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spicuously shorter tliau tlie fourth , the third more elonga- 

 ted than the fourth, the following hardly longer than 

 broad, becoming gradually longer towards the tip. The 

 pronotum shorter than broad , rather convex , narrowed 

 towards the front margin, more distinctly so at the anterior 

 half ; the posterior median lobe short , rather sunken , with- 

 out any trace of a longitudinal line at its base, but with 

 a slight oblique impression on both sides of the median line ; 

 densely punctured, especially at the sides, but not rugose. 

 The elytra rather considerably and gradually narrowed 

 towards the aj^ex , rather finely but visibly striated , their 

 interstices densely punctured and slightly rugose transverse- 

 ly. Under surface of the body pitch-black , rather con- 

 siderably and densely punctured. The prosterual sutures 

 distinctly furrowed, anteriorly closed against the angle of 

 the prosternum. The legs ferrugineous. 



This species may easily be distinguished from Vromosolus 

 modestus Bonv. ') by its more attenuated shape, by the 

 third joint of the antennae being considerably longer than 

 the second and the fourth , and by the less narrow base 

 of the epistome. It cannot be confounded with D. Funckii 

 Bonv. ^) because of its less narrow shape, of the second 

 joint of its antennae being much shorter, and of the 

 epistome being much less narrowed at its base. 



It must be placed between the last mention.ed species 

 and D. semigriseus Bonv. ^) from which its differs by its 

 much smaller size , by the absence of the distinct spot 

 formed by the pubescence, and by the more attenuated 

 shape of the elytra posteriorly. 



A single specimen was captured in October 1877 at 

 Alahan pandjang. 



1) II. de Bonvouloir, Monographie de la familie des Eucnémides. \>. 23G , 

 n°. 26; pi. 10, tig. 5. 



2) Id. /. c. p. 237, u». 27; pi. 10, fig. 6. 



3) Id. L c. p. 23S, n°. 28; pi. 10, fig. 7. 



Notes from tlie Lcyden Museum, "Vol. U, 



