PIIVT()PHA(iA KK(»M SUMATRA 489 



Head iiiipuiictate , eyes very large, the space dividing them 

 narrower than their diameter, clypeus broad , forming a single 

 piece, antennae inserted near the upper portion of the eyes, 

 closely approached, pale Havous, two tliirds the length of the 

 elytra, the first joint long, and slender at the base, the second 

 and third joints short, equal, following joints very elongate and 

 slender, thorax twice as l)road as long, the sides perfectly 

 straight, the anterior angles slightly thickened, oljliquely shaped, 

 anterior margin straight, posterior one rounded, the disc finely 

 punctured with a transverse distinct depression , not extending 

 to the sides, elytra distinctly, very closely and irregularly punc- 

 tured, with some finer punctures on the interstices, their epi- 

 pleurae prolonged Ijelow- the middle ])ut narrow except at the 

 base, metatarsus of the posterior legs long, anterior coxal cavities 

 closed. 



Hab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



This is another species of similar uniform coloration as so 

 many other Eastern forms, the comparative large size, shape of 

 the clypeus , straight sides of the thorax and its sulcation will 

 however help to distinguish it; Weise has separated some species 

 with similarly structured head and placed them in his genus 

 Pseudocrania hut the same structure to a slightly less degree 

 is found in (kmdezea taking C. cisleloides^ Har. {occipitalis, Reiche) 

 for the type, so there is nothing to separate these two genera 

 except the state of the anterior coxal cavities which Weise 

 described as "• subobclusa " in Candezea they are certainly closed 

 but there is no certainty in regard to this structure as in some 

 instances one siile may l)e found to be slightly open and the 

 other quite closed (in Ochralea for instance) the insertion of 

 the antennae at the upper portion' of the eyes in opposition to 

 those in Mouolepta {M. pauperaia as type) may still l)e useful in 

 separating Candezea from the last named genus ; Pseudocrania 

 africana, Jac. {nigricornis, Weise) has certainly closed cavities 

 in the specimens 1 have examined, so that the genus cannot be 

 separated from Candezea. The penis in the present insect is 

 short and straight, and gradually narrowed to a point. 



