TELEPHORUS SALEYERI. 251 



NOTE XXVII. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OE THE 

 COLEOPTEROUS GENUS TELEPHORUS 



the Rev. H. S. GORHAM. 



Telephorus saleyeri, sp. n. 



Testaceus , capite , elytrorum margine basali , femorum 

 apice tibiis tarsisque nigris , elytris pilis brevibus nigris 

 undique vestitis. — Long. 12 — 13 millim. cf» 9- 



Mas. segmento sexto fisso , genitalia includente , ungui- 

 bus externis incrassatis , fissis. 



Femina. segmento sexto ventrali nigro , apice biexciso , 

 dorsali nigro , unguibus simplicibus. 



Head black , antennae , mandibles , palpi , gular parts and 

 mouth testaceous; antenuae of moderate length , basal joint 

 moderately stout, the same in both sexes , 21^ joint shorter, 

 the third to eleventh subequal , linear , the apical 3 or 4 

 a little shorter. Thorax transverse , subquadrate , margins 

 little reflexed, shining above. Elytra dull, sordid testa- 

 ceous , slightly infuscate at the apex. The breast with the 

 episterna is grey. The tibiae and tarsi are entirely black, 

 the claws yellow. In the male the upper claws have the 

 anterior lobe thickened and with an inferior thin branch. 

 The soles of the tarsi are clothed with golden pile. 



Four examples (1 <^ , 3 9) ^o^ the island of Saleyer 

 (H. E. D. Engelhard). — This species belongs to the same 

 group as T. viridanus Gorh. and T. pectoraUs Fabr. from Su- 

 matra {Notes Leyden Mus. Vol. IV (1882). p. 105). 



Notes frora tlie Leyden JMuseum, Vol. V. 



