166 AEGUS LEEUWENI. 



very sliiiiiug and show a few large punctures , the base is 

 finely rugose; the middle of the prosternum is coarsely 

 rugose , the base shallowly punctured , the sides very shi- 

 ning, impunctate; the metasteruum shining, rather distantly 

 punctured , the punctures of the sides crescent-shaped ; the 

 epipleural fold of the elytra rather strongly punctured ; 

 the abdomen sub-opaque , rather densely punctured and 

 slightly pubescent. The anterior tibiae are serrated along 

 the outer margin , the intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 armed with three spines about the middle on the outside. 



According to a communication received from Major Sidney 

 Parry, to whom I had sent a figure of the specimen of 

 Aegus Leeuioeni in order to compare it with Aegus impres- 

 sicoUis , the last named species has the mandibles more 

 porrect, flat on the uppersurface and strongly grooved. — 

 Moreover the four posterior tibiae of this species are des- 

 cribed by the author ^) as possessing only one spine on 

 the middle of the outer edge, whereas in the new species 

 they are armed with tht^ee spines. 



I have named the species in honour of its discoverer. 



Leyden Museum, March 21th, 1882. 



1) Transactioits of the Entomological Society of London. 3rd Ser. Vol. II 

 (1864). p. 59. 



Notes from the Hjeyden IVTuseum., "Vol. IV". 



