KNHYDRUS SUMBAWAE. 59 



NOTE IV. 



NEW SPECIES OF GYRINIDAE IN THE 

 LEIDEN MUSEUM. 



DESCRIBED BY 



Dr. M. RÉGIMBART. 



1. Enliydrus Sumhawae., sp- n. 



Long 11^/2 mm. — Ovatus, sat convexus , post liume- 

 ros dilatatus ; supra aeneo-olivaceus , nitidulus , in capite et 

 prothorace leviter purpurasceus ; infra niger , pedibus anticis 

 nigro-piceis , intermediis et posticis nigro-ferrugineis. Ely- 

 tris subtilissime reticulatis , baud transversim striolatis , ante 

 apicem extus emarginato-dentatis , ad apicem truncatis , au- 

 gulo externo obtuso , baud prominulo , interno recto , extus 

 sulcis tribus sericeo-aeneis , 1° externo apicem attingente , 

 20 paulo ante apicem, 3o paulo post basin abbreviate, cf 

 tibiis anticis rectia , triangularibus , angulo apicali externo 

 prominulo. 



Of an oval sbape , ratber convex , the greatest width a 

 little behind the shoulders. The uppersurface of the body 

 very glossy , of a beautiful olivaceous bronze color , with 

 purplish tinges which are more especially visible on the 

 head, the prothorax and the scutellum. The undersurface 

 of the body glossy black , the anterior legs blackish brown , 

 the middle- and hind-legs ferrugineous red , somewhat 

 brownish on the femur. The elytra, which are very deli- 

 cately reticulated, have no transverse striolae; before the 

 extremity they are slightly emarginate on the outer mar- 



r^otes I'rom the Leyden IVÜiiseuin, "Vol. IV. 



