b CEREOPSIUS APICALIS. 



with a transverse groove near the front- and hind margin , 

 the posterior groove shorter and less distinct than the an- 

 terior one; the lateral spines placed on the middle of the 

 sides, very acute and slightly bent backward at the top. 

 The disk strongly punctured (the punctures partially con- 

 fluent) and provided with five very indistinct gibbosities. 

 The mesosternum not perpendicular anteriorly but distinctly 

 protruding. The scutellum broadly rounded at the top 

 and covored with a black velvety pubescence. 



The elytra strongly punctured , the punctures smaller and 

 more widely spread towards the suture and the apex; the 

 base between the shoulders and the scutellum very promi- 

 nent; the apex rounded; moreover each elytron shows two 

 slightly elevated longitudinal costae, one from the middle 

 of the basal prominence and joining the suture at about 

 the middle of the steelblue coloured portion, the other 

 from between the shoulder and the basal prominence and 

 disappearing in the steelblue region. 



Under surface aud legs glossy and impunctate. 



A single specimen of this somewhat aberrant species 

 from East Java (Scheepmaker). 



Leyden Museum, October 1880. 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseuxn, Vol. 111. 



