492 ON THE GENUS JONTHOCERUS. 



eyes large and approximate on the front, antennae clothed 

 with whitish hairs; prothorax channeled; elytra as in the 

 preceding species but with the apex more emarginate and 

 the external angles more produced. Length 5 — 7 mill. cf. 

 Hah. Queensland and Sumatra. 



10. J. crematus Lac. 

 Gen. Coléopt. VII, p. 416, 1866. 



Distinctive characters: Ferruginous red, head, rostrum, 

 antennae and apical half of the elytra black or blackish ; 

 head rounded behind the eyes , channeled above , eyes large 

 and very approximate on the front, antennae clothed with 

 whitish hairs ; prothorax channeled ; elytra as in the pre- 

 ceding species , the apex emarginate and the external 

 angles margined and subangulate. Length 7 mill. (ƒ. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



11. J. nigripes Lewis. 



Joura. Linn. Soc. Vol. XVII, p. 298, pi. XII, fig. 5 cf, 6 9. 1883. 



Distinctive characters: (f. Red, antennae and legs nearly 

 black; head rounded behind the eyes, furrowed above, 

 eyes large, nearly touching in front, antennae nearly as 

 long as the body and clothed with black hairs; prothorax 

 furrowed; elytra indistinctly striate at the sides, the apex 

 slightly emarginate in the middle, the external angles 

 rounded. 



9. Antennae robust, a little longer than the head and 

 prothorax, eyes moderate, front broader. Length 3 — 4 lines. 



Hah. Japan. 



12. J. sondaicus Senna. 

 Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. XXV, 3, p. 302, tav. II, fig. 5, 1893. 



Distinctive characters: Brown-red or ferruginous red, 

 the posterior half of the elytra (the apex excepted) blackish 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, Vol. XX. 



