IDiETHINA SOBRINA. 



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NOTE VI. 



NOTICES OF NEW SPECIES 



OF NITIDULIDiE AND TROGOSITIDJl FROM 



THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, 



IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LEYDEN MUSEUM. 



A. SIDNEY OLLIPP. 



JVitiduiiduB, 



Idcethina sobrina , n. sp. 



Ovate , broader in front than behind , dark brown , 

 somewhat opaque , sparingly clothed with fine yellowish 

 grey pubescence. Head rather strongly and not very close- 

 ly punctured, slightly depressed in the middle. Protho- 

 rax considerably narrowed and emarginate in front, rather 

 strongly and closely punctured; the anterior angles obtuse 

 and slightly prominent; the sides regularly rounded; the 

 posterior angles acute and prominent. Scutellum' rounded 

 behind , finely punctured. Elytra^ at the base as broad as 

 the prothorax, narrowed posteriorly, truncate behind, mo- 

 derately strongly asperate-punctate , the punctures arranged 

 in rows , except at the sides where the punctures are slightly 

 stronger and irregular , the intersticesjl very narrow and 

 smooth ; humeral angles not prominent ; lateral margins 

 narrow and very finely punctured ; posterior and inner 



Notes from the Leyden Aliiseum, "Vol. "VI, 



