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Head smooth and sHning , with a few punctures near it 

 anterior margin and near the base of the antennae , and a few 

 more before the middle of a transverse impression on the ver- 

 tex ; this impression enlarged on both sides and reaching the 

 inner orbit of the eyes ; the enlarged portions covered with 

 elongated deep punctures. Antennae elongate, the five or 

 six apical joints slightly thickened and of about equal length , 

 the last joint pointed; the third joint a little shorter than 

 the two following together. Thorax transverse , narrowed to- 

 wards the anterior margin ; the sides convex , the lateral 

 margins flattened; the disc very smooth and shining, ir- 

 regularly sprinkled with some large punctures, more close- 

 ly so near the flattened lateral margins. Scutellum so- 

 mewhat broader than long, broadly rounded at its apex, 

 very glossy, without punctures. Elytra punctate-striated, 

 the inner posterior angle of each minutely rounded , the 

 exterior prolonged and very acute , the inner margin of 

 the prolongation rounded, the outer straight. Legs long 

 and slender , especially the posterior pair ; the tibiae with 

 some longitudinal grooves ; the anterior tarsi enlarged. Ab- 

 domen conical , its acute apex reaching beyond the apex 

 of the elytra. Under surface: the segments of the abdomen 

 punctured; the sides of the thorax, except the flattened 

 margins of the prothorax, covered with large and deep 

 punctures. 



Hab. Sumatra (Dr. S. Muller). 



Leyden Museum, January 1879. 



Notes Irom the Leyden iMiiseum. 



