40 ' MARTIN JACOBY 



Amongst the genera with closed anterior coxal cavities , tlie 

 present one would perhaps best be placc^d near Arsipoda (the 

 Q} group of Chapuis) ; from this and tlic other allied genera 

 the present may be at once separated by the broadly ovate and 

 dilated general shape, the rounded sides of the thorax, extremely 

 broad elytral opipleurae and the short joints of the antennae ; 

 the thorax is also devoid of any longitudinal or transverse grooves. 



26. Erystus cele^beiisis, n. sp. 



Testaceous; apical joints of the elytra stained with fuscous; 

 head impunctate; thorax scarcely visibly punctured; elytra finely 

 punctate-striate their interstices longitudinally costate. 



Length 2 lines. 



Plead impunctate , the frontal tubercles almost entirely absent ; 

 episteme forming a single piece with the front; clypeus obsolete; 

 terminal joint of the palpi slender and acutely pointed; antennae 

 not extendino; much bevond the base of the thorax, the seven 

 lower joints testaceous, the rest stained with fuscous at the 

 apex of the joints; third joint not more than half as long as 

 the preceeding; the following joints of equal length, thickened 

 from base to apex, terminal one with a short appendix; thorax 

 three times as broad as long, the anterior margin straight at 

 the middle, posterior one rounded and slightly sinuate at each 

 side ; the lateral margin strongly rounded ; anterior angles flat- 

 tened and slightly produced outwards , surface extremely finely 

 punctured when seen under a strong lens; elytra broadly di- 

 lated towards the middle, each elytron with ten row^s of punc- 

 tures (the first row short) the interstices longitudinally costate, 

 except at the extreme apex which is smooth; epipleurae very 

 broad and deeply concave; first abdominal segment double as 

 long as the following. Colour of the upper and underside as 

 well as legs testaceous , shining; five specimens were obtained. 



Celebes, Macassar, January (0. Beccari). 



