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the front margin stretches outwards on each side as an 

 acute, slender angle. Middle and hind tibiae with a single 

 short carina in the middle , without the least trace of a 

 second , upper carina ; outer hind angle of posterior coxae 

 rounded. 



A single specimen captured by Mr. 1. C. van Hasselt 

 at Boenga Maas, province of Palembang. 



14. Lachno sterna rniranda, n. sp. 



Parum elongata , squamis pallidis crebre adspersa , nigri- 

 cans , elytris rufo-nigris , pruinosis , costatis ; autennis pe- 

 dibusque piceis. — Long. 20 , lat. 10|^ m.m. 



Clypeus quite rounded in front ; surface of head dull , 

 rather sparingly , and coarsely punctured , each puncture 

 bearing a small very pale yellow scale. Thorax narrower 

 in front than at the base, front angles rather prominent, 

 hind angles very obtuse , surface quite dull nearly black , 

 covered not very closely with punctures each of which 

 bears a fine pale scale. Scutellum also squamigerous , the 

 scales on each side in front denser so as to form a small 

 patch. Elytra with an obscure reddish tint, opalescent 

 or pruinose in a certain light, regularly covered with 

 squamigerous moderately distant punctures, and each with 

 a sutural and four other costae , which although but slightly 

 elevated , are rendered more distinct , by the presence of 

 some larger pale scales , very distant from one another. 

 Undersurface clothed moderately closely with pale scales ; 

 breast pubescent, squamose at the sides. Legs moderately 

 long ; front tibiae tridentate ; middle and hind ones unica- 

 rinate; middle and hind legs clothed with pale squamiform 

 setae , not scales. 



This is another very peculiar species , agreeing with 

 Lachnosterna marmorata and Lepidiota gracilipes Sharp in 

 the horned condition of the front of the labium , so that 

 the three might be united in one genus by this character 

 and the squamigerous surface. L. miranda agrees with 



Notes from the ILaeydeti Miaseum, Vol. III. 



