ZETHUS BATAVfAXUS, 147 



long as broad , bluntly acuminate at the tip. — Eyes very 

 large, coarsely granulate. — Head densely squamosa, opa- 

 que, impressed between the eyes. — Thorax inversely 

 lieartshaped , contracted in front superiorly as well as la- 

 terally , provided before the scutellum with a large groove 

 which is densely tomentous as are the margins; glossy, 

 distantly covered with small round pits. — Elytra: the 

 sides nearly straight , widened towards the end , the angles 

 rounded. The sutural stria entire, impressed at the base, 

 the dorsal stria slightly curved inwards at the end. Along 

 the suture , between this and the sutural stria , a row of 

 punctures is present , the other intervals are distantly , 

 nearly serially punctured and similarly beset with short 

 and thick erect yellow hairs , which are more closely set 

 on the sides and on the hindborder. The insect has whitish 

 wings which are faintly transparent. — The abdominal 

 segments are , above and beneath , densely margined at the 

 base with yellowish white; behind the base erect white 

 hairs are present which are less close together. — The 

 femora are hardly thickened , slightly convex above. Those 

 of the intermediate legs at the tip provided with a spine, at 

 the base somewhat concave. — The first tarsal joint dis- 

 tinctly separated , small , as long as broad , the succeeding 

 ones lepismatiform ; the claw simple. 



I have classed this species in the genus Panaphantus , 

 although the shape of the palpi does not agree with the 

 figure given by von Kiesen wetter ; the diagnosis: » palpi 

 max. art. penult, parvo, ult. ovato , subacuminato" admits 

 of very numerous and varied interpretations. 



3. Z et hit s hatavianus, n. sp. 



Brunneus , cribrato-punctatus , breviter disperse pilosus , 

 ore pedibusque testaceis , elongato-obovatus ; capite trans- 

 verso , apice subtus rotundato , ante basin leviter curvato-, 

 medioque lineola abbreviata impresso ; elytris subquadratis, 

 antice parum angustatis, lateribus rotundatis, cribrato- 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIiiseu.iii , Vol. IV. 



