JAVANESE BRENTHIDAE. 55 



Jonthocerus Pasteuri, n. sp. 



Brunneo-ruber, capite et rostro magis infuscatis , pedihus 

 dilutiorihus ; capite pone oculos liaud angulato^ supra laevi, 

 oculis magnis ; antennis longitudinis totius corporis , alhido- 

 pilosis ; prothorace canaliculato , canaliculo antice angustiore , 

 postice basin haud attingente; elytris dorso striatis ^ lateribus 

 indistincte striatis , apici in medio emarginatis , angulis ex- 

 ternis explanato subrotundatis. — Long. 6^/2 mm. 



Hab. Western Java. 



(ƒ. Head not angulate behind the eyes, smooth above, 

 eyes very large , nearly touching the base of the head and 

 almost contiguous on the front ; metarostrum furrowed , 

 prorostrum enlarged at the tip. Antennae as long as the 

 entire body , slender, with the joints cylindrical , clothed 

 with fine whitish hairs. 



Prothorax sub-ovate , constricted at the apical margin , 

 convex above , channelled , the channel narrower anteriorly. 



Elytra elongate with the shoulders rounded but not 

 callous, the sides almost parallel, the apex emarginate, 

 the external angles margined and nearly rounded ; depressed 

 above, striate, the l^t interstice (sutural) broad, deplanate, 

 the 2nd curved, narrow, indistinct behind the middle, the 

 d^^ broader at the base and at the apex than in the middle ; 

 the sides of the elytra are indistinctly striate. 



Legs regular. Body beneath more shining, head and 

 rostrum shaped as in the preceding species, metasternum 

 and base of the abdomen chaunelled. 



Female unknown. 



This species resembles J. ophthalmicus Pascoe from Au- 

 stralia but the colour is darker, the portion of the head 

 between the eyes is narrower and smooth, the elytra at 

 the apex are less emarginate and the external angles less 

 produced and more rounded. 



Notes from ttie Leyden Museum , Vol. XX!. 



