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obtuse, slightly blunted, the inner one almost rectangnilar 

 and not blunted. 



Hab. Java (Blume). — A single Q. 



9. Orectochilus Ritsemae , sp. n. 



Long. 8 mm. — Oblongus , valde elongatus , ad bume- 

 ros inflatus , ad suturam fortiter convexus , gibbosus ; supra 

 nitidissimus , nigro-aeneus , angustissime luteo-marginatus ; 

 subtus brunneo-ferrugineus , abdomine , epipleuris , pedibus 

 et antennis rufescentibus. Labro semicirculari , nigro; pro- 

 tborace subparallelo , ad latera paulo latius antice quam 

 postice punctato-tomentoso ; elytris paulo oblique truncatis 

 (truncatura extus convexa et sinuata , angulis rectis baud 

 deletis) , in medio laevibus , subtiliter et remote punctula- 

 tis , ad latera valde irregulariter punctato-tomentosis ; baec 

 regio tomentosa , antice angustissima , ante medium in duo- 

 bus lobis transversim juxtapositis et ad medium in tertio 

 lobo sat dilatatur , postea multo ante apicem oblique sutu- 

 ram attingit. Tibiis anticis intus leviter incurvatis. cf 

 ignotus. 



Oblong, very elongated, very convex and gibbous at 

 the sutural region , swollen at the base of the elytra with 

 the thoracico-elytral angle well marked; the uppersurface 

 very glossy , of a beautiful bronzy black , with a narrow 

 yellow edge on the prothorax and on the elytra. Under- 

 surface of the body of a blackish brown , with the abdo- 

 men , the epipleurae , the legs and the antennae reddish, 

 Labrum semi-circular , very protruding and black. Protho- 

 rax almost parallel , with a rather narrow tomentous bor- 

 der especially posteriorly. The truncation of the elytra 

 somewhat oblique, and somewhat convex and sinuate out- 

 wardly , the angles rectangular , not blunted. The elytra 

 are smooth in the middle , and provided with a few very 

 fine and distant punctures; the punctate-tomentous region 

 is very irregular: it forms a very narrow margin at the 

 first fourth of the elytra , widens out at this point very 



üSTotes from the Leyden Museum , "^-^ol. I'V. 



