58 JAVANESE BnENTHIDAE. 



Antenuae sleuder, clubshaped , with the median joints 

 broader than long, slightly obcooical, the 9^'' and W^ al- 

 most as long as broad, curved at the sides, the apical 

 one elongate, ovato-conical. 



Prothorax oblongo-ovate , narrower anteriorly than at 

 the base, punctured above. 



Elytra almost as long as the prothorax , head and rostrum 

 together, broader than the prothorax, emarginate at the 

 base, with the shoulders slightly raised, the sides gradually 

 narrower behind the middle till the apex, this is truncate 

 with the outer angles rounded: above the elytra are fur- 

 rowed and punctured , the l^t furrow is impunctate and 

 slightly broader than the following one; the sutural inter- 

 stice is narrow, convex, black, the 2"^^ likewise black, 

 narrower and less raised than the 3'"'^ which is almost as 

 broad as the following ones. 



Legs regular. Body beneath more shining than above, 

 metasternum and base of the abdomen moderately im- 

 pressed in the middle, the apical segment is obsoletely 

 punctured. 



This new species is allied to M. pygmaea Senna but 

 differs by the following characters: body more elongate, 

 head obsoletely channelled above, prothorax more punctured, 

 elytra broader at the apex , the teguments are less shining 

 and the colour different: the fulvous of the prothorax and 

 elytra strongly contrasts with the dark colour of the head , 

 rostrum etc. 



Trachelizus laevigatus, n. sp. 



Castaneo-fuscus plus minusve saturatus , nitidus , haud 

 squamosus; capite transverso, oculis majusculis^ basin capitis 

 attingentibus, fronte foveolata; prorostro in cT gracilis cylin- 

 drico , apice haud arnpliato ; antennis clavatis ; prothorace 

 ovatOy antice sat fortiter angustato, in medio profunde sul- 

 cata , elytris juxta suturam utrinque bisulcatis , sulcis im- 

 punctatis , coeterum laevibus. — Long. 8 — 11 mm. 



Notes from the Leydeii IVIuseuin, Vol. XX.. 



