CHELONARIUM VILLOSUM. 47 



NOTE XII. 



ON AN OVERLOOKED EAST-INDIAN SPECIES OF THE 

 GENUS CHELONARIUM, FABR. 



(COLEOPTERA: FAM. BYRRHIDAE). 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Consulting a few days ago W. S. Macleay's »Annulosa 

 javanica" (London , 1825) I was surprised to find in this 

 work (p. 48) the description of a Chelonarium-sipecies. This 

 description seems to be overlooked, as the species is not 

 mentioned neither in the Munich Catalogue (vol. Ill, p. 930) 

 nor by Reitter 1 ), Chevrolat 2 ) and Fleutiaux 3 ) who have 

 described other Oriental species of this genus. I therefore 

 believe it not without interest to give here Macleay's de- 

 scription of the first known oriental representative of this 

 interesting genus. 



» Genus Chelonarium , Fab. 



94. Villosnm. C. nigropiceum nitidum subpunctatum , 

 elytris substriatis, tarsis rufescentibus , antennarum articulis 

 ultimis pallidis. — Long. corp. \. 



Insectum totum villo denso cinereo obtectum. 



Obs. The occurrence in Java of genera like this , hitherto 

 supposed to be peculiar to America, is a circumstance im- 



1) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. II, p. 43; Vol. Ill, p. 73 and Vol. VIII, 

 p. 219 (CA. oriëntale Reitt., Sumatra, Borneo; conspersum Reitt. , Java; uni- 

 fasciatum Reitt. , fascicolle Reitt. and irroratum Reitt., Sumatra). 



2) Le Naturaliste. 2me Ann. p. 261 (CA. adspersum Chevrl. , Malakka). 



3) Ann. Soc. Ent. France. 1887. p. 62 (CA. kirtum Fleut. , Hue'). 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XI. 



