30ä 



the siifl'ace vcmt linely piuictiired; elvlra punclured like tlie 

 tliorax, the entire anterior lialT oecupied by a broad whitish band 

 siirrounding llie seutelluni and not extending to tlie lateral niar- 

 gins. leaving a narrow sutnral space of the blaek ground eoloiir. 



Hab. Soekaranda. 



The above difTerences will at onee distingiiish Ibis spccies 

 froni C c-albfim, the sutnral fovea is also less deep. C. dis- 

 coidalis Jao. IVom Perak again resenibles the prcsent insect biit 

 is generally lai-gcr and lias the apical joinls ol' the :»nlennac 

 ilavous and the apex ot" the el\tra rnlvons. 



Candezea laticornis sp. n. 



lllaek. the lliorax. abdomen and the iemora tiavous. elytra 

 extreniely niinulely and elosely pnnotured. blaek, a transverse 

 band at the niiddlc pale tlavons; antennae ^ilb (he iulei'inediate 

 'joinls widened and pubesccnt. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head blaek, impunetate. deeply transversely grooved between 

 the eyes. the latter vcry large. antennae blaek, the second and 

 ihird Joints small. the fourth and follo\ving joinls rather w idened, 

 pubeseent, thorax abont one half bioader tlian long, its sldes 

 siraight at the base, f'eebly rounded befoie the middle, Ihe diso 

 impunetate. flavous. elytra wider at the base than the thorax, 

 blaek. very elosely and tinely punctured, the middle with a rather 

 l)road transverse yellowish-white band not quite extending to 

 the lateral margins and of somewhat variable width, elytral 

 epipleurae continued below the middle, the abdomen and the 

 l'emora tiavous, Ihe tibiae and tarsi blaek. the metatarsus of the 

 posterior legs very elongate. 



Soekaranda, also Java, Borneo and Perak (my eolleetion). 



From all nearly similarly coloured species of the genus 

 and f)\' Monolepta the present (»ne may be known by the structure 

 and the pubescence of the antennae which somewhat resemble 

 those of the genus Arcastea: the present sj)eeies poss(^sses how^ver 



SIeU. cntoiiiol. Zeit. 1809. 



