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The specimen described (captured in Marcli 1877atSoe- 

 pajangj is probably a male ; the species is not at all clo- 

 sely allied to any other known to me; perhaps it comes 

 near to [Holotrichia) puherina Blanch., if I may judge from 

 description. 



8. Lachnosternapumila, n. sp. 



Suboblonga , angustula , rufescens vel picescens , anten- 

 nis pedibusque rufis , fortiter fere dense punctata , hand 

 opaca; pectore nudo. — Long. 10 — 11, lat. 4| — 5i m.m. 



Antennae 10-jointed, but with the 3rd, 4th and 5th 

 joints anchylosed , the 6th and 7th without distinct pro- 

 longations, the club rather small. Head small, the cly- 

 peus rather deeply emarginate in front , with the lateral 

 angles completely rounded , the surface coarsely and den- 

 sely punctate , a little shining , the punctures on the cly- 

 peus not quite so dense as on the hinder part; the vertex 

 indistinctly angulate. Thorax strongly transverse , its grea- 

 test width about the middle , the hind angles obtuse but 

 distinct, the front angles nearly rectangular, slightly ob- 

 tuse , very little produced , the lateral margin fine , with 

 two or three very minute indistinct interruptions in front 

 of the middle , the surface coarsely and closely punctured , 

 but the interstices shining. Scutellum with a very few 

 punctures. Elytra coarsely and rather closely punctate, 

 so that the costae can , with the exception of the sutural 

 one, scarcely be detected. Pygidium coarsely and closely 

 punctured. Undersurface without pubescence , the breast 

 punctate, its sides opaque, the middle shining; ventral 

 segments equally but somewhat distantly punctured , opaque 

 at the sides, shining in the middle. Spurs of hind tarsi 

 rather slender, acuminate. 



One specimen from Silago (July 1877), and three spe- 

 cimens from the district of Rawas: two in May 1878, the 

 third (from Soeroelangoen) in July of the same year. 



This species is found also in Java. The specimens from 



JVotes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. HI. 



