290 



Heud eloiigale. impiiiu-late. IVontal clevaüoiis transveibO. 

 auleiinac exteiidiny to Ihe iiiiddle of llie elytra. bla(d<. tlic lowcr 

 threc or foiir joints Tidvous. secnnd Joint vevv small. Ihird as 

 long as tlie tirst, tlie l'ollowing joints slightly shorter, gradually 

 thickened, terminal Joint mach longer than broad, thickened hid 

 pointed; tliorax subquadrate; scarcely broader than long. Ihe 

 surface inipunclate. l'uhous, bilbveolate. seutelliim broad. pale 

 l'nlvoiis. elvtra vatlier tlattened. not depressed below the base. 

 comparatively strongly and closely piinctured, the pinictiuilion 

 rather tiner towards the apex. below and tli2 legs blaek, the 

 abdonien tinely pubescent, the base of the l'emora (lavous. penis 

 verv Short and broad, its apex broadly roiinded. 



Soekaranda. 



Of this species there are apparently only male speeimcns 

 before nie whieh resemble in the slructure ol' Ihe anlennae and 

 in general coloration P. apicalis Baly: bat in Ihat species the 

 last Iwo joints of the antennae as well as the scutellum are black, 

 only the elytra are less strongly punctured and the posterior 

 tibiae have a styliibrm jjroeess whieh is absent in the present inseet. 



Platyxantha sumatrana sp. n. (Fig. 9). 



Reddisli fulvons. the antennae and legs flavous, thorax im- 

 punetate, bilbveolate. elytra tinely and sparingly punctured, mIUi 

 a slight purplish gloss. 



Mas. The intei-mediate joints of the antennae triangularly 

 dilated, tbe terminal two joints slender, the posterior tibiae with 

 a Short styliibrm process. 



Length 8 mill. 



Head prodiiced, fulvous, impunctate. acutely ridged between 

 the antennae, labrum and palpi tlavous, antennae nearly extending 

 to the cnd of the elytra in the male, shorter in the female. 

 flavous, the basal Joint curved, the second very small. moniliform, 

 the third and fourth elongate, equal. thickened at the apex.' the. 

 following joints strongly triangularly dilated, the apex of each 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1899. 



