PSEPHUS SENILULUS 



NOTE II. 



A NEW GENUS AND FOUR NEW SPECIES 



OF ELATERIDAE FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE 



LEYDEN MUSEUM. 



BY 



Dr. E. CANDEZE. 



1. Psephus sent cuius, sp. u. 



Fusco-castaneus , subnitidus , ciuereo-pilosulus , fronte con- 

 vexa , apice parum porrecta ; antennis articulis 2 et 3 parvis 

 aequalibus; prothorace latitiidine baud lougiore, aequaliter 

 convexo , crebre fortiterque punctato , angulis posticis re- 

 trorsum productis , brevibus , carinatis ; elytris saepe bruu- 

 nescentibus , tenuiter striato-punctatis , interstitiis plauis , 

 fcransversim subgranulatis ; corpore subtus concolore , pro- 

 sterni mucrone recto. — Long. 11 mm., lat. 3 mm. 



Hab. Zanzibar, — The specimens of the Leyden Museum 

 were forwarded from the interior (Marangnombe). My 

 own collection contains several specimens captured by 

 Mr. Schaedle at Bagamoyo. 



This species resembles in general aspect Psephus aeneolus 

 Cand. ^) and also to a certain extent Psephus brevipennis 

 Cand. ^). Its essential characteristic is the very short and 



1) Mémoires de C Académie Rot/ale des Sciences de Belgiqne. Tom. XVII 

 (1865). p. 20. 



2) E. Candeze, Monographie des Elatérides. Tom. II. p. 27, n". 10. 



JNotes from tbe Leyden M.useuTn, "Vol. II. 



