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and somewhat obliquely rounded at the apex. The shoul- 

 ders are broadly rounded , not at all produced which gives 

 them the appearance of being placed a little backwards. 



The pro- and mesosternum rounded , not tuberculated. 

 The femora and tibiae, with the exception of the slightly 

 curved tibiae of the forelegs compressed , the apical half of 

 the anterior and intermediate femora swollen ; the posterior 

 femora slightly curved, extending to the apex of the elytra ; 

 the strongly compressed posterior tibiae a little shorter 

 than the femora , straight ; the posterior metatarsus strongly 

 compressed , almost as long as the following joints taken 

 together. The femora strongly punctured, on the tibiae 

 the punctuation is finer. Six ventral segments ; the first 

 large , the 5th and 6th slightly emarginated posteriorly. 



The metasternum (which is provided with a slightly 

 raised line at the botton of a longitudinal median impres- 

 sion) and the ventral segments densely covered with a fine 

 punctuation. 



Captured by Mr. A. L. van Hasselt in June 1878 in 

 the Highlands of Palembang on the road between Rawas 

 and Lebong. 



3. Monohammus Versteeg ii, sp. n. cT. 



Length 31 mm. , that of the antennae 100 mm. ; breadth 

 at the shoulders 5 mm. — Black, clothed all over with 

 a very dense bluish- white tomentum , which hides the sculp- 

 ture but leaves some smooth dots on the prothorax, elytra 

 and metasternum. On the antennae, which are ciliated on 

 the under surface with black hairs, the white tomentum 

 is gradually replaced by a black one, beginning with the 

 apical third of the 3rd joint. Moreover a black pubes- 

 cence may be observed on the under surface of the tarsi 

 and anterior tibiae, and on the apical third of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae , both inside and outside. 



On the prothorax the lateral spines , an ovate small spot 

 on the middle of the disk , two round dots a little inwardly 



Notes Irom the Leyden Museum, Vol. Ill, 



