MELIXANTHUS SUMATRENSTS. 13 



subcylindrical , very convex, the sides greatly deflexed , the 

 lateral margins very slightly rounded , surface entirely im- 

 puuctate, fulvous, very shining. Scutellum trigonate, ob- 

 scure fulvous, foveolate at the base. Elytra finely and 

 regularly punctate-striate , black with a transverse yellow 

 band at the middle, interrupted at the suture where it is 

 obliquely cut; the posterior margin of this band is con- 

 cave. Underside and legs entirely fulvous , the last abdo- 

 minal segment with a deep transverse fovea. 



District of Rawas (Sumatra-Expedition). — A single 

 specimen. 



Easily distinguished from M. himacuUcolUs by the want 

 of the spots at the thorax, the colour of the underside 

 and legs , and by the longer antennae. 



Eutno tpinue. 



Nodostoma hrevicollis , n. sp. 



Ovate , pale fulvous , shining. Head and thorax im- 

 punctate , the latter very short and transverse. Elytra 

 with basal depression ^ very finely punctate-striate. — 

 Length l^/g line. 



Head rather convex, entirely impunctate. Epistome 

 forming a single piece with the front , without any 

 punctures , its sides limited by a deep groove. Eyes 

 distinctly notched. Antennae more than half the length 

 of the body, entirely fulvous, slender, the 6 apical 

 joints shorter and slightly thickened. Thorax very short, 

 three times as broad as long, the sides oblique, straight 

 and much narrowed anteriorly, very obsoletely angulate 

 near the base , surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum 

 subquadrate. Elytra ovate, scarcely wider at the base 

 than the thorax , with a distinct transverse basal depres- 

 sion, the space in front of the latter distinctly, below 

 it, very finely punctate, the punctures scarcely visible 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. VI. 



