4^1 e» MARTIN JAioin 



Allied in c(jlor;ition to S. hij)/agi/i/(i, Jac. tVuiii jjiiniiah. ])ut 

 tlic thorax with more strong-ly rounded sides and angles, the 

 surface not wrinkled, the punctuation of the elytra stronger and 

 their suturai and lateral margins not black. I give here the 

 descri})tic)n of another similarly marked species from Java. 



89. Sphaeroderma javanensis, n. sp. — Testaceous, antennae 

 l)lack, the apical two joints fulvous, thorax and elytra very 

 minutely punctured, the latter with a large central black spot, 

 legs more or less black. 



Length !2 V2 bries. 



Much larger than the preceding species and of more ovate 

 shape, the head impunctate, the frontal elevations broadly sub- 

 quadrate, distinct, clypeus very broad and flattened, extending 

 upwards between the tuliercles and widely se})arating them, its 

 anterior margin straight, a})ex of mandibles black, palpi robust, 

 black, their apical joint conical, thorax three times l)roadpr than 

 long, of nearly equal width, the sides nearly straight, but slightly 

 narrowed anteriorly, the anterior angles obli(|uely thi(d<ened. the 

 median lobe only slightly produced, the sides with an oblique 

 depression near the posterior angles , the surface with some 

 extremely line punctures, only visible under a strong, magnifying 

 power, scutellum rather l)road, triangular, elytra widened below 

 the middle , moderately convex , their surface more distinctly 

 punctured than the thorax, irregularly arranged, the sides and 

 apex nearly im))unctate , the middle with a large round l)lack 

 ^pot, elytral ejùjìleurae lìroad and Hat, the base of the femora 

 and the tibiae and tarsi l)lack, ti])iae not chanelled, the first 

 joint of the posterior tarsi elongate, longer than the following 

 two joints together, prosternum slightly longer than broad, me- 

 sosternum short. 



Hab. Java (my collection). 



This species differs in structural details entirely from the 

 preceding one and would perhaps justify the erection of another 

 genus, l)ut at {)reseiit more material is needed for the proper 

 classification of these variable Ihillividdc before a proper definition 

 can Ije arrived at. 



