62 DINEUTES RlTSEMAi:. 



of its length a double tooth, which is the terininatiou of 

 the edges of the groove iu which the internal margin of 

 the tibia is lodged; the tibia is straight and very feebly 

 dilated at the apex , the exterior angle of which is obtuse , 

 not blunted and not projecting. 



Hab. Timor (Macklot). — Several specimens of both sexes. 



I have retained the name of Regimharti for this beau- 

 tiful species for the sole reason that Mr. Ritsema has strongly 

 insisted on my doing so , and I take this occasion to ten- 

 der him my sincere thanks for the numerous entomologi- 

 cal services which he does not cease to render me in the 

 most generous way. 



4, Dineutes Ritsemae, sp. u. 



Long. lO'/g — 12 mm. — Ovatus, antice ac postice oblique 

 attenuatus , paululum rhomboideus , in medio convexus , ad 

 latera et apicem depressus; infra brunneo-ferrugineus , ab- 

 dominis lateribus , pedibus intermediis ac posticis rufis ; ca- 

 pite cupreo , nitido , ad latera virescente , subtiliter reticu- 

 lato; pronoto nigro-coerulescente, nitidulo, ad latera sericeo- 

 opaco ; elytris subtilissirae reticulatis, remote et obsolete 

 punctulatis , extus striarum vestigia praebentibus , ante api- 

 cem leviter, fortius apud feminam , dentato-sinuatis , postice 

 bitruncatis , baud rotundatis , ad apicem leviter dehiscenti- 

 bus, angulo suturali valde obtuso, ad suturam cupreo-mi- 

 cantibus , utrinque latissime sericeo-opacis , coerulescentibus. 

 cT femoribus anticis dente valido armatis , tibiis ad basin 

 intus incurvatis ac fortiter attenuatis. 



Oval, obliquely attenuated"' anteriorly and posteriorly, 

 giving it a somewhat rhoniboidal shape. The undersurface 

 of the body is of a ferrugineous brown , the middle- and 

 hind-legs lighter. The head bronze , glossy , with greenish 

 tinges on the sides ; the pronotum less glossy , of a bluish 

 black color, with a broad sericeous and opaque marginal 

 band. The elytra are convex and on the sutural region 

 of a very glossy coppery color; they are provided with a 



Notes t'roxn the Hieyden Museum, Vol. IV. 



