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eodem colore notato, elytris atro-violaceis , apice anguste 

 testaceo-Umbato , segmento ultimo abdominis supra testaceo , 

 guttis tribus nigris notato. Pars inferior picea , apice ventris 

 testaceo. Caput inter antennas transversim sulcatum, juxta 

 oculos rugosum, vertice levi. Prothorax latus, valde trans- 

 versus , capite fere duplo latior, elytris paullisper angustior, 

 lateribus valde rotundatis , ante basin nonnihil emarginatis 

 {desunt ante angulos posticos anguli acuti) , angulis anticis 

 deficientibus {margo frontalis cum lateribus arcu conjluit), 

 in disco linea impressus , antice posticeque rugosus , latera- 

 liter punctis sparsis instructus. Elytra apicem versus non- 

 nihil ampliata , apice late truncato , lineato -punctata , inter- 

 vallis planis , sat dense et regulariter punctatis. 



Haec species structura prothoracis, colore et sculptura ab 

 omnibus valde discrepat. 



Long. 9 mm. 



Habitat : Java (Blume !). 



Smaller and narrower than any of the already known 

 species. Uppersurface very shining, however, not quite so 

 brilliant as usual. Head black ; prothorax fulvous with 

 a broad irregular black band along the middle and a 

 large round black spot on each side (these markings pro- 

 bably very variable) ; elytra purplish-black with the apex 

 edged with testaceous; the exposed upperpart of the last 

 abdominal segment testaceous with a round black spot in 

 the centre and another smaller one on each side; under- 

 neath and legs piceous, the last ventral segment bordered 

 with testaceous. 



Head with a transverse rather deeply impressed groove 

 in front, finely rugose along the eyes, smooth on the 

 vertex. Prothorax very wide, almost twice as broad as the 

 head and but a little narrower than the elytra at the 

 base ; the sides not angular in the middle but strongly 

 rounded in a curved line towards the front margin, by 

 which there are no regular front augles , however, the 

 very spot of the angles is indicated by the usual pilosity; 

 the acute edges before the hinder angles are also absent 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. Jd. 



