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Show 84 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON [Feb. 2, HlSPIDiE. PRIONISPA, Chapuis. PRIONISPA PTJLCHRA, n. sp. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) Rufa, supra metallico-viridis, prothorace elytrisque subopacis, rufo-marginatis, grosse punctatis, his tuberculis tribus humeris costatis, et anyulo posteriore spiniformi. Long. millim. Hab. Borneo, Kina Balu (Whitehead). Body beneath and legs red ; head red except the crown ; antennae blackish, their basal joint sometimes wholly red; the front produced and with a carina between the bases of the antennae ; thorax sub-quadrate, coarsely punctured at the sides, obsoletely so in the middle, green above and opaque, red beneath. Elytra with the shoulders elevated, with a double costate elevation in addition to the costate submarginal interstice, and three conical elevations, of which the middle is the larger and which on its exterior side is excavated, and metallic and not green in that part; the spine-like production of the hind angle is large and sharp and compressed horizontally, it is green in the middle but fiery copper at its apex ; the sutural angle is yellow, and the margins of the elytra external to the humeral callus are brownish with a coppery or purple reflexion. The apical margin is not toothed, but there are one or two minute serrations at the base of the spine. Six specimens of this beetle were obtained by Mr. Whitehead at about 1000 feet altitude on Kina Balu. HISPOPRIA, Baly. HlSPOPRIA GRANDIS. Hispopria grandis, Baly, Cat. of Hisp. in Coll. Brit. Mus. 1858, p. 95. Kina Balu (Wliitehead), 2 specimens. ANISODERA (Chevr.), Baly. ANISODERA, sp. n. (a). Kina Balu. A dull red species apparently belonging to Sect. A. b of Baly's Catalogue. The species of Anisodera are so difficult to distinguish, that I do not feel disposed to describe this till I have further acquaintance with them. ANISODERA, sp. n. (b). Kina Balu (Whitehead). A single specimen of a smaller species with black legs a nd antennse, and much rougher elytra and coarsely punctured thorax. EROTYLIDJE. TETRALANGURIA SPLENDENS, Wied. Kina Balu, many examples. |