8 ELIUS ELEGANS. 



white pubescence which considerably modifies the brown 

 color of the teguments. 



The genus Pseplms seems to be widely distributed in 

 the intertropical parts of Africa, especially in that zone 

 which belongs to the southern hemisphere , and the collec- 

 tions sent fi'om those regions generally contain a few spe- 

 cimens of different species. 



2. Elius elefians, sp. n. 



Sanguineus , nitidus parce fulvo-pilosulus ; fronte fortiter 

 punctata, apice arcuata, porrecta; antennis nigris , basi 

 rufis , articulis 2 et 3 minutis aequalibus , sequentibus hir- 

 sutis ; prothorace latitudine breviore , a basi angustato , 

 sparsim tenuiter punctato , angulis posticis vix divaricatis , 

 acute carinatis ; elytris nigerrimis , striato-punctatis , punctis 

 profundis ; corpore subtus crebe punctato , sanguineo , 

 pedibus concoloribus. — Long. 6 mm., lat. l^/g mm. 



Hab. Borneo. 



When Ilately described a new genus (Sephilus) from 

 Malacca , belonging to the tribe of the Dicrepidiites , 

 I expressed the opinion that the Indian Elateridae of 

 this tribe required revision as their number is gradually 

 increasing [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia natiirale 

 di Genoa, vol. XII. p. 109). So for example the genus 

 Elius , which was founded on a species from Southern 

 Hindostan , now-a-days counts no less than six species and 

 there is no doubt that their number will yet increase 

 considerably, for though the individuals representing these 

 species may be rare, they seem on the contrary to range 

 over a vast tract in the hottest regions of India. The 

 consequence is that the characteristics which were originally 

 established for the genus will have to be somewhat modi- 

 fied in order to allow the introduction of those species 

 which afterwards have been grouped round the original type. 



The Elius seem to represent in the old continent, or at 

 least in the Indies, the American Anoplisclmis. 



Notes Irom the JLeyden IMuseum , "Vol. II. 



