LOVGICORN" COLKOPTRKA FROM Sl'MATRA 9-3 



ECTATINA, jicn. nov. 



Allied to Ectatosia Pasc. but without the charaoti'i-istic elon- 

 gate form of that genus. Aniciuial su})poi'ts ratlier jn-omineiit, 

 sub-approximate: eyes sul)-(li\i(le(l with the lobes of each more or 

 less distant from one auolher; e]»istome concealed. Antennae of (^f 

 a little shorter than tlie Ixxly; I"' joint stout and rather short, 

 3'"'' nuich longer than tlu' \^\ V' e(jual to or l)ut little shorler 

 than tiie 3'"'^ 5**^ short and sometimes tliickened , the remaining: 

 joints gradually diminishing in length. Prothorax gradually and 

 slightly narrowed from base to apex, unarmed, or having at most 

 a small nearly obsolete tubercle, on each side. Elytra sub-j)arallel 

 or gradually widening from the base for about two-thirds of their 

 length, tiien narrowing to the truncate apex. Prosternai process 

 narrow in front, widely expanded behind, and slightly expanded 

 near the middle forming on each side , an angle or lol)e , wliich 

 iits into a depression in the coxa. Acetabula of middle coxae 

 open to the epimera; mesosternmn angulate on each side near 

 tlie apex. Femora stout : middle tibiae notched ; tarsi with the 

 2"'' and o'"'" joints brcjadly dilated; claws sub-divaricate. 



4t. Ectatina, ii-ror«ta, sp. ii. 



Capite pube fulvescente obtecto, fronte dense sat fortiter- 

 que punctata: prothorace fusco cmereoque alter ìiatim vit- 

 tato, el sparslus punctata: elijtris dense fortiterque punc- 

 tatis, pube fulvo-grisea fusco-varia et maculis minutls albo 

 cinereis, adspersis notata, sat dense obtectis ; corpore subtus 

 pedlbusque griseis, tarsis supra fulvo-brunneis ; antennis 

 subtus ciliatis, griseo-brunneis at^ticulo 5" nigro-fusco. 



Long. 12, lat. 3.25 mm. 



Hab. Sumatra: Pangherang-Pisang (Modigliani). One male 

 example. 



Head rather densely covered with tawny pubescence , wliicli 

 is interrupted on the front by some rather strong and tliickly j)laced 

 punctures, and on the vertex l)y some narrow dark l)rown l)ands. 

 Prothorax sparsely punctured, marked alcove with seven cinereous 

 or fulvo-cinereous longitudinal bands alternating with dark brown 



