136 TOMICUS CINCHONAE. 



Elytra about one-third longer than the protborax, 

 slightly narrowing towards the end , the base truncate , 

 the shoulders rounded; convex for a trifle more than two- 

 thirds of their length and here distinctly punctate-striate, 

 thence slopiog to the end and concave; the sides of the 

 concavity are each armed with two strong spines which 

 are directed backwards, the lowermost pair are the 

 strongest and placed on the middle , the uppermost pair 

 nearer to the suture than to the lowermost pair. The apical 

 margin of the elytra is conjointly notched at the suture, 

 the notch has a semi-circular shape. The interstices between 

 the rows of punctures are hair-bearing: on the back the 

 hairs are arranged in regular rows, on the sides they are 

 more numerous and irregularly placed. Along the suture, 

 just before the apical declivity , a few pointed hair-bearing 

 tubercles are present, which vary however in number. The 

 apical declivity is impunctate and bears a few hairs on 

 its outer margin. 



Under surface of a brighter colour, ferruginous yellow. 

 Innerside of femora with some long hairs ; tibiae tolerably 

 broad, flattened, their outer edge serrate, hairy and 

 grooved for the reception of the tarsi. 



Hab. Java (Preanger?), where it is said to be noxious 

 to the Jesuits'-bark [Cinchona spec). — Type-specimens 

 are in the Colonial Museum at Haarlem and in the Ley- 

 den Museum. 



Haarlem, June 1897. 



Notes from the Leyden ^luseuin. Vol. XIX. 



