152 PANOMOEA SUMATRENSIS. 



NOTE VUL 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY 



ENDOMYCHIDAE. 



DESCRIBED BY 



the Rev. H. S. GORHAM. 



P a n om (V a suTnatrensis, n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida, prothoracis lateribus elytrisque testaceis, 

 glabris. — Long. T^/g millim. 



Hab. East Sumatra: Deli (J. A. N. Schagen van 

 Leeuwen). 



Size and form of P. pardalina, but at once separated 

 from any known species of this genus by its quite im- 

 maculate elytra, and black body, legs, head and antennae. 

 The mouth and its trophi are pitchy , as are the anterior 

 coxae and the front of the raetasternum. The underside is 

 densely and finely punctured , each ventral segment is how- 

 ever smooth at its base. The elytra appear quite smooth , 

 but under a strong lens are seen to be covered with 

 small and quite distinct punctures , and they are slightly 

 darker in colour along the suture. 



I have only seen one example of this species. — Su- 

 matra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and Ceylon have 

 each now a species known to inhabit them , and Frivaldsky 

 has described one from the Malayan peninsular which also 

 seems to be in Borneo. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. X. 



