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narrowed anteriorly, nearly straight at the base , the keel 

 before the base being directed forward under an obtuse 

 angle and not reaching the middle of the prothorax on 

 the sides. The prothorax is closely punctuated , provided 

 with an obsolete median line, and covered by a diffuse 

 pubescence which forms indistinct patches. 



Elytra sparingly furnished with yellow hairs , somewhat 

 broader than the prothorax and about twice as long, 

 nearly straight , with a slightly upturned basal margin , 

 rounded at the apex and provided with punctuated shal- 

 low striae ; the interstices botweeu the alternate striae 

 (commencing with the interstice between the 2nd and 3rd 

 striae) are decorated with yellow and black spots , alternately, 

 A rather inconspicuous yellow transverse band is to be 

 seen towards the posterior third of the elytra. 



Under surface furnished with a dense greyish pubes- 

 cence ; the abdomen smooth , the prosternum and metasternum 

 with distant punctures. Legs similarly pubescent as the 

 under surface of the body; the hairs of the second joint of 

 the tarsi elongated at its angles , and somewhat embracing 

 the third joint; at the apex of the tibiae a blackish ring, 

 which is interrupted inferiorly by yellow hairs. The under 

 surface of the first tarsal joint also is covered with yellow 

 hairs, that of the second tarsal joint is densely covered 

 with a brownish-yellow pubescence; the third joint is pro- 

 vided with lamellae of the same colour , more or less 

 overlapping its margin. 



The collection formed during the recent Sumatra-Expe- 

 dition contains two specimens (a (^ and a 9) o^ ^l^i^ i^i' 

 teresting insect, which I dedicate to my friend Mr. C. Rit- 

 sema , the learned conservator of the Entomological Collec- 

 tions of the Leyden Museum. The male specimen is captured 

 in May or June 1878 in the Highlands of Palembang, the 

 female in the same month in the district of Rawas. 

 Brussels , January 1880. 



Notes froiTi the Licytleu IMuseum, Vol. II. 



