piPLOCOTES NIGER. 



NOTE XL. 

 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GNOSTID. 



BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



Diplo cotes 7iiger , v. d. Poll. 



Supra niger, subius pedesgue picei. Caput fortiter punc- 

 tatum, antennarum articulis 2 — 10 moniliformibus , suhae- 

 qualibus ^ articulo ultimo ovato. Prothorax lateribus pone 

 medium valde incisis , profunde longitudinaliter striolatus , 

 impressione curvata postmediana profunda, in incisionem 

 lateralem utrinque terminata. Elytra ovalia, globosa, ad 

 basin prothoracem paullo angulosa superantia, subtilissime 

 punctato-striata. Subtus sparsim, femora crebre , punctata. — 

 Long. 2^/2 mm. 



Hab. Australia. — In mus. nostro. 



Shining, upper surface black, under surface and legs 

 piceous. Head coarsely punctured ; the 2 — 10 an tennal joints 

 moniliform , about of equal size , the terminal joint ovate. 

 The prothorax is deeply incised laterally below the middle , 

 strongly striolated in a longitudinal direction, intermixed 

 with a few large punctures , with a deep curved impression 

 below the middle, which ends into both the lateral inci- 

 sions. Elytra ovaliform, globose, surpassing the prothorax 

 at the base angularly , very obsolately punctate-striated. 

 Beneath sparingly , the femora thickly punctured. 



The antennae of this species do not agree with West- 

 wood's generic description: » articulo 10° incrassato, ultimo 

 parvo, fere rotundato^\ I suppose Westwood's type to be a 

 <ƒ specimen, whilst the specimen now under consideration 

 may be a 9* 



This species difiers from D. Howittanus Westw. by its 

 larger size , black colour , faintly punctured elytra , without 

 bristles, etc. 



JS'otes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. "VIII. 



