58 osonnjs cordicoi.tjs. 



NOTE in. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE COLEOPTE- 

 ROUS FAMILY STAPIIYLINIDAE. 



BY 



A. FAUVEL. 



Osorius cordicollis, sp. n. 



Osorio puncticolli Kraatz (Indiae orientalis) vicinus, sed 

 paulo minor et praesertim augustior , niger , nitidus , pal- 

 pis , auteunis pedibusque rufis , capite toto longitudinaliter 

 subtilius densiusque strigoso , fronte media vix carinulata , 

 angulis anticis externis rotundatis, tuberculis ocularibus 

 minus elevatis , vertice puucto uullo , thorace longiore et 

 augustiore , vix transverso , cordato , ante basin minus abrupte 

 coarctato , multo subtilius densiusque asperatim punctato , 

 elytris etiam duplo subtilius erebriusque puuctatis, abdo- 

 mine baud perspicue alutaceo , punctura asperata crebriore , 

 duplo subtiliore , pube aurea longius densiusque vestito , 

 tibiis anticis extus spinis 9 vel 10 (neque 5 ut in puncti- 

 colli) armatis , 5 apicalibus majoribus maxime distinctus. — 

 Long. 7^2 mm. 



Found in Sumatra: in October at Alahan pandjang by 

 the Dutch Scientific Sumatra-Expedition (Leyden Museum), 

 in September at Soengei-Boeloe by Dr. Beccari (Civic Mu- 

 seum at Genoa and the Author's collection). 



Caen, October 6th, 1881. 



Notes from the Leytlen ÜVIuseiiiii , Vol. IV. 



