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AXHAMMUS ABKRRANS. 



separated by a deep although narrow groove , is much 

 finer. The tip of the mandibles , a tranverse spot in front 

 of the anteunary tubers and another on the middle of the 

 occiput smooth. The scape of the antennae glossy, spa- 

 ringly covered with punctures which are however more 

 numerous and more densely set on the foreside ; the follow- 

 ing joints finely sculptured. The 3rd-10th joints (the 

 11th is broken off) gradually increasing in length, bi- 

 flabellate ^) at the tip , which is knotty. 



The prothorax slightly constricted at the sides a little 

 behind the middle, rugose in consequence of a coarse, par- 

 tially confluent, punctuation, leaving however a smooth, 

 more or less cross-shaped patch in the middle and two 

 rounded spots at the base, at the inner side of the white 

 lines. 



The elytra attenuated towards the end , strongly punct- 

 ured as far as the dark brown harpoon-shaped figure 

 extends , nearly impunctate behind this ; traces of two or 

 three longitudinal costae may be observed on the basal 

 half; the apex of each elytron bidentate, the teeth sepa- 

 rated by a semilunar emargination. 



Under surface and legs finely punctured. The meta- 

 sternum with a deeply impressed longitudinal median line , 

 which does not touch the posterior margin of the meso- 

 sternum. 



Hab. Waigeoe (Dr. Bernstein). 



2. Anhammm aberrans^ sp. n. 9- 



The species which will here be described differs from 

 Anhammus in having the shoulders unarmed , instead of 

 armed with a distinct tooth; moreover the elytra are scar- 

 cely narrowed towards the apex , and the cicatrix of the 

 scape of the antennae is considerably narrower than in 



1) As these flabellae are injured in the unique specimen sent to the Mu- 

 seum, nothing; can be said of tlieir lenj^th. 



Notes IroiTX the Leytlen iNIuseixm, "Vol. III. 



