CHELONARIUM ORIËNTALE. 43 



This species is allied to E. terminata Rttr i), but broader 

 and shorter, and moreover distinguished by ^its brighter 

 color, dense punctuation and narrowly edged sides. 



The described female specimen was captured in July 

 1877 at Sidjoendjoeng. 



3. Chelonarium oriëntale^ sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatum , convexum , nigrum , subtus piceum , 

 fulvo-pilosum , pedibus infra tarsisque ferrugineis , capite 

 fulvo-, fronte apice albido piloso , prothorace basi fortiter 

 punctato-crenato , dorso dense lougiusque fulvo piloso , 

 pilis albis intermixtis, ante basin lineis quinque, antice 

 abbreviatis, formantibus; elytris medio subgibbosis, dense 

 punctulatis , prope basin utrinque obsoletissime subsulcatis , 

 nigro pilosis , pilis pone scutellum fulvis et pilis albis ma- 

 culis irroratis fasciisque ante apicem indistincte formanti- 

 bus. — Long. 5 mm. 



Elongate-ovoid, black; under surface dar kbro wn , covered 

 with a dense brownish yellow pubescence and densely 

 punctured; the inner side of the legs and the tarsi rusty 

 yellow, the antennae rusty red, the long basal joints 

 much darker; upper surface black. Head with a brownish 

 yellow pubescence and with a long and white one in front 

 of the thorax. The pubescence is dense all over, rather 

 long and erect. Thorax of the normal shape , very finely 

 and towards the base indistinctly punctured; near the hind 

 border with deep pits, which make it appears strongly 

 crenulated. Pronotum yellowish red, the pubescence in 

 the middle somewhat darker, with five abbreviated longi- 

 tudinal lines at the base formed by white hairs. Scutellum 

 as long as broad , rounded posteriorly and ornamented 

 with white sleek hairs arranged radially. Elytra densely 

 and very finely punctured , with inconspicuous abbreviated 



1) Verliandlmigen des naturforschendeii Vereines in Brilim. Bd. XII (1873). 

 S. 30. 



Notes from th.e Leytlen Müuseutn , Vol. II. 



