CHELONARIUM UORSALE. 249 



NOTE XXXIX. 



A NEW ORIENTAL SPECIES OF THE COLEOPTEROUS 

 GENUS CHELONARIUM 



DESCRIBED BY 



C, RITSEMA Cz. 



C helonarium dor sal e , n. sp. 



Length 7 mm. — Elongate elliptical, much more broadly 

 rounded in front than behind , convex (above and beneath) 

 in the transverse as well as in the longitudinal direction 

 so that the insect is highest just before the middle of its 

 length. Subshining , pitchy brown , darker above than beneath 

 and than the legs and antennae, the tarsi and the short 

 antennal joints pale rusty red ; the whole insect covered 

 with a tomentose pubescence and moreover, especially on 

 the upper surface , with long erect hairs ; the colour of the 

 entire pubescence is greyish yellow with the exception of 

 an ill-defined transverse spot on the highest portion of the 

 back where the hairs are black , which spot is very con- 

 spicuous when the insect is seen sideways. 



Head entirely hidden under the pro thorax, strongly and 

 densely punctured. — Prothorax distinctly broader than 

 long , slightly narrower than the elytra , very broadly rounded 

 and sharply edged in front , the front-margin slightly up- 

 turned, the sides constricted before the posterior angles so 

 as to make the latter divergent ; the basal margin bisinuate , 

 the middle-lobe subtruncate with rounded angles ; the prono- 

 tum equally and rather densely covered with very distinct 

 punctures. Scutellum as long as broad , with strongly curved 



Notes from the Leyden. Museum, Vol. X.III. 



