THAUMASTOPEUS SHANGAICUS. 481 



NOTE XXVI. 



FIVE NEW CETONIIDAE BELONGING TO THE 

 LOMAPTERA-GROÜP D. 



PESCRIBED BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



1. Ihaumastopeus Shangaicus, v. d. Poll. 



cf. Valcle elongatus^ augustus; niger fortiter coerulescens , 

 nitidus. Caput sparsim punctatum. Prothorax hrevis , lateri- 

 hus angulosis , angulis posticis productis , subacuminatis , loho 

 posiico apice suhtruncato; ad latera strigoso-punctatus. Scu- 

 tellum parvum , triangulare. Elytra deplanata , fere parallela 

 vel apicem versus suhangustata , apice rotundato, callo hume- 

 rali prominente; sculptura disci obsoletissima , fere laeva, 

 ad margines suhtiliter strigosa. Pygidium confertim tenuiter 

 strigosum. Mesosterni processus tenuis , paulisper reclinatus. 

 Suhtus punctis aliquot instructus ; tibiae anticae bidentatae. — 

 Long. 25 mm., lat. 11 mm. 



Very elongate and slender; entirely black with a strong 

 bluish tinge , brightly shining. 



The head sparsely punctured , more closely towards the 

 lobes of the clypeus. 



Prothorax small and short in proportion to the length 

 of the elytra , the sides angular in the middle , the anterior 

 margin slightly produced over the head , the posterior angles 

 projecting, subacute, the median lobe narrow, truncated 

 at the tip ; smooth on the disk , strigose at the sides , the 

 median lobe with a few, hardly visible, punctures. 



Scutellum very small, triangular. 



1) As for the genera vide my note «on the classification of the genua Zomapiera 

 s. 1." in Tijdschr. v. Entom. XXIX (1886), p. 146—152, pi. 7. 



Notes from tbe Leyden Museuxn, "Vol. VUI. 



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