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the median joint broader than loner, slightly obconical , 

 the 9th and lO^'i larger, almost rounded, the apical joint 

 shorter than the two preceding ones taken together , ovato- 

 conical. 



Prothorax ovate-oblong , nearly as long as the rostrum, 

 rounded at the sides posteriorly, the base has a raised 

 margin ; furrowed above , irregularly punctured , the punc- 

 tures and the furrow slightly scaled. 



Elytra nearly as long as twice the prothorax and of 

 the same width as that, slightly emarginate at the base 

 with the external angles moderately callous , parallel at 

 the sides, narrower at the apical declivity, the external 

 angles of the apex rounded , the sutural angle very slightly 

 prominent; subclathrate above, foveato-sulcate towards the 

 lateral margin , the l^t furrow along the suture impunctate , 

 the interstices finely punctured. 



Legs moderately short, regular; body beneath chestnut 

 or black, shining; rostrum keeled in the middle, furrowed 

 and scaled at the sides of the keel; metasternum and ab- 

 domen very finely punctured , the punctures sometimes 

 scaled, the metasternum is slightly impressed, the abdo- 

 men convex , the suture between the two basal segments 

 is invisible in the middle. 



Amorphocephalus sumatranus , n. sp. 



(f. Sat elongatus et robustus, brunneo-fuscus, nitidus; capite 

 brevi , transverso , valde excavato , oculis flavis ; rostro basi 

 itidem excavato , ad latera appendicibus semiglobosis , supra 

 deplanatis leviterque impressis munito, postea erecto, ro- 

 tundato , medio elevato , antice et postice impresso ; parte 

 apicali sublonga, primum angustata, deinde subrotundato- 

 ampliata, in medio sulcata, marginibus sulci carinatis ; 

 antennis robustis , articulis perfoliatis , 4° —8° rectangula- 

 ribus, latioribus quam longioribus, 9° et 10° majoribus, 

 hand quadratis , apicali elongate , subcylindrico apiceque 

 acuminate; prothorace medium versus modice ampliato, 

 supra fere laevi , nitido; elytris sat elongatis, a medio 

 r^otes from tlie Leyden Museuin, "Vol. XVI. 



