ENDELUS WEYERSI. 175 



NOTE XV. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE BÜPRESTID 

 GENUS ENDELUS, H. DEYR. 



BY 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Mr. J. L. Weyers , the Belgian engineer , has sent me 

 among other very interesting micro-coleoptera , all captu- 

 red at his residence Tambang-Salida , situated at a distance 

 of about 12 kilometres from Painan (Padang: West Su- 

 matra) in the interior , four species of Buprestids , three 

 of which were well known to me , viz. : Endelus aethiops 

 H. Deyr. , Endelus Snellemanni Rits. and Trachys lepido- 

 ptera H. Deyr. ^). Of the fourth , which also belongs to the 

 genus Endelus, I have failed to find any description, and 

 I believe it therefore to be new. It has been found by 

 Mr. Weyers, together with E. Snellemanni Rits. and em- 

 pyreus H. Deyr. (of the latter I did not receive specimens) , 

 feeding on a species of fern ; E. aethiops H. Deyr. likewise 

 on a fern but of another genus , Trachys lepidoptera H. 

 Deyr. however on a small plant of the family of the Me- 

 lastomaceae. I make mention here of these observations as 

 I believe such notices to be of scientific interest. 



I propose to name the new species, which is allied to 

 E. scintillans H. Deyr. and MarseuUi H. Deyr., in honour 

 of my zealous correspondent 



Endelus W ey e r s i , n. sp. 



Length 3^/g — 3 mm., breadth at the shoulders 1^/4 — 

 1^/2 mm. — Head, thorax and scutellum pale bronzy green 



1) This species is regarded by Mr. Weyers as a new species of the genus 

 Endelus (Comptes-Rendus Soc. Ent. Beige. Ser. Til, n° 98, p. 34; 7 Avril 

 1888), but I have no doubt as to the correctness of my identification. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. X. 



