54 MARTIN JACOBY 



Var. elytra entirely testaceous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head impunctate , transversely gi'ooved between the eyes ; 

 frontal tubercles flattened, scarcely raised and contiguous with 

 the clypeus; penultimate joint of palpi incrassate, terminal one, 

 acute; antennae scarcely extending to half the length of the 

 body, slender, third and following joints equal, double the 

 length of the second; the four basal and three terminal joints 

 testaceous, the others obscure piceous; thorax transversely con- 

 vex , anterior margin nearly straight , posterior one , sinuate ; 

 sides rounded; the posterior angles acute, the anterior ones thi- 

 ckened; surface rather convex impunctate, bounded near the 

 posterior angles by a more or less distinct oblique groove ; scu- 

 tellum triangular; elytra convex, the apex somewhat pointed, 

 extremely finely and closely punctured, the lateral margin im- 

 pressed with a row of distant but rather deep punctures; elytral 

 epipleurae broadly concave; prosternum rather broad, slightly 

 dilated posteriorly; posterior femora strongly incrassate; posterior 

 first tarsal joint nearly as long as the following joints together; 

 claws appendiculate. 



Celebes, Kandari , March (0. Beccari). 



In shape, the present species resembles several other eastern 

 forms descriljed by M,^ Baly as S. viridipennis, nigripennis and 

 others, and although not of tliat rounded convex appearance as 

 is generally associated with Sphaeroderma the structural cliarac- 

 ters agree entirely with this genus. 



48. Splxaerocleriiiti apieipouiii^, Bai.y. 



.Tava, Tcibodas, October (0. Beccari). 



The type of this species from Borneo I have before me for 

 examination and find it to agree very nearly with the Javan 

 specimens. The latter vary however in size and to some extend 

 in colour, the thorax in some specimens having the disk more 

 or less piceous ; the antennae have the four first joints testaceous, 

 in the type this colour extends to the fifth joint; other diffe- 



