118 ANTHICUS SERRICÜHNIS. 



elytra. — Head triangular , very convex , rounded behind ; 

 eyes ratlier large , sinuated on the front border , placed 

 close to the antennae ; apical joint of the palpi swollen , 

 securiform. Antennae reaching to the middle, elongated, 

 slender, the basal half testaceous, the apical one infuscate 

 and somewhat thickened , the joints long , the terminal 

 one fusiform and longer than the preceding joint. — Pro- 

 thorax elevated on the back, provided in front Avith a 

 long appendage; this appendage is but little enlarged , bor- 

 dered by a finely denticulated fringe, rounded at the tip, 

 surmounted by two distinct raised lines, which are sub- 

 parallel and meet under a very acute angle; the sides of 

 the thorax are strongly dilated towards the middle in an 

 obtuse angle , further on very much narrowed to the base 

 and provided with two distant small denticules, each of 

 which bears a long erect hair or seta ; the base of the 

 thorax narrow , with a thickened margin. Scutellum small. — 

 Elytra subelliptical oblong , convex , broader than the pro- 

 thorax, rounded at the apex, truncated in a curved line 

 at the base, the shoulders distinct although rounded; sur- 

 face dispersedly and faintly punctured. — Legs elongate, 

 femora swollen , dark-coloured ; the tibiae slender , testa- 

 ceous as well as the tarsi; the posterior tarsi are as long 

 as, if not longer than the tibiae. 



The smallest of all the known species ; it does not re- 

 semble any other in particular , its coloration , the shape 

 and the armature of the horn distinguish it perfectly. 



Hab. Sumatra (Muller). 



7. Anthicus serricornis, sp. n. 



Length 5 mm. , breadth 2 mm. — Of a glossy testa- 

 ceous red colour, with the eyes, the middle of the anten- 

 nae and a large median spot common to both the elytra 

 black, covered with a pubescence which has the colour of 

 the body; the elytra are moreover provided with lines of 

 lonff erect distant hairs. — Head obconical , rounded and 

 Notes from the X-ieyden ]VI\iseu.m, "Vol. IV. 



