182 ALLCEOÜROMUS INSIGNIS. 



distinctly curved towards the base, the sutural interstice 

 is more raised than the others, the next is broad at the 

 base, thence gradually narrower and ending before the 

 middle. 



Anterior femora compressed at the sides , with the base 

 curved; tibiae short, straight, a little angularly enlarged 

 at the inside near the middle and provided with a spine- 

 like tuft of hairs , the apex is spinous ; tarsi short , with 

 the 1st joint very narrow at the base, slightly longer than 

 the 2ii'i. Median legs slender , femora club-shaped , tibiae 

 very short , enlarged at the apex , metatarsus longer than 

 the 2"d and 3rd joints taken together. Hind femora long , 

 pedunculato-clavate ; the peduncle is curved and slender, 

 the club is enlarged inwardly , obtusely pointed at the tip 

 and scattered with hairs; the tibiae are very short , reduced 

 to a thick, compressed mass, curved inwardly and spinous 

 at the apex ; the metatarsus is very long , a^ little shorter 

 than the hind femora , stout , broad , provided at the base 

 with an erect lobe, obtusely pointed behind and curved 

 inwardly; deeply and broadly excavate above, the margins 

 are raised, the outer margin is more raised than the inner 

 one, bent inwardly, toothed at its base and separated from 

 the basal lobe by a deep notch ; the internal margin is 

 low at its base, clothed with a yellow pubescence and 

 slightly curved inwardly near the apex ; the 2nd joint of 

 the hind tarsi is compressed, longer than the 3^^ and 

 toothed at the base. 



Body beneath pale brick-coloured , metasternum furrowed 

 in the middle, the two basal segments of the abdomen 

 are convex. 



Cerobates angustipennis, n. sp. 



Elongatus, depressus, brunneo-rufus , nitidus , pedibus 

 dilutioribus , capite basi in medio leviter inciso, angulis 

 posticis subrectis, supra subglabro, minime convexo ; rostri 

 parte basali conica, glabra, baud sulcata, parte antica 

 apici ampliata; antennis subbrevibus, scapo articulis duobus 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, ^Vol. XVI. 



