158 ERYTHRUS ROTHSCHILDI. 



together, the 4th joint is the shortest of all, except the 

 2nd , the 5th distinctly longer , the 6th somewhat longer 

 than the 5th, the following ones subequal in length to the 

 6th; joints 5 to 10 dilated on their outer side and ser- 

 rated, the 11th appendiculate and distinctly longer than 

 the 10th. 



The prothorax strongly narrowing in curved lines towards 

 the front margin which is straight, turned upwards, and 

 preceded by a narrow furrow ; the base is constricted and 

 faintly bisinuate; in front of the middle of the base, be- 

 tween and immediately behind the nipple-shaped tubercles, 

 the disk is distinctly raised , the top of the elevation nitid, 

 sparsely punctured ; the pronotum is covered with indistinct 

 curved wrinkles or scratches. The scutellum is broadly 

 heart-shaped. 



The elytra are strongly rounded at the shoulders, broadly 

 rounded posteriorly and strongly spined at the suture; the 

 sides are straight and nearly parallel; the elytra are den- 

 sely punctured throughout and each of them shows two 

 very distinct parallel costae , one along the middle , the 

 other midway between this and the suture ; these costae 

 join the suture separately at some distance from the apex; 

 on the outer half two almost inconspicuous costae are pre- 

 sent which are evanescent anteriorly and posteriorly. 



The under surface of thé head and the prosternum are 

 transversely wrinkled, and the metasternum shows an im- 

 pressed line along the middle; the abdomen is broad, paral- 

 lel-sided, and suddenly truncate at the apex; the apical 

 margin densely fringed with black hairs. The legs are short, 

 the tibiae of the middle- and hind legs shorter than the 

 femora ; they are finely and densely punctured , and the 

 under side of the femora is separated from the sides by a 

 raised smooth line ; the under side of the anterior femora 

 is covered with a grey, that of the intermediate and pos- 

 terior femora with a black pubescence. 



One female example from Sukabumi (West Java) in the 

 collections of the Tring Museum. — I have much pleasure 



Notes from tlae ILjeyden ÜMnseum, Vol. X.VI. 



