MELANTHOIDES NITID US. 



NOTE I. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW ELATERIDAE 



COLLECTED DURING THE RECENT SCIENTIFIC 



SUMATRA-EXPEDITION. 



BY 



Dr. E. CANDEZE. 



1. Melanthoides nit i dus, sp. n. 



Flavo-testaceus , niticlus , brevissima pubescens ; fronte 

 porrecta , concava ; prothorace latitudine paulo longiore , 

 sat crebre punctato , basi apiceque coarctato , medio linea 

 impresso , angulis posticis tenuibus , divaricatis , fortiter 

 carinatis; elytris depressis, punctato- striatis , interstitiis 

 convexis. — Long. 13 mm., lat. 3 mm. 



Resembling M. lig neus Cand. ^) but smaller and distinctly 

 differing from that species by its lustre. 



A single specimen was captured in November 1877 at 

 Doesoen Tengah. 



2. Anchastut^ spectabilis , sp. n. 



Latus , ovalis , ater , nitidus , nigro-pilosulus ; prothorace 

 transverso, tenuiter punctato, miniato, flavo-pubescente , 

 macula apicali nigra, angulis posticis baud divaricatis, 



1) Annales de la Société Entomologique da Belgiqae. Tom. XXI (1878) 

 Comptes-Reudus des Seances, p. LXI. 



Notes from tlie Leyclen Museum, "Vol. IX. 



