METRIOKRHYNCIIUS PELLITUS. 



NOTE VI. 



NEW SPECIES OF LYCIDAE, LAMPYRIDAE AND 

 TELEPHORIDAE FROM SUMATRA. 



DESCRIBED BY 



the Rev. H. S. GORHAM. 



Ldycidne. 



1. Metriorrhynchus pellitus, sp. ii. 



Aterrimus, prothorace, scutello, elytrorumque trietite ba- 

 sali laete rufis, an tenuis acute fortiter serratis. — 



Long. 17 millim. Q, 



Head not rostrate, antennae half as long as the body, 

 widely dilated, basal joint stout, angularly produced on its 

 inner margin , not longer than wide , second joint very 

 short, third to about the seventh joints with a subflabel- 

 late production , overlapping , twisted , seventh to tenth 

 joints similar but more triangular and less wide , terminal 

 joint ovate acuminate. 



Thorax with only four distinct areolets in addition to 

 the central groove, the two lateral areae not being divided 

 in front. Centre of the basal margin not notched. Scu- 

 tellum foveolate near the apex which is notched but not 

 deeply. Elytra black with about a third at the base of a 

 beautiful ferruginous red; the interstices of the four prin- 

 cipal costae are divided by a double row of transverse cells , 

 which are clothed with a sericeous but very faint scaly pile. 



Notes from the Ley den ÜVIuseuiTi, Vol. IV. 



