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broad, strongly dilated in a rounded gibbosity at the sides 

 anteriorly , without becoming as broad as the head , pro- 

 vided in front with a strong neok , narrowed and sinuated 

 behind , base truncated , edged , with the angles but little 

 produced; surface strongly punctured. Scutellum small, 

 rounded. — Elytra elongated , subparallel , rounded at the 

 end , truncated at the base and much broader than the 

 prothorax, with the shoulders prominent although blunted; 

 small swellings inconspicuous ; suture with a sulciform stria 

 at both sides , sunken behind the scutellum , further on 

 raised; surface rather strongly punctured, the punctures 

 more or less arranged in lines on the back , provided with 

 two black bands which appear shortened externally , the first 

 placed at the middle , larger , forming a double curve and 

 stretching forwards along the suture. — Legs long , femora 

 rather thick. 



This species may be classed close to A. ocellatus from 

 which it differs by the punctuation, the colour, the spots 

 on the elytra, etc. etc. 



Hab. East Java: Mount Ardjoeno (Hekmeyer). 



12. Ant hie us bataviensis sp. n. 



Length 2,5 mm. , breadth 1 mm. — Oblong , slightly 

 depressed on the back , of a testaceous red colour , paler 

 on the elytra which are provided behind the middle with 

 a transverse black spot; the external half of the antennae 

 brownish black. — Head triangular , rather convex , curved 

 at the sides , truncated in a straight line at the base , with 

 the postocular angles well marked but blunted, surface 

 densely and very delicately chagrined , covered with a fine 

 grey pubescence; eyes 'but little prominent, placed ante- 

 riorly close to the antennae; apical joint of the palpi 

 broad, swollen and securiform. Antennae reaching to the 

 shoulders, slender, the joints oblong, becoming thicker 

 and shorter towards the tip , the terminal one pearshaped, 

 pointed. — Prothorax sculptured and pubescent in the same 



Notes froxn the I-ieyden JMusevini, Vol. IV. 



