SCHTZOTRACHELUS TIMORIENSIS. 75 



each side of the sutural interstice and not two as in Lacor- 

 daire's species. Sch. timoriensis differs from Sch. nnicoloi' 

 (Montr.) by the following characters : head more elongate 

 with the basal angles more prominent, the base almost 

 truncate and without distinct notch in the middle; elytra 

 with the punctures on the disc and at the sides more visible , 

 the apex more emarginate; the colour slightly darker. 



Schizotrachelus marginatus ^ n. sp. 



(ƒ . Modice elongatus , castaneus , levissime aenescens , niti- 

 dissimus. Capite longiore guam latiore ^ basin versus paullo 

 inflato, oasi in medio et lateribus fortiter inciso et tubercu- 

 lato , incisuris squamosis , angulis posticis paullo retrum vertis, 

 dorso modice convexo, fronte obsolete foveolata. Metarostro 

 capitis longitudine , conico , supra anguste sulcato , lateribus 

 sculpturato-squamoso ; prorostro praecedente sensim longiore, 

 leviter sulcato , apicem versus gradatim dilatato. Antennis 

 crassiusculis , articulis 4° — 8° rectangulari-transversis , 9° et 

 10° majoribus; apicali elongato-conico , duobus praecedentibus 

 unitis breviore. 



Prothorace ovato-elongato , dorso profunde sulcato, lateribus 

 laevi^ nitidissimo. 



Elytris basi denticulatis, a medio usque ad apicem gradatim 

 attenuatis , declivitate apicali et apice margine crasso, elevato 

 instructis , apice subtruncatis , suturae leviter incisis , angulis 

 externis subrotundatis ; supra juxta suturam utrinque sulco 

 unico exaratis , cui externe stria punctulata adjecta, disco et 

 lateribus lineatim punctulatis, 



Pedibus brevibus , femoribus clavatis , tibiis omnibus com- 

 pressis , posticis magis dilatatis , tarsis brevibus , robustis. 

 Corpore infra et pedibus brunneo-7'ubro plus minusve saturato, 

 nitidissimo; capite basi squamoso ; in medio sulcato-squamoso ; 

 metarostro punctato-sguamoso , mesorostro et prorostro medio 

 carinatis; metasterno abdomineque basi indistincte longitudi- 

 naliter impressis , segmento apicali et lateribus duobus prae- 

 cedentibus squamosis. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "\'ol. XX. 



