15t2 BATRrsUS SCULPTLRATUS. 



rax taken together. The first joint is stout , nearly qua- 

 drangular, the 2nd hardly larger than one of the joints 

 3 — 7 which are moniliform , joints 8 — 11 form a loosely 

 coherent, but little thickened club. 



The thorax has a small spine on each side posteriorly , 

 similar to that on the shoulders but more distinct. 



10. Batrisus sculpturatus , n. sp. 



Castaneus , nitidus , ore pedibusque testaceis , obsolete 

 disperse punctulatus, pilifer; capite quadrato, augulis pos- 

 ticis rotundatis , inter oculos bifoveolato , inter antennas 

 biimpresso ; thorace cordato , subtiliter puuctulato , basi 

 utrinque dense punctato foveolatoque, utrinque longitudi- 

 naliter et supra basin linea impressa ; elytris nitidis , dense 

 punctato-pilosis , striis suturali et discoidali apice evanes- 

 centibus, interstitiis convexis , humeris distinctis; abdominis 

 segmento primo supra utrinque valde exciso et medio utrin- 

 que minute dentato , intus utrinque sculpturato , apice medio 

 cornutulo. — Long, fere 2 mm., lat. ^\^ mm. 



Hab. Java or. : Ardjoeuo (Hekmeyer). — A single spe- 

 cimen. 



The first joint of the jjalpi is as long as or longer than 

 the 3rd , thin , slightly thickened from the middle towards 

 the tip, a little curved; the 2nd joint small, triangular, 

 longer than broad; the 3rd joint has the shape of an elon- 

 gate parallelogram. The palpi are still brighter than the 

 tarsi. — The antennae are long and slender, beset with 

 setae , each joint clearly separated , the first thickened , lon- 

 ger than broad , emarginated superiorly in front , obliquely 

 truncated forwards and outwards forming a point at one 

 side only , joints 2 — 8 one and a half to twice as long 

 as broad, gradually increasing in length, 9 and 10 thic- 

 ker, larger, oval, 11 two thirds of the length of joints 

 9 and 1 taken together , nearly oval , acuminate. — Head 

 slightly impressed longitudinally between the antennae and 

 provided with two grooves between the eyes. — Thorax 

 heartshaped , shallowly and dispersedly punctured and be- 



Notes from the Leyclen IVIuseuin , "Vol. I"V. 



