BYTHINUS ATOMUS. 145 



NOTE XII. 



THE PSELAPHIDAE AND SCYDMAENIDAE FROM THE 

 SUNDA-ISLANDS IN THE LEYDEN MUSEUM. 



BY 



Dr. L. W. SCHAÜPUSS ') 



Pgelaphidae, 



1. B y thinu s a t o m u s , n. sp. 



Rufo-testaceus , pubescens , abdomine castaneus , breviter 

 obovatus ; capite cum oculis triangulari ; thorace rotundato- 

 subcordato , majore quam caput ; elytris caput thoracemque 

 longitudine aequantibus , latioribus , striis suturali Integra , 

 discoidali ad mediam partem obsoleta; abdominis segmeutis 

 primo et quinto latioribus, subaequalibus , 2 — 4 angustis; 

 femoribus clavatis. — Long. 3ƒ. mm., lat. fere ^/^ mm. 



Hab. Batavia (de Gavere and Sijthoff). — Not rare. 



Eyes large , prominent , black , coarsely granulate. — 

 Maxillary palpi: the terminal joint as long and half as 

 thick as the breadth of the eyes, short-oval, slightly acu- 

 minate , pale yellow. (Unfortunately I cannot make a more 

 careful examination of the few and partly imperfectly pre- 

 served specimens. It is not impossible that I have over- 

 rated the size and the thickness). — Antennae: joint 1 

 and 2 large, globose, 3 to 7 very small, moniliform, 8 

 twice as broad as thick, broader than 7; 9 and 10 trans- 



1) See also Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. Vol. XXV. p. 65. 



Notes from the Loyden jVIuseuin, Vol. IV. 



