CHELONARIüM CONSPERSUM. 73 



NOTE XVIII. 



DESCRIPTION or A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS 

 CHELONARIÜM FROM JAYA. 



BY 



E. REITTER. 



Chelonariwm conspersum, sp. n. 



Elongato-ovalis , obscure piceum , tibiis tarsisque diluti- 

 oribus , dense subtiliter puuctatum , pube grisea depressa 

 maculatim conspersa sat dense vestitum ; prothorace con- 

 cavo , longitudine latiore , sub-semi-elliptico , lateribus reflexis, 

 prope angulos posticos acutos leviter sinuato, margine ba- 

 sali fortissime punctato-crenata ; scutello dense griseo pi- 

 loso , subrotundato ; elytris elongato-ovalis, stria suturali 

 subimpressa , apice parum perspicua, carina hum erali brevi, 

 distincta; subtus dense griseo pubescens. — Long. 7 mm. 



Of an elongate elliptical shape, slightly convex, blackish 

 brown , closely and finely punctured all over , now and 

 then appearing to be faintly rugose ; the under surface 

 densely covered with a yellowish grey pubescence ; on the 

 upper surface the pubescence is of a more bright «grey 

 color and more or less divided in patches. Tibiae and 

 tarsi of a lighter color. Thorax broader than long, ellip- 

 tically narrowed and rounded anteriorly, the lateral mar- 

 gins strongly upturned , the disk concave in consequence ; 

 just before the posterior angles the lateral margins are 



Pfotes frora the Leydeu JMuseum, ~Vol. Ill, 



