SCAPHIDIUM ATERRIMÜM. 41 



NOTE VIL 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF COLE- 



OPTERA COLLECTED DURING THE RECENT 



SCIENTIFIC SUMATRA-EXPEDITION. 



BY 



E. REITTER. 



1 . Scaphidium aterrimum , sp. n. 



Nigrum , nitidissimum , antennis , clava excepta , femo- 

 ribus rufis , tibiis tarsisque rufo-piceis , oculis subdistanti- 

 bus ; protliorace sat dense punctato , antrorsum lateribusque 

 lineatim marginato, ante basin linea transverse arcuata et 

 secunda media ante scatellum longitudinali , antrorsum ab- 

 breviata , grosse punctatis , impresso ; elytris subtiliter punc- 

 tatis , stria suturali fortiter impressa , in fundo punctis 

 minutis perspicuuis , linea basali grosse punctatis ; pygidium, 

 propygidium subtusque fere laevis. — Long. 3,3 mm. 



Entirely black and very shining; the antennae except" 

 the club , and the femora rusty-red , the tibiae and tarsi 

 dark brown ; upper surface finely although very distinctly 

 and rather densely punctured ; under surface with hardly any 

 punctures. The antennae short , the club clearly defined and 

 of the usual shape. The eyes tolerably distant from each 

 other. In most oriental species they are quite close to 

 each other on the fore-head. The thorax but little broader 

 than long, considerably narrowed towards the front mar- 

 gin , the sides and the front margin provided with a 



Notes from tlie Leyclen IMuseum , "Vol. II. 



