176 CHRYSOCHEtÜA VETHII. 



as long; the anterior margin straight, a little more than 

 half as long as the base; the sides gradually diverging in 

 a curved line to the posterior angles which are acute; the 

 base sinuate, its median lobe sub-angular; the disk finely 

 and distantly punctured , with a faint smooth dorsal line ; 

 the anterior margin smooth; on the sides the punctures 

 are much larger , deeper and closer together ; a rounded 

 fovea is present above each posterior angle and moreover 

 there are two small ones on each side of the dorsal line , 

 one before the middle, the other before the base ^). 



Elytra twice and four-fifths as long as the base of the 

 prothorax ; the shoulders but slightly angular ; the sides 

 subparallel for about two-thirds of their length ; the a pices 

 subtruncate ; the posterior margin irregularly spinous , the 

 sutural spine the strongest of all. Surface finely punctu- 

 red , the punctuation however becomes coarser towards the 

 sides, evanescent about the region of the scutellura; on 

 each elytron four obsolete costae may be observed. 



Undersurface densely punctured on the sides , nearly 

 smooth on the middle; the legs sparingly punctured. 



Hab. Sumatra: Kotta Zuydewijn near Solok (J. H. Hcha- 

 gen van Leeuwen). 



I have named this spleinUd species, which seems to be- 

 long to the group of Chrysochroa ignita Linn., in honour 

 of Prof. P. J. Veth who kindly presented the unique here 

 described specimen to the Leyden Museum. 



Leyden Museum, March 14th, 1882, 



1) Perhaps these small fovcac may prove io be accidental or at least in- 

 constant, tlie rii^ht basal one being absent in my sjiccimcn 



Notes ironi the Leyden JMuseuin, Vol. IV. 



