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NOTE XXXVII. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OE 

 NITIDULID^ EROM SUMATRA. 



A. SIDNEY OLLIFP. 



The two species made known in the present paper were 

 collected at Tancljong Morawa, Serdang, in N. E. Suma- 

 tra by Dr. B, Hagen. TJie first of these is noteworthy 

 on account of being* the only Eastern species of the sub- 

 family Mystropinas as yet described , all the others being 

 South American , with the exception of Mystrops dispar of 

 Erichson, which is from Madagascar. 



The types of both these insects are in the collection of 

 the Ley den Museum. 



1. Mystrops orientalis, n. sp. 



Ovate , rather convex , shining reddish testaceous , rather 

 closely covered with very fine yellowish pubescence. Head 

 finely and closely punctured ; epistoma separated from the 

 head by a moderately deep impression. Antennae pale 

 testaceous , the club slightly darker. Prothorax at the base 

 about twice as broad as long, much narrower in front, 

 the sides oblique and only slightly rounded; punctuation 

 similar to that of the head; anterior angles scarcely ob- 

 tuse , the posterior acute and somewhat projecting. Scu- 

 tellum rather small , extremely finely punctured. Elytra 



Notes from th.e Ley den IMuseutu, A^ol. VI. 



