obtusissimis posticis rectis, luteribus explanato-refiexis, ante medium perparum rotundatis et postice leviter sinuatis. Elytra thorace plusquam duplo latiora, oblongo-ovata, basi utrinque emarginata, humeris acutis et mox pone humeros rotundato-dilatatis deinde margine sat explanato, prope apicem valde emarginato, ibique epipleuris margine inferiore sicut in Pterostichinse, Ctenodactylinse et Hexagoniinse interrupta. Tibiee pluricarinatee. Tarsi breves, maxime dila-tati, subtus dense breviter pilosi, articulo \mo magno triangulari angulis rotundatis, 2nd" breviore, paullo latiore angulis acutis, 3*° multo angustiore, brevissimo, 4'° iterum latiore, triangulari haud bilobato. Ungues simplices. Metathoracis episterna elongata, angusta. DINOPELMA PLANTIGRADUM. Nigrum politissimum, elytris vix eenescentibus ; capite Icevi, episto-mate 4-foveato; thorace impunctato, foveis basalibus prope angulos posticos latis sat profundis, sulculo abbreviato intra marginem lateralem; elytris paullo convexis, striis acutis et crenulatis utrinque novem cequaliter distantibus et impressis, interstitiis planis, 3W tripunctato, striola scutellari mediocriter elongata. Long. 12 millim. One example, apparently a female. The form of the tarsi, and especially the dilated and entire fourth joint, resembles still more closely that of the genus Calopheena ; and in spite of the latter belonging to the Truncatipennes division of the Carabidse, there may be a real affinity between the two genera. Fam. CETONIIDEE. P R I G E N I A VIRIDIAURATA. 2 . Quoad formam P. vollenhoveni (Mohn.) simillima, differt colore supra et subtus viridi-aurato, tibiis tarsisque igneo-cupreis sat nitida, supra glabra, capite grossissime crebre punctato, vertice |