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oval. — Prothorax punctured iu the same way as the head , 

 narrower than the latter and having nearly the shape of 

 a transverse square , truncated anteriorly with rounded 

 angles , hardly narrowed in a curve on the sides , slightly 

 emarginated at the middle of the base with rounded angles 

 and with a feeble depression before the scutellum. The 

 latter is small and rounded. — Elytra rather strongly 

 punctured , subparallel obovate , broadly rounded at the 

 apex, truncated at the base and much broader than the 

 prothorax , the humeral angles raised , rounded , the small 

 swellings rather distinct. — Legs slender, posterior femora 

 but little thick. 



To a certain extent this species resembles X. populneus 

 with respect to the size and facies , but the zigzaglike 

 design of the pubescence on the elytra and especially the 

 disposition of the 2nd and 3rd antennal joints distinguish 

 it at first sight. 



Hab. West Java: Batavia (Sijthofi'). 



Anthicidtte, 



2. M ac r at via line ell a, sp. n. 



Length 4 mm., breadth 1,2 mm. — Narrow , elongated , 

 but little convex ; black , with the anterior part of the 

 head, the mouth, the palpi, the antennae and the legs 

 testaceous red, the base of the femora and the middle of 

 the tibiae slightly infuscate. — Head rounded , rather 

 convex , slightly impressed on the middle of the occiput , 

 glossy and having a smooth appearance ; eyes large , oval , 

 but little convex , placed close to the base of the anten- 

 nae; palpi stout, apical joint securiform. Antennae very 

 slender , slightly dilated towards the tip , not reaching to 

 the shoulders , the joints long , the apical one acuminate , 

 less long than the two preceding. — Prothorax oblong 

 ovate , but little convex , broader than the head , much 

 narrowed anteriorly , with a neck which is but little dis- 

 tinct; the thorax is moreover curved on the sides, its 



Notes from the Ley den M!useiana, "Vol. IV. 



