THBRATES SUMATRENSIS. 191 



NOTE XXIV. 



ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF GEODEPHAGOUS 

 COLEOPTERA EROM SUMATRA. 



J. PUTZEYS. 



1. Therates Sumatrensis ^ sp. n. 



Closely allied to Therates Wallacei Thorns. ^) and found 

 in the same locality. It may perhaps prove to be only a 

 variety of that species. 



Thorax blue; elytra green with the whole base and the 

 apex yellow, the sutural spines are even shorter, and the 

 legs are entirely testaceous with the exception of the tarsi 

 of the anterior pair and the apical joints of those of the 

 middle and hind legs. — Length 12 mm. 



A single male specimen, captured in October 1877 at 

 Moeara Laboe , has been brought home by the recent scien- 

 tific Sumatra-Expedition. 



2. Drypta dimidiata , sp. u. 



Testaceo pubescens, rufo; elytris, antennarum articulo 

 primo apice femorumque apice nigris. — Long. 11 mm. 



Allied to Drypta Uneola Dej. ^) but larger; the head 

 more elongated ; the thorax longer , more distinctly furrowed 



1) J. Thomson, Archives entomologiques. 'J'orae I. p. 131, n°. 5. 



2) Dejeaii, Spec'ws general des CoUopteres. Tome I. p. 184, n°. 2. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. II. 



